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) with thousands of hover vans stuck in gridlock. The fumes in the air begin to affect the Doctor and he seeks refuge in the van of cat person Thomas Kincade Brannigan, his human wife, Valerie and their kitten children. The Doctor learns that the couple, along with all the other traffic on the road, have only travelled a short distance in several years. Brannigan helps the Doctor to locate the vehicle containing Martha, which is heading towards the fast lane. The Doctor tries to call the police but gets put on hold, and Brannigan refuses to put his family in