Overcrowded Motorway

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Doctor Who is rescued from life-threatening congestion.

Science fiction exploration from Doctor Who into a future congested world, where the environment has been so badly polluted that it is life threatening to stand by the side of the road. Thousands of hover-cars are on the motorway trying to escape from a dying city and Martha is kidnapped by one couple who need her to escape. The Doctor is saved from the congestion by a passing driver.
From: Dr Who Gridlock
First Broadcast : 15 April 2007

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 9-11,11-14,14-16

Subject : Geography, Religious Education

Topic : Climate, Climate change, Environmental issues, Natural world, Religion and politics

Keywords : Responsibility for bringing about change,Relationship and responsibility,environment, climate change, pollution, global warming,

Notes : Does this clip represent a realistic view of the future? RE - Evaluate the similarities and differences between different religious teachings and practices on the natural world and living things. Geography - Use as stimulus for classroom discussion on environmental change.

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