Episode Number:

Episode Title:

Transmission Date:

Duration:

Ratings (in Millions):

1

Episode One

25/1/75

24.58

9.4

2

Episode Two

1/2/75

24.49

13.6

3

Episode Three

8/2/75

24.05

11.2

4

Episode Four

15/2/75

24.37

10.2

Season:

Doctor:

Producer:

Script Editor:

Writer:

Director:

Twelve

Tom Baker

Philip Hinchcliffe

Robert Holmes

Robert Holmes

Rodney Bennett

 

  

Tom Baker - (The Doctor)

Elisabeth Sladen - (Sarah-Jane Smith)

Ian Marter - (Harry Sullivan)

 

  

Wendy Williams - (Vira)

Kenton Moore - (Noah)

Christopher Master - (Libri)

Richardson Morgan - (Rogin)

John Gregg - (Lycett)

Gladys Spencer - (High Minister's Voice)

Gladys Spencer, Peter Tuddenham - (Voices)

Stuart Fell, Nick Hobbs - (Wirrn Operators)

 

  

In this four part adventure, 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 that 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 the Earth - and her egg sac was full. Something is terribly wrong and when the crew begin to awaken 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.

 

  

Working Title:

N/A

 

Things to look for:

The Doctor Who Archive:

All 4 Episodes exist. The complete unedited reel exists.

 

Bloopers:

Coming Soon

 

  

 

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Title Information:

  • The Ark in Space
  • Omnibus format
  • UK PAL - Released June 1989
  • BBC Video cat.#4244

 

 

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Title Information:

  • The Ark in Space
  • Episodic format
  • UK PAL - Released October 1994
  • BBC Video cat.#5218

 

 

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Title Information:

  • The Ark in Space
  • Episodic format
  • UK PAL - Released 8th April 2002
  • BBC DVD cat.#1097

 

 

Not yet released on Audio.

 

 

Title Information:

  • Doctor Who and The Ark in Space
  • Written by Ian Marter
  • Manufactured by Target
  • Published 1977
  • No.4 in the Target, Doctor Who Library.

 

 

Title Information:

  • The Ark in Space

  • Written by Terrance Dicks

  • Manufactured by Target

  • Published 1991

  • No.4 in the Target, Doctor Who Library.

**For further information on the Target Books, please visit On Target.

 

 

 

 

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