The Production GuideScript To Screen: Brian The Brain
by Martin Willey
The Production Guide
This is the shooting schedule for Brian The Brain, prepared on 11th May 1976 for the start of filming on Monday 17th May. Filming was scheduled to take 10 days, with an extended day on Wednesday 19th May to do additional scenes for earlier episodes, The Rules of Luton and The Mark of Archanon. The original directors, Val Guest and Charles Crichton, were brought back that day to do those scenes.
Before this episode, the cast and crew were filming two episodes simultaneously, The Rules of Luton and The Mark of Archanon. When the next episode, Brian The Brain, was due to start, both episodes still had scenes to shoot. The Mark of Archanon took all of 17th May and part of 18th. A 3-episode extended day was filmed as planned on the 19th to complete the last scenes.
Brian The Brain would start on Tuesday 18th. Because Monday 31st May 1976 was a national holiday (Spring Bank Holiday), the 10th filming day was Tuesday 1st June, and an 11th day was needed on Wednesday 2nd.
Finally there was an additional part day filming on Monday 7th June. After a morning filming New Adam New Eve, the afternoon was spent filming Command Center shots for Brain the Brain (possibly this scene) plus two other episodes, The Exiles and The Rules of Luton.
At this stage, neither Nick Tate and John Hug were available, so there was just "Eagle One Pilot" (later it would become Fraser).
On Brian Johnson's copy of the shooting schedule, he doodled a spaceship design.
The first 3 days, from Tuesday 18th May, were spent filming these Command Center scenes.
On Wednesday 19th, they filmed all the Eagle pilot section scenes for The Rules of Luton
This was followed by the Koenig/Maya Eagle pilot section scenes for The Mark of Archanon
Also scheduled was the new final scene for The Mark of Archanon. This was not filmed on the 19th, because Fred Freiberger published a memo on the 20th with the new script; it must have been filmed later.
GERRY ANDERSON PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
SPACE 1999 - SERIES II
SHOOTING SCHEDULE No. 1
"BRIAN THE BRAIN"-Episode 9
Director: KEVIN CONNOR
SHOOTING SCHEDULE No.2
"THE RULES OF LUTON" Episode 7
(Completion)
Director: VAL GUEST
SHOOTING SCHEDULE No. 3
"THE MARK OF ARCHANON"
Episode 8
(Completion)
Director: CHARLES CRICHTON
Issued May 11, 1976
based on printed script
dated May 5, 1976
(BRIAN THE BRAIN) and
subject to script
revisions
"BRIAN THE BRAIN"-Episode 9 SHOOTING SCHEDULE No. 1 Page 1
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| Monday 17.5.76 |
INT. COMMAND CENTER Special Requirements: Practical T.V.Monitors Zoom Lens |
L | 2. 4. 6. 8. 10. 12. 14. 16. 18. 29. 22. 24. 28. 30. 32. 34. 36. 39. 43. 45. (6 1/4 pages) |
HELENA KOENIG MAYA TONY YASKO 1st OPERATIVE EAGLE ONE PILOT ALPHANS ( ) |
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| Tuesday 18.5.76 |
INT. COMMAND CENTER Special Requirements: Practical T.V.Monitors |
L | 47. 50. 53. 66. 77pt. 78 (6-1/8 pages) |
HELENA KOENIG MAYA TONY YASKO 1st OPERATIVE BRAIN ALPHANS ( ) |
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| Wednesday 19.5.76 |
INT. COMMAND CENTER Special Requirements: Practical T.V.Monitors |
L | 80pt. 82. 137. 139. (3 3/4 pages) |
HELENA KOENIG MAYA TONY YASKO 1st OPERATIVE ALPHANS ( ) |
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| INT. CORRIDOR - COMMAND CENTER |
L | 27 (1/8 page) |
ALPHANS ( ) | ||
| INT. RECEPTION AREA | L | 65 (3/8 page) |
KOENIG HELENA BRAIN SECURITY LIEUT. 2nd SECURITY MAN |
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| INT. TRAVEL TUBE | L | 55. 57. 60pt. 62pt. 64. (2 1/4 pages) |
KOENIG HELENA BRAIN SECURITY LIEUT. 2nd SECURITY MAN | ||
| WEDNESDAY MAY 19 1976 EXTENDED DAY TO COMPLETE EPISODES 7 and 8 |
"THE RULES OF LUTON" Episode 7: | DIRECTOR: VAL GUEST | |||
| INT. EAGLE ONE PILOT SECTION |
L | 4. 6. 8. (3/4 page) |
KOENIG MAYA TONY |
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| "THE MARK OF ARCHANON" Episode 8: | DIRECTOR: CHARLES CRICHTON | ||||
| INT. EAGLE ONE PILOT SECTION |
L | 21pt. 22pt. 34. 36. 38pt. (1 page) |
KOENIG MAYA |
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| INT. CORRIDOR | L | 86(new scene) (3/4 page) |
KOENIG HELENA |
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