London Underground In Popular Culture

Film and television

Most filming of scenes on the London Underground is done at the decommissioned Aldwych Tube Station , formerly on the Piccadilly Line. The Waterloo And City Line is also used for filming as it is closed on Sundays.

The 1967 film '' bodies and spacecraft being discovered in the fictional Hobbs End tube station.

'' Die Another Day '' (2002) features the fictional defunct Vauxhall Cross Tube Station .

According to Kevin Kline 's character Otto in the movie '' A Fish Called Wanda '', the London Underground is a political movement.

The 1998 film '' Sliding Doors '' shows two parallel universes, hinging on whether the central character ( Gwyneth Paltrow ) catches a particular Tube train or not.

The secret lab in the 1970s TV series '' The Tomorrow People '' was in a disused Underground station.

There is a sub-genre of horror based on subterranean humans living in disused sections of the London Underground and preying on any unlucky commuters they find. These include the 1972 film '' Death Line '' and 2004's '' Creep ''.

In the 1981 film '' An American Werewolf In London '', Tottenham Court Road Underground station is among the many London landmarks where the titular Werewolf attacks.

The 1968 Doctor Who serial '' The Web Of Fear '' is set in the tunnels of the Underground and deals with an invasion by robotic Yeti . In the 1986 serial '' The Mysterious Planet '', the Doctor and his companion discover an underground civilisation in the ruins of Marble Arch Tube Station on a future Earth.

In the 2005 film V For Vendetta , a decommissioned London tube station is used to destroy Parliament, through an explosives filled subway train.

Music

Amateur Transplants has written and performed a song, also called " London Underground " (see London Underground Song lyrics) , which deals with many of the gripes commuters encounter while taking the Tube. This has also been incorporated into a flash animation.[http://www.backingblair.co.uk/london%5Funderground/]

Paul Weller of the band The Jam wrote the song "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight".

Cry, the second single from Alex Parks , features scenes from Charing Cross in its video.

Literature

Neil Gaiman 's Novel '' Neverwhere '' and the BBC television production of the same name are set in a fantasy world that parallels the structure of the London Underground .

In the Graphic Novel " V For Vendetta ", the main character's hideout is in an abandoned Underground station

Other

The Underground features in the board game '' Scotland Yard ''.

The London Game is a board game by Seven Towns that involves travelling on the London Underground.

A truly trivial game relating to the Underground is Mornington Crescent .

One Stop Short of Barking - Uncovering the London Underground - a humorous guide book to travelling on the London Underground includes popular cultural references, history and tube etiquette.

External links

Going Underground's - London Underground in Film and TV

Nick Cooper's - London Underground in Film and TV

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