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  • The Ark (TV story)
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  • Behind the scenes, it was notable for its then-groundbreaking use of out-of-sequence recording. The final episode, "The Bomb", was the first in Doctor Who history to be recorded according to set availability and then edited into proper sequence. (DCOM: "The Bomb") Director Michael Imison also notably achieved a number of special effects shots through the liberal use of forced perspective, something which hadn't been widely attempted in Doctor Who to that time. Imison's use of playback to indicate that the bridge computers and control consoles on the Ark were fully operational was also unusually sophisticated for the Hartnell era.
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Epcount
  • 4
story number
  • 23
BTS
  • Special Feature - All's Well's That Ends Wells - The Ark - Doctor Who - BBC
broadcast date
  • --03-05
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Doctor
  • First Doctor
Enemy
  • The Monoids
Series
Producer
Name
  • The Ark
Clip
  • Monoids civil war - Doctor Who The Ark - BBC
  • Doctor meets Refusian - Doctor Who - The Ark - BBC
  • Monoids foil Doctor's escape - Doctor Who The Ark - BBC
Production code
Season Number
Format
  • 4
Companions
Setting
  • The Ark, the 57th Segment of Time
PREV
  • The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
NEXT
  • The Celestial Toymaker
Writer
Director
Network
novelisation
  • The Ark
abstract
  • Behind the scenes, it was notable for its then-groundbreaking use of out-of-sequence recording. The final episode, "The Bomb", was the first in Doctor Who history to be recorded according to set availability and then edited into proper sequence. (DCOM: "The Bomb") Director Michael Imison also notably achieved a number of special effects shots through the liberal use of forced perspective, something which hadn't been widely attempted in Doctor Who to that time. Imison's use of playback to indicate that the bridge computers and control consoles on the Ark were fully operational was also unusually sophisticated for the Hartnell era. The Ark was also the first time a female writer was credited on the show, though the extent of Lesley Scott's contribution was rather small. (About Time 1) Michael Sheard and Roy Skelton had their first involvement in Doctor Who with this serial, with the former appearing five more times and the latter going on to voice the Dalek Emperor, the Cybermen and, briefly, K9.
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