Production Guide
Observations: All That Glisters

Thanks to Thomas and others

The middle badge on Reilly's right arm changes direction between shots. At first the pattern of pips has the dot on the right. Later the dot is on the left. Notice the shadows around the badges as he bends his arm, suggesting they are glued on rather than sewed. Presumably the middle one fell off and was reattached. Thanks to Simon.

At the start of the episode, the weapons rack has a laser rifle. We last see it when the spotlight falls on Helena (we see the remaining stun gun pushed askew). We don't see it again until Reilly enters the Eagle, pushing out Helena and Tony; the laser rifle is now on the floor, upside down and facing the opposite direction. It is still on the floor at the end of the episode, when Koenig and Alan enter. Thanks to Simon.

Outside the Eagle door we see a distinctive cone shaped rock. We see the Alphans walk past this rock, the tree and the rock wall behind it a couple of times before they finally look at it again, see the glow coming from the cave, and Reilly says "Hello, hello, hello."

This is the other side of the planet surface set. The rock wall and conical rock are on the left (seen for instance when the Eagle is taking off). The backdrop, with sky, mountains and white trees, is obviously a painting in many of the shots. The white tree prop is seen in different positions.

Reilly scans the rock and realises it's not milgonite. His stun gun is only loosely holstered, and the actor strikes the pistol accidentally with the scanner. The stun gun is knocked further out of the holster. As he walks around the rock towards the Commander we lose sight of the gun, but a loud thud is heard as the prop hits the sound stage floor. We can briefly see the empty holster as he turns. Thanks to John Day.

When Helena pronounces Tony dead, her hair is slightly out of place. We see the reactions of the others, then a group shot, which reveals that Helena's hair is suddenly very dishevelled. When we return after the commercial break, Helena has evidently tidied her hair. Thanks to Michael Thompson.

Apparently only Tony's commlock can open the Eagle door (Koenig states "If we can take Tony's commlock, we can open that Eagle door."). Yet when he returns with the first piece of rock, he is carrying it with both hands and could not operate his commlock. Later when Reilly returns to the Eagle, he carries the Maya/rock in both hands but also holds Tony's commlock.

When Tony puts down the fragment of rock, it has a flat base, with light spilling out from beneath. In other shots we see the rock has a hollow base, but when it is held in the Eagle they add a flat cover.

The position of Tony's commlock changes while he is unconscious. Shortly before the Eagle takes off, it has disappeared.

When Koenig and Alan meet Maya and Dave to tell him his source was wrong, Alan's hands are visible ; in the next shot, they are in his pockets. All the characters are closer to one another than in the previous shot.

The light passes over the boxes, and finds the water. The first time it scans the boxes, the water can is not there (there is even a close-up as it passes where the water will appear). It only appears when the light beam finds it. The hexagonal box behind change numbers. Number 3, has a black number on white in most shots, but a white number on black when the water cans are present. The box below it has a white on black "4" - or a black on yellow "9". On the right, the top box is white on red "8" in both versions, but below is black on white "1" - or no number at all. When the light beam is searching, the orange Hampa Pak picnic trays disappear. When they are alongside the water cans, they have turned around, so the black straps are on the outside.

The laser rifle is only present when Helena is trapped against the wall- at other times it has gone.

When Reilly takes Tony's commlock, the long shot shows he is some distance from the commlock. The close up shows him taking it within easy reach. Note the medium shot of his head shows Maya has changed position.