Doctor in the House

University College, Gower Street, London. Also seen in 'Raising the Wind', 'Wicked as They Come', 'Thunderbirds', 'The Lost Language of Cranes', ‘The Idol’, ‘Doctor in Love’, ‘The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu’, 'A Business Affair', ‘Inception’, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, 1959’s ‘The 39 Steps’ and ‘The Man Who Never Was'.

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Gower Street, and University College, London.

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A very similar view appears in Doctor at Large. SJ

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Not many changes over the years. SJ

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The entrance now favours pedestrians. SJ

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Panning a little more to the left to show the double gatehouse. SJ

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A more colourful scene but not in a good way. SJ

Gower Street, and University College, London.

Note an addition to the building, not to mention the tree, has obscured some of the University College Hospital. SJ.

The tree has thickened and building works have returned. SJ

Gower Street, and University College, London.

Now and the same. SJ.

The sky is bluer. SJ

I feel pretty certain this is Tottenham Court Road at Goodge Street Underground and that the street with the Express Dairy on the corner is Tottenham Street. Roy Barnacle.

Got it! Roy Barnacle gave me the clue, but the station is Euston Square in Gower Street. The houses are those on the left of dh002a. The doorway is what was the medical bookshop H.K. Lewis, now part of UCL. The scaffolded building in the background is on Euston Road. The now shot is from a slightly different angle because of the large sign. This Express Dairy site on Gower Place seems to have been pulled down shortly after the film was made, and its replacement building pulled down and rebuilt very recently, but the bus, though now a bendy one, is still a 73. Pic from Adrian Grepnold, well spotted Adrian.

A clearer view years later. SJ

South-east Gower St? Adrian Grepnold.

Well, I said Gower Street and I was wrong. But I turned two corners and found this, in Tavistock Square. I'm not actually convinced this is the right terrace, but it must be the twin of the right one, probably now demolished. Adrian. (Seems pretty good to me - JT.)

This update is slightly designed to reopen the debate. It's on the west side of Tavistock Square and I think it's a pretty good match too. SJ

Panning to the right, passing no32. SJ

And again to the steps of no31. SJ

Ladies Turkish Baths Queen Sq. Adrian Grepnold.

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A slightly more accurate positioning here. SJ

Queen Square WC1. Adrian Grepnold. The location also appears in 'Doctor in the House'.

Now pic by Adrian, absolutely spot-on sleuthing here.

Panning slightly left and west. SJ

The west side of the square. SJ.

Now, without scaffolding, so it was worth the wait. SJ

Maybe, just maybe, a clue here for the hard of hearing.

Yup, Harley Street on the corner of Wigmore Street. SJ.

A chance for a more accurate match. SJ

Passing the corner of Harley Street as it meets Wigmore Street.

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New doors after refurbishment in 2024-25. SJ

He turns west into Wigmore Street.

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Looking west opposite Cavendish Square. SJ

Wigmore Street, London, W1 .

Bell and Croyden still going strong, on the corner of Welbeck Street. SJ.

A refurbishment in 2015 changed the colour scheme to what it is now. (SR)

UniCol.

One and the same. SJ.

Works are drawing to a close. SJ

With no change apart from the motors. SJ.

A completely new design around the old (north side) observatory. SJ

Gower St University College Hospital, I think, Adrian Grepnold.

University College Hospital, from the gateway of University College. Pic by Adrian.

With hindsght, I could have lined up the foreground railings with the background a little better and a shot later in the day would replicate the strong shadows on the hospital in the original. SJ

UniCol again.

Still the same. SJ.

With a replica of Discophorus overlooking the quad and the southern astronomical shed. SJ

A pub.

A London Square. Myddleton Square EC1 found by SJ and confirmed by Barry Page.

The northwest corner of Myddelton Square. SJ.

A closer shot with which to update. SJ

Myddleton Square was also seen in the 1999 remake of 'The End of the Affair'. SJ.

From a similar viewpoint. SJ.

Looking from the square up Mylne Street to Pentonville Road where Arena House at 66-68 has been replaced by The Claremont in the mid 2010s. Next door Jury's Inn has been taken over as a DoubleTree by Hilton with the buidling retained. SJ

Now part of Islington, Barry Page reminds us that Myddleton Square was in the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury at the time of filming.

For details . . . see the London Film Location Guide by Simon James. Inglebert Street to the left.

The southwest corner of Myddleton Square in EC1 located by SJ and confirmed by Barry Page with K. Maley adding that this is the eastern end of River Street.

Looking east from River Street. I finally corrected my street-away error from 2013! SJ

Back to the west side of Queen Square, WC1. Shame about the scaffolding. SJ.

16 years later, one realises that scaffolding isn't forever. SJ

More scaffolding. SJ.

Panning left. SJ

And again. SJ.

With a decent view of the obelisk. SJ