Broadcast, Reception and Archive
| Episode | Broadcast date | Run time | Viewers |
Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Episode 1" | 8 April 1967 (1967-04-08) | 23:47 | 8.0 | 16mm t/r |
| "Episode 2" | 15 April 1967 (1967-04-15) | 25:22 | 6.4 | Only stills and/or fragments exist |
| "Episode 3" | 22 April 1967 (1967-04-22) | 23:10 | 7.9 | 16mm t/r |
| "Episode 4" | 29 April 1967 (1967-04-29) | 24:28 | 6.9 | Only stills and/or fragments exist |
| "Episode 5" | 6 May 1967 (1967-05-06) | 23:34 | 7.1 | Only stills and/or fragments exist |
| "Episode 6" | 13 May 1967 (1967-05-13) | 23:38 | 8.0 | Only stills and/or fragments exist |
Paul Cornell, Martin Day, and Keith Topping gave the serial a favourable review in The Discontinuity Guide (1995), writing that "the realistic backdrop works very well, and the script is well constructed, augmented by the terrifying appearance of the aliens". In 2009, Mark Braxton of Radio Times noted that there were plot holes but the story "unveils its mystery with ease and elegance".
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