 For its first network broadcast, held on BBC Two in 1993, the episode drew an audience of four million, making it the channel's third most-watched programme of the week.The episode was later screened as part of a Gerry Anderson-themed night of programming on BBC Four in January 2008, when it was seen by 0.35 million viewers (a share of 1.54 per cent).In the episode, the MEV crew fire on the Mysteron city after they mistake the Mysterons' surveillance towers for gun batteries.