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
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk repeated into the 1990s and beyond. The series was released on VHS in the mid 1990's under the names of Noah and nelly in the skylark volume 1 and Noah and nelly in the skylark volume 2. Both these VHS tapes are very rare. Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–1977) is a children's cartoon series produced by Bob Godfrey's Movie Emporium. "Noah and Nelly" was created by Grange Calveley, writer of the earlier and better known "Roobarb" cartoon. The five-minute films depict a world loosely based around Noah's Ark. However, Calveley's surreal interpretation involves two-headed