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| | Ark novel.jpg|1987 edition | ||
PearsonTheArk.jpg|1993 edition | |||
|series=[[Target novelisation]]s | </gallery> | ||
|number=114 | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
|novelisation of=The Ark (TV story) | |number = 114 | ||
|doctor=First Doctor | |novelisation of = The Ark (TV story) | ||
|companions= [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] | |doctor = First Doctor | ||
|enemy= The [[ | |companions = [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] | ||
|setting= [[Far future|10,000,000 AD]] | |enemy = [[One (The Ark)|Monoid One XVII]], [[Zentos]] | ||
|writer= [[ | |setting = [[Far future|10,000,000 AD]] | ||
|publisher= Target Books | |writer = Paul Erickson | ||
|publisher2= W.H. Allen | |read by = [[Peter Purves]] | ||
|release date= | |cover = [[David McAllister]] | ||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 8 Chapters, 144 Pages | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20253-8 | |publisher2 = W.H. Allen | ||
|prev= The Massacre (novelisation) | |release date = 19 March 1987 | ||
| | |format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 8 Chapters, 144 Pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20253-8 | |||
|prev = Black Orchid (novelisation) | |||
|next = The Mind Robber (novelisation) | |||
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]] | |||
|prev2 = The Massacre (novelisation) | |||
|next2 = The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1966 television story ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== 1987 edition === | === 1987 Target Books edition === | ||
It is ten million years in the future and the [[Earth]] is about to plunge into the [[Sol|Sun]]. A gigantic [[Ark|Space Ark]] has been launched to take the last of humanity to a new life on the planet [[Refusis II]]. Accompanying the | It is ten million years in the future and the [[Earth]] is about to plunge into the [[Sol|Sun]]. A gigantic [[Ark|Space Ark]] has been launched to take the last of humanity to a new life on the planet [[Refusis II|Refusis]]. Accompanying the [[human]]s on their journey are the [[Monoid]]s, strange reptilian creatures from an alien world. | ||
When [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] materialises on board, [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] and his friends are greeted with suspicion which soon turns to open hostility when [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] inadvertently infects the Ark's crew with a long-forgotten virus. | |||
It is an accident which will have a terrible effect on mankind, an effect which will last for seven hundred years... | |||
=== 1992 Target Books edition === | |||
'IF THIS IS EARTH, THEN IT'S NO LONGER INHABITED BY HUMAN LIFE!' | |||
It is ten million years in the future and the Earth is about to plunge into the Sun. A gigantic Space Ark has been launched to take the last of humanity to a new life on the planet Refusis. Accompanying the humans on their journey are the Monoids, strange reptilian creatures from an alien world. | |||
When the TARDIS materialises on board, the Doctor and his friends are greeted with suspicion which soon turns to open hostility when Dodo inadvertently infects the Ark's crew with a long-forgotten virus. | |||
It is an accident which will have a terrible effect on mankind, an effect which will last for seven hundred years... | |||
First broadcast in [[1966 (releases)|1966]] and featuring [[William Hartnell]] in the role of the Doctor, ''The Ark'' was written by [[Paul Erickson]] and [[Lesley Scott]]. | |||
== Chapter | == Chapter titles == | ||
# The Steel Sky | # The Steel Sky | ||
# Capture | # Capture | ||
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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The story | * The unnamed human initially on trial and subsequently minimised is called Niash. He's later re-enhanced at the story's conclusion where he is greeted by the Doctor, Steven and Dodo, alongside other restored Guardians and Monoids eager to start their new lives together on Refusis II. | ||
* In the novelisation, the Doctor and Manyak visit other environmental regions aboard the Ark struck by Dodo's spreading cold virus. These include a polar, desert and several cultivation regions, as well as a variety of fauna left unseen in the televised serial. Whilst travelling in the polar region, the Doctor and Manyak are forced to move some corpses to prevent the spread of the virus. Their actions are observed by scouts who relay back to Zentos using their wrist communicators. | |||
* The novelisation expands on how the Monoids appear to be servants to the Guardians. When the Doctor asks why no Guardians work in the cultivation region, Manyak explains that they prefer not to do manual labour, whilst the Monoids apparently embrace it. While hunting a deer, one Guardian falls prey to a boa constrictor and its only through the intervention of his Monoid companion that he survives the encounter. | |||
* The | * The Doctor notes that in the intervening centuries the [[Guardian (The Ark)|Guardians]] have evolved [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]], a larger brain and a smaller intestinal tract. When questioned by Dodo on the subject about himself, he responds that he's had "more experience of adapting", implying a non-human physiology. | ||
* | * An explanation is provided on why the TARDIS returned to the Ark. During Steven's shift at the controls, he falls asleep and catches one of the levers with his sleeve. The result being that he dislodges the Ship's spatial coordinates and triggers a premature, somewhat disruptive landing. | ||
* The | * While only one male Refusian addressed the expedition in the televised story, Dodo befriends a young Refusian girl in the novelisation with whom she plays tennis. It's during their game that she discovers the aliens have extraordinary strength, prefiguring their part in the eventual disposal of the giant statue containing Monoid One's nuclear bomb aboard the Ark. The two Refusians also give themselves names: Charles and Mary, who are brother and sister. | ||
* The novelisation explains how Monoid One is the leader. He is Monoid One XVII and is a descendant of the original Monoid revolutionary leader, Monoid One I the Great. Rather than being killed outright, he flees from the rebels across Refusis's surface, trying to scale a cliff and reach a cave. A stray shot causes him to fall. He's swept up in the river below and plunges over the edge of a waterfall where he presumably drowns. | |||
* The | * The televised cliffhanger in which the Doctor turns invisible leading to the domain of the Celestial Toymaker is removed. Instead, the novelisation ends with the Doctor attempting to teach Dodo to drop her colloquialisms with a quote from ''My Fair Lady'' as the TARDIS flies on through the universe. He promises his two companions a journey, but no guaranteed destination. | ||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
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== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | |||
HardbackTheArk.jpg|1986 Hardback edition | |||
PearsonTheArk.jpg|1993 edition.<br />Cover by [[Alister Pearson]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
First publication: | First publication: | ||
* Hardback | * Hardback | ||
: W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | : W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | ||
* Paperback | * Paperback | ||
: Target | : Target | ||
Re-issues: | Re-issues: | ||
: Paperback: Target / Virgin Publishing Ltd. UK December 1992 Cover by Alistair Pearson (£2.50 UK) | : Paperback: Target / Virgin Publishing Ltd. UK December 1992 Cover by Alistair Pearson (£2.50 UK) | ||
== Audiobook == | |||
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[1 March (releases)|1 March]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Peter Purves]]. | |||
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]]. | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
The Ark Audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:06, 15 April 2024
The Ark was a novelisation based on the 1966 television story The Ark.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
1987 Target Books edition[[edit] | [edit source]]
It is ten million years in the future and the Earth is about to plunge into the Sun. A gigantic Space Ark has been launched to take the last of humanity to a new life on the planet Refusis. Accompanying the humans on their journey are the Monoids, strange reptilian creatures from an alien world.
