An episode from the first season of Poltergeist: The Legacy, titled "The Signalman", was inspired by Dickens's story.[8]
In the 2005 Doctor Who episode "The Unquiet Dead", in which the Doctor meets Charles Dickens, he mentions a particular fondness for "the one with the ghost", clarifying that he means "The Signal-Man" (rather than A Christmas Carol as Dickens had assumed).
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The Question and Answer section for “The Signal-Man” and Other Stories is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Yes, The Signal-Man is a ghost story.
Yes, The Signal-Man is a ghost story.
Early in the story, the narrator refers to the train tunnel at the entrance to which the signalman works as "this great dungeon." In this metaphor, the narrator compares the empty, abyss-like tunnel to a fortified subterranean prison cell in order...
