▁of ▁science ▁fiction ▁blog ▁Den ▁of ▁Ge ek ▁said ▁the ▁episode ▁was ▁" by ▁turns ▁am bit ious ▁and ▁predict able " ▁but ▁" st ill ▁quite ▁entertain ing ". ▁B rew ▁posit ively ▁review ed ▁Mich elle ▁Ryan ' s ▁performance — com par ing ▁her ▁performance ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁par ▁to ▁her ▁role ▁in ▁B ionic ▁Woman ▁rather ▁than ▁her ▁role ▁as ▁Z oe ▁Sl ater ▁in ▁East End ers . ▁He ▁closed ▁his ▁review ▁by ▁saying ▁that ▁"' Plan et ▁of ▁the ▁Dead ' ▁was ▁pass able ▁enough ": ▁he ▁thought ▁it ▁" ne ver ▁really ▁gel led " ▁for ▁him . ▁Charlie ▁Jane ▁Anders ▁of ▁io 9 ▁compared ▁it ▁to ▁two ▁previous ▁episodes , ▁" The ▁Im possible ▁Planet " ▁and ▁" M id night ", ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁she ▁enjoyed . ▁She ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁episode ▁was ▁" a ▁pretty ▁solid ▁advent ure ▁with ▁a ▁cool ▁set ▁of ▁mon sters ". ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁over night ▁view ing ▁figures , ▁" The ▁W aters ▁of ▁Mars " ▁was ▁watched ▁by ▁ 9 . 1 ▁million ▁people . ▁The ▁episode ▁also ▁received ▁an ▁App reci ation ▁Index ▁score ▁of ▁ 8 8 . ▁More ▁accurate , ▁cons olid ated ▁statistics ▁from ▁the ▁B AR B ▁state ▁that ▁official ▁ratings ▁ended ▁up ▁at ▁ 1 0 . 3 2 ▁million ▁view ers ▁for ▁the ▁UK ▁premi ere ▁and ▁that ▁" The ▁W aters ▁of ▁Mars " ▁was ▁the ▁fifth ▁most ▁watched ▁programme ▁of ▁the ▁week . ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁broadcast