In his introduction to this reprint, Steven Moffat (for it is he) states that The Ark in Space is his favourite story. As this is the man who's given us The Silence, The Whispermen and The Weeping Angels I'm not the least bit surprised. The TV version of The Ark in Space (of which I'll be review shortly - be patient!) is where the Tom Baker era really beings and herald the start of three years that would be Doctor Who's golden age.
But what of this novelisation? I think Ian Marter (who of course played Harry in the TV series. And is, I think, the only person to novelise a story he appeared in) wrote very adult novelizations (his novelisation of Enemy of the World is the first Doctor Who book to contain a swear word) with the transformation of Noah being a lot more graphic here than would ever have been allowed on TV. But I felt let down by this book. I don't know why. Maybe it's because The Ark in Space has such a reputation that seeing anything other than the TV story is going to be let down. Which is a pity.
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