The Catacombs The Production Guide
Script To Screen: The Metamorph
by Martin Willey

Script To Screen

On the 23rd January 1976, the shooting script was prepared, ready for filming to begin on the 26th January. The Metamorph was allocated 13 days of filming (it was to over-run three days, making a total of 16 days). Filming was Monday-Friday (unlike American productions, which tended to shoot Saturdays). Nick Tate had rejoined the cast, so Macinlock's lines went to Alan Carter; Jameson was renamed Petrov, and Simon Hays became Tony Verdeschi.

The shooting schedule is organised by sets, starting filming in the standing Moonbase sets on Pinewood's stage L, then moving to the alien sets on stage M (allowing the construction crew an extra week to prepare the alien world). This means the final scene with Maya in the passenger module (scene 192, filmed on Friday 30th January) was filmed before her introduction (Sc 45, filmed starting Thursday 5th February). Maya's first appearance to Koenig (scene 120) was scripted as a lion, but a baby leopard or puma was now considered to make her transformations more varied.

Shooting schedule Page 1

Above is Martin Landau's copy, with his annotations indicating if he was in front of camera or off-screen ("OS").

GERRY ANDERSON PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

SPACE: 1999 - SERIES II

SHOOTING SCHEDULE No. 1




"THE METAMORPH" EPISODE 1

(formerly THE BIOLOGICAL COMPUTER)

Issued: January 23, 1976
based on printed script
dated January 19, 1976,
subject to script revisions
Date Set Stage Scene Nos. Characters Pgs
Monday
26.1.76		 INT. COMMAND CENTRE

Special Reqts.

Closed circuit T.V.
on monitors

 L 4A. 6. 8. 11. 13. 17
19. 22. 27. 29. 31pt.
32. 37pt. 40pt. 42pt.		 KOENIG
HELENA
SIMON
ALAN
SANDRA
ANNETTE
FRASER
PICARD
1st OPERATIVE
Crowd: 4
MENTOR (V/O)		 4 1/2
Tuesday
27.1.76		 INT. COMMAND CENTRE

Special Reqts.

Closed circuit T.V.
on monitors

 L 44pt. 58A. 60. 82
85. 110. 125pt.
138. 140. 146		 KOENIG
SIMON
SANDRA
ANNETTE
PETROV
ALAN
1st OPERATIVE (?)
Crowd: 6
MENTOR (V/O)		 4 3/8
Wednesday
28.1.76		 INT. COMMAND CENTRE

Special Reqts.

Closed circuit T.V.
on monitors

 L 150. 153. 158pt.
169. 190pt.		 SIMON
ANNETTE
SANDRA
PETROV
1st OPERATIVE (?)
Crowd: 6		 2 1/2
INT. MOONBASE
CORRIDOR		 L 24. 25. 48 KOENIG
HELENA
ANNETTE
PICARD
SIMON
1st OPERATIVE
Laser Crew (3)
Group of
Pilots (5)		 3/4
Thursday
29.1.76
EXTENDED
DAY		 INT. MEDICAL SECTION

Special Reqts.

Closed circuit T.V.
on monitors

 L 2. 39. 46.
(V.O. 1. 3 & 4)		 KOENIG
HELENA
ANNETTE
MENTOR
Nurse?? (crowd)		 1 5/8
INT. EAGLE 4
PILOT SECTION

Special Reqts.

Closed circuit T.V.
on monitors
Sea Head Vibrator
SFX: Smoke,
Compressed Air

 L 50pt. 54. 56. 61
63. 64. 66. 67.
71. 72. 74. 77.
81. 87. 89. 91.
93. 93B. 98. 182A.
184. 191
(V.O. 66A)		 KOENIG
HELENA
ALAN
MENTOR
SIMON
PICARD
FRASER
ANNETTE		 3 3/4
Friday
30.1.76		 INT. EAGLE 1
PILOT SECTION		 L 5. 9. 14. 20.
(V.O. 10)		 FRASER
TORENS		 1/2
INT. EAGLE 4
PASSENGER SECTION

Special Reqts.

SFX: Smoke
Closed circuit T.V.
on monitors

 L 50comp. 65.
100. 102. 104.
182. 188. 192
(V.O. 63)
( " 99)		 KOENIG
HELENA
PICARD
SIMON
ALAN
MENTOR
FRASER
MAYA		 2 3/4
NOTE:

 Whilst Unit are working on "L" Stage the following scenes will have
to be fitted in:
Sc. 37pt. MENTOR
Sc. 40pt.
Sc. 42pt.
Sc. 44pt.
Sc 138pt. KOENIG		 Small (Big) Screen
ditto
ditto
to
Small (Big) Screen
INT. TUNNEL COMPLEX

Special Reqts.

SFX: Steam
Plumbers

 M 112. 114A KOENIG
HELENA
ALAN
PICARD		 5/8
Saturday
31.1.76


NO SHOOTING
Sunday
1.2.76
Monday
2.2.76		 INT. TUNNEL COMPLEX

Special Reqts.

