 For Chris Bentley, it is one of a number that use "incredible technology in a developing world as a springboard to disaster".Hearn praises the model-work, editing and music but calls the episode a "misfire", stating that Fennell's "relatively one-dimensional plot" was ill suited to the new 50-minute running time.He compares the plot to that of Series Two's "Path of Destruction" but regards that episode as superior in nearly all respects.