Production Guide
Observations: Mission Of The Darians
Production Guide
Publicity photos reveal a missing section of the fight, when Carter and Morrow try to rescue Helena. (Thanks to Conrad Turner). Note that while the Survivors who hold their prisoners are big men like Ron Tarr, Allan Travell, Bill Hemmings and Dan Long, as soon fighting starts, these retreat while the actual stuntmen take over: Joe Dunne, Nick Hobbs and Terry Plummer (plus stunt doubles Dinny Powell, Terry Walsh, Eddy Stacey and Tim Condren).
Helena is taken by the spacesuited Darians.
Carter runs out through the group of survivors, but Morrow waits behind. Nick Hobbs falls to the ground, having being pushed by Carter, and for less obvious reasons, several other survivors fall to the ground. Hobbs will quickly get up.
Hadin runs up to Carter and struggles with him. On the right, we see Survivors Nick Hobbs, now back up, and Joe Dunne.
In the episode we see a close-up view of this. Hadin is played by stuntman Dinny Powell. In the foreground, stuntmen Joe Dunne (left) and Nick Hobbs watch. Morrow (stuntman Terry Walsh) grabs their shoulders to launch himself up in a flying kick against Hadin.
Nick Hobbs then attacks Morrow, and Dunne also strikes at Morrow with his baton. But in the next shot in the episode, Hobbs has gone and Morrow is struggling with Joe Dunne, while Carter is fighting with stuntman Terry Piummer.
This is not seen in the episode. Hobbs and Dunne are attacking Morrow. Meanwhile Carter has been attacked by Plummer, and becomes trapped in a bear hug. In one picture he is lifting both his legs up. He probably kick Nick Hobbs away from Morrow (we'll see Hobbs lying on the ground later).
The episode resumes at this point, with Carter held in a bear hug by Plummer, while Dune and Morrow struggle. Dunne is still holding a baton and pushing Morrow's gun arm away. In the episode we don't know why Hobbs has disappeared, because we didn't see Carter kick him away.
Morrow fires his stun gun, as seen in the episode. One of the space-suited Darians is hit.
The survivors Plummer and Dunne react, allowing Carter and Morrow to punch and kick them. Dunne is able to hold on to his baton even after he falls. Nick Hobbs can be seen on the right, still lying on the floor.
The stunned Darian falls. Stuntman Eddie Stacey wears the Darian spacesuit for this fall.
Hadin (Dinny Powell) kicks Carter. Having downed one Alphan and, with just one remaining, he then runs through a doorway, for some reason. Morrow quickly checks Carter, but decides to follow Helena.
On the left on the ground is stuntman Dinny Powell, doubling for Hadin but with a little bit too much hair. Joe Dunne is being stuck by Prentis Hancock (in some shots he is doubled by Terry Walsh), while Nick Tate (or Tim Condren) hits Terry Plummer.
Copyright Martin Willey.