( INFO: The Ark in Space)ĭespite its difficult birth, the story won kudos from the BBC Wales production staff. Lucarotti was paid fully for his work, and Holmes undertook a page one rewrite, retaining only the central concept of Lucarotti's tale. It was impossible for Holmes to conduct timely consultation with the Doctor Who veteran. However, because he then lived on a boat anchored in the Mediterranean - and there was a postal strike afflicting Corsica - Lucarotti was essentially incommunicado to script editor Robert Holmes. Both Christopher Langley and John Lucarotti tried and failed to write a script about a space station for season 12. The Ark in Space had a somewhat tortuous scripting process, having slipped past two writers before its scripts were finally accepted. It importantly established the location of Nerva Beacon, which would be the narrative lynchpin of the season. It proceeded from a mild- cliffhanger at the end of Robot, showing what happened after Harry Sullivan climbed into the police box in UNIT's laboratory. It was the Fourth Doctor's first full, post- regenerative story. The Ark in Space was the second serial of season 12 of Doctor Who.
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