theartsdesk.com said ‘It felt like one of his old Doctor Who scripts rescued from the shredder’ - which the reviewer clearly didn’t intend as a compliment - but why would anyone sit through six episodes if they weren’t already a fan of RTD era Dr Who?
I don't watch Dr Who and I watched this because I liked the premise and the cast. Why would you choose to watch this based on how you felt about RTD's Dr Who?
I thought the last episode was pants. Edith seemed to completely change personality; she was never a quasi-saint type before, more pragmatic, tough and humorous. The gran's monologue was inert and just sounded like something that had been written, not like something anyone would say. The escape and bringing down the phone blocking at the camp was oddly boring and went on for ages. The downloading at the end was also dull and didn't fit with the rest of the show at all. Why spend five episodes making viewers get to know/like/feel for/root for a group of characters and then give much of the climactic episode to two new, rather smug people who we didn't know or care for at all?
I can't buy that Viktor would be in the same room as Stephen after what he did, 'being there for Edith' or not. And I was disappointed that no one found out that Daniel's ex had shopped him.
I liked how we were left with a question mark over who was running Viv Rook, but I didn't need the added twist of the woman in the prison possibly not being her.
Overall, disappointing and exhaustingly, cacophonously boring at the end, and too many things going on throughout, but it was ambitious and, when it was good (the family relationships, the small sinister things, much of the casting and acting, not Russell Tovey though, sorry), it was excellent.