The Catacombs The Production Guide
Script To Screen: Black Sun
by Martin Willey

Script To Screen


This is an extended day of shooting on Black Sun, with five different set-ups on 3 different stages.

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The day starts with Bergman and Koenig observing the forcefield test on the lunar surface. The camera is on a rostrum (raised platform), looking down on the actors, and there is a crane to take higher views.

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The series opening titles are re-shot. The first versions were shot on Friday 11 January, but now a month later they are re-filming the Landau and Bain shots.

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At noon, they shoot some corridor scenes on H stage. The first scene, 94, is when Koenig reads the names of the survival ship, and we see Professor Aretha Robinson (Corinne Skinner Carter, later to become a soap star in East Enders). The second shot is Bergman and Helena going to the survival ship, and the main shot is the final scene of the episode when the survival ship returns.

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Next we go to L stage, where the Main Power Unit has been built by revamping Koenig's office. This includes the shot when Bergman is electrocuted.

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The day finishes on the Medical set, following chronologically from the above electrocution scene. In the episode we only see scene 79, when Bergman wakes (Koenig is not present); scene 75 was filmed but cut (see our description).

GROUP THREE PRODUCTION LTD "SPACE 1999" T.V. SERIES
EPISODE 3: "BLACK SUN"
CALL SHEET NO. 14.
DIRECTOR: LEE KATZIN STAGE: M, H & L
DATE: TUESDAY, 19th February, 1974 UNIT CALL: 8.30a.m.
EXTENDED DAY

ARTISTE CHARACTER D/ROOM MAKE UP CALL SET CALL

1).EXT. MOON SURFACE. Sc.to com41.44C.45.46pt.48.56pt.58A. Burn Ins: 40.42.
MARTIN LANDAU KOENIG 321 7.30a.m. 8.30a.m.
BARRY MORSE BERGMAN 324 8.00a.m. 8.30a.m.
Stand Ins:
John Clifford for Mr. Landau 8.00a.m. 8.30a.m.
Alan Meacham for Mr. Bergman 8.00a.m. 8.30a.m.
Props: Spacesuit dressing, Moonbuggy as dressing.
Electrical: Forcefield reflected light from Sc.44C. Arcs for explosion fxs.
Art Dept: Names for helmets.
Construction: 15ft. Rostrum for Camera Dept.
Camera Dept: High speed camera. Star filters. Crane.
Sp.Fx: Glass reflector required.

3).TITLE SEQUENCE - M STAGE.
MARTIN LANDAU KOENIG 321 from above
BARBARA BAIN HELENA 322 8.45a.m. 11.00a.m.
Stand Ins:
John Clifford for Mr. Landau from above
Suzanne Heimer for Miss Bain 8.30a.m. 9.00a.m.
Props: Commlocks.
Art Dept: White backing, black backing.

3).INT. CORRIDOR Sc.Nos.94.99.134. H STAGE.
MARTIN LANDAU KOENIG 321 from above
BARBARA BAIN HELENA 322 from above
BARRY MORSE BERGMAN 324 from above
PRENTIS HANCOCK MORROW 335 11.15a.m. 12.00noon
ZIENIA MERTON SANDRA 328 11.15a.m. 12.00noon
NICK TATE CARTER 326 11.00a.m. 12.00noon
CLIFTON JONES KANO 327 11.15a.m. 12.00noon
JON LAURIMORE SMITTY 336 11.30a.m. 12.00noon
ANTON PHILLIPS DR. MATHIAS 325 11.30a.m. 12.00noon
RONALD CHENERY OSGOOD - 11.30a.m. 12.00noon
VINCENT WONG FUJITA - 11.30a.m. 12.00noon
CORINNE SKINNER CARTER ROBINSON - 10.45a.m. 12.00noon
JAN HARVEY OPERATOR - 10.45a.m. 12.00noon
JACK McKENZIE 1ST ENGINEER - 11.30a.m. 12.00noon
RICHARD EDEN 2ND ENGINEER - 11.00a.m. 12.00noon
PHILIP CLIFTON 3RD ENGINEER - 11.00a.m. 12.00noon
LOFTUS BURTON OPERATIVE 1 - 10.30a.m. 12.00noon
ANDY DEMPSEY OPERATIVE 2 - 10.30a.m. 12.00noon
CHAI LEE OPERATIVE 3 - 10.30a.m. 12.00noon
DAVID ROBB OPERATIVE 4 - 10.30a.m. 12.00noon
MARC ZUBER OPERATIVE 5 - 10.30a.m. 12.00noon
SUZANNE ROQUETTE TANYA - 10.30a.m. 12.00noon
Stand Ins: from above
Extra Artistes:
2 M.Mission Crowd for Sc.134. 10.30a.m. 11.00a.m.
10 Crowd for Sc. 94. 10.30a.m. 11.00a.m.
Props: Helena's bag. Commlocks. Personal bags from survival ship.

