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A tag used to refer to tie a real-life location (Earthly or beyond) to a fictional setting. Always use in conjunction with the work tag you are asking about.
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Is the galaxy depicted at the end of Empire Strikes Back a real galaxy?
The galaxy depicted appears to be nothing more than an artist's impression of a standard spiral galaxy. Telescope astronomers were able to capture images of Andromeda (M31) as far back as the late 180 …
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What is the location of Dr. Louise Banks's house?
In-universe location.
The script and film are intentionally vague on the subject. Louise appears to be an American national (and her students have American accents) which would imply that she lives i …
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Is V's lair based in a real place?
V's secret hideout is an abandoned Victoria Station.
This is confirmed in the film canon by the shooting script (referring to the location as "Interior : Victoria Station") as well as the quote;
V : …
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Is the real world address of Rose Tyler's flat known?
Although the show constantly refers to Rose and family as living in London, the reality is that almost all of the scenes involving Rose's flat (and the Powell Estate in general) were filmed on locatio …
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What Happened to the Jurassic Park Helipad?
There are confirmations from various local guides that the helipad was damaged by Hurricane Iniki shortly after filming completed.
Some of the stone supports can still be seen on the wall that abuts …
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What, where, why is San Fransokyo?
The creators of the film are pretty clear that San Fransokyo is based in America, on the site of San Francisco (hence the distinctive landscape, bay and hills). The intention was to pay homage to the …
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Can anything be figured out about the setting of Fritz Leiber's "A Pail of Air"?
Specific places mentioned are the nuclear facilities at Los Alamos (New Mexico) Brookhaven (New York), Argonne (Illinois) and "around the world" we find that there are colonies in Harwell (near Oxfor …
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Where abouts is the Broken Empire Trilogy set?
The trilogy is set in Western and Central Europe.
The map below (and this slightly larger one here) are directly linked from the author's own website and show some of the corrupted names. Roma is ce …
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Was the warehouse at the end of Raiders based on any real-life equivalent?
You can see a government document storage facility (in Houston, Texas) on the ActivRac website here. It's not quite as dramatically lit as the movie version I'm afraid;
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Why is the city of Sheffield so overrepresented in Doctor Who?
Mentions of a particular place in Doctor Who seem to largely follow the size of a city with the exception of London which is massively (dare I say, comically) over-represented.
London - Pop 8m - Ment …
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Film set for Lost Girl 4.3 same as Hemlock Grove season 2?
Yes, they both used Eaton Hall, a large stately house in Ontario, Canada as one of their primary filming locations. Note the distinctive fireplaces and stained glass windows.
Hemlock Grove
Lost Gir …
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Does the Covent Garden Hotel really have the inherent security in its ground plan that Fiona...
A very quick check of the overview map and hotel website reveals that Mr Gibson couldn't be more wrong if he tried. From a security perspective, the Covent Garden Hotel is a nightmare for any professi …
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How far down the east coast did they get in John Wyndham's The Chrysalids?
They seems to be regular travel about as far south as Nova Scotia. Some explorers have traveled farther south (to the US West Coast and even to South America. possibly) where they've witnessed glowing …
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Filming locations for La Jetée?
According to IMDB;
The museum scene was filmed at the Galerie De Paléontologie Et D'Anatomie Comparée Du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle (The Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy at t …
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Where is Crescent Moon Bay?
According to the author's official website, Crescent Moon Bay is on the east coast of Australia, in roughly the same place as Byron Bay, New South Wales.
Where better to start your voyage than Cresce …
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