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This story aired in the following '''known''' countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to [[Selling Doctor Who]] for expanded airdates.)
 
This story aired in the following '''known''' countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to [[Selling Doctor Who]] for expanded airdates.)
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|[[New Zealand]]||Mar 78||PAL
 
|[[New Zealand]]||Mar 78||PAL
 
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|[[United States]]|| from Aug 78||NTSC
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|[[United States]]*||Sep 78||NTSC
 
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|[[Canada]]||Oct 78||NTSC
 
|[[Canada]]||Oct 78||NTSC
 
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|[[Gibraltar]]||Oct 78||PAL
 
|[[Gibraltar]]||Oct 78||PAL
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|[[Ecuador]]|| 78?||NTSC
 
 
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|[[Brunei]]||Jan 79||PAL
 
|[[Brunei]]||Jan 79||PAL
 
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|[[Nigeria]]||Feb 79||PAL
 
|[[Nigeria]]||Feb 79||PAL
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|[[Swaziland]]||Mar 79||PAL
 
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|[[Mexico]]||May 79||NTSC
 
|[[Mexico]]||May 79||NTSC
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|[[Malta]]||Nov 79||PAL
 
|[[Malta]]||Nov 79||PAL
 
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|[[Brazil]]|| 79?||PAL
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|[[Puerto Rico]]||Nov 79?||NTSC
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|[[Guatemala]]|| 79?||NTSC
 
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|[[Venezuela]]|| 79?||NTSC
 
 
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|[[Italy]]||Feb 80||PAL
 
|[[Italy]]||Feb 80||PAL
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|[[Costa Rica]]||Feb 80||NTSC
 
|[[Costa Rica]]||Feb 80||NTSC
 
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|[[Swaziland]]||Mar 80||PAL
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|[[Ecuador]]||Apr 80||NTSC
 
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|[[Colombia]]||Jul 80||NTSC
 
|[[Colombia]]||Jul 80||NTSC
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|[[Nicaragua]]||Aug 80||NTSC
 
|[[Nicaragua]]||Aug 80||NTSC
 
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|[[Rhodesia / Zimbabwe]]||Nov 80||b/w
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|[[Brazil]]||80?||PAL
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|[[Jordan]]||May 81||PAL
 
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|[[Jordan]]||May 81?||PAL
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|[[Venezuela]]||81||NTSC
 
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|[[Bahrain]]||Jan 82||PAL
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|[[Bahrain]]||81||PAL
 
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|[[Honduras]]?||?||NTSC
 
|[[Honduras]]?||?||NTSC
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* This story was dubbed into [[Spanish]], [[Arabic]], Italian, French and Galician.  
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*(*) ''The US date is based on the airdates for [[WTEV]], which was the '''first''' US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.''
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*This story was dubbed into [[Spanish]] (for Latin America); [[Italy|Italian]]; [[France|French]]; Catalan, Galician and Spanish (for [[Spain]]); [[Japan|Japanese]] and [[Turkey|Turkish]]; and subtitled in [[Netherlands|Dutch]], [[Denmark|Danish]], [[Yugoslavia|Croatian]], and [[Sweden|Swedish]].
 
* This serial was often shown after [[The Sontaran Experiment]], the stories being screened in production code order.
 
* This serial was often shown after [[The Sontaran Experiment]], the stories being screened in production code order.
  
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|[[Sri Lanka]]||Jun 84?||PAL
 
|[[Sri Lanka]]||Jun 84?||PAL
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|[[Saudi Arabia]]||mid-85||NTSC
 
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|[[Barbados]]/[[Saint Lucia]]||Dec 85||NTSC
 
|[[Barbados]]/[[Saint Lucia]]||Dec 85||NTSC
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|[[Honduras]]|| 85||NTSC
 
 
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|[[Trinidad & Tobago]]||Jan 86||NTSC
 
|[[Trinidad & Tobago]]||Jan 86||NTSC
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|[[Korea (South)]]||Mar 86||NTSC
 
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|[[Saudi Arabia]]||mid-86||NTSC
 
 
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|[[Bahamas]]||Aug 86||NTSC
 
|[[Bahamas]]||Aug 86||NTSC
 
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|[[Yugoslavia]]||Oct 86||PAL
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|[[Yugoslavia]]||Nov 86||PAL
 
