Considering the Face of Boe has lived millions of years with the sole purpose of delivering a message to The Doctor... you are not alone does not meet with the pre-advertised product, which is a shame as this was shaping up to be a cracker of an episode.
A shouty Doctor takes Martha to see the future, but as per a standard Doctor Who plot vehicle, she gets herself kidnapped in the first five minutes of arriving on the planet. It then sets off the separate adventures of The Doctor and Martha as they meet people stuck in a life-long traffic jam who in fact turn out to be a nice group who like to sing hymns and chatter away to each other... oh and marry cats. Meanwhile the whole place is being held together by a former nursing cat and the good old Boe Face.
It's an episode with some excellent turns from the guest stars, including an almost unrecognisable Ardal O'Hanlon, well unrecognisable until he speaks... was it just me or did you want him to suddenly turn toward DT and say I'm not sure about that Ted! Hey it also had the Macra, or rather a form of Macra, but they were up for shits and giggles and a nice touch to the past.
I'm not sold on Martha yet, something is not quite coming together, there is something in the tone that's not causing me to warm to her, it's almost like she is failing to show any wonder about what she is seeing.
Gridlock is a good episode with solid SFX, great cast, a nice nudge to the shows own past and even a sly wink to great British sci-fi from Judge Dredd and Clockwork Orange, the third series seems it may be about to find it's own feet.
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