Doctor Who (1963) 12.02.X

A New Frontier: Making of The Ark in Space (2013)

30 minutes

People interviewed

• Philip Hinchcliffe, producer
• Roger Murray-Leach, designer
• Wendy Williams, Vira
• Kenton Moore, Noah

Topics discussed

• the history of the development of the story that became The Ark in Space
• the design of the Wirrn in their various forms
• the scene that was deleted from the story in which Noah asked Vira to kill him
• the reaction to the Ark in Space from viewers

This is one of the better "making of" documentaries for Doctor Who that I have seen. Only one of the people from the commentary track is also in this documentary feature. There doesn't seem to be much overlap between stories told on the commentary track and in this documentary feature.

Interview with Roger Murray-Leach (2002)

10 minutes

Roger Murray-Leach talks about some of the challengers he and his team encountered in designing the and dressing the sets for Doctor Who stories including

• The Ark in Space
• The Sontaran Experiment
• Planet of Evil
• The Deadly Assassin
• The Talons of Weng-Chiang