Dr Who Tube Map

by Matt Wardman on July 30, 2011

Dr Who Tube Map

What happens if you decide that you can replace London tubelines with different incarnations of Dr Who, and 270 station names with Dr Who’s enemies?

This happens:

Dr Who London Underground Map

Crispian Jago, who designed the map, has more, including a shop where you can buy posters.

Best of all, there’s an interactive version, with pop-up pictures:

K9

I’d better stop, or someone will think I’m a nerd.

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{ 12 comments }

1 Anne-Marie July 30, 2011 at 20:08

Please nerd away! Thanks for sharing, this is fantastic!

2 Dave H July 30, 2011 at 20:17

I could spend hours having fun on this. However, it’s not all ‘enemies’, I don’t class the star whale as an enemy, for example.

3 Matt Wardman July 30, 2011 at 20:43

Sorry.

I must only have checked 269.
:-o .

4 Gildas the Monk July 31, 2011 at 08:03

Yes, the Star Whale was a victim. Can I see the Yeti in there? I was about 4 when they invaded, and it is perfectly true that I had to hide behind the sofa because I was scared. And Do I accurately remember that it was the (possibly ironically) named “the Wirral” who produced the Green Death? I can’t seem to find anything about it on line, but it was one of the best episodes

5 Matt Wardman July 31, 2011 at 10:58

Outnerded.

6 Engineer July 30, 2011 at 20:36

Mornington Crescent!

7 Matt Wardman July 30, 2011 at 21:17

Trivia Time.

*without* looking it up:

1 – 2 real tube stations with all 5 vowels in the name.
2 – What is “Passing Brompton Road”
3 – Which is your favourite Tube Youtube clip?

8 SadButMadLad July 30, 2011 at 22:51

Clues below if you don’t know the answers. Move your mouse around just below here to highlight the links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:London/DYK/Underground
http://www.hiddeneurope.co.uk/passing-brompton-road

9 Lerxst August 2, 2011 at 21:02

3 – Maybe not quite what you meant but has to be this sweary classic from a few years ago…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYVJSOFZxDE

10 George Hutchinson July 30, 2011 at 23:29

Whaddam I doing here?
Whaddam I doing here?

11 Pedant July 31, 2011 at 10:28

It’s been a while since I used the tube in London, but this map doesn’t resemble any map of it I’ve ever seen. Has it been recently revised or something? Or is the bloke who created this rather novel piece of cartography ‘avin’ a larf?

12 Matt Wardman July 31, 2011 at 10:59

I think he’s appropriating the style.

There’s more explanation on his site, as linked.