Dead London -

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..."

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

George stood on the crest of the hill as the sun began to rise, casting a long, pale light over the "Dead London" that was, for the first time in weeks, finally safe. The pulse of the city was gone, its houses blackened skeletons and its streets cemeteries, but as he looked toward the horizon, he saw a thin plume of smoke from a distant kitchen fire. London was dead, but the people were coming home. Exploring the Concept of "Dead London" As he neared Regent's Park, a sound began

The phrase "Dead London" has appeared in several famous media contexts: London was dead, but the people were coming home

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.

He walked toward the center of the metropolis, his boots making a hollow, rhythmic sound against the asphalt that seemed to echo for miles. To his left, a red weed—thick, fleshy, and alien—had begun to climb the walls of the Natural History Museum, its vascular tendrils pulsing with a faint, sickly light. It was a parasitic vine from another world, claiming the architecture of the old one.

: 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 ).