One of the biggest problems with Sword of Orion is that its ideas are old like it came out of the 80s. The plot is a mostly generic rinse and repeat Cybermen premise in every sense of the word. Paul McGann and India Fisher's performances are both strong and very enjoyable but she is noticeably given a background role despite it being her first adventure as an official companion. The rest of the actors are not anything particularly noteworthy, but they're still tolerable. The most interesting thing about this story are the references to a war between human's and androids elsewhere in the Galaxy, I want to see that instead.