/Continued.......

"BLACK SUN"
CALL SHEET No.14.
FOR TUESDAY, 19.2.74 Page 2.

ARTISTE CHARACTER D/ROOM MAKE UP CALL SET CALL

Art Dept: 1. M.Mission flat for T.V. Link. 2. Operator Flat
3. Flat to - Plug end for Travel Tube. Sc.99.
Electronic: Sc.94. Koenig on compost. Sc.99. Operator on compost.
Sc.134. Operator on compost.
Electrical: Sc.94. Auxiliary lighting for corridor and t.v. link.
Make Up/Wardrobe: Sc.94. Stage 2. Sc.99. Stage 3.

4).INT. MAIN POWER UNIT Sc.Nos.71.74.81.89. L STAGE
MARTIN LANDAU KOENIG 321 from above
BARRY MORSE BERGMAN 324 from above
JON LAURIMORE SMITTY 336 from above
JAN HARVEY OPERATOR - from above
JACK McKENZIE 1ST ENGINEER - from above
RICHARD EDEN 2ND ENGINEER - from above
PHILIP CLIFTON 3RD ENGINEER - from above

Stand Ins: from above

Props: Alpha forcefield model, reports, probe circuits, burnt out circuits for Sc.81,
Commlocks.
Art Dept: Panel to open for Inside out shot.
Electrical: Sc.71. Auxiliary lighting   Alpha model lights to flash.
Sc.74/81. Normal lighting. Sc.89. Auxiliary lighting.
Electronic: Sc.71. Alpha card on compost. Sc.74. Koenignon commlock link. Alpha card on
compost. Sc.81. Operator on compost. Sc.89. Koenig on compost.
Sp.Fx.Dept: Spark fx. for Sc.74 - probe entering panel.
Make Up/Wardrobe: Sc.74. Stage 1. Sc.81. Stage 2.

5).INT. INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Sc.Nos.75.79. L STAGE
MARTIN LANDAU KOENIG 321 from above
BARBARA BAIN HELENA 322 from above
BARRY MORSE BERGMAN 324 from above

Stand Ins: from above

Props: Chest monitoring unit.

Make Up: Bergman pale for Sc.75.

Electronic: Sc.75. Monitor: Bergman face - superimposed vital life signs, - flat to
normal. Compost: Alpha card.
Sc.79. Monitor: Bergman face - no traces. Compost: Alpha card.

Make Up/Wardrobe: Sc.75. Stage 2. Sc.79. Stage 2.


CATERING: a.m. break for 85 people on M Stage, p.m. break for 85 people on H Stage.
Running buffet for 60 on L Stage from 5.30p.m.
RUSHES: 1.00p.m. Theatre to be advised.
TRANSPORT: Joe Himpfen to collect Mr.Landau at 6.45a.m.
Unit car (Mac) to collect Mr. Morse at 7.15a.m.
Joe Himpfen to collect Miss Bain to be arranged.

KEN BAKER
Assistant Director.