The Catacombs Episode Guide

Earthbound

Ring Around the Moon Year 1 - Episode 5 Another Time, Another Place

Screenplay by Anthony Terpiloff
Directed by Charles Crichton
Guest Artist Roy Dotrice
Special Guest Star Christopher Lee
Denmark Retur til Jorden? Return to Earth? 16 Jan 1977
France/Canada Direction Terre Direction: Earth 16 Oct 1976
Germany Captain Zantor Captain Zantor 12 Mar 1978
Italy Destinazione obbligata: Terra Obligatory Destination: Earth 7 Feb 1976
Japan No Return to the Earth! 10 Apr 1977
Netherlands Aan de aarde gebonden Bound to the Earth 11 Aug 1978
Portugal Rumo à Terra Course To Earth 12 Mar 1977
South Africa Bestemming, Die Arde Destination Earth 27 Jan 1978
Spain Rumbo a la Tierra En route to Earth 7 Oct 1976
Sweden I Riktning mot Jorden At course for Earth 8 Dec 1977
Hungary Irány a Föld! 14 Apr 1977
USA (New York) 28 Feb 1976
USA (San Francisco) 14 Feb 1976
UK (ATV) 4 Dec 1975
UK (LWT) 6 Dec 1975

Representatives from a dying planet land on the moon. Their spacecraft has been programmed to take them to Earth. Is this an opportunity for key Moonbase personnel to return to Earth? Commander Koenig is faced with unexpected drama. ITC summary

Background

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Sets

Int. Main Mission
Int. Command Office
Int. Nuclear Power Station (revamp Command Office)
Int. Diagnostic Unit
Int. Alpha Corridor
Int. Travel Tube
Int. Eagle Pilot Section
Int. Eagle Passenger Section & Vacuum Chamber

Int. Kaldorian ship

Main Mission is in the new layout with no steps to the viewports and more widely spaced desks (the early layout is in Breakaway to Ring Around The Moon). Kano's desk will not appear until Missing Link.

The Main Power Unit set (a revamp of the Command Office) previously appeared in Black Sun.

SFX

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Music

There is no new music for this episode.

Science

Continuity

Chronology:

Alpha Personnel:

1 left Alpha: Simmonds (presumably deceased).

Alpha Technology:

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Eagles:

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Eagle 1 (Alan, Rescue); 2 (Rescue). The first appearance of the red striped pods. There is a rare view of the docking tube, which uniquely has a corrugated seal. A winch pod is seen in the Eagle hangar.

Planets:

None. We learn about the dying planet Kaldor.

Aliens:

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Kaldorians

Props:

Footage:

Errors

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As Zantor lies down in the casket at the end of the episode, his wig falls off revealing dark hair beneath.

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When Simmonds is battering his casket, at the end of the shot we briefly see beyond two aliens- one turns his head round, the other sits up. The director had probably called "cut" but the editor decided to use slightly more of the shot.

Observations

Merchandise:

As the first episode featuring an alien spaceship, the Kaldorian ship was widely used in merchandising. Christopher Lee's Zantor was also popular.

Links

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Contents copyright Martin Willey