The audio mixing isn't the best on this (though might just be the version I watched). The plot's fine but less interesting than the other two and unfortunately it felt a little predictable, I saw the twist coming a mile away. Now the effects though, there were some gruesome practical effects in this which I loved, one near the start where a yellow sludge seeps out of a person's eyes really stood out to me, as well as the moment where someone gets their heart torn out of their body.

Overall though, this didn't reach the atmospheric peaks that the first two films did, though it's at least more consistent then The Zero Imperative.

Worth a watch for the effects though.

Also unrelated but it's Criminal that Liz isn't on the cover of more of these, because the cover for this one is just awful.

Mark Gatiss is probably having fun. I had fun. Definently more 'Torchwood' than 'Doctor Who'. Caroline John as Liz Shaw is great, geniunely upset that we got only one tv season of her as a full-time companion (great one though), but I will probably listen to Big Finish with her someday

I really didn't connect with this one as I did the first two. The concept was good, I just didn't like the execution. Very predictable in parts, and downright creepy/stomach turning. The mixing on this also was not great, which didn't help. The guest characters just didn't interest me as much as the ones from the first two did.

This one was just alright. I don't have much to say on it. It felt surprisingly short, and I think it suffered for it. Nonetheless, it managed to kind of drag on in parts. And it was much too fleshy for me. The concept is interesting, but I don't think it was executed very well. I'm not in a position to judge audio design right now, but it felt like a downgrade to me.

Three stars.

The world's suffocating. Too many people. Mostly old buggers like me.

Unnatural Selection feels very much like a comfort story within the PROBE series, however, saying that it's also the most graphic in terms of violence so far. How this has been rated a 12 baffles me, but it raises some great ideas about ethical experimentation and even eugenics at points.

In 1975, the British Government quietly closed down a secret evolutionary project codenamed BEAGLE, ordering the destruction of all research materials. Today, the discovery of several horrifically mutated bodies alerts Liz Shaw and P.R.O.B.E. to the fact that something is stalking the original site of project BEAGLE — something which may challenge the very nature of humanity itself! With a crack security team at her disposal, Liz desperately attempts to track down the perverted results of the project. But who or what is hunting whom?

I think what hinders this film above all else is the drastically reduced runtime in comparison to the rest, clocking in at just under 47 minutes long it has the issue surrounding most NuWho episodes of the themes and ideas never quite coming together in time to form a conclusive ending despite some of the strength of the storytelling on display here. Mark Gatiss is probably the stand out actor in this one despite a brilliant effort from Caroline John also, there's just something inherently unnerving about how he stalks around the film with very little presence leaning into later revelations of the story. Geoffrey Beevers also makes a fantastic impact on the film here and of course, Louise Jameson is excellent like last time. With some interesting music and nice direction, it more than makes up for the somewhat lacklustre and rushed conclusion.

Overall Unnatural Selection isn't a terrible film by any means, the rather graphic nature of its story and violence on display here is more than welcome pushing the series to new levels plus the newly shot footage for the DVD release does help somewhat, it doesn't quite deliver on the excellence that we got from The Devil of Winterborne.

All he needs is a little chivvying and, well, he'll not only feel like a new man, he'll be a new man.