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|image = Genesis_Ark_opened.jpg
 
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|name = Genesis Ark
 
|name = Genesis Ark
|type = Prison Ship
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|type = [[Prison ship]]
 
|origin = [[Gallifrey]]
 
|origin = [[Gallifrey]]
 
|made by = [[Time Lord]]s
 
|made by = [[Time Lord]]s
|used by = The [[Cult of Skaro]]
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|used by = [[Cult of Skaro]]
|first = Army of Ghosts (TV story)
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|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''/ ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]''
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|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]''
 
}}The '''Genesis Ark''' was a designation for a prison ship manipulated by the [[Time Lord]]s during the [[Last Great Time War]] for only one function: the would-be eternal imprisonment for millions of [[Dalek]]s. It was [[dimensionally transcendental]] and resembled a casket.
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The '''Genesis Ark''' was the [[Dalek]] name for a [[Time Lord]] [[prison ship]] from the [[Last Great Time War]]. Slightly larger and similar in shape to a Dalek casing, the Ark was [[dimensionally transcendental]] and contained millions of Daleks.
   
At some point during the [[Last Great Time War]], the four [[Dalek]]s belonging to the Cult of Skaro stole the Genesis Ark and, using a [[void ship]], fled the universe into [[the Void]]. This brought them out of the Time War, either before it became [[time-lock]]ed, or it allowed them to circumvent the time-lock. Their purpose was to open the Genesis Ark and re-establish the Dalek empire.
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The [[Cult of Skaro]] took the Genesis Ark and escaped the war in a [[Void Ship]], intending to use it to re-establish the [[Dalek Empire]] after they returned to the [[universe]] in [[2007]]. However, though the Daleks could bring the Ark to its final stage of awakening, it could only be opened by the touch of a [[time travel]]ler.
   
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The Daleks would have blown up the [[Sun]] to force the Ark open, but first they attempted to coerce [[Rose Tyler]] to open it. During a firefight with the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]], [[Mickey Smith]] accidentally laid his hand on the Ark, priming it. As the Ark required 13 square miles for activation, the Daleks escorted it out of [[Torchwood Tower]] and into the sky. High above [[London]], the Ark opened and the Daleks within began pouring out.
{{Cleanup|This wording is flawed.}}The Ark's hull was extremely tough to break through, so the only way for the Genesis Ark to be activated was through two simple steps. First the Daleks would put their manipulator arms over its four sensor processing units, taking it out of "hibernation". Then it would be in "final stage of awakening" and was to be touched by a [[time travel]]ler, transferring [[artron energy]] to the Ark. Incapable of touch, no Dalek could open the ark by any means short of blowing up a star. [[Mickey Smith]] touched it by accident in battle because a Cyberman bumped him when he was trying to escape the Sphere Chamber. This activated the ark, causing some kind of smoke to emerge from the radioactive steam vents. Dalek Sec stated that the Ark needed an area of 30 square miles. The Daleks transported it to the skies above London and it began releasing millions of Daleks who proceeded to join the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] against [[human]]s and [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] in [[July]] [[2007]]. When the [[Tenth Doctor]] returned to the Void all elements that had become saturated in [[Void stuff]], the Genesis Ark was observed being sucked towards the opening after the Cult of Skaro escaped by [[temporal shift]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'')
 
   
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When the [[Tenth Doctor]] reopened the breach to the Void, the Genesis Ark was sucked back through along with the Daleks and Cybermen, as they were all saturated with "[[Void stuff]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'')
   
 
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The Genesis Ark was the Dalek name for a Time Lord prison ship from the Last Great Time War. Slightly larger and similar in shape to a Dalek casing, the Ark was dimensionally transcendental and contained millions of Daleks.

The Cult of Skaro took the Genesis Ark and escaped the war in a Void Ship, intending to use it to re-establish the Dalek Empire after they returned to the universe in 2007. However, though the Daleks could bring the Ark to its final stage of awakening, it could only be opened by the touch of a time traveller.

The Daleks would have blown up the Sun to force the Ark open, but first they attempted to coerce Rose Tyler to open it. During a firefight with the Cybermen, Mickey Smith accidentally laid his hand on the Ark, priming it. As the Ark required 13 square miles for activation, the Daleks escorted it out of Torchwood Tower and into the sky. High above London, the Ark opened and the Daleks within began pouring out.

When the Tenth Doctor reopened the breach to the Void, the Genesis Ark was sucked back through along with the Daleks and Cybermen, as they were all saturated with "Void stuff". (TV: Doomsday)