Earl's Court station on the District and Piccadilly lines is notable for many "firsts", with the Underground's first escalator, its first automatic lifts, the first electric trains on the cut-and-cover lines, and the first Ferris Wheel in Britain having once stood nearby. We'll visit all these historic occasions using the TARDIS which stands outside the station! 
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References

Going Green: The Story of the District Line by Piers Connor (Capital Transport Publishing 1993)
The District Line: An Illustrated History by Mike Horne (Capital Transport Publishing; First Edition 2006)
The Northern Line: An Illustrated History by Mike Horne and Bob Bayman (Capital Transport Publishing; New edition 1999)
History of the Metropolitan District Railway to June 1908 by Alexander Edmonds (London Regional Transport 1974)
Underground: How the Tube Shaped London by David Bownes, Oliver Green, Sam Mullins (Allen Lane 2012)
Amazing and Extraordinary London Underground Facts by Stephen Halliday (David & Charles 2009)
The Moving Metropolis: A History of London's Transport Since 1800 by David Lawrence (Laurence King Publishing; second edition 2015)
The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How it Changed the City Forever by Christian Wolmar (Atlantic Books 2004)
Building London's Underground by Antony Badsey-Ellis (Capital Transport Publishing 2016)
Underground Architecture by David Lawrence (Capital Transport Publishing 1994)
Rails Through the Clay: A History of London's Tube Railways by Alan Arthur Jackson and Desmond F. Croome (Capital Transport Publishing; 2nd edition 1993)
London Underground at War by Nick Cooper (Amberley Publishing 2014)
The London Underground Electric Train by Piers Connor (The Crowood Press Ltd 2015)
Charles Tyson Yerkes - Traction King of London by Tim Sherwood (The History Press 2008)
Labyrinth: A Journey Through London's Underground by Tamsin Dillon, Will Self, Mark Wallinger, Marina Warner, Christian Wolmar and Louise Coysh  (Art/Books 2014)
Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush?: London's Underground History of Tube Station Names by David Hilliam (The History Press 2015)
What's in a Name?: Origins of Station Names on the London Underground by Cyril M Harris (Capital Transport Publishing; 4th Revised edition 2001)
Metadyne.co.uk - http://www.metadyne.co.uk/DistrictPages/MDR_bigwheel.html
Mike Horne's blog - https://machorne.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/escalators-inclined-elevators-and-myths/

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