The story was repeated on BBC1 across four consecutive evenings from 22-25 August 1983, achieving viewing figures of 4.2, 4.3, 3.9 and 5.0 million viewers respectively [REF].
Paul Cornell, Martin Day, and Keith Topping gave the serial a positive review in The Discontinuity Guide (1995), writing, "One of the best Doctor Who stories ever, astonishingly directed and written as a theatrical piece brimming with allusions and parallels.