The Catacombs Episode Guide

The Immunity Syndrome

Devil's Planet Year 2 - Episode 23 The Dorcons

Writer Johnny Byrne
Director Bob Brooks
Guest Stars Nadim Sawalha, Karl Held
Original Title The Face Of Eden
Belgium (Flemish) Gifplaneet 29 Mar 1978
Denmark Zorans skæbne The Fate of Zoran 11 Jul 1977
France/Canada Le syndrome de l'immunité The syndrome of immunity 23 Jul 1977
Germany Zoran's Schicksal Zoran's Fate 15 Oct 1978
Italy Il Lampo che Uccide The Lightning Bolt That Kills 23 May 1979
Japan Mysterious Space Intelligence 18 Jun 1981
Poland Syndrom odpornosci 3 Mar 1979
Portugal O Sindroma da Imunidade The Immunity Syndrome 21 Jan 1978
Portugal O Planeta sem Esperança Planet Without Hope
Spain El sindrome de inmunidad Symptoms of immunity23 Nov 1977
USA (New York) 9 Apr 1977
USA (San Francisco) 19 Mar 1977
UK (ATV) 1 May 1978
UK (LWT) 29 Oct 1977

Commander Koenig and company find what appears to be a habitable planet; but it is ruled by a single being who, in its efforts to make contact with the Alphans, unwittingly puts them in peril of their lives! ITC summary

Background

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Sets

Int. Command Centre
Int. Medical Centre
Int. Eagle Pilot Section
Int. Eagle Passenger Section
Ext/Int. Glider Cockpit

Ext. Base Camp
Ext. Structure
Ext. Clearing
Ext. Planet Surface

SFX

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The planet is the same Apollo 17 photograph of Earth used as Ellna in Devil's Planet.

Music


Science

Continuity

Chronology:

2310 days after leaving Earth orbit (Mon 9 Jan 2006)

Alpha Personnel:

4 fatalities, Lustig, Les Johnson, 2 others. The two unnamed Survey Alphans who die will reappear on Alpha in The Dorcons (Harry Fielder and Paul Barton).

Alpha Technology:

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Eagles:

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Eagle 1 (disintegrated on ground); 4 ("Survey", crashed); 3 (Fraser)

Maya transformations:

None.

Planets:

Unnamed planet

Aliens:

Zoran, a humanoid. Alien force.

Props:

Errors

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The alien may actually be humanoid... The flashing light effect seems to be created by a studio technician moving a round mirror, standing behind a plant. At normal speed, the flashing light and violently moving camera make him hard to see, but he can just be seen in individual frames.

Observations

Koenig's original shield suit
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Landau, Tate and Schell laughing on set. Photo thanks to Mark Shaw.

Merchandise:

Links

External Links


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