If the elderly lesbians were amongst the first on the motorway, then why would they think it’s reasonable for it to have taken them more than two decades to get where they’re going? Wouldn’t they have arrived straight away? And if you can reach speeds of up to thirty miles an hour in the fast lane, why would the pregnant couple think it’s going to take them six years to get to their exit? Also, if the fast lane’s that fast, why wouldn’t everybody get together in threes? Why would that be too expensive when the trip is so short? If it’s so expensive, how come the cat couple pick up the Doctor straight away? And why do they need to save fuel anyway when the cars make it themselves?
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Yes, it’s that Russell T Davies special: the plot utterly dependent on the wilful stupidity of everybody in it plus the viewers. Seems it’s not just the Macra who are devolving. So, shovelling that pile of dung aside, the most indigestible idea we’re asked to swallow is that people could go round and round a motorway system, chattting with each other, for decades without anyone ever working out between them that none of the exits are open. Let’s take as read the idiocy of going five billion and change years into the future to find near-future tech and present-day clothes: we’re used to that by now. Insightful, huh? But we think it can be scientifically determined: your enjoyment of this episode will be in precise inverse ratio to how annoyed you are by the dumbness quotient.Īnd alack, dumbness there is aplenty. ‘Gridlock’ is another high octane episode.“Well, it looks like the same old Earth to me.”
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The episode sees some good performances from guest stars Ardal O’Hanlon (from the classic comedy series Father Ted) as cat/human and family man Brannigan and the returning Anna Hope as Novice Hame, who serves the Face of Boe. The writing of the current episodes really gives the actor the chance to get his teeth into the emotional feelings of the character, as he tries to get over the loss of his beloved Rose and how he desperately wants to show off to Martha.įreema Agyeman continues to step out of the rather large shadow cast by Billie Piper’s Rose, making Martha Jones an instantly likeable character and one that you are quickly becoming very enamoured with. The episode also sees the welcome return of the Face of Boe, who desperately needs the Doctor’s help to solve a problem before it leads to the death of everyone stuck on the motorway.ĭavid Tennant is becoming an exceptional Doctor Who. This of course leads the Doctor into another high tempo adventure, but it also gives the writers the chance to explore his need for companionship, as he questions why he puts Martha and everyone else in danger when they travel with him. Millions of hovering cars are stuck in an ever lasting traffic jam, as they head for a better life and work outside of the city.ĭue to environmental rules however, only cars carrying three or more passengers can enter the fast lane and this leads to Martha being kidnapped by a desperate couple needing to get out of city before their child is born. What they discover is that everyday day life for the citizens of New New York is one of endless travel on the Motorway underneath the city. This time the TARDIS materialises in the lower alleys of the city, where the Doctor and Martha are greeted by the local drug sellers, offering them different mood enhancers to take away the pain of everyday life. The third episode of the new season sees the Doctor and Martha return to New Earth, but this is a very different place than when he last visited with Rose.