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50th Anniversary of Quatermass and the Pit

One for both horror film fans and tube geeks – as next month marks the 50th anniversary of Martians being discovered in a Central line tube station.

Released on 9th November 1967, the film adaptation of the BBC TV series is one of those films that has — just about — stood the test of time, and of course, has the now iconic Hobbs Lane tube station at its heart.

The TV series had the Martians being found in a building site on Hobbs Lane in Knightsbridge, but did mention that reports of the digging of a tube station nearby in 1927 had seen ghosts.

The film adaptation decided to bring the story up to date, and set it inside Hobbs End tube station itself, as part of the Central line extension which was under way at the time of when the film was set, although they had to then move the station from SW1 to W10 postcodes, which is where the Central line would have been going.

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ever so creepy in its day

Yes, remember it very well from my late teens. Excellent production by the Beeb. Even though most was shot in the studio, and in B&W, it was very scary.

Good post.

Certainly scared the living daylights out of me as a young child.... Think I'm going to have to watch them all again now though!

Brilliant post ...

Thankyou so much for bringing this BBC series back to me, Memory Man! Jeez, I was 20 when I first viewed it on 4x3 B&W Beeb...

I've really enjoyed watching it again, thanks to your shared youtube links above! Just hope I don't suffer nightmares now, LOL!

AL