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On Dec 11, 8:36*am, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 06:13:22 on
Thu, 11 Dec 2008, MatSav remarked:

I took great interest in noting the continuity errors.
Yes, I _know_ it's entertainment, and not factual, but when did
the Bakerloo line go to "London Bridge"???

At what point was it suggested that it did? (I must have missed it).

(I suspect it was actually filmed at Aldwych).

The majority of the filming was at Aldwych and Charing Cross (Jubilee
Line).

The worst error (a plot hole rather than continuity error) was arriving
at the Charing Cross platforms, complete with original signage, when
they were supposed to be at London Bridge.
--
Roland Perry

The station where they went into the tunnel and headed down the tracks
was Holborn.

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In message
, at
11:51:52 on Thu, 11 Dec 2008, remarked:
The majority of the filming was at Aldwych and Charing Cross (Jubilee
Line).

The worst error (a plot hole rather than continuity error) was arriving
at the Charing Cross platforms, complete with original signage, when
they were supposed to be at London Bridge.

The station where they went into the tunnel and headed down the tracks
was Holborn.

Yes, of course. Because you could see the Piccadilly "through trains" in
the distance. So it was the disused Aldwych-branch platform, not Aldwych
itself.

Quite a distance from Liverpool St, though.

Finding some sort of secret passage from Aldwych (where they ran down
the tracks to) into the Jubilee line towards Charging Cross is much more
realistic, as I understand there really is a tunnel almost all the way
from the Charing Cross station to Aldwych.
--
Roland Perry

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On Dec 11, 8:00*pm, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
11:51:52 on Thu, 11 Dec 2008, remarked:

The majority of the filming was at Aldwych and Charing Cross (Jubilee
Line).

The worst error (a plot hole rather than continuity error) was arriving
at the Charing Cross platforms, complete with original signage, when
they were supposed to be at London Bridge.

The station where they went into the tunnel and headed down the tracks
was Holborn.

Yes, of course. Because you could see the Piccadilly "through trains" in
the distance. So it was the disused Aldwych-branch platform, not Aldwych
itself.

Quite a distance from Liverpool St, though.

Finding some sort of secret passage from Aldwych (where they ran down
the tracks to) into the Jubilee line towards Charging Cross is much more
realistic, as I understand there really is a tunnel almost all the way
from the Charing Cross station to Aldwych.
--
Roland Perry

The tunnels at Charing Cross (Jubilee) do extend some way down the
Strand. But not as far as Aldwych station.

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In message
, at
12:10:08 on Thu, 11 Dec 2008, remarked:
Finding some sort of secret passage from Aldwych (where they ran down
the tracks to) into the Jubilee line towards Charging Cross is much more
realistic, as I understand there really is a tunnel almost all the way
from the Charing Cross station to Aldwych.

The tunnels at Charing Cross (Jubilee) do extend some way down the
Strand. But not as far as Aldwych station.

They may not go all the way, but the "gap" is probably smaller than from
Liverpool St (where they dived into the system) to Holborn (where they
emerged moments later).
--
Roland Perry

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On Dec 11, 8:36 am, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 06:13:22
on Thu, 11 Dec 2008, MatSav remarked:

I took great interest in noting the continuity errors.
Yes, I _know_ it's entertainment, and not factual, but when did
the Bakerloo line go to "London Bridge"???

At what point was it suggested that it did? (I must have missed it).

(I suspect it was actually filmed at Aldwych).

The majority of the filming was at Aldwych and Charing Cross (Jubilee
Line).

The worst error (a plot hole rather than continuity error) was
arriving at the Charing Cross platforms, complete with original
signage, when they were supposed to be at London Bridge.
--
Roland Perry

The station where they went into the tunnel and headed down the tracks
was Holborn.

