Talk:Embankment tube station

The Web of Fear

I've not seen the story, but I've read through the transcipts and can't find reference to an Embankment tube station. In the real world (which I know isn't a valid source), Charing Cross - which is itself a station on the Circle line in The Web of Fear - became Embankment in 1979, making it unlikely that an Embankment tube station would appear in a story from 1968. Could somebody please confirm: is Embankment actually the name of a tube station in the story, or is it used as a term use to encompass the lower section of the Circle line - including all stations along the Thames Embankment? 66 Seconds ☎ 14:09, July 5, 2020 (UTC)

I haven't watched this one in a while, but it looks like User:CzechOut created it based on a map that appeared in the episode. Shambala108 ☎ 15:40, July 5, 2020 (UTC)

I've looked at this again, though the map from the original is very blurry. Studying it against the map from the animation, I can make out (going left along the bottom) Charring Cross, Westminster and St James' Park. I can also see Strand (on Northern line) and Blackfriars are both present, then there's a station written below Strand on the original map which isn't on the animation. That is Temple, which is shown between Charing Cross and Blackfriars on the "London Underground map" ^[+]Part of The Doctor: His Lives and Times, Loading...{"page":"40","namedpart":"London Underground map","1":"The Doctor: His Lives and Times"}. I can't see any reference on either map to Embankment, which - as mentioned previously - was a later name for Charing Cross. 66 Seconds ☎ 18:45, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

You're totally right here. Charing Cross' page is where this should be notated as that is what the station was back then at time of production - not Embankment, as it would become in the middle of the 1970s - and that is clearly also the case in-universe. I shall move the statement over from this page, and remove the cite-add tag & comment.
JDPManjoume Regular Editor ☎ ✍ 05:23, 17 December 2024 (UTC)