St Paul's Cathedral

:This article is about the cathedral in London. For other uses of the term, see Cathedral of Saint Paul.

St. Paul's in the movies and popular culture

Because of its prominent and recognizable form on the skyline, a view which is protected from many vantage points, St. Paul's is often used in movies as part of an "establishing" shot to place the viewers in London.

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It also features specifically in:

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• Mary Poppins, where it is the setting of the song Feed the Birds
• Lawrence of Arabia as the venue of Lawrence's funeral.
• Steamboy, seen in scenes with the cathedral.
• 101 Dalmatians
• Peter Pan
• H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
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• The Bed-Sitting Room (film version 1970) depicts the post - nuclear wreckage of the dome lying in the middle of a lake.
• The cathedral was prominent in all Thames Television idents from 1968 until 1992 and prominent in its logo until 1997
• The 1966 Doctor Who story The Invasion where Cybermen emerge and walk towards the Thames outside the cathedral.
• The 1971 Hammer Horror film Hands of the Ripper
• The 1994 film The Madness of King George

Fire Watch by Connie Willis, a Hugo and Nebula winning short story, is set mostly in and around the cathedral during the final months of 1940, when it was targeted in the Blitz.

Related Topics:
Connie Willis - The Blitz

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The idiom "rob Peter to pay Paul" has a folk etymology of using the funds of Westminster Abbey for the cathedral.

Related Topics:
Idiom - Folk etymology - Westminster Abbey

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