The Ark in Space Salmon of "SFX" rated the serial four and a half out of five stars, calling it "brimming with confidence". Salmon wrote that the concept of the Wirrn were so terrifying that the poor effects did not matter. In an analysis of apocalyptic themes in "Doctor Who", academic Andrew Crome highlighted the explicit religious influences on the writing of "The Ark in Space". He considered the eponymous Ark to be an analogue of the Biblical story of Noah's Ark, the ancient flood myth related in the Book of Genesis, and that the naming of the Nerva Beacon commander as Noah was
Father Noah's Ark found. They lower the gangway and the animals all come back out onto dry land (the ark in this case resting atop a tree). The Pomp and Circumstance segment of "Fantasia 2000", also based on Noah's Ark, makes minor references to this short. Father Noah's Ark Father Noah's Ark is a 1933 Walt Disney "Silly Symphonies" animated film. It is based on the story of Noah's Ark. The short's musical score is an adaptation of the first dance in Ludwig van Beethoven's "12 Contredanses". The short begins with the building of the Ark. Father Noah makes the plans of the