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Quotes
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"You could sell that thing, Doctor. Jolly useful in Trafalgar Square. I mean, hundreds of bobbies hiding inside it." ~ Harry Sullivan
The 4th Doctor: You haven't touched anything have you, Harry?
Harry: Me?
The 4th Doctor: Well, there are only two of us here and your name is Harry.
"You're improving, Harry. Yes, your mind is beginning to work. It's entirely due my influence, of course. You mustn't take any credit. Now, what's missing?" ~ The Fourth Doctor
"Harry, call me old girl again and I'll spit in your eye." ~ Sarah-Jane Smith
"Homo sapiens. What an inventive, invincible species. It's only a few million years since they've crawled up out of the mud and learned to walk. Puny, defenceless bipeds. They've survived flood, famine and plague. They've survived cosmic wars and holocausts, and now here they are amongst the stars, waiting to begin a new life, ready to outsit eternity. They're indomitable. Indomitable!" ~ The Fourth Doctor
Vira: You mean Dune's knowledge
The 4th Doctor: Has been thoroughly digested, I'm afraid.
Sarah Jane: Don't make jokes like that, Doctor.
The 4th Doctor: When I say I'm afraid, Sarah, I'm not making jokes.
"He talks to himself sometimes because he's the only one who understands what he's talking about." ~ Sarah Jane Smith
"Gremlins can get into everything, old girl. First law of the sea." ~ Harry Sullivan
"It may be irrational of me, but human beings are quite my favourite species." ~ The Fourth Doctor
Harry: How are you doing, old girl?
Sarah-Jane [OC]: How do you think I'm doing, twit?
Harry: I'm sorry, I thought you were stuck.
"Oh, Doctor. Is that all you can say for yourself? Stupid, foolish girl. We should never have relied on you. I knew you'd let us down. That's the trouble with girls like you. You think you're tough, but when you're really up against it, you've no guts at all. Hundreds of lives at stake and you lie there, blubbing." ~ The Fourth Doctor
"What? Conned again. You're a brute." ~ Sarah-Jane Smith
"Come on, Sarah. Come on! Run! Run!" ~ The Tenth Doctor
The 4th Doctor: I don't remember inviting you two.
Sarah-Jane: Er, no, you didn't. But here we are.
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Trivia
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This 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, while Barnaby Edwards confessed to being "petrified of the Wirrn" as a child.
It was a particularly popular serial with contemporary audiences, as well. Part 2, in fact, was the fifth-most-watched program of its week, making it the highest-charting episode of the original version of the program. In fact, it retained its crown until the transmission of Voyage of the Damned, which was the second-most-watched program of its week.
The Nerva Beacon sets are reused for Revenge of the Cybermen.
The whole story bears resemblance to the Ridley Scott film Alien released in 1979.
It is only mentioned once by Vira but Noah's name is 'Lazar', "Noah" being a joke on his role on Nerva.
Aside from a couple of voice-over artists, no-one but the regular cast appears on-screen in Part One of this story; the last time this occurred was The Edge of Destruction.
Vira was written to be black and possibly Haitian, but this was changed by the director.
The original script was written by John Lucarotti and he was paid for his work; however script editor Robert Holmes had to do extensive revision and was the credited writer. Lucarotti's story line included an ark, an uninhabitable Earth, humans who had 'over-slept' and aliens who had entered the ark in the meantime. Noticeable differences include the race of the aliens and that the Doctor went to the ark intentionally. Lucarotti's aliens, named the Delk, had the ability to replicate instantly. This would have been Lucarotti's fourth script for the show and his first since the William Hartnell era.
The Beast Below is set during the same human diaspora from Earth, as the episode explains that Starship UK was launched just before the climax of the solar flares hit Earth.
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Links (Watch on DailyMotion.com)
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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
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