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* [[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/stcadocshospital St Cadoc's Hospital]] is starting to become a stock location for BBC Wales Productions too. for now : 2 ''{{Torchwood}}'' appearances (Episode "Sleeper" and the ''[[Recap/TorchwoodS3MSChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'' miniseries) plus ''Series/DoctorWho'''s "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E01TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]" and is Nina and George's workplace in ''Series/BeingHuman'''s third series.

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* [[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/stcadocshospital St Cadoc's Hospital]] is starting to become a stock location for BBC Wales Productions too. for now : 2 ''{{Torchwood}}'' appearances (Episode ''Sleeper'' and [[Recap/TorchwoodS3MSChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]) plus ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E01TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]] and is Nina and George's workplace in ''Series/BeingHuman'''s third series.

* Walthamstow Town Hall and the neighbouring Assembly Hall in north London are the UK's stock location for a large inter-war building due to the art deco exterior and surviving 1930s interiors. Notable appearances include many different fictional locations in ''AgathaChristiesPoirot'', the exterior of the hotel in ''{{Misfits}}'' series two part six, and the exterior of the Reichskanzlerei and the Nazi nightclub in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler}} Let's Kill Hitler]]".

* [[http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/locations/circusliquor.html Circus Liquor]] (''{{Clueless}}, {{Alias}}, PrivatePractice'')
* The former Unocal building, now part of [[http://www.lacenterstudios.com/index1.html Los Angeles Center Studios]]. The lobby and some other interior spaces are available for filming, and you might recognise them from [[http://www.hollywoodlocations.com/property_details.cfm?pID=571&catID=24&startrow=1&pagenum=1 these photos]]. (''{{Alias}}, ColdCase, {{Numb3rs}}, NCIS, MadMen'', the ''XFiles'' film, early commercials for ''{{Life}}'', even a '''California tourism commercial''' of all things).

* [[http://bbc.ajula.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=1780&u=7120&t=0 The Brandeis-Bardin Institute library]]; featured once in ''StarTrek'' (sixth movie) and once in ''TheNextGeneration'', and served as the visual for the exterior of the command center/power chamber in ''PowerRangers''. As well as several commercials and a movie nobody has ever heard of.

* The House of the Book is a part of a jewish university that has been seen in various shows. It has been used for the exterior of the Command Center on ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', and the Borg lair from the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode, ''"Descent"''.

* [[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/stcadocshospital St Cadoc's Hospital]] is starting to become a stock location for BBC Wales Productions too. for now : 2 ''{{Torchwood}}'' appearances (Episode ''Sleeper'' and [[Recap/TorchwoodS3MSChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]) plus ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E01TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]] and is Nina and George's workplace in ''BeingHuman'''s third series.

* Hatley Castle/Royal Roads University, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, has featured in numerous films; The ''X-Men'' franchise and ''Masterminds'' are among the better-known titles. Other Victoria landmarks seen or at least used include Fan Tan Alley (seen in ''Bird on a Wire''), and the Royal British Columbia Museum (which hosted an episode of ''MacGyver'').* The House of the Book is a part of a jewish university that has been seen in various shows. It has been used for the exterior of the Command Center on ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', and the Borg lair from the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode, ''"Descent"''.

* Hatley Castle/Royal Roads University, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, has featured in numerous films; The ''X-Men'' franchise and ''Masterminds'' are among the better-known titles. Other Victoria landmarks seen or at least used include Fan Tan Alley (seen in ''Bird on a Wire''), and the Royal British Columbia Museum (which hosted an episode of ''MacGyver'').

* Hatley Castle/Royal Roads University, in British Columbia, Canada, has featured in numerous films; The ''X-Men'' franchise and ''Masterminds'' are among the better-known titles. Other Victoria landmarks seen or at least used include Fan Tan Alley (seen in ''Bird on a Wire''), and the Royal British Columbia Museum (which hosted an episode of ''MacGyver'').

