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- THE ARK. Written by Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott. 4 episodes.
- 5th - 26th March 1966.
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- The Steel Sky, The Plague, The Return, The Bomb.
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- COMPANIONS:- Steven and Dodo.
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- The Earth has been abandoned as it is about to crash into the Sun. The
- TARDIS lands aboard a huge Ark which is travelling to a new planet. On
- board are examples of all the animals and plants from Earth, as well as the
- human passengers and their servants, the mute Monoids.
- Dodo has a cold and it spreads amongst the colonists, who have been in
- space for so long they have lost their natural immunity. The Monoids are
- unaffected. The Doctor and his companions are put on trial for their lives
- as the colonists begin to die off but are reprieved so that the Doctor can
- try to find a cure. This he does and the TARDIS leaves the Ark.
- In episode three the TARDIS re-materialises aboard the Ark some 700 years
- later. The Monoids have now become masters of the Ark and have developed
- the power of speech whilst the humans have become slaves.
- The Ark is approaching its destination, Refusis and the Monoids plan to
- destroy the Ark with the humans aboard, as they no longer need them.
- The Doctor meets the invisible Refusians and with their help, forces the
- Monoids and humans to live in peace.
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