History Main / BBCQuarry

* Here is a list of ''Series/BlakesSeven'' locations -- [[http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/whatswhat/Locations.html note several different quarries.]] Scowles (ancient iron ore quarries) provided a more visibly interesting version of the trope, as they also had caves and greenery. Sometimes there are InUniverse justifications such as the atmosphere is too thin to support much vegetation, the planet has been mined out by the Federation, or devastated by nuclear or biological warfare.

*** The outside of the tomb on Telos in "Tomb of the Cybermen" is a clear example (shot at a time when simply doing location shooting at all was impressive enough to be VisualEffectsOfAwesome, admittedly). Cuts to a studio shot as soon as they reach the entrance.

* Japanese {{Toku}} action series -- including '''every''' ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series, and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' by extension -- [[http://gaijinsentai.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/pedreira-tokusatsu.jpg set many of their more pyrotechnic fights in a quarry.]]

The ISO Standard alien planet set, as used endlessly in ''Series/BlakesSeven'', ''Series/DoctorWho'' and even ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' TV series. It was a disused or rented quarry, full of interestingly dull rocks and fascinatingly monotonous scenery, the perfect alien-landscape-on-a-budget -- the British equivalent of KirksRock.

---->'''[[PowerRangersSPD Dr. Kat Manx]]:''' The quarry is under attack.

*** "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", the first ''Doctor Who'' story to have significant amounts of location filming, used a quarry for scenes set in an actual quarry. Albeit one on future Earth run by the Daleks.
*** Justified in "The Dominators", as most of the action is set on an island used as a nuclear testing site, which had been too radioactive to clean up until recently.
*** Justified in "Colony in Space" as the setting actually is a quarry on an alien world - the colonists are suspicious of the Doctor as they believe he was trying to steal their rocks.

*** Tom Baker's lampshading on [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks "Destiny of the Daleks"]] provides (one of the) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS0bCSLx8JI page quotes]].

--->'''Tony Amendola (Bra'Tac):''' I think we've shot in every pit in [[StargateCity Vancouver]]; Stokes pit, [Jackson] pit...

* Wookey Hole was a bunch of caves the BBC also liked to use. Parodied in "Stump Hole Caverns" in a one-shot sketch on ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen'':

** [[HistoryOfPowerRangers And also...:]]

* Here is a list of ''Series/BlakesSeven'' locations -- [[http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/whatswhat/Locations.html note several different quarries.]] Scowles (ancient iron ore quarries) provided a more visibly interesting version of the trope, as they also had caves and greenery. Sometimes there are InUniverse justifications such as the planet has been mined out by the Federation, or devastated by nuclear or biological warfare.

* Here is a list of ''Series/BlakesSeven'' locations -- [[note several different quarries http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/whatswhat/Locations.html]] Scowles (ancient iron ore quarries) provided a more visibly interesting version of the trope, as they also had lush greenery. Sometimes there are InUniverse justifications for this trope; the planet has either been mined out by the Federation, or devastated by nuclear or biological warfare.

* Betchworth Quarry, near Reigate

* A list of ''Series/BlakesSeven'' locations -- note several different quarries: http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/whatswhat/Locations.html

** One fan explanation is that the planets concerned have been strip-mined by the Federation, who needless to say can't be bothered cleaning up after themselves.

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' used the same forest setting in two Season Premiers. With the same props (they flipped the order said props were interacted with.). In another episode, they used a dam that was the back drop for a pivotal episode in ''Series/TheXFiles''.
* Magrathea in the TV version of ''Series/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' was one of these. Said quarry in Cornwall is particularly noteworthy, as it is now home to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eden_Project The Eden Project]]'' a collection of artificial biomes housed in the world's largest sealed greenhouse. Rather apt, since Magrathea was home to a species of world-builders.

The direct American equivalent is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronson_Canyon Bronson Canyon]]. See also KirksRock and CaliforniaDoubling.

-->-- '''Creator/DavidTennant''', ''Series/NevermindTheBuzzcocks''

* Japanese {{Toku}} action series -- including '''every''' ''SuperSentai'' series, and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' by extension -- [[http://gaijinsentai.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/pedreira-tokusatsu.jpg set many of their more pyrotechnic fights in a quarry.]]

* Rather than drive 1500 km into the Australian outback to find a desert wasteland, the creators of the FanFilm ''StarWarsDownunder'' decided to just copy ''Series/DoctorWho'' and film in a gravel quarry outside Ipswich, Queensland. Some background shots for the bluescreen were eventually filmed in Sturt Stony Desert.

The direct American equivalent is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronson_Canyon Bronson Canyon]]. See also KirksRock, HereThereBeLions and CaliforniaDoubling.

* During the events of [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho027TheOneDoctor The One Doctor]], [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] '''still''' manages to land in one, where a [[TheWeakestLink Weakest Link]] {{expy}} is playing.

* Magrathea in the TV version of ''Series/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' was one of these. Said quarry in Cornwall is particularly noteworthy, as it is now home to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eden_Project The Eden Project]]'' a collection of artificial biomes housed in the world's largest sealed greenhouse. [[FridgeBrilliance Rather apt, since Magrathea was home to a species of world-builders.]]

** In a rare instance of the BBC Quarry actually mattering, one is the site of the Rider War depicted in the opening of ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', where every ''Franchise/KamenRider'' from [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga 2000]]-[[Series/KamenRiderKiva 2008]] tries to take down Decade all at once - [[CurbStompBattle and loses]]. It was AllJustADream that female lead Natsumi was having. [[spoiler:So you can imagine the "OhCrap" moment she had when, in the final episode, she realized that they were in that very same quarry. The Rider War starts about two minutes later.]]

-->-- '''Creator/DavidTennant''', ''NeverMindTheBuzzcocks''