Doggy style indeed.
Eh? I know the modern era has had a tendency to turn the Sontarans into comic relief (though in its defense, Dan Starkey does excel as a funny Sontaran) but I was never under the impression the Sontarans were intentionally stupid or terrible marksmen.
I know everyone tends to hate on Cyberwoman as one of the worst of the entire Doctor Who franchise, and I will agree the Cyberwoman outfit was just awful. Indeed the outfit alone summarizes the flaw of Torchwood's first season, in that it seemed to confuse being grown up with meaning the same thing as show some tits. However, terrible outfit aside, I found the episode itself is nowhere near as bad as its reputation, and I think had it not been for the outfit, the episode probably wouldn't be hated as much as it is. If anything, it probably would have just been forgotten, along with much the rest of Torchwood's first season.
In the case of Torchwood, I got the impression RTD decided to step in for Children of Earth as a combination of having extra time because of Doctor Who's 2009 gap year and the intention of ending Torchwood with Children of Earth.
Yeah, that does seem to be the case. Which I'm sure will be conveniently ignored in future episodes. Especially once RTD takes over again.