N.B. there might (or might not) be spoilers in this article!

After watching Cyberwoman, my son turned to me and said ‘Well, that was definitely the worst episode so far!’

And he’s not wrong. There’s lots here that doesn’t work: top of the list, the “sexy” cyberwoman costume. There’s the by-now-expected silliness, such as the shouting-out of maneoevre codes in a manner that is just crying out for someone to go all Kryten and point out that said code is related in fact to parking spaces, or the fact that they all line up in a row to shoot pizza delivery lady Lisa.

“Torchwood exists to destroy alien threats. Why would I tell you about her?”

Ianto, Cyberwoman

And why is everything Torchwood-branded? Even the basketball hoop! What if they had to vacate in a hurry and leave no trace?

In its favour the body horror is suitably gruesome, especially for poor Dr Tanizakis. And I love that Rhys calls up to ask Gwen to record Wife Swap. That might be my favourite moment, although I did also like how, in the heat of battle as Lisa turns her attention to her, Gwen utters a simple but very effective “Shit!”

Still, after all this carnage, you’ve got to believe there’d be some sort of government inquiry — two innocent civilians die in the hub! How does Torchwood go about covering up that kind of thing?

Four episodes in, with Jack obviously guarded about his past, and with Suzie a killer and Ianto harbouring a serious alien threat, it’s also hard not to wonder what the answer would be to my son’s other reaction to this episode: ‘Do they all have some dark secret?’