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) Martha; he feels guilty for lying to her and bringing her to New New York just to show off and realises that he misses her when she is taken. Davies stated that he based many aspects of New New York on Mega-City One from the anthology comic "2000 AD", including the businessman's appearance on Max Normal from the "Judge Dredd" comic books. The numbered mood patches parallel the number coded mood controllers in the Ninth Doctor novel "Only Human" by Gareth Roberts; Davies confirms that this was his inspiration. The character of Sally Calypso was an homage to "Halo Jones",