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|[[Greece]]||Jan 87||SECAM
 
|[[Greece]]||Jan 87||SECAM
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|[[Turkey]]||Jul 88||PAL
 
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|[[France]]||Apr 89?||SECAM
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|[[Ghana]]?||Jul 88||PAL
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|[[France]]||Apr 89||SECAM
 
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|[[Poland]]|| 90s?||SECAM
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|[[Japan]]||Jul 89||NTSC
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|[[Philippines]]||Aug 89?||NTSC
 
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|[[Sweden]]||Sep 96||PAL
 
|[[Sweden]]||Sep 96||PAL
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|[[Poland]]||May 02||PAL
 
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* This is by far the biggest selling '''Doctor Who''' story of all, reaching nearly 40 countries around the world.
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*Based on the number of '''known''' screenings worldwide, this is the second biggest selling '''Doctor Who''' story of all, reaching over '''40 countries'''. ([[Revenge of the Cybermen]] takes the top position.)
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*For reasons that are unclear, The Ark in Space was not part of the package sold to the American [[Armed Forces Network]] in 1986.
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*The story was released on DVD in the [[Netherlands]] in the mid-2000s.  
  
  
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{{TV Guide blurbs
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| part={part or episode}
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| title=Ark in Space
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| ep1=Dr. Who discovers a sinister interference with earthlings in a state of suspended animation.
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| ep2=The earthlings exhibit some non-human characteristics when they awake.
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| ep3=Dr. Who must defeat the Wirrn to save the human race.
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| ep4=The Doctor and his friends gamble everything to save the human race.
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| comp = 1
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}}
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 00:39, 1 August 2021

Story Code: 4C / Season 12 UK Airdate: 25 Jan to 15 Feb 1975 Doctor: Tom Baker
First airings by location UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite Previous Story / Next Story

This story aired in the following known countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)

Time-Life promo card
Netherlands Sep 75 PAL
Australia May 76 PAL
United Arab Emirates 76? PAL
Hong Kong Jan 77 PAL
New Zealand Mar 78 PAL
United States* Sep 78 NTSC
Canada Oct 78 NTSC
Gibraltar Oct 78 PAL
Brunei Jan 79 PAL
Nigeria Feb 79 PAL
Swaziland Mar 79 PAL
Mexico May 79 NTSC
Chile c May 79 NTSC
Denmark Oct 79 PAL
Malta Nov 79 PAL
Puerto Rico Nov 79? NTSC
Italy Feb 80 PAL
Costa Rica Feb 80 NTSC
Ecuador Apr 80 NTSC
Colombia Jul 80 NTSC
Nicaragua Aug 80 NTSC
Brazil 80? PAL
Jordan May 81 PAL
Venezuela 81 NTSC
Bahrain 81 PAL
Honduras? ? NTSC


Reissue

  • The story was reissued in the mid-1980s, during the THIRD WAVE of sales.
Monaco Nov 83 PAL
Sri Lanka Jun 84? PAL
Saudi Arabia mid-85 NTSC
Barbados/Saint Lucia Dec 85 NTSC
Trinidad & Tobago Jan 86 NTSC
Bahamas Aug 86 NTSC
Yugoslavia Nov 86 PAL
Greece Jan 87 SECAM
Malaysia May 87 PAL
Spain Mar 88 PAL
Turkey Jul 88 PAL
Ghana? Jul 88 PAL
France Apr 89 SECAM
Japan Jul 89 NTSC
Philippines Aug 89? NTSC
Sweden Sep 96 PAL
Poland May 02 PAL


  • Based on the number of known screenings worldwide, this is the second biggest selling Doctor Who story of all, reaching over 40 countries. (Revenge of the Cybermen takes the top position.)
  • For reasons that are unclear, The Ark in Space was not part of the package sold to the American Armed Forces Network in 1986.
  • The story was released on DVD in the Netherlands in the mid-2000s.


US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: Ark in Space

  • Episode 1: Dr. Who discovers a sinister interference with earthlings in a state of suspended animation.
  • Episode 2: The earthlings exhibit some non-human characteristics when they awake.
  • Episode 3: Dr. Who must defeat the Wirrn to save the human race.
  • Episode 4: The Doctor and his friends gamble everything to save the human race.
  • Compilation: Dr. Who discovers a sinister interference with earthlings in a state of suspended animation.


Links

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