**SPOILER WARNING**
I wasn't holding out a lot of hope for 'Gridlock'; the Cat People, New Earth, a traffic jam? Not ingredients for glory I would have thought. On the contrary, I'm glad to say this was more than the sum of its parts. After an awkward first few minutes during which I settled in for the expected disappointment, I found myself increasingly engrossed & impressed. The special effects were a vast improvement on Gridlock's sister story from season 2 & the concept was a whole lot stronger; a city in trouble locks down into survival mode to protect it's people. I'm even prepared to overlook the ludicrous idea of people being stuck in cramped cars for years & not 'going postal' because RTD's brush strokes are so offhandedly confident. We're not really allowed too much time for nit picky plot poking. Never let common sense get in the way of a fab romp!
Apart from the frivolous & "fabulous" use of the Macra, there was little to fault. Where were the glaring & embarrassing flaws?. The scenes with the Face of Boe were well executed. Tennant has a lovely rapport with the Face. Hats & all other extraneous garments off to you RTD! You had the Co-Pilot & I in raptures & stitches with the lovely quip 'Don't you go dying on me you big old face'. Fabulous in the most fabulous way! Freema recovered quite well from a flat spot last week & Tennant is slowly but surely becoming the Doctor I've longed to take to my Bosom & then hold aloft.
Despite having to make a few leaps of logic (quite easy after several drinks - I'm even struggling to remember what I had to leap!) 'Gridlock' is far more credible & involving than 'Shakespeare Code'. Next week can't come soon enough.
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