Another series 3 story with several germs of good ideas that never quite bloom into a great story. Alien Princess stranded on earth certainly wasn't a new plot at this point (Wonder Woman did something very similar). A good, if slightly nervous performance from a very young Helen Hunt and a good performance from Lindsay as she plays Jaime's caring, compassionate teacher swallowing her doubts about an impossibly far-fetched sounding story to bond with a clearly very lost and frightened teenage girl very well. So much more convincing when - unlike Escape to Love - the frightened teenager is actually a frightened teenager. Biggest problem with this episode for me - apart from the zero budget dreadful special effects - is that it all feels a bit rushed and the ending feels very forced and unsatisfactory because the episode had run out of time. One of very few series 3 episodes that might have worked better as a two parter to allow more time for Jaime and Auras relationship to develop. Like most of series 3, no better than ok and a feeling of 'They could have done this better with a bit more time and work ' disappointment.
Review of Sanctuary Earth
