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) Abide With Me, he explains to Martha that he is indeed the last Time Lord and tells her his planet was destroyed in the Time War. "Gridlock" is the third in a trilogy which began with series one's "The End of the World" and series two's "New Earth". Novice Hame and the green crescent seen on the mood patches previously appeared in "New Earth". 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" formula. Producer Phil Collinson