I would not call the events either easy nor a win.
It was 'easy' in that a handful of people, working unofficially, using Earth-level technology (and not the best of it) were able to put together a solution in a matter of days.
It was a 'win' in that they achieved their objective - the aliens were defeated. That 'win' was not without cost, certainly, but it certainly wasn't the suggested cost, that resistance meant the death of
every child.
But it does outline nicely the philosophical point of the show.
I don't disagree. I only disagreed with the contention that resistance wasn't an option.
The thing is, I can understand that some people might conclude that it was impossible. But in the UK it's still not all that unusual in the UK to have grandparents who fought in WWII. Indeed, our
current Queen was part of the war effort. And Winston Churchill is an almost religious figure to many over here: "We shall go on to the end, ... we shall fight on the beaches, ... we shall never surrender."
The nation that endured that
would not so easily capitulate here. Hell, even if it really was a no-win situation, I wouldn't bet against us fighting on anyway. RTD just got it
wrong.
(Which is a shame. RTD is
very good when it comes to writing human-scale drama. But as soon as he moves to the bigger stage, he seems to fall flat. And he really does seem to have some blind spots, particularly around government, anti-Americanism, and in seeing our police and armed forces as faceless jackbooted thugs.)
"Torchwood is the Adult 'Doctor Who'" had major problems as a concept.
At first, it was more like a teenager's Doctor Who--the only things adult about it were sex and swearing.
I don't disagree with that. In general, I find that 'adult' generally just means "boobs & blood". (Or, since this is the BBC and they won't take the gloves off, the occasional hint that someone might have sex once in a while, and the occasional rude word.)