UK, 25 January 1975-15 February 1975
4 episodes, average 25m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Previous Serial: Robot (1974)
Next Serial: The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 12, episode 5-8
A British television science fiction serial directed by Rodney Bennett from scripts by Robert Holmes.
Premise
In the far future the space station The Ark orbits the Earth with the last human survivors kept in suspended animation. The TARDIS lands and The Doctor discovers that an alien life form has laid its eggs in the Ark and begins to infect the humans.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Rodney Bennett [parts 1-4]
© BBC 1975 [parts 1-4]
BBC [parts 1-4]
Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe [parts 1-4]
Production Unit Manager: George Gallaccio [parts 1-4]
[Written] By: Robert Holmes [parts 1-4]
Based on an Idea by: John Lucarotti *
Story Editor: Robert Holmes *
Lighting: Nigel Wright [parts 1-4]
Title Music by: Ron Grainer & BBC Radiophonic Workshop [parts 1-4]
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Incidental Music by: Dudley Simpson [parts 1-4]
Sound: John Lloyd (III)|John Lloyd [parts 1-4]
Special Sound: Dick Mills [parts 1-4]
Costume Designer: Barbara Kidd [parts 1-4]
Make up: Sylvia James [parts 1-4]
Visual Effects Designers: John Friedlander [parts 1-4], Tony Oxley [parts 1-4]
Title Sequence: Bernard Lodge [parts 1-4]
Designer: Roger Murray-Leach [parts 1-4]
Production Assistant: Marion McDougall [parts 1-4]
Assistant Floor Manager: Russ Karel *
Cast
Part One
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan)
Gladys Spencer, Peter Tuddenham (voices)
Part Two
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan)
Wendy Williams (Vira)
Kenton Moore (Noah)
Christopher Masters (Libri)
Part Three
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan)
Wendy Williams (Vira)
Kenton Moore (Noah)
Richardson Morgan (Rogin)
John Gregg (Lycett)
Gladys Spencer (High Minister’s voice)
Stuart Fell (Wirrn operator)
Part Four
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan)
Wendy Williams (Vira)
Kenton Moore (Noah)
Richardson Morgan (Rogin)
Stuart Fell, Nick Hobbs (Wirrn operators)
Uncredited
Brian Jacobs [Dune]
Stuart Fell [Wirrn grub]
Richard Archer, Geoff Brighty, Rick Carroll, Sean Conney, Peter Duke, Jan Goram, Brian Jacobs, Tina Roach, Lynn Summer, Barry Summerford [bodies in palletts]
Alternative Titles
Ark in Space – working title
References
Books
- Doctor Who Program Guide 25th Anniverary Edition by James C. Armstrong Jr, Michael L. Brown p.45 – credits, episode list
