The Continuity GuideMoonbase Guide
Recreation
by Martin Willey
The Continuity GuideTwo different Recreation Centres were seen in Year 2. Both have chairs, sofas and small tables for socialising.
The first- seen in The Mark Of Archanon, One Moment Of Humanity and The Taybor, was a revamp of the Medical Centre.
The Recreation Centre in The Taybor contained gym equipment: see here
The second Recreation Centre is seen in The Lambda Factor and The Seance Spectre
One Moment Of Humanity: entering the "L"-shaped Recreation Centre.
Data disks (looking like small compact discs/DVDs) are kept in the cabinet in the centre. They store music and text. There is a square Ara table left and two round Mezzatessera tables right.
There are chairs and small tables for relaxing. The right-most wall poster formerly appeared in Bergman's quarters. Both are illustrations from the astronomical atlas Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius, published in Amsterdam in 1660 (more details).
The set in The Mark Of Archanon has a bird cage, cutlery and the coffee machine. The wall posters have gone.
In The Taybor, the same Medical Center set is revised first as the solarium and then as a gym.
The octagonal ceiling lighting is from the Voyager interior in Voyager's Return and the Swift in Brian The Brain, as are the half-width lighted corner panels. The set was built on stage M. The Lambda Factor was filmed 12th-14th October 1976; The Seance Spectre scenes were filmed 18th October 1976.
The Seance Spectre: colourful red and yellow panels, and unusually for year 2, windows to the lunar surface.
The Lambda Factor. There are four windows to the lunar surface, opposite the door. In the centre of the room is a circular plant stand; various coloured mobiles hang from the ceiling.
There are small TV screens and headphones. There are lots of art on the walls, mostly the geometric designs seen in living quarters. Shelves have rocks or plastic containers, and there is a coffee machine by the door. Games include blackgammon, jigsaws, 3-dimensional chess and the electronic board game "Gotcher" by Dacoll Games. There is a round display with plants and rocks, and mobiles hanging from the ceiling.
The windows to the lunar surface are rare in year 2. There is also a display stand with various quartz rocks (the rocks don't seem to be the same ones as in Koenig's office in year 1). In The Lambda Factor the rocks are closer to the windows; in The Seance Spectre they are moved nearer the door.
The corners have full length red panels and illuminated yellow sections (off in this shot).
Note the prints of geometric designs on the walls, also seen in various living quarters.
The configuration in The Seance Spectre is identical.
The sculpture on the table left was originally in Koenig's Command Office (it sat on the corner between the steps). There are jigsaws on the table and a jigsaw box. The painting is "Coquelicots" (poppy field), painted near Argenteuil in 1873 by Claude Monet.
The communications post.
The beige chairs and sofa are different from the standard Alpha furniture.
The two colour screens are small.
Most of the artwork on the walls are abstract geometric designs. This unusual painting is seen in The Lambda Factor. The painting is a picture of the Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp, built in 1955 by the architect Le Corbusier (1887-1965). It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016. Official site Thanks to Philippe Delahautemaison.
Copyright Martin Willey