The Continuity GuideEagle Guide
by Martin Willey
The Continuity Guide
The passenger module had several configurations.
In Breakaway, Matter Of Life And Death, Ring Around The Moon and Another Time, Another Place the module had eight seats in two rows. This passenger configuration reappeared in Guardian Of Piri, The Exiles and New Adam, New Eve (with the seats facing backwards).
From Death's Other Dominion, there are 4 seats on the port-side, and a Computer wall and desk on the starboard.
There are also examples where some or all seats are removed, leaving a flat sunken area for medical equipment (Guardian Of Piri) or boxes (Black Sun, Earthbound, The Infernal Machine, Mission Of The Darians, The Immunity Syndrome).
There were no seats at all in some configurations: it is just storage in Earthbound and The Immunity Syndrome, and the seats are replaced by filing desks in Missing Link (crash Eagle), The Last Sunset, Dragon's Domain
There are two seats have a minimal control panel between them, controlling the screen and communications with the pilot.
In Breakaway we see the 8 seat configuration. In front of each pair of seats is an empty storage alcove, and a single screen. Between the seats is a control panel which operates the forward bulkhead screen and communication with the pilot.
In Black Sun, the rear seats are removed for storage space. The red "Emergency Procedure" notice is also seen throughout Alpha and can be read here
More commonly, the seats are removed on one side (or both) to allow boxes to be stored (Earthbound, The Infernal Machine, Mission Of The Darians, The Immunity Syndrome).
In Guardian Of Piri all four seats on one side are removed and replaced with a medical chair and monitors.
The seat screens are very rarely used- here they are seen in Matter of Life and Death and Missing Link
There is also a "postbox" like slot for papers in the front console of the seats.
Close ups of the seats from Mission Of The Darians
The front part of the seat configuration includes more storage. The cylinders are Gustavberg salad bowls. In the shots below, note the seats are moved towards the centre aisle, away from the side walls. In Breakaway the seats are pushed against the wall, with a gap along the aisle that the stewardess steps down into to give Koenig his coffee. Later in the series, depending on the shot, the seats are pushed to the aisle, and therefore don't align with the front console. Bergman's seat actually overlaps the door frame.
The back wall is slightly remodelled in Year 2. The door number has changed font, and has an additional "Eagle" label. Some of the other labelling is gone, and the black lines around the horizontal wall lights now continue to the door. In this shot from The Exiles, the aisle is covered with boards, hiding the gap between the aisle and the seats.
The same view as the The Exiles shot above, as it appeared in Year 1. The gap between the aisle and seats varied, sometimes shot by shot. In the shots above from Black Sun and Mission Of The Darians, the seats are moved up to the aisle, with a gap to the wall; in the shots of Helena and Sandra in Black Sun the seats are against the wall.
In a few episodes, Alphans sleep in the Eagle seats: The Full Circle, The Testament Of Arkadia. Here, Sandra's seat is pushed up to the aisle, and the back seat overlaps the back door.
In New Adam, New Eve we see the 8-seat configuration return (although we don't see all the seats). When the Eagle launches at the end, the seats have reversed direction.
Copyright Martin Willey. Thanks to Marcus Lindroos.