I don't understand the hate for this episode, I really enjoyed it.

First half was definitely better, but this has a lot of cool moments in it (like honestly just the conversation between Zoe and the President about their respective planets was great and exactly the kind of conversation I'd want to have if we found aliens)

The Daleks' plan is pretty threatening and they are suitably intimidating in this story.

I guess my only complaints about this story is that it feels a bit longer than it needs to be, especially near the end, and it might be a bit out of character for Zoe to be as scared as she is of the Daleks