Space ark

Space arks were spacecraft designed to save lifeforms from planetary disasters.

Verso listed space arks as one of the things the Quire had learned about from studying the Braxiatel Collection. (PROSE: Anightintheninthage)

Millions of years ago, the Silurians built the Silurian Ark to survive Earth's collision with a large object. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

In 2700 BC, Utnapishtim had a space ark built to survive Anu's destruction by Qataka. It made an emergency landing in the mountains of Mashu on Earth, but the Seventh Doctor was able to help them repair it and they left Earth for an uninhabited planet. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)

According to one account, in the 51st century the rich left Earth in a fleet of space arks when it was ravaged by solar flares. (COMIC: The Keep)

In 6087, Nerva Beacon was converted into a space ark so that humanity would survive the solar flares. (TV: The Ark in Space)

In the 100th century, a fleet of ark ships fled from a galactic civil war, eventually founding the New Earth Republic. (PROSE: Synthespians™)

In the 57th Segment of Time, humanity left Earth in a spacecraft later named the Ark when the planet threatened to collide with the sun. (TV: The Ark)