Doctor Who Guide: The Ark In Space

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Two

Series Episode Number: 387

World Premiere: Sat 1 Feb 1975 - 5:30pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 4 Mar 1980 - 5:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 49 seconds

Chart Position: 5 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 29 Oct 1974 in TC3

When the Doctor restores the power to the Ark, the humans begin to revive. But the station has been invaded by the giant insectoid Wirrn.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Harry Sullivan		Ian Marter
Vira		Wendy Williams
Noah		Kenton Moore
Libri		Christopher Masters

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Storyline		John Lucarotti (uncredited)
Director		Rodney Bennett
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Roger Murray-Leach
Script Editor		Robert Holmes (uncredited)
Lighting		Nigel Wright
Sound		John Lloyd
Costume Designer		Barbara Kidd
Make-up		Sylvia James
Visual Effects Designer		John Friedlander
Visual Effects Designer		Tony Oxley
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Assistant		Marion McDougall
Production Unit Manager		George Gallaccio
Technical Manager(TM2)		Tommy Dawson (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Mary Kellehar (uncredited)
Inlay Operator		Dave Jervis (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Senior Cameraman		Peter Granger (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Russ Karel (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		John Smith (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Shelagh Lawson (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Martha Livesley (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Leri O'Gorman (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Brian Read (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Pauline Silcock (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Pauline Mansfield Clark (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Sarah Newman (uncredited)