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The Ark: The Bomb
Broadcast: Monday 17th April 2000
11:30pm-12:00am AEST (13:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, Peter Purves, Edmund Coulter, Terence Woodfield

Unwilling to share the new world, Refusis, with their human slaves, the Monoids plan to blow up the Ark with a bomb which is hidden somewhere on the ship.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 14th April 2000:
UKTV Australia http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/
Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEST The Time Meddler all 4 eps (The Watcher, The Meddling Monk, A Battle Of Wits, Checkmate)
One more chance to see this story. The 1st Doctor comes across his most aggravating challenge yet - Steven Taylor. Meanwhile, evidence emerges that a rival time traveler is making dangerous changes to England's timeline in the 11th Century.
Mon 11:30PM AEST The Ark: The Bomb ep 4 of 4
The 1st Doctor travels to Refusis. The Monoids prepare to take this new world for themselves alone.
Tue-Fri 11:30PM AEST The Gunfighters eps 1 - 4 of 4 (A Holiday For The Doctor, Don't Shoot The Pianist, Johnny Ringo, The OK Corral)
"The-e Gun-Fighter's comin' to Tombstone, AZ!
A stranger 'is-tor-i-cal you'll ne-ver see!
It's told as a bal-lad, sung to a blood-filled tune,
So sit ba-ack for the story of the Laaast - Chance Sal-loon!"