Broadcast and Reception
The episode received final rating of 6.81 million viewers, the lowest figure of the series.
The episode's cliffhanger has been singled out by critics. It was listed by Charlie Jane Anders of io9 among the greatest cliffhangers of the programme, while Den of Geek's Mark Harrison listed it as the Ninth Doctor's best cliffhanger. It was also chosen by Morgan Jeffery and Chris Allen of Digital Spy among the five best Doctor Who cliffhangers; Jeffery wrote that it "isn't the strongest episode of his tenure — let's not forget the Trinny and Susannah robots — but you'd be hard-pressed to fault the climax".
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