* The Universal Studios back lot is highly recognizable from ''BackToTheFuture'', ''MurderSheWrote'', ''RemingtonSteele'', and other works. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by a massive fire in June 2008, making its appearance something of a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

* The BBCQuarry.

* [[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/stcadocshospital St Cadoc's Hospital]] is starting to become a stock location for BBC Wales Productions too. for now : 2 Torchwood appearances (Episode ''Sleeper'' and [[Recap/TorchwoodS3MSChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]) plus [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E01TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]] and is Nina and George's workplace in {{BeingHuman}}'s third series.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Castle Cardiff Freakin' Castle]]. It's been like four things or something in the Whoniverse now.
** Cardiff in general, really. It's well known that the majority of the current Series/DoctorWho run as well as virtually all of {{Torchwood}} is filmed there, so it [[CaliforniaDoubling doubles]] for a lot of places.

* There are several mansions in southern California that have appeared in a dozen or more adult films each, making them the porn equivalent of the BBCQuarry.

* The [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/protomesh/2162088706/ Ovaltine Cafe]] (''IRobot'', unaired ''Global Frequency'' pilot)

** Cardiff in general, really. It's well known that the majority of the current DoctorWho run as well as virtually all of {{Torchwood}} is filmed there, so it [[CaliforniaDoubling doubles]] for a lot of places.

** And the {{Genesis}} music video for the song [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zzdh_genesis-tonight-tonight-tonight_music "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"]].

* The [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Los_Angeles_River_Bridge_B%26W.jpg concrete ditch]] surrounding the Los Angeles River (''{{Terminator}} 2'', ''Boomtown'', ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'', ''[[TheItalianJob2003 The Italian Job]]'', ''PointBlank'', ''Grease'', TheOtherWiki has an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_River#Filming_location extensive list]])

* [[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/stcadocshospital St Cadoc's Hospital]] is starting to become a stock location for BBC Wales Productions too. for now : 2 Torchwood appearances (Episode ''Sleeper'' and [[Recap/TorchwoodS3MSChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]) plus [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E01TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]] and is Mitchell and George's workplace in {{BeingHuman}}'s third series.

* {{Toku}}satsu fans are familiar with quite a few locations in Japan that seem to be used every year, no matter what the series.

* KirksRock

* Hatley Castle/Royal Roads University, in British Columbia, Canada, has featured in numerous films -- off the top of this troper's head, the ''X-Men'' franchise and ''Masterminds'' are among the better-known titles. Other Victoria landmarks seen or at least used include Fan Tan Alley (seen in ''Bird on a Wire''), and the Royal British Columbia Museum (which hosted an episode of ''MacGyver'').

* The [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Los_Angeles_River_Bridge_B%26W.jpg concrete ditch]] surrounding the Los Angeles River (''{{Terminator}} 2'', ''Boomtown'', ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'', ''[[TheItalianJob2003 The Italian Job]]'', ''PointBlank'', ''Grease'', TheOtherWiki has an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_River#Entertainment extensive list]])

* [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Eilean_donan_castle.JPG Eilean Donan Castle]], ancestral fortress of the Clan MacRae, on Loch Long. Or, if you go by film only, it's the home of the [[{{Highlander}} Clan Macleod,]], stands on a lake where a [[LochNess big scary monster has lived for hundreds of years]], and is a [[JamesBond branch office for M.I.6]].

* Hatley Castle/Royal Roads University, in British Columbia, Canada, has featured in numerous films -- off the top of this troper's head, the ''X-Men'' franchise and ''Masterminds'' are among the better-known titles. Other Victoria landmarks seen or at least used include Fan Tan Alley (seen in ''Bird on a Wire''), and the Royal British Columbia Museum (which hosted an episode of ''MacGuyver'').

* The Sunbury Pump House, near Shepperton Studios, Surrey, provided interiors for RedDwarf and "Gamesmaster". The Red Dwarf cast invoke this trope on the DVD commentary as they try to remember what other series were filmed there.