The Catacombs The Last Sunset
SFX footage

SFX footage from the World Backgrounds library. The library contains many alternative takes and longer shots (sometimes including clapperboards). A few examples have appeared on the Network DVDs bonus disc, but many have never been seen. Episode shots are outlined in red, all other shots from the library.

Eagle lands gently on pad. 35 seconds with a cut at 15 seconds (the missing part appears in the episode, but there is a cut to a closeup of the Eagle leg when it lands; this is the full version.

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View of mist shrouded lunar hills. 20 seconds- static for first 5 seconds, then travels over mist, stopping for last 3 seconds. In episode, POV of Koenig's Eagle searching for crash site.

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View of mist shrouded lunar hills (obviously painted in the background). Two takes, each 23 seconds, static for first 5-10 seconds, then zooms down into mist (just mist for last 15 seconds).

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Eagle explodes. The Eagle is actually a photo cut-out. Seen in episode. 9 seconds.

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The last sunset. 40 seconds as the sun sets behind the hills, and sky fades to black. Different hills to the shot seen in the episode (but the same view as the sunrise earlier in the episode).

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The sunrise seen in the episode (a very pink sun). 30 seconds, with the sun not visible until 17 seconds in. Clapperboard is only visible for one frame- slate is 101 x 2, date is 1 - 8? (August) - 74 . The month is uncertain, but the shooting script was 12th July so it cannot be before then.


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