| The Ark in Space |
| Book |
| At a time in the far-off future, Earth has become uninhabitable. A
selection of Humanity is placed, deep-frozen, in a fully automated space
station, to await the day of their return to Earth...
Thousands of years later, DOCTOR WHO arrives. He finds things going suspiciously wrong, and the station under attack from the giant WIRRN, deadly creatures who, in their lust for power, now threaten the future of the whole Human Race... |
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| Doctor Who and the Ark in Space |
| Number 4 in the Target Doctor Who Library |
| 1977 Paperback Edition |
| Writer: | Ian Marter |
| Cover Illustration: | Chris Archilleos |
| Released: | 1977 |
| Reprinted: | 1981, 1982, 1984 |
| Publisher: | Wyndham Publications, W. H. Allen |
| ISBN | 0 426 11631 3 |
| Pages: | 140 |
| Doctor Who and the Ark in Space |
| 1977 Hardback Edition |
| Writer: | Ian Marter |
| Cover Illustration: | Chris Archilleos |
| Released: | 1977 |
| Publisher: | Allen Wyngate Ltd. |
| ISBN | 0 426 11631 3 |
| Pages: | unknown |
FAR, FAR INTO THE FUTURE, THE EARTH HAS BECOME UNINHABITABLE. MANKIND HAS BEEN FROZEN AND PLACED ON BOARD A SPACE STATION TO AWAIT THE TIME WHEN THE PLANET CAN SUPPORT LIFE AGAIN...
The TARDIS materializes on board the deserted space station to find the body of one of the humans has been infested with the eggs of the hideous Wirrn, who plan to take over Earth. The humans have not woken on schedule and the future of mankind depends only on Noah and the Doctor...
Doctor Who - The Ark in Space, featuring Tom Baker in the role of the Doctor, was written by Robert Holmes. This novelisation is by the late Ian Marter who played the part of the Doctor's companion Harry Sullivan from 1974-75.
Doctor Who is currently being reshown on BSB television.
| Doctor Who - The Ark in Space |
| Number 4 in the Target Doctor Who Library |
| 1991 Paperback Edition |
| Writer: | Ian Marter |
| Cover Illustration: | Alistair Pearson |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Publisher: | Virgin Publication |
| ISBN | 0 426 11631 3 |
| Pages: | 140 |
| Video |
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by Robert Holmes The Doctor, Harry and Sarah accidentally arrive on an artificial satellite where the survivors of Earth lie in cryogenic suspension waiting to begin a new life. But the Doctor soon discovers there has been a sinister intrusion... A gigantic insect has infiltrated the human ark. It is dead but it was queen of the Wirrn, sworn enemies of Earth - and her egg sac was full. Something is terribly wrong and when the crew begin to awake it soon becomes clear that some of them are not entirely what they seem.. The Doctor must find out how to destroy the Wirrn larvae before they absorb the last of the human race and become an invincible swarm. But this involves a desperate gamble with his own life - a gamble he must take if he is to save mankind... Running Time: 90 mins approx
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| Doctor Who - The Ark in Space |
| VHS NTSC HI-FI Video Cassette |
| US Release |
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Writer:
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Robert Holmes |
| Cover Illustration: | unknown |
| Running Time: | 94 mins approx |
| Released: | unknown |
| Publisher: | BBC Enterprises Ltd |
| Code: | unknown |
| Price: | unknown |
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The Tardis materialises on a fully automated space station, which appears to be empty and deserted. In reality it contains the whole future population of Earth stored away in deepfreeze until the planet - ravaged by solar flares - is again habitable. Due to a fault in the machinery, they have failed to awaken on schedule. The Doctor discovers that the station has been invaded by the Wirrn, giant insect-like creatures, who have laid their eggs in one of the humansand plan to take over the Earth. They have taken the body of Noah, leader of the Ark. Expelled from trhe Ark, Noah sacrifices himself and blows up the Wirrn. The Doctor , Sarah and Harry beam down to Earth to check the planet's condition for the arrival of the humans from the space station. Running time: 94 mins. approx.
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| Doctor Who - The Ark in Space |
| VHS PAL Video Cassette |
| Australian Release |
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Writer:
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Robert Holmes |
| Cover Illustration: | unknown |
| Running Time: | 94 mins approx |
| Released: | unknown |
| Publisher: | unknown |
| Code: | unknown |
| Price: | unknown |
| Laserdisc |
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| Doctor Who - The Ark in Space |
| Laserdisc |
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Writer:
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Robert Holmes |
| Cover Illustration: | unknown |
| Running Time: | 99 mins approx |
| Released: | unknown |
| Publisher: | unknown |
| Code: | unknown |
| Price: | unknown |
| Technical Details |
Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry
Writer: Robert Holmes
Serial 4C (4 Episodes)
Season:
Original Screening: 25 January 1975 to 15 February 1975
Writer: Robert Holmes
Director: Rodney Bennett
Producer:
Script Editor:
Cast:
Template (The Doctor),
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