Eric Bernard Episodes
Testament Of Arkadia

Original episode

This was the first episode to be re-edited by Eric Bernard. The episode opens with some nicely reworked space shots, and many of the Eagle shots have been swapped in from other episodes (unfortunately including an Eagle landing that clearly has an orange pod- it's Simmonds' VIP Eagle from Breakaway). The shot of the Eagle coming out of the sun is enhanced with a much brighter sun (in the original episode it looks like the Eagle is appearing from behind the sun). The disembarkation scene, in the original taken from Another Time, Another Place, is extensively redone with a blue sky and the Eagle facing away from camera (using the crash Eagle from Missing Link); it is particularly impressive. More subtle is the image of the Moon in the Arkadia sky, more realistic than the original.

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