- List of London Underground-related fiction
Many works of
fiction are set in theLondon Underground system or use it as a major plot element. This is a partial list.Novels
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Margery Allingham : "Death of a Ghost" (1934). The climax of murder mystery takes place on the Underground.
*Julian Barnes : "Metroland" (1981)
*Dan Brown : "The Da Vinci Code " (2003)
*Agatha Christie : "The Man in the Brown Suit " (1924). The mystery begins with the death of a passenger at Hyde Park Corner station
*Tom Clancy : "Patriot Games" (1987 ; also1992 film)
*Neil Gaiman : "Neverwhere " (1997 ; also1996 television series)
*James Herbert : "The Rats" (1974 ; also1982 film "Deadly Eyes")
*Tobias Hill : "Underground" (1999). involving disusedSouth Kentish Town tube station
*Aldous Huxley : "Point Counter Point" (1928) An early, character-defining scene takes place on the Underground
*Lawrence Leonard : "The Horn of Mortal Danger " (1980)
*Keith Lowe: "Tunnel Vision " (2001)
*Geoff Ryman : "253" (1997). — set onBakerloo Line
*Barbara Vine : "King Solomon's Carpet " (1991)
*Nigel West : "The Blue List" (1989), This espionage story culminates in the war-time bunker built in the uncompleted tunnels of North End station, although this is incorrectly identified as "Paddock", a separate bunker inDollis Hill .
*Conrad Williams : "London Revenant" (2004)hort stories
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Arthur Conan Doyle : "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans " (1908) [http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=78 (e-text)]
*John Betjeman : "South Kentish Town" (1951)
*Samuel Selvon : "Working the Transport " (1957)
*Alice Thompson : "Killing Time"' (1990)
*Connie Willis : "The Winds of Marble Arch" (1999) [http://web.archive.org/web/20021204182936/http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_991011/winds.htm (online)]
*Christopher Fowler : "Crocodile Lady"Films
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Passport to Pimlico " (1949)
*"The Man in the White Suit " (1951)
*"Georgy Girl " (1966)
*"Press for Time " (1966)
*"Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD " (1966)
*"Quatermass and the Pit" (1967) — fictional stationHobbs End
*"Battle of Britain" (1969)
*"Death Line " (aka "Raw Meat ") (1972)
*"Hanover Street" (1979)
*"An American Werewolf in London " (1981)
*"Lifeforce" (1985)
*"The Fourth Protocol" (1987)
*"Hidden City " (1988)
*"The Krays" (1990)
*"" (1996)
*"Secrets & Lies " (1996)
*"The Wings of the Dove" (1997)
*"Croupier" (1998)
*"Sliding Doors " (1998)
*"Tube Tales " (1999)
*"Virtual Sexuality " (1999)
*"The End of the Affair " (1999)
*"Billy Elliot " (2000)
*"Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001)
*"Die Another Day " (2002) — fictional station Vauxhall Cross
*"Reign of Fire " (2002)
*"Bend It Like Beckham " (2002)
*"28 Days Later " (2002)
*"Love Actually " (2003)
*"Code 46 " (2003)
*"The Mother" (2003)
*"Shaun of the Dead " (2004) — fictional stationCrouch End
*"If Only" (2004)
*"Touch of Pink " (2004)
*"Creep" (2004)
*"" (2004)
*"Green Street " (2005)
*"V for Vendetta" (2005)
*"28 Weeks Later " (2007)
*"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)Television
Doctor Who *"
The Dalek Invasion of Earth " (1964)
*"The Chase" (1965)
*"The Web of Fear " (1967)
*"Invasion of the Dinosaurs " (1974)
*"The Sun Makers " (1977)
*"The Mysterious Planet " (1986)
*"Rose" (2005) — fictional stationOthers
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*The setting for 'The Lab' HQ of "The Tomorrow People " (1973–1979)
*The setting of "EastEnders " features the fictitiousWalford East tube station
*CGI "Underground Ernie "
*Primeval" (2007)
*"Thunderbirds" featured Tube stations, but they were deserted due to the series being set in the future.Music videos
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Boris Gardiner : "I Want To Wake Up With You" (1986) - Westbourne Park Station
*Roxette : "Fireworks" (1994) — Piccadilly Circus Station, external
*The Prodigy : "Firestarter" (1996) — Aldwych Station
*Suede: "Saturday Night" (1997) — Holborn Station, disused platform and tunnel
*Aqua: "Turn Back Time " (1998) — Holborn and Bank Station
*Chemical Brothers : "Believe" (2005) — Goodge Street and Maida Vale Station
*Madonna: "Hung Up " (2005) — Tube stock, Jubilee Line between Charing Cross (disused Jubilee Line platform) and West Hampstead
*Feeder: "Suffocate" — Monument, Bank, Victoria Station on a District Line train
*Feeder: "Piece by Piece" — Monument, Bank, Victoria Station on a District Line train
*Oasis: "Mucky Fingers" (live gig only video) — Piccadilly CircusVideo Games
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Tomb Raider " III
*"Hellgate London "External links
* [http://solo2.abac.com/themole/ Going Underground's] - [http://solo2.abac.com/themole/tubecelebs.html#Aldwych London Underground in Film and TV]
* [http://www.cwgcuser.org.uk/personal/subterra/lu/lufilmtv/lufandtv.htm Nick Cooper's - London Underground in Film and TV]ee also
*List of fictional rapid transit stations
*List of television shows set in London
*London in film
*New York City Subway in popular culture
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