Come on Sherlock - get your tube sorted!

It all comes down to what tfl let them do: they can only film moving train scenes on charring cross, unless they want to get the punters involved. They can only track walk at aldwych, and it is convenient that the 72ts is there. I'm more impressed with the d stock carriage at the end, I'm guessing that they went to a depot and covered up the windows with greenscreen or something similar, unless they built a mockup carriage for the show. When skyfall came out last year, there was similar uproar on this forum about how the story could have been changed to prevent us "in the know" from frothing at the mouth when watching it

If nothing else it gives me something slightly more topical to talk about when discussing filming when I give guided tours of Aldwych for the museum. Many of the films in the guide's notes list are getting a bit old now. It won't take very long for most people to then notice that the 72 stock in front of them is a bit smaller than the D stock that Sherlock and Watson ended up in.

Very surprised that TfL let them include the line about it being OK to walk on the track if you don't touch the rails. While technically true, you don't want people who don't know what they are doing thinking it will be OK to go on to the track if they e.g. drop their phone. Even on Aldwych tours we pretend that the track is live (most won't notice the SCD in the overrun tunnel) as it stops anyone getting any ideas.

Just like Skyfall they cannot make the events actually possible or some nutcase might think it could be done. The Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes film took the liberty of tunnels under the House of Parliament emerging at the close by Tower Bridge under construction. It will fill pages of this blog, and many other railway and TV blogs.

That layout looked familiar, was it Abbey Road?

As far as the inaccuracies were concerned, I don't suppose most of the viewers noticed although the irony of the über geek train fanatic character who wouldn't be out of place on these boards getting it all wrong was very funny indeed. Didn't spoil a cracking story for me though!

I thought the D Stock interior looked more realistic than the EastEnders one they have at Elstree.

For the benefit of those who don't know, the posters in the picture captioned "Posters have been left on the platforms" are about three months old, and about as wartime vintage as my iPad. Those in the picture captioned "The posters can give an indication as to when the underground stations were in operation" were put up in the 1970s to test adhesives (so they are original in a sense), but they're on platform 2, which was closed by 1917.

We will have to invite some BBC bods along for a guided tour of Aldwych.

Bring back Quatermass and Hobbs End station.

I know this is going a bit off topic but you could always try the American version Elementary with Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu which is a pretty good series

There are a couple of well known abandoned tube stations where filming like this could take place: Aldwych and Charing X (Jubilee) as already mentioned. But is there actually anywhere on the SSR where this could be done? I can't think of any "abandoned" lines which are still serviceable.

There was an episode the other day all the action being in the Sands End of Chelsea, long before the posh flats were built.
Read something years ago that was of the filming was done in the Fulham/Hammersmith/Shepherds Bush area as it wasn't too far from their office base! Their 'favourite' location for a robbery/punch up seemed to be Southall Gasworks. Taggart? Eat your heart out

I have to agree, 70's and 80's TV is IMO superior to many of today's offerings and I include the comedies, many of which would not be allowed to be shown now because of the ridicuous PC world which we are now forced to endure. Thank God for ITV3 and ITV4 !!!

No it was taken out, and I think(?) bricked up as part of the O/G works on the East London line.

I struggle to remember any version of Sherlock/Sherlock Holmes I haven't enjoyed. Even the Peter Cushing ones were OK! It's all a matter of perspective in the end, same as Doctor Who (only 50 years trading, so a more condensed scenario). We all have our "go-to Sherlock" and for me that's Bazza, just like you trt! However, I see the merits in all of them and this current version (the period is irrelevant to me, it's all about the plot) is excellent entertainment, as are the Robert Downey Jr film versions. I don't think they've reinvented the wheel at all, just time shifted it! 

Rich

Err! Isn't that Aldwych too? The never used in recent times abandoned platform.