Reception
Reviewing the episode in the Anderson fan publication Andersonic, Vincent Law identifies "Renegade Rocket" as just one example of a Gerry Anderson production that uses a theme of the dangers of advanced technology, or "runaway machinery". He also notes that the Reeves duplicate effectively pulls rank to launch the rocket, drawing a connection between this episode and perceptions of double agents during the Cold War, and also relating it to the 1964 Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove. He comments negatively, however, on the dialogue and characterisation, questioning, for example, Colonel White's lack of an emotional response on realising that Reeves, supposedly a friend of his, has been killed and reconstructed by the Mysterons. Despite praise of the episode's visuals, he sums up "Renegade Rocket" as "a forerunner of effects-led films like Independence Day and its ilk — flashy, nice to look at but insubstantial and ultimately unfulfilling."
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