Hobbs Lane / Hobbs End Tube Station
The 1958 BBC science fiction television serial Quatermass and the Pit centered around the discovery of alien artifacts uncovered during the construction of a new office block at the fictional street location Hobbs Lane (once called 'Hob's Lane', from an old sign seen) in Knightsbridge, SW1, London. The serial also mentioned strange events taking place in 1927, when the fictional Hobbs Lane underground station was built.
When the serial was adapted into a film (also titled Quatermass and the Pit) in 1967, the London Underground system was being extended with the construction of the Victoria Line. Accordingly, the producers of the movie decided to change the setting to the construction of the fictional Hobbs End underground station, a fictional extension of the Central Line. This revision has been attributed to Anthony Hinds, the son of Hammer Films co-founder Will Hammer. A street nameplate shows Hobbs Lane to be in the W10 postal district.
| Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fictional | ||||
| Terminus | Central line |
Notting Hill Gate
towards Epping, Hainault or Woodford (via Hainault) |
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