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Ark had a somewhat tortuous scripting process, having slipped past two writers before its scripts were finally accepted. Both Christopher Langley and John Lucarotti tried and failed to write a script about a space station for season 12. Of the two, Lucarotti came closest. However, because he then lived on a boat anchored in the Mediterranean — and there was a postal strike afflicting Corsica — Lucarotti was essentially incommunicado to script editor Robert Holmes. It was impossible for Holmes to conduct timely consultation with the Doctor Who veteran. Lucarotti was paid fully for his work, and Holmes undertook a page one rewrite, retaining only the central conceit of Lucarotti's tale. (INFO: The Ark in Space)

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  • Ark had a somewhat tortuous scripting process, having slipped past two writers before its scripts were finally accepted. Both Christopher Langley and John Lucarotti tried and failed to write a script about a space station for season 12. Of the two, Lucarotti came closest. However, because he then lived on a boat anchored in the Mediterranean — and there was a postal strike afflicting Corsica — Lucarotti was essentially incommunicado to script editor Robert Holmes. It was impossible for Holmes to conduct timely consultation with the Doctor Who veteran. Lucarotti was paid fully for his work, and Holmes undertook a page one rewrite, retaining only the central conceit of Lucarotti's tale. (INFO: The Ark in Space)
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  • 4(xsd:integer)
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  • Revenge of the Cybermen
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  • 76(xsd:integer)
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  • --01-23
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  • The Sontaran Experiment
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  • Fourth Doctor
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  • The Wirrn
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  • The Ark in Space
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  • Bargaining with the wirrn - Doctor Who - BBC sci-fi
  • Sarah stuck in the conduit - Doctor Who - The Ark in Space - BBC
  • The Human Species - The Ark In Space - Doctor Who - BBC
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  • 4C
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  • 4(xsd:integer)
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  • Robot
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  • The Scripts: Tom Baker 1974/5
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  • The Sontaran Experiment
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  • Doctor Who and the Ark in Space
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  • Ark had a somewhat tortuous scripting process, having slipped past two writers before its scripts were finally accepted. Both Christopher Langley and John Lucarotti tried and failed to write a script about a space station for season 12. Of the two, Lucarotti came closest. However, because he then lived on a boat anchored in the Mediterranean — and there was a postal strike afflicting Corsica — Lucarotti was essentially incommunicado to script editor Robert Holmes. It was impossible for Holmes to conduct timely consultation with the Doctor Who veteran. Lucarotti was paid fully for his work, and Holmes undertook a page one rewrite, retaining only the central conceit of Lucarotti's tale. (INFO: The Ark in Space) Despite its difficult birth, the story won kudos from the BBC Wales production staff. Russell T Davies once called Ark his favourite storyline of the 1963 version of Doctor Who, (DOC: Inside the World of Doctor Who) and Steven Moffat considered it the best Fourth Doctor story, (REF: DWM 457) while Barnaby Edwards confessed to being "petrified of the Wirrn" as a child. (CON: Do You Remember the First Time?) Tom Baker himself has also stated that, of all the stories he'd filmed, The Ark in Space was his favourite. It was a particularly popular serial with contemporary audiences, as well. Part 2, in fact, was the fifth-most-watched programme of its week, making it the highest-charting episode of the original version of the programme. In fact, it retained its crown until the transmission of Voyage of the Damned, which was the second-most-watched programme of its week. From a production standpoint, it was the first story produced by Philip Hinchcliffe, the new producer after Barry Letts departed from the show. He would establish a new, darker and ostensibly "Gothic" style of storytelling during his time as the producer of Doctor Who.
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