Top Gear put on hold; Hammond walks, makes jokes

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond took his first steps Saturday following a 300 mph accident that left him with "significant" brain trauma last week. Hammond has been moved to a general ward, where he has been talking and sharing jokes. Meanwhile, there is building concern over the future of the Top Gear TV series following the BBC's decision to postpone the new season of the show. Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson are reportedly concerned the organization could cancel the show all together. Writing in the Sunday Times, Clarkson said there are "swarms of bureaucratic bluebottles [...] nibbling away at the crash site on a York airfield, desperately trying to find some reason why Top Gear should be banished from our screens." At the same time, producer Andy Wilman has threatened to quit if the BBC attempts to "tone down" the show.