The Ark (audio story)

The Ark
Adapted from:	The Ark in Space
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companion(s):	Sarah, Harry
Main enemy:	Narib
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writers:	John Lucarotti, adapted by Jonathan Morris
Director:	Samuel Clemens
Producer:	Simon Guerrier
Music:	Nicholas Briggs
Sound:	Mark Hendrick
Cover by:	Ryan Aplin
Release details
Number of parts:	4
Release number:	7.1
Release date:	8 June 2023
Format:	2 CDs Download
Production code:	BFPDWLS32
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-83868-819-6 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-820-2 (digital)
The Lost Stories
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You may be looking for the First Doctor TV story of the same name or the TV version of this story with a slightly altered title.

The Ark was part of the seventh series of The Lost Stories, produced by Big Finish Productions. Although it was numbered as the first story in the series, it came out after Daleks! Genesis of Terror, which was numbered as the second story.

It was adapted by Jonathan Morris, from the original script of The Ark in Space by John Lucarotti, and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith and Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan.

Publisher's summary

A space station orbiting Earth has lain dormant for 8,476 years. Its systems are clogged with dust, so the human crew kept frozen in cryogenic storage have never woken up.

When the Doctor, Sarah and Harry arrive to resuscitate the sleepers, they discover something else on board. A small, golf-ball like object gives Harry an electric shock, and has a more sinister impact on the awakening crew. Soon, the Doctor and his friends are battling to save the space station - and Earth - from a ravenous puffball!

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Sarah Jane Smith - Sadie Miller
• Harry Sullivan - Christopher Naylor
• Mek - Cameron Johnson
• Vez / Kol - Nicholas Khan
• Den - Lara Lemon
• Narib / Noah - Terry Molloy
• Viva - Yasmin Mwanza

Crew

• Sound Design and Remote Recording Dialogue Assembley - Mark Hendrick
• Senior Producer - John Ainsworth
• Cover Art - Ryan Aplin
• Director - Samuel Clemens
• Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
• Music - Nicholas Briggs
• Producer & Script Editor - Simon Guerrier
• Writer - John Lucarotti, adapted by Jonathan Morris

Worldbuilding

• Upon leaving the TARDIS, Harry calls out for the Brigadier.
• The Doctor has been to the Ark before in a previous incarnation.
• Harry refers to Sarah as 'Old Girl.'

Notes

Original cover

• This story was recorded remotely on 21 and 30 June and 9 August 2021.
• This was originally to be released under the title Doctor Who and the Ark, with its cover originally featuring the Wirrn before being replaced by the story's original villains the Delc.
• Although this was advertised as the first story of the seventh series of The Lost Stories, Daleks! Genesis of Terror was released first.
• This story is based on John Lucarotti's original version of The Ark in Space.

Continuity

to be added

External links

• Official The Ark page at bigfinish.com