SFX: ) Steam
Plumbers )

Smoking Rock

 M 115. 116. KOENIG
HELENA
ALAN
PICARD
TORENS
MENTOR
OVERSEER (Sc. 116)
Miners (8)
Overseers (2)		 3 1/2
Tuesday
3.2.76		 INT. TUNNEL COMPLEX

Special Reqts.

SFX: ) Tunnel
Plumbers ) Collapses
Fireman
First Aid
C.S.I.Spot (Sc. 161-163)
Pigeons (Sc.161-163)

 M 113pt. 118A. 119pt.
122pt. 161. 162
163. 175. 175A.
177A		 KOENIG
HELENA
ALAN
MAYA
TORENS
FRASER
Miners (8)
Overseers (2)

Check: Doubles for
Koenig
Helena
Maya
Torens

 1 5/8
Wednesday
4.2.76		 INT. PLANET - CELL
AREA

Special Reqts.

(Baby leopard or puma)
TO BE DECIDED (Sc.120)

C.S.I.Spot (Sc.120)
First Aid

 M 120. 147. 156.
Start 160		 KOENIG
+ Stunt Double
MAYA
HELENA
FRASER
ALAN
MENTOR
Overseer		 4 1/2
Thursday
5.2.76		 INT. PLANET - CELL
AREA		 M Comp.160
168pt. 170pt.		 KOENIG
HELENA
MAYA
MENTOR
FRASER
ALAN		 2 1/2
INT. PLANET - GROVE
OF PSYCHE &
BRAIN TRANSFER
UNIT

Special Reqts.

Lion Scs.38 & 45
C.S.I.Spot (Sc.45)

 M 38. 41. 43.
Start 45.		 KOENIG
MENTOR
MAYA
Overseer (Sc.45)

Check Stunt
Double for
KOENIG

 2
Friday
6.2.76		 INT. PLANET - GROVE
OF PSYCHE &
BRAIN TRANSFER
UNIT		 M Comp.45. 52pt.
55. 57. 80pt. 83.
101. 103. 105. 106.
107. 108. 113pt.
114. 118A. 121.
122pt.		 KOENIG
HELENA
MENTOR
ALAN
MAYA
Overseer (Sc.45)
FRASER
TORENS
Overseers
Overseer (Sc. 103)
Overseer (Sc. 105)		 4
Saturday
7.2.76


NO SHOOTING
Sunday
8.2.76
Monday
9.2.76		 INT. PLANET - GROVE
OF PSYCHE &
BRAIN TRANSFER
UNIT		 M 123. 124pt. 127pt.
128. 129. 130.
131. 132. 133.
134. 135.		 KOENIG
MAYA
MENTOR
HELENA
ALAN
FRASER
Overseers		 4 1/4
Tuesday
10.2.76		 INT. PLANET - GROVE
OF PSYCHE &
BRAIN TRANSFER
UNIT

Special Reqts.

SFX: Explosion
Controls are
shattered
Fireman
First Aid
C.S.I.Spot (Sc.172)

 M 139. 141. 142.
143. 145. 155pt.
159pt. 164pt.
167pt. 171pt.
172. Start 173.		 KOENIG
MAYA
SIMON
MENTOR
HELENA
ALAN
FRASER
Overseer (Sc.145)
Overseers		 4 1/8
Wednesday
11.2.76		 INT. PLANET - GROVE
OF PSYCHE &
BRAIN TRANSFER
UNIT

Special Reqts.

SFX: Explosion
Controls are
shattered
Fireman
First Aid
C.S.I.Spot (Sc.176)
Lion (sc. 176)
Alsatian "
Buzzard "

 M Comp. 173.
173B. 176.		 KOENIG
MENTOR
MAYA

Stunt Doubles
for
KOENIG
MENTOR
MAYA

 2 5/8

SPECIAL FX SHOTS:

Scenes Nos: 1. 3. 4. 7. 10. 12. 15. 16. 18. 21. 23. 26. 28. 30. 31pt. 33. 34.
35. 36. 47. 49. 51. 52pt. 53. 58. 59. 62. 66A. 67A. 67B. 71A. 73.
76. 78. 80pt. 84. 88. 88B. 90. 92. 93A. 94. 99. 109. 111. 119pt.
124pt. 125pt. 127pt. 148. 151. 152. 154. 155pt. 157. 158pt. 159pt.
164pt. 165pt. 167pt. 168pt. 170pt. 171pt. 173A. 174. 177. 177B.
183. 185. 186. 187. 189. 190pt.
DELECTED
SCENES:		 68. 69. 70. 75. 79. 86. 95. 96. 97. 117. 118. 136. 137. 178. 179.
180. 181.

VOICES OVER:

 KOENIG (Standard Opening)
1st PILOT (Sc. 35)
2nd PILOT (Sc. 36)

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF CHARACTER NAMES:

ALAN CARTER - in script as Mark Macinlock
PETROV - in script as Jameson
TONY VERDESCHI - in script as Simon Hays

Copyright Martin Willey