The Continuity GuideMoonbase Guide
by Martin Willey
The Continuity GuideIn Guardian Of Piri, close up shots showed a tower with a cross-shape plan corresponding to the tower at the centre of the full Moonbase model. From Force Of Life, a new version of the Main Mission tower appears, larger and more detailed. The original smaller version continued to appear in many episodes, sometimes alongside the larger version.
In Guardian Of Piri the Main Mission Tower appears (the same shot appears in War Games). The building on the left originally appeared in Breakaway.
Another version of the Main Mission tower first appears in Force Of Life. It has a base and more detailing (Revell Gemini and AMT Klingon Battlecruiser). The "iron cross" insignia are made from four Sasco year planner stickers.
The Force Of Life tower is a larger model.
The glowing building is Nuclear Generating Area 3.
The building explodes. Note the buildings on the right are different to those above.
The aftermath of the explosion.
The Last Sunset also made extensive use of larger scale buildings.
Just right of the Main Mission tower is the original Main Mission tower seen in Guardian Of Piri
The Main Mission tower is the smaller version.
Here's the silver ball (with Apollo landing legs) that appeared in Force Of Life. The foreground building first appeared in Breakaway
In War Games.
The silver ball appears again. The foreground building left will be blown apart.
Another ball building in Space Brain.
This exploding building appears in War Games. Note the moonbuggy.
Buildings about to explode in The Last Enemy
The Moonbase lights fade in The Testament of Arkadia. Exactly the same view is the title shot of Dragon's Domain.
Pans over the Moonbase buildings. The initial shots are from The Exiles and are also seen in Space Warp and The A B Chrysalis. Note the Main Mission tower.
The later shots are after the The A B Chrysalis shockwave, hence the dust. While in other shots the base seems to be on a flat surface, these views show the buildings spread over a low hill.
The Main Mission tower briefly glimpsed before an explosion obscures it in New Adam New Eve
Many buildings explode during the series!
On set photo from an unknown episode.
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