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|name= ''Ark''
|name = ''Ark''
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|image = Statue_away.jpg
|type = [[Generation starship]]
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|origin = [[Earth]], [[10000000|10,000,000]]
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The '''''Ark''''' was an enormous [[spacecraft]]. It was built in circa [[10000000|10,000,000]] to carry the entire [[human]], [[Monoid]], [[animal]] and [[plant]] population of [[Earth]], which was about to plunge into the [[Sol|Sun]], to a new home on [[Refusis II]]. Because the journey would take 700 years, all but the [[Guardian (The Ark)|Guardians]] were [[miniaturisation|miniaturised]] and placed in [[suspended animation]].


The [[First Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]] visited the ''Ark'' twice, once at the beginning and once at the end of its journey. It was Dodo who gave the ship the nickname of "the Ark" on the first visit, as humanity had long since forgotten the [[Bible|Biblical]] story of [[Noah's Ark]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'')
The '''''Ark''''' was the name given by [[Dodo Chaplet]] to an enormous [[spacecraft]] built circa [[10000000|10,000,000]] to carry the majority of the [[human]], [[Monoid]], [[animal]], and [[plant]] population of [[Earth]] before it plunged into the [[Sol|Sun]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark (TV story)}})
 
The ship took 500 years to construct and held a city, a jungle, a desert, cultured land, and polar regions. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ark (novelisation)}})
 
Operated by the [[Guardian (The Ark)|Guardians]] and [[Monoid]]s, with all others [[miniaturisation|miniaturised]] and placed in [[suspended animation]], the ship would journey 700 years to [[Refusis II]]. The ship's loading bay held [[launcher]]s for landing on the planet.
 
If Refusis II had been uninhabitable the intent was to continue onto the planet [[Trang]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ark (novelisation)}})
 
The [[First Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]] and Dodo visited the ''Ark'' twice, at the beginning and end of its journey. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark (TV story)}})


[[File:Clara, Winnie and the Splinters.jpg|thumb|right|280px|One of Clara Oswald's splinters wears a Guardian's clothing ''(in the top right-hand corner)'' ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Blood and Ice (comic story)|Blood and Ice]]'')]]
One of [[Clara Oswald]]'s splinters wore the clothing of the ''Ark''{{'}}s Guardians. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Blood and Ice (comic story)|Blood and Ice]]'')
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Latest revision as of 14:24, 20 June 2024

The Ark was the name given by Dodo Chaplet to an enormous spacecraft built circa 10,000,000 to carry the majority of the human, Monoid, animal, and plant population of Earth before it plunged into the Sun. (TV: The Ark [+]Loading...["The Ark (TV story)"])

The ship took 500 years to construct and held a city, a jungle, a desert, cultured land, and polar regions. (PROSE: The Ark [+]Loading...["The Ark (novelisation)"])

Operated by the Guardians and Monoids, with all others miniaturised and placed in suspended animation, the ship would journey 700 years to Refusis II. The ship's loading bay held launchers for landing on the planet.

If Refusis II had been uninhabitable the intent was to continue onto the planet Trang. (PROSE: The Ark [+]Loading...["The Ark (novelisation)"])

The First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Dodo visited the Ark twice, at the beginning and end of its journey. (TV: The Ark [+]Loading...["The Ark (TV story)"])

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