Stark (novel) on this novel, which was subsequently made as "Stark", a television miniseries. It was a joint production by the BBC and the ABC (the British and Australian national broadcasters). Ben Elton played the lead role, with Colin Friels as Sly and Jacqueline McKenzie as Rachel. There were some differences between the novel and the miniseries; some characters were renamed, and the ending was different. Elton's subsequent two novels, "Gridlock" and "This Other Eden", also deal with environmental themes and are set in a dystopian future. "Alternative 3", a 1977 British television hoax masquerading as a documentary, shared some themes with
Gridlock (Doctor Who) Doctor serial "The Macra Terror" (1967). In "Gridlock", they have "devolved" from their previous, more intelligent, state. Davies thought it was "cute" to bring back a forty-year-old monster whose story is now missing. "Gridlock" also contains important hints about the story arc of the series as it reveals the "great secret" promised to the Doctor by the Face of Boe in "New Earth" – "You are not alone". The Face of Boe was originally intended to die in "New Earth", but as that episode featured another death, it was put off. The meaning of Boe's final words are revealed in