Editing Neverwhere (section)

== Characters and cast ==
* '''Richard Mayhew''' ([[Gary Bakewell]]) – a young businessman, who discovers the world of London Below one day after helping the injured Door recover in his flat.
* '''Door''' ([[Laura Fraser]]) – a young woman from London Below, the daughter of a noble family who were all murdered shortly before the beginning of the story. She possesses her family's innate ability to "open" things (and not just doors).
* '''Mr Croup''' ([[Hywel Bennett]]) – the talkative half of the pair of assassins, the Messrs. He is short, fat, and speaks in a pompous and verbose manner. Like his partner, Mr Vandemar, he seems to be able to simply move from one place to another very quickly despite his ungainly appearance. He is the brains of the pair and seems to be the one calling the shots, and he apparently has a taste (literally) for [[Porcelain|fine china]]. Much of the imagery used to describe him is that of a fox.
* '''Mr Vandemar''' ([[Clive Russell]]) – dull-witted, tall, and gangly, Vandemar is Croup's polar opposite. He does not speak much, and when he does, his statements are often laconic and blunt. He is quite brutish and seems to enjoy nothing more than killing and destroying things (even practising his golf swing with live toads). He also has a tendency to eat live animals. The descriptive imagery likens him to a [[hound]] or a [[Gray wolf|wolf]], and he even howls at one point when catching up with his mark.
* '''The Marquis de Carabas''' ([[Paterson Joseph]]) – The Marquis is arrogant, cunning and very self-confident. Though very much the trickster, he is a loyal friend of Door and her family. This character was inspired by [[Puss in Boots]], in which the cat invokes a fictional character of this name. Gaiman stated this as the starting point for the character, and imagining "Who would own a cat like this?"
* '''The Angel Islington''' ([[Peter Capaldi]]) – an angel dwelling in the sewers of London Below. Its duty is to watch over London Below, though (or maybe because) it failed at its previous task: guarding the city of [[Atlantis]].
* '''Hunter''' ([[Tanya Moodie]]) – a warrior of London Below; her feats are legendary. Her lifelong obsession is to slay the great Beast of London. The imagery used to describe her likens her to a lioness.
* '''Old Bailey''' ([[Trevor Peacock]]) – an old friend of the Marquis, he keeps the company of [[Columbidae|pigeons]] on the rooftops and wears clothing made of feathers. He became indebted to the Marquis long ago, and so is charged with keeping a portion of his life safe for him.
* '''Lamia''' ([[Tamsin Greig]]) – the leader of a group of vampire-like seductresses, dressed in dark velvet, who "suck the warmth" from their victims.
* '''The Earl''' ([[Freddie Jones]]) – the leader of Earl's Court, an [[London Underground|Underground]] train in London Below, who also holds a grudge against the Marquis.
* '''The Abbott''' ([[Earl Cameron]]) – the leader of a group of armed black friars guarding a special key at Blackfriars.
* '''Anaesthesia''' ([[Amy Marston]]) – a young member of the Rat-speakers group who accompanies Richard when he first arrives in London Below.