Review of the Ark in Space: Episodes 1-4
The Ark in Space is a wonderfully exciting and interesting story from Tom Baker's legendary run as the Fourth Doctor. Set on the space station Nerva, the Doctor and company find a crew of humans who are the last of their race. Nerva is humanity's last hope, an ark, if you will, containing all that is left of humanity. Also, there seems to be a different species aboard Nerva, an alien being who has taken over the body of another crew member and is intent upon laying its eggs in other members of the crew. This is a very interesting premise -- how could one not like "Noah's Ark in space?" -- and it proves to be a memorable Baker serial.
I have no complaints about this serial, though I found the usage of bubble wrap as the alien skin to be a bit silly, but after a while, I thought it was actually a brilliant idea.
The Ark in Space is a wonderfully exciting and interesting story from Tom Baker's legendary run as the Fourth Doctor. Set on the space station Nerva, the Doctor and company find a crew of humans who are the last of their race. Nerva is humanity's last hope, an ark, if you will, containing all that is left of humanity. Also, there seems to be a different species aboard Nerva, an alien being who has taken over the body of another crew member and is intent upon laying its eggs in other members of the crew. This is a very interesting premise -- how could one not like "Noah's Ark in space?" -- and it proves to be a memorable Baker serial.
I have no complaints about this serial, though I found the usage of bubble wrap as the alien skin to be a bit silly, but after a while, I thought it was actually a brilliant idea.