The Ark in Space

] [cite web
url= http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4c.html
title= The Ark in Space
publisher = A Brief History of Time Travel
last = Sullivan
first = Shannon
date = 2007-08-07
accessdate = 2008-08-30]
*The script, written by Robert Holmes, is from a story by John Lucarotti, which was rewritten because it was considered unusable. Holmes rewrote "The Ark in Space" as a 4-part serial as a lead in to the 2-part "The Sontaran Experiment". Lucarotti does not receive any on-screen credit.
*The title sequence for Part One was tinted pink and green as an experiment, but was not repeated for subsequent episodes. The title sequence would stay constant for the next six years.
*Producer Philip Hinchcliffe believed that in order to expand the show's core audience, it was necessary to broaden the show's appeal to adults, and "Ark in Space" demonstrates this with its use of horror, particularly the inexorable transformation of Noah into an alien creature. A scene in which the half-transformed Noah begs Vira to kill him was deemed too scary for children and had to be cut.
*The sets for this story were re-used for "Revenge of the Cybermen", partially set on Space Station Nerva at an earlier time.

In print

Doctorwhobook
title=Doctor Who and the Ark in Space
series=Target novelisations
number=4
featuring=


writer=Ian Marter
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=Chris Achilleos
isbn=0 426 11631 3
set_between=
pages=
date=10 May 1977
preceding=Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos
following=Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius|A novelisation of this serial, written by Ian Marter, was published by Target Books in 1977. This was Marter's first novelisation for Target (he would write several more before his death in 1986). Marter played Harry Sullivan in this serial, making him the only writer (to date) to have ever written a novelisation based upon a serial in which he appeared.

Broadcast, VHS and DVD releases

*Part Two of this story charted at number five for the most-watched television programmes across the week on all channels. This was the highest chart placing ever attained by a single episode of "Doctor Who" until 2007's "Voyage of the Damned" placed second for both that week and the entire year. The highest rated episode (in terms of viewing audience) is Part Four of "City of Death".
*This story first came out on VHS in 1989 in an omnibus format. It was rereleased in 1994 in episodic format.
*This story was released on Laserdisc in 1996 in the episodic format.
*This story was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on April 8 2002. It includes new CGI footage replacing the models of the Ark and the transport ship as an option, as well as commentary by Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen and producer Philip Hinchcliffe.
*This story was released for sale on iTunes on August 11, 2008.

References

External links

*BBCCDW | id=arkinspace | title=The Ark in Space
*Brief | id=4c | title=The Ark in Space
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_4c | title=The Ark in Space

Reviews

*OG review | id=4c | title=The Ark in Space
*DWRG | id=arki | title=The Ark in Space

Target novelisation

*DWRG | id=arkinov | title=Doctor Who and the Ark in Space
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1977/ark/77ark.htm On Target — "Doctor Who and the Ark in Space"]