This was the first Peter Davison story to be filmed, and it shows. It's an odd episode, which would have fitted pretty well into the Hartnell era. There are some similarities with The Ark, although in this case it is the Urbankans who have left their dying planet. Earth has been chosen as their new home.
The TARDIS crew have not really settled down. Tegan just wants to go home, and is extremely annoying - though she does demonstrate excellent artistic skills. Nyssa is being a scientific clever clogs, and is annoying. Adric is just annoying.
Overall the story is pretty poor, but it does provide a use for the Fifth Doctor's cricketing outfit, or at least the cricket ball in his pocket, as long as you can suspend disbelief in the laws of physics.
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