Almost all modern filmed series shot on the Underground are on the
Aldwych branch or the disused Jubilee Charing X station, and related
passages, as no other underground sections are readily available for
filming. It's just a case of whether they bother to disguise the
stations and trains. In this case, they made little or no effort to
disguise the locations, presumably because Spooks isn't built on an
accurate portrayal of anything.

One curiosity is that Spooks uses the entrance of Freemasons' Hall at 60
Gt Queens St (www.ugle.org.uk) as a substitute for Thames House on the
Thames. It's not more than a few steps from Freemasons' Hall to the
Aldwych branch, and you wouldn't have to be much of a conspiracy
theorist to suggest that they were linked by a secret tunnel.

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On Dec 11, 8:22 pm, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
12:10:08 on Thu, 11 Dec 2008, remarked:

Finding some sort of secret passage from Aldwych (where they ran down
the tracks to) into the Jubilee line towards Charging Cross is much more
realistic, as I understand there really is a tunnel almost all the way
from the Charing Cross station to Aldwych.

The tunnels at Charing Cross (Jubilee) do extend some way down the
Strand. But not as far as Aldwych station.

They may not go all the way, but the "gap" is probably smaller than from
Liverpool St (where they dived into the system) to Holborn (where they
emerged moments later).
--
Roland Perry

But unless you know that PD is the signal cabin code for Holborn and
what a Piccadilly line train looks like, they were never there and
simply went from Liverpool Street to London Bridge, albeit through a
station still with Charing Cross on the roundel.

The only other nugget I can give is that when that metal grill gate
has electrity cables connected up to it, they were in level 5 of a
station!

That's the magic of televison!

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In message
, at
12:53:30 on Thu, 11 Dec 2008, remarked:
the "gap" is probably smaller than from
Liverpool St (where they dived into the system) to Holborn (where they
emerged moments later).

But unless you know that PD is the signal cabin code for Holborn and
what a Piccadilly line train looks like, they were never there

The part that demonstrated they were at Holborn (as I've been reminded)
was the regular trains passing the end of the spur. There are few other
such junctions, perhaps, but none likely to have a train parked in one
arm.

The only other nugget I can give is that when that metal grill gate
has electrity cables connected up to it, they were in level 5 of a
station!

I don't understand that.
--
Roland Perry

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On Dec 11, 8:00 pm, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
11:51:52 on Thu, 11 Dec 2008, remarked:

The majority of the filming was at Aldwych and Charing Cross (Jubilee
Line).

The worst error (a plot hole rather than continuity error) was arriving
at the Charing Cross platforms, complete with original signage, when
they were supposed to be at London Bridge.

The station where they went into the tunnel and headed down the tracks
was Holborn.

Yes, of course. Because you could see the Piccadilly "through trains" in
the distance. So it was the disused Aldwych-branch platform, not Aldwych
itself.

Quite a distance from Liverpool St, though.

Finding some sort of secret passage from Aldwych (where they ran down
the tracks to) into the Jubilee line towards Charging Cross is much more
realistic, as I understand there really is a tunnel almost all the way
from the Charing Cross station to Aldwych.
--
Roland Perry

The tunnels at Charing Cross (Jubilee) do extend some way down the
Strand. But not as far as Aldwych station.

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wrote Finding some sort of secret passage
from Aldwych (where they ran down
the tracks to) into the Jubilee line towards Charging Cross is much more
realistic, as I understand there really is a tunnel almost all the way
from the Charing Cross station to Aldwych.
The tunnels at Charing Cross (Jubilee) do extend some way
down the Strand. But not as far as Aldwych station.

Within a few yards ... but at a different level
--

Andrew

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In message , at 22:46:34 on Thu, 11
Dec 2008, Andrew Heenan remarked:
The tunnels at Charing Cross (Jubilee) do extend some way down the
Strand. But not as far as Aldwych station.

They may not go all the way, but the "gap" is probably smaller than from
Liverpool St (where they dived into the system) to Holborn (where they
emerged moments later).
--
Roland Perry