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Doctor Who: The Ark In Space Trivia Quiz

In his second story, The 4th Doctor must stop a race of insectoids from harvesting the human race! How much do you know about "The Ark In Space"?

A multiple-choice quiz by mistergumby. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
mistergumby

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
282,551

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the beginning, the Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Harry, land aboard the space station Nerva. Upon discovering that the life support systems are offline, and the TARDIS crew will suffocate if they don't act, what does the Doctor do? Hint

Takes a nap

Eats some Jelly Babies

Plays with a yo-yo

Reads a book

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Question 2 of 10

2. At one point, The Doctor and Harry are trapped behind a desk by a security system that destroys organic life. While The Doctor reaches for the off switch, what does Harry throw to distract the device? Hint

A cricket ball

The Doctor's hat

The Doctor's scarf

His shoe

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Question 3 of 10

3. Nerva is home to a system of cryogenic chambers, which have kept the surviving human race in stasis for thousands of years. What catastrophe caused the human race to go into hibernation?
Hint

Nuclear War

Supernova

Asteroid

Solar Flares

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Doctor isn't the only alien inside Nerva. A large insect-like creature has stowed away on the station, and meddled with the controls, causing the frozen humans to stay in hibernation longer than expected. What race was this creature part of? Hint

Wirrn

Foamosi

Tritovore

Optera

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Question 5 of 10

5. A man named Lazer was chosen to lead the new human civilization. What name was bestowed upon Lazer? Hint

Jonah

Adam

Noah

Moses

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Nerva crew member was the first to become one of the Wirrn? Hint

Noah

Lycett

Libri

Dune

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Question 7 of 10

7. At one point, Sarah Jane has to crawl through a ventilation shaft to deliver a power cable to The Doctor, but gets stuck along the way. How does The Doctor get her out? Hint

Reverse psychology

Using his yo-yo string

Using his sonic screwdriver

Pushing her from behind

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which crew member gives his life to ensure the shuttle with the Wirrn onboard takes off? Hint

Lycett

Noah

Rogin

Libri

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Question 9 of 10

9. What causes the shuttle with the Wirrn onboard to explode? Hint

Colliding with a meteor

Flying into the sun

Self-destruction

Crashing into the moon

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Question 10 of 10

10. In which story do The Doctor and his companions return to Nerva? Hint

The Android Invasion

Terror Of The Zygons

Revenge Of The Cybermen

The Sontaran Experiment

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Plays with a yo-yo

He claims to be doing a "gravity reading." He gets the oxygen supply back online in the nick of time, thanks to his sonic screwdriver.

Answer: His shoe

The rest of the items are used at some point to attract its attention. While all of this is happening, poor Sarah Jane is trapped inside a cryogenic freezing chamber. Even after evading the security machine, It takes a while for The Doctor and Harry to find her.

3. Nerva is home to a system of cryogenic chambers, which have kept the surviving human race in stasis for thousands of years. What catastrophe caused the human race to go into hibernation?

Answer: Solar Flares

The human race knew ahead of time that mass extinction was imminent, and prepared by building Nerva, choosing a select few humans to be preserved, and saving an archive of all human accomplishments. After seeing all of this, the Doctor remarks how amazing the human race is.

Answer: Wirrn

The first of the Wirrn encountered by The Doctor had been dead for a long time, but it managed to lay eggs before its death. Several Wirrn eggs infected members of the Nerva crew, and caused them to become Wirrn themselves.

5. A man named Lazer was chosen to lead the new human civilization. What name was bestowed upon Lazer?

Answer: Noah

His real name is only mentioned once. Noah was not at all happy to find the TARDIS team on Nerva. He believed having three outsiders in their group would contaminate their gene pool, and wanted to terminate them.

6. Which Nerva crew member was the first to become one of the Wirrn?

Answer: Dune

He was taken from his cryogenic chamber by a Wirrn larva, who aquired all of his memories and knowledge. Since Dune was a station technician, the larva knew how to sabotage Nerva's systems, and later causes Noah to transform into a Wirrn.

7. At one point, Sarah Jane has to crawl through a ventilation shaft to deliver a power cable to The Doctor, but gets stuck along the way. How does The Doctor get her out?

Answer: Reverse psychology

The Doctor calls Sarah Jane "useless", and says they "never should have depended on her." This motivates her to prove him wrong, and become unstuck. She is quite unhappy with The Doctor after reaching the other side, but soon realizes that it was part of his plan.

8. Which crew member gives his life to ensure the shuttle with the Wirrn onboard takes off?

Answer: Rogin

With one of the docking locks still in place, and the shuttle just seconds away from launching, Rogin knocks out The Doctor (who was going to sacrifice himself) and places him in a protection hatch. He shuts off the final lock, but is killed by the shuttle's exhaust.

9. What causes the shuttle with the Wirrn onboard to explode?

Answer: Self-destruction

Apparently, the Wirrn who used to be Noah still had a shred of humanity left in him. He caused the ship's own destruction after leaving a final message to the station ("Goodbye, Vira").

10. In which story do The Doctor and his companions return to Nerva?

Answer: Revenge Of The Cybermen

The Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Harry return to Nerva in the 29th century, thousands of years before this episode takes place. The Nerva sets in "The Ark In Space" were reused for this serial.

Source: Author mistergumby

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