Editing Wells, Somerset (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:227710139 2464fad6e2.jpg|alt=Night scene of floodlight stone walls adjoining still water.|thumb|The Bishop's Palace gatehouse and drawbridge]]

[[Elizabeth Goudge]] used Wells as a basis for the fictional cathedral city of Torminster, in her book ''A City of Bells'' (1936), and its two sequels ''Sister of the Angels'' (1939) and ''Henrietta's House'' (1942: ''The Blue Hills'', USA title).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elizabethgoudge.org/a_short_biography_of_elizabeth_g.htm |title=A Short Biography of Elizabeth Goudge |last=Gaudin |first=Deborah |publisher=Elizabeth Goudge Society |access-date=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728010254/http://www.elizabethgoudge.org/a_short_biography_of_elizabeth_g.htm |archive-date=28 July 2009}}</ref>

Wells has been used as the setting for several films including: ''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' (1973),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iknow-somerset.co.uk/tourist_information/central_somerset/wells/wells_tourist_information.htm |title=Wells Tourist Information |publisher=iknow Somerset |access-date=16 March 2010 |archive-date=13 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213150857/http://www.iknow-somerset.co.uk/tourist_information/central_somerset/wells/wells_tourist_information.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[A Fistful of Fingers]]'' (1994),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131396/ |title=A Fistful of Fingers |publisher=IMDB |access-date=4 February 2010 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110230543/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131396/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Gathering (2003 film)|The Gathering]] '' (2003),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294594/locations |title=Filming locations for The Gathering |publisher=IMDB |access-date=4 February 2010 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110230613/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294594/locations |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Libertine (2004 film)|The Libertine]]'' (2004),<ref name="BBCarts"/> ''[[Elizabeth: The Golden Age|The Golden Age]]'' (2007),<ref name="BBCarts"/> and ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' (2007, as Sandford).<ref name="CinemaReview2">{{Cite web |title=Hot Fuzz-Production Notes p.2 |work=CinemaReview |url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=4056 |access-date=23 March 2009 |archive-date=14 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314034557/http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=4056 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The cathedral interior stood in for [[Southwark Cathedral]] during filming for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[The Lazarus Experiment]]",<ref name="BBCarts">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2005/07/26/somerset_film_tv_locations_feature.shtml |title=Showbiz Somerset |work=Art, films and television |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 February 2010 |archive-date=30 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930103401/http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2005/07/26/somerset_film_tv_locations_feature.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> and was also used as an interior location in the film ''[[Jack the Giant Slayer]]'' (2013), and in 2017 for the film Hellboy. In 2017 the market square and town hall was used for production of the BBC series Poldark.