contains minor spoiler despite be a remake of the 1960s bbc series and this come across a an uninspired cross between contact and specie . it be film use the typical cheap bbc sci fi manner i. e. dull and grey and overcast and in a quarry . they spend the budget on the one special effect and which be and of course and destroy at the end . the story be unconvincing and the basic science be badly flaw ( real time communication to andromeda anyone . ) it try to pad out a thin story line with the addition of a few extraneous few subplots and namely a love triangle and some espionage and the oh so stereotypical government subvert science for evil thing . even jane asher can not drag this up from be a long and slow and and predictable hour and a half .