This is not to be confused with the episode titled The Ark, even though their ark was also in space. I don't like it when Doctor Who tries to mess with my head. I thought it was some kind of sequel, or continuation of The Ark, because heaven only knows we needed to see the Monoids one more time. I never dreamed they would make a sequel to The Curse of Peladon, and they did, so maybe they're messing with us again.
Anyway, it's not a sequel. It just has a similar title. It only takes a couple minutes before you think that they are all going to die. But since that would be a first in Doctor Who history, I very much doubt that was actually going to happen. Wouldn't it be great to introduce a new Doctor and then kill him off in the first or second episode? That would be great. Maybe not to you, though. I would find it amusing.
So it's weird seeing Harry in this episode, because it never crossed my mind that he would actually become a companion. Honestly I didn't even think much about him in Robot, or pay much attention to his character. I think my attention span is sliding a bit and this was only in four parts.
This Ark is filled with cryogenically suspended humans along with animal and botanical specimens. The original Earth was in a bad way, so they created this Ark which would return to Earth after 5,000 years, and repopulate it. Of course this plan got screwy, because some sort of alien crawling about like a man in a sleeping bag, has got on board and hijacked the ship, infiltrating the minds and bodies of some of the humans.
The alien bugs are called Wirrns. Hey, it sounds like someone from the New England coast trying to say "worms". Just kidding. Noah is a good egg, though. He saves the humans, even though he has turned Wirrn.
Now that you mention it, the plot from the movie Alien seems to be ripped off this story.
My hand! AHHHH My hand!!!
My body! AHHHH My body!
The episode ends with the Doctor and his companions beaming down to Earth to fix the transmat so the remaining humans can beam down.
It's a continuation! So don't go about telling me it's only four parts!
Next Up: The Sontaran Experiment
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