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Classic Who S3 • Serial 6 · (4 episodes)

The Ark

Other variations of this story: The Ark (BBC Audio Soundtrack)

3.19/ 5 308 votes

First aired Saturday, March 5, 1966
Production Code X
Directed by Michael Imison
Runtime 100 minutes
Time Travel Future
Synopsis

The Doctor and his companions Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet arrive some ten million years into the future, on board a generation starship which is carrying the last of humanity away from an Earth that is about to fall into the Sun. However, the cold that Dodo has could prove devastating to these future humans and their servants, the Monoids.

4 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, March 5, 1966
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Michael Imison
UK Viewers 5.5 million
Appreciation Index 55

Synopsis

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive on a giant spaceship millions of years in the future, transporting the last humans away from the doomed Earth.

First aired Saturday, March 12, 1966
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Michael Imison
UK Viewers 6.9 million
Appreciation Index 56

Synopsis

With the Ark infected with a cold virus, the Doctor must convince the Guardians to trust him so he can find a cure.

First aired Saturday, March 19, 1966
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Michael Imison
UK Viewers 6.2 million
Appreciation Index 51

Synopsis

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo have travelled 700 years into the future and find that the Ark is now under the control of the Monoids as it approaches Refusis.

First aired Saturday, March 26, 1966
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Michael Imison
UK Viewers 7.3 million
Appreciation Index 50

Synopsis

The Monoids abandon the Ark, leaving Steven and the Guardians to die, but a mutiny in their ranks may give the Doctor a chance to bring about peace.

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The Ark

Average. Rating: 61%
Average rating: ★ 3.40
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