12/7/2023 0 Comments Dr gridlock![]() Producer Phil Collinson remarked that "Gridlock" displayed Davies' tendency to write about "topical" issues it is set in a dark dystopian future, but is also a satire on the common traffic jam. Head writer and executive producer Russell T Davies wanted to visit the same world each year to maintain a sense of continuity, something that could be hard to do with Doctor Who 's formula. Novice Hame and the green crescent seen on the mood patches previously appeared in "New Earth". "Gridlock" is the third in a trilogy which began with series one's " The End of the World" and series two's " New Earth". When Martha arrives at the Senate, the Face of Boe, close to death, imparts his final message to the Doctor: "You are not alone." The Doctor tells Martha that the Face of Boe is wrong he is the last Time Lord and his planet was destroyed in the Time War. The Face of Boe gives the last of his energy to the system, allowing the ceiling of the Motorway to open and freeing the motorists. The Doctor works with Hame to unseal the Motorway. The Face of Boe wired himself to the system to keep the Motorway operational but could not unseal it himself. ![]() Those in the Motorway were spared by being sealed in and the planet was quarantined. Hame explains that a virus mutated in the drug "Bliss" and wiped out the entire surface population. Novice Hame finds the Doctor and teleports him against his will to the Senate of New New York. The Doctor watches as Milo's van is nearly caught by a Macra claw, but Martha realises that the beings are attracted by the light and motion generated by the van and has Milo cut the power to hide in the fog. Martha, Milo, and Cheen drive into the fast lane and see crab-like Macra, who attempt to capture and eat those that fly in the fast lane. Novice Hame, as she appears at the Doctor Who Experience. ![]() The Doctor tries to call the police but gets put on hold, so the Doctor decides to try to reach Martha himself by breaking into and out of vans on the way to the fast lane. One of the motorists, Brannigan, helps the Doctor locate the vehicle containing Martha, which is heading towards the fast lane. The Doctor chases after Martha's kidnappers and arrives at the Motorway, a completely enclosed highway filled with thousands of hover vans stuck in gridlock. They promise they will drop Martha off when they reach their destination ten miles away, estimated to take six years. Once in their vehicle, they explain that Cheen is pregnant and that they needed three adult passengers with them to use the fast lane. A young couple named Milo and Cheen kidnap Martha. The Tenth Doctor takes Martha to an alleyway in the city-state of New New York on New Earth where street vendors are selling addictive mood drugs in the form of sticky patches to help people deal with their emotions. "Gridlock" was viewed by 8.41 million viewers in the UK and received generally positive reviews from critics. Some location filming was done in Cardiff, most notably at the Temple of Peace. Much of the episode was filmed in-studio and used a large amount of computer-generated imagery, so it appeared to be set in a "CGI world". Production of "Gridlock" took place in September and October 2006. The story is designed to show how the Doctor can bring hope into a world. "Gridlock" completes a loose trilogy that began with "The End of the World" and " New Earth" (2006), and contains hints at the series' story arc. When Martha is kidnapped, the Doctor races to find her before she enters the dangerous "fast lane". In the episode, alien time traveller The Doctor ( David Tennant) and his new travelling companion Martha Jones ( Freema Agyeman) discover the remainder of humanity on the planet live in perpetual gridlock within the Motorway, a highway system beneath the city state of New New York. ![]() The episode is set five billion years in the future on the planet New Earth, one of the many planets humanity had settled on. It was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Richard Clark. " Gridlock" is the third episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 14 April 2007. List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present) Ardal O'Hanlon – Thomas Kincade Brannigan.
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