Series 3 Episode 3: Gridlock

Summary:
The Doctor decides to grant Martha another trip in the Tardis and so he takes her to New Earth. They arrive in the under city where people sell drugs like "Happy" or "Forget". Martha thinks, that it's a bit strange that the Doctor takes her to the same places to where he took Rose to but she has no time to think about it before she is kidnapped. Two people drag her into their car and take her onto the motorway. The Doctor follows her onto the motorway and can't believe that so many people are there and that for already so many years. Meanwhile, Martha and her two kidnappers are on their way down to the fast lane which is only possible when three people are in a car. They hope to get into a better world when they come to the next exit but when they are on the last lane, something attacks them. The Doctor climbs down to the last lane but when he is there a cat nun takes him to the face of Boe. Can they save the people together?

I like this episode because we see the face of Boe again, which is one of my favourite Doctor Who aliens but it's so sad when he dies in the end because he gives his energy to save the people on the motorway. The whole episode reminds me a bit of "New Earth" when the Doctor visited the planet with Rose and I guess that's a way to connect the second and the third series. It's great that the Doctor and Martha sit together and talk about everything at the end of the episode because that changes something in their relationship. Martha is on a good way to become the new companion and the Doctor starts to notice her as something else than a replacement for Rose. A nice episode with a broad range of aliens and a really unusual setting.

Quotes from "Gridlock"

It is time for some quotes again and today I have some from the episode "Gridlock" for you.

The Doctor: (describing Gallifrey) It's quite like Earth but at night the sky is a burnt orange and the leaves on the trees are bright silver.

The Face of Boe: (to the Doctor) Everything has its time. You know that, better than most.

The Face of Boe: (his final words) But know this, Time Lord: you are not alone.

The Doctor: There was a war. A Time War. The Last Great Time War. My people fought a race called the Daleks for the sake of all creation. And they lost. We lost. Everyone lost. They're all gone now. My family. My friends. Even that sky. Oh, you should have seen it, that old planet... the second sun would rise in the south, and the mountains would shine. The leaves on the trees were silver, when they caught the light, every morning it looked like a forest on fire. When the autumn came, a brilliant glow through the branches...

Valerie: (referring to the Doctor) He's crazy!
Brannigan: And a bit magnificent.

The Face of Boe: He has arrived...

The Doctor: If it's any consolation, Valerie, I'm having kittens!

The Doctor: Don't go dying on me, you big old face!

Brannigan: (to the Doctor) You're very well dressed for a hitch-hiker!