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
The Pilot (Doctor Who) on 14 June 2016. Filming for these episodes began on 20 June 2016 and concluded on 28 July 2016. The episode was originally titled "A Star in Her Eye"; it was announced a month before its broadcast in March 2017 that the title had been changed to "The Pilot", to reflect the "rebooting" of the programme with the new series. This is the first episode to feature Pearl Mackie as companion Bill Potts. It also marks the second appearance of Jennifer Hennessy in "Doctor Who", who last appeared as Valerie in the third-series episode "Gridlock" (2007). The episode was watched