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SPLINK was the first part in a two part series of unrelated road safety campaigns starring Doctor Who actors. The second part was titled Drive Like An Idiot, Die Like An Idiot.

Synopsis
Both the Third and Ninth Doctors take the time to teach young people about road safety.

SPLINK
The Third Doctor narrates over a clip of some children crossing the road how to remember the Green Cross Code: first find a safe place to cross then stop, stand on the pavement near the curb, look all round for traffic and listen, if traffic is coming let it pass, when there is now traffic near walk straight across the road, keep looking and listening for traffic while you cross.

Having successfully crossed the road using this method the children shout "SPLINK!", the acronym to remember the Code. The Doctor tells the viewer that now we'll all remember the Green Cross Code and use it before saying "SPLINK" once more.

Drive Like An Idiot, Die Like An Idiot
Music is playing. The Ninth Doctor is sitting in the back of a car. He tells the driver he should be a bus driver and in a Keanu Reeves film then laughs. He then asks him how fast he was going previously in the journey. With no answer he asks again, leans forward to turn the music off revealing the bloody bodies of two people in the front seats.

The Doctor explains that his speeding impressed his girlfriend because "he is a bit of a lady-killer, our date." The Doctor states that it was a tragic waste of a decent motor before laughing manically again and zooming out to reveal the crashed car.

Cast

 * Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee
 * Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston

Story notes

 * SPLINK was made by the British Film Institute and Drive Like An Idiot was made for the Scottish Road Safety Young Driver Campaign.
 * The mnemonic "SPLINK" proved too complex for children to remember.
 * Drive Like An Idiot was released in cinemas only.

Continuity

 * The Seventh Doctor once mentioned the Green Cross Code to Ace and Hex. (AUDIO: Dreamtime)