 Anthony Clark of "sci-fi-online.com" calls it a "cheap flashback episode".Morgan Jeffery of Digital Spy describes it as a "glorified clip show" that "[provides] no resolution to the series", comparing it negatively to the "thrilling" previous instalment, "Attack on Cloudbase".Andrew Thomas of "Dreamwatch" magazine argues that the series' "occasional lack of ideas" leads to an "over-use" of recycled footage, and regards "The Inquisition" as the worst case of this.