076 – The Ark in Space | |||
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Directed by | Rodney Bennett | ||
Written by | Robert Holmes John Lucarotti (uncredited) | ||
Produced by | Philip Hinchcliffe | ||
Music by | Dudley Simpson | ||
Production code | 4C | ||
Series | Season 12 | ||
Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
First broadcast | 25 January 1975 | ||
Last broadcast | 15 February 1975 | ||
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The Ark in Space is the second serial of the 12th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 25 January to 15 February 1975.
The serial is set more than ten thousand years in the future. In the serial, the insectoid aliens the Wirrn intend to absorb the humans along with their knowledge on board Space Station Nerva.