Dead London File

As he neared Regent's Park, a sound began to vibrate in his chest—a mournful, mechanical wailing that cut through the stillness. "Ulla... ulla... ulla..."

The phrase "Dead London" has appeared in several famous media contexts: Dead London

The great hood of the Fighting Machine was tilted toward the sky. Blackbirds circled it in a noisy, frantic cloud, pecking at the tattered red shreds of flesh that hung from the joints of the metal titan. Below it, in a great pit the invaders had dug, lay a dozen of the Martians. They weren't defeated by the artillery of men or the ingenuity of scientists. They lay in a row, still and rotting, their alien systems overwhelmed by the simplest of Earth’s inhabitants: bacteria. As he neared Regent's Park, a sound began

: Jeff Wayne’s musical version of The War of the Worlds includes a haunting track titled "Dead London," capturing the atmosphere of the abandoned city ( Musical Version ). They weren't defeated by the artillery of men

: An Eighth Doctor audio drama titled Dead London features the Doctor trapped in a "maze of interlocking Londons" from different time periods ( Tardis Wiki ).