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
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