When the TARDIS materialises on board, the Doctor and his friends are greeted with suspicion which soon turns to open hostility when Dodo inadvertently infects the Ark's crew with a long-forgotten virus.
It is an accident which will have a terrible effect on mankind, an effect which will last for seven hundred years...
1992 Target Books edition[[edit] | [edit source]]
'IF THIS IS EARTH, THEN IT'S NO LONGER INHABITED BY HUMAN LIFE!'
It is ten million years in the future and the Earth is about to plunge into the Sun. A gigantic Space Ark has been launched to take the last of humanity to a new life on the planet Refusis. Accompanying the humans on their journey are the Monoids, strange reptilian creatures from an alien world.
When the TARDIS materialises on board, the Doctor and his friends are greeted with suspicion which soon turns to open hostility when Dodo inadvertently infects the Ark's crew with a long-forgotten virus.
It is an accident which will have a terrible effect on mankind, an effect which will last for seven hundred years...
First broadcast in 1966 and featuring William Hartnell in the role of the Doctor, The Ark was written by Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott.
Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Steel Sky
- Capture
- The Plague
- The Fight Back
- The Return
- Refusis
- Search
- The Final Conflict
Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The unnamed human initially on trial and subsequently minimised is called Niash. He's later re-enhanced at the story's conclusion where he is greeted by the Doctor, Steven and Dodo, alongside other restored Guardians and Monoids eager to start their new lives together on Refusis II.
- In the novelisation, the Doctor and Manyak visit other environmental regions aboard the Ark struck by Dodo's spreading cold virus. These include a polar, desert and several cultivation regions, as well as a variety of fauna left unseen in the televised serial. Whilst travelling in the polar region, the Doctor and Manyak are forced to move some corpses to prevent the spread of the virus. Their actions are observed by scouts who relay back to Zentos using their wrist communicators.
- The novelisation expands on how the Monoids appear to be servants to the Guardians. When the Doctor asks why no Guardians work in the cultivation region, Manyak explains that they prefer not to do manual labour, whilst the Monoids apparently embrace it. While hunting a deer, one Guardian falls prey to a boa constrictor and its only through the intervention of his Monoid companion that he survives the encounter.
- The Doctor notes that in the intervening centuries the Guardians have evolved two hearts, a larger brain and a smaller intestinal tract. When questioned by Dodo on the subject about himself, he responds that he's had "more experience of adapting", implying a non-human physiology.
- An explanation is provided on why the TARDIS returned to the Ark. During Steven's shift at the controls, he falls asleep and catches one of the levers with his sleeve. The result being that he dislodges the Ship's spatial coordinates and triggers a premature, somewhat disruptive landing.
- While only one male Refusian addressed the expedition in the televised story, Dodo befriends a young Refusian girl in the novelisation with whom she plays tennis. It's during their game that she discovers the aliens have extraordinary strength, prefiguring their part in the eventual disposal of the giant statue containing Monoid One's nuclear bomb aboard the Ark. The two Refusians also give themselves names: Charles and Mary, who are brother and sister.
- The novelisation explains how Monoid One is the leader. He is Monoid One XVII and is a descendant of the original Monoid revolutionary leader, Monoid One I the Great. Rather than being killed outright, he flees from the rebels across Refusis's surface, trying to scale a cliff and reach a cave. A stray shot causes him to fall. He's swept up in the river below and plunges over the edge of a waterfall where he presumably drowns.
- The televised cliffhanger in which the Doctor turns invisible leading to the domain of the Celestial Toymaker is removed. Instead, the novelisation ends with the Doctor attempting to teach Dodo to drop her colloquialisms with a quote from My Fair Lady as the TARDIS flies on through the universe. He promises his two companions a journey, but no guaranteed destination.
Writing and publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The cover for the original Target Books edition featured the artwork of David McAllister.
Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]
1986 Hardback edition
1993 edition.
Cover by Alister Pearson
British publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]
First publication:
- Hardback
- W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
- Paperback
- Target
Re-issues:
- Paperback: Target / Virgin Publishing Ltd. UK December 1992 Cover by Alistair Pearson (£2.50 UK)
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 1 March 2018 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Peter Purves.
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by David J. Howe. Music and sound effects by Simon Power.
Audiobook cover
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
