Quite a few of you have mentioned Death Line (or Raw Meat) in connection with this article, but you may be interested to know that the more recent film Reign of Fire (2002) begins in the London Underground when a dragon is awoken from fictious "Hayne Street" station and then goes on to take over the world.
Proposition sounds as ridiculous as Death Line really, for more check out tube celebs it's towards the end of this film section.
Great for boredom on the tube - you must remember "magic eye" from the mid 1990's (I think) where you stare at those images of dots and squares and stuff and come up with a real picture - well it's been suggested that it works with staring at tube seats too.
If you're into fairly obsessive sites like this about the tube you've got to take a look at www.going-underground.net. The site owner of the disused stations has it in his links too.
Proposition sounds as ridiculous as Death Line really, for more check out tube celebs it's towards the end of this film section.
So here goes, I'll counter your move with the John Prescott article 2.92.11.iii section of the 1991 London Transport Act and boldly go with
"Barons Court"
Great for boredom on the tube - you must remember "magic eye" from the mid 1990's (I think) where you stare at those images of dots and squares and stuff and come up with a real picture - well it's been suggested that it works with staring at tube seats too.
Basically it's an unofficial guide to the tube, there's funny drivers quotes, pigeons travelling on the tube, celebs spotted on the tube, the tube in films, history of the tube map and alternative maps, stuff about buskers and music on the tube and lot more.
OK shameless plug over and I'm going back to looking at the rest of this thread.