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Gridlock

Episode aired Apr 14, 2007
TV-PGTV-PG
45m

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8.0/10

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Jennifer Hennessy, Ardal O'Hanlon, and David Tennant in Doctor Who (2005)

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The Doctor takes Martha to New Earth, where she is kidnapped by two carjackers and taken to an underground Motorway, where the remainder of humanity on the planet live in perpetual gridlock.The Doctor takes Martha to New Earth, where she is kidnapped by two carjackers and taken to an underground Motorway, where the remainder of humanity on the planet live in perpetual gridlock.The Doctor takes Martha to New Earth, where she is kidnapped by two carjackers and taken to an underground Motorway, where the remainder of humanity on the planet live in perpetual gridlock.

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- Richard Clark
- Russell T. Davies(showrunner)
- Steven Moffat(showrunner)
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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Trivia
As The Doctor and Martha exit the TARDIS onto New Earth, The Doctor pulls an arrow out of the TARDIS door, an arrow which Queen Elizabeth's men shot at them at the end of the previous episode, The Shakespeare Code (2007).

Goofs
When the Doctor meets Brannigan he is told that cars can only contact other cars if they are on their "friends list". Later on, the car behind Martha manages to call and warn them even though they do not know each other.

Quotes
The Doctor: I lied to you, 'cause I liked it. I could pretend, just for a bit, I could imagine they were still alive underneath the burnt orange sky. I'm not just a Time Lord: I'm the last of the Time Lords. The Face of Boe was wrong. There's no one else.
Martha Jones: What happened?
The Doctor: There was a war. A Time War. The last great Time War. My people fought a race called the Daleks for the sake of all creation, and they lost. We lost. Everyone lost. They're all gone now, my family, my friends, even that sky. Ah, you should have seen it, that old planet. The second sun would rise in the south, the mountains would shine. The leaves on the trees were silver. When they caught the light every morning, they lit the forest on fire. We always had...
[sound trails off]

Connections
Featured in Doctor Who Confidential: Meet Martha Jones (2007)

Soundtracks
Abide with Me
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"Abide With Me" Music by William H. Monk and lyrics by Henry F. Lyte
Composed by William H. Monk

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6/10

Well at least it was above average

Not the best episode at all and the worst of Season 3 thus far but definitely worth the watch and not just for the end; which is needed to be seen for the story to make sense. The scene with the kitten was funny, gave me a smile.

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