This story is remarkably good so far. The story is tense, the characters are both well drawn and performed well by their various actors, in particular Noah, as played by Kenton Moore. He is a man who at first refuses to trust the Doctor and co. as per normal Doctor Who stories. However he begins to deviate from the norm when he blatantly ignores the Doctor's advice and gets infected by the aliens attempting to invade Earth, meaning that he begins to metamorphose into an alien being. His manner changes and he confuses his fellow crew-members as he behaves more and more erratically. This comes to a head when he shoots a fellow crew-member with a stun gun and reveals his already changed hand to both himself and the audience in a state of horror. However there is one small problem with this. Depite the fact that the actor is clearly performing the scene extraordinarily well, and they have use the best special effects they had available at the time, there is the large issue that Noah's hand is quite clearly made of bubble wrap. Granted, at the time it would have been seen as terrifying, but to a 21st century audience this comes across as cheap and takes you out of the story, which is a shame, as the story is remarkably good and it's disappointing to be let down by such a small special effect.
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