London

London is the capital and most populous city in England and the extended United Kingdom. It has been a provincial setting for many sci-fi films and television programs since the inception of the genre.

Points of Interest

 * Hammersmith: Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames.


 * London Institute of Electronics: In A for Andromeda, this was where Doctor John Fleming met a young woman named Christine. He used their resources to decode a string of singals he had picked up with a radio telescope at the Bouldershaw Fell observatory.


 * University of London: In The Day of the Triffids, the University of London is where Bill Masen and Jo Payton sought shelter after surviving being attacked by both hungry Triffids and a mob of blind civilians. A community organizer named Michael Beadley helmed a meeting at the university to coordinate a mass exodus from the city. A radical named Jack Coker staged a siege at the university, kidnapping Bill Masen in the process.

TV shows that take place in

 * The Day of the Triffids (1981)

Characters from

 * Bill Masen
 * Jack Coker
 * Jo Payton
 * Michael Beadley

Organizations from

 * London Institute of Electronics
 * Ministry of Defence

People who were born in

 * Andrew Paul
 * Anthony Sharp
 * Arnold Yarrow
 * Charlie Cox
 * Eddie Powell
 * Ernest Hare
 * Geoffrey Dunn
 * Ivor Powell
 * Jane Asher
 * John Nettleton
 * Jeffrey Gardiner
 * Joely Richardson
 * Susan Hampshire
 * Tom Hardy (Hammersmith)
 * William Morgan Sheppard

People who died in

 * Anthony Sharp
 * Bessie Love
 * David King
 * David Maloney
 * Esmond Knight
 * Geoffrey Dunn
 * John Hollis
 * John Wyndham
 * Ken Hannam
 * Miki Iveria
 * Patricia Kneale
 * Robert S. Young
 * Walter Gotell

Notes & Trivia

 * Not to be confused with London, Ontario, Canada.


 * London was also the name of a starship from the Terran Federation in Blake's 7.