Gridlock (novel) the inventor of a hydrogen-based power system for cars – green energy – that sinister forces, most likely representing the oil industry, seek to suppress. His disability is aggressive-sympathetically handled, for example he actively embraces the word 'spastic', claiming it back, taking it away from the term of abuse it had become (in the UK) at the time of publication. Gridlock (novel) Gridlock is a 1991 novel by Ben Elton. The novel depicts a near-future London in which traffic congestion has reached almost critical levels, such that accidents in a few key places could bring the entire city's traffic network
Gridlock (Doctor Who) Nick Lyons compared the episode to "fine wine ... [it] gets better with age". Lyons wrote, "Not only does the episode contain stunning imagery (the Macra, the motorway), but 'Gridlock' also has some of the most touching scenes in "Doctor Who" history". In "Who Is the Doctor", an unauthorised guide to the revival of "Doctor Who", Graeme Burk interpreted "Gridlock" as an allegory that was not meant to be realistic, and commented that its strength was the "powerful" theme of the motorists being blind to the truth. He stated that the "fun, fast-paced story with lots of comedic set pieces"