Family wanted to watch the new UNIT special so I gave it a shot. Some thoughts:
- Good performances from the main cast (Tovey, Redgrave, whoever plays the female Sea Devil)
- Looks nice on the whole
- Preachy, but not as bad or ham-fisted as the last few seasons
- Very rushed, needed like three or four more episodes
- Ending is very...fatalistic? Not sure if that's the right word.
Tl'dr: Better than the past few seasons, far from a return to form. It does at least show there's potential for more spinoff content that doesn't feature The Doctor.