TEXT: DOCTOR WHO THE ARK IN SPACE BY ROBERT HOLMES PART ONE 5:30pm - 5:55pm [SCENE_BREAK] NOAH: You fool, Libri. [SCENE_BREAK] HIGH MINISTER (OOV. Recorded message on the intercom): Allo, Space Station Nerva... [SCENE_BREAK] HIGH MINISTER:...this is the Earth High Minister. The fact that you are hearing my voice in a message... [SCENE_BREAK] HIGH MINISTER:...recorded thousands of years before the day in which you are now living, is a sure sign that our great undertaking... [SCENE_BREAK] HIGH MINISTER:...the salvation of the human race, has been rewarded with success. [SCENE_BREAK] HIGH MINISTER: You have slept longer than the recorded history of mankind. And you stand now at the dawn of a new age. You will return to an Earth purified by flame, a world that we cannot guess at. If it be arid, you must make it flourish. If it be stony, you must make it fertile. The challenge is vast, the task enormous, but let nothing daunt you. HARRY (To SARAH.): Sounds like a pre-match pep talk! HIGH MINISTER: Remember, Citizen Volunteers, that you are the proud standard-bearers of our entire race. [SCENE_BREAK] HIGH MINISTER: Of the millions that walk the world today, you are the chosen survivors. You have been entrusted with a sacred duty - to see that human culture, human knowledge, human love and faith, shall never perish from the universe. Guard what we have given you with all your strength. [SCENE_BREAK] HIGH MINISTER: And now, across the chasm of the years, I send you the prayers and hopes of the entire world. Godspeed you to a safe landing. HARRY: I bet that did your female chauvinist heart a power of good! SARAH: Why? HARRY: Well, fancy a member of the fair s*x being top of the totem pole! NOAH (
SUMMARY:
Knowing that Noah has been infected by the Wirrn, the Doctor persuades Vira to halt the reviving of her people, knowing it will place them in danger as well.