Production Guide
Storyboards
Force Of Life

74 A B C. Alpha base. Lights blink out, section by section. Ends no lights.

Koenig orders Paul to cut the power, and in scene 74 we see the window lights go out. This was on the original storyboard. We actually see three different views (A, B and C), two of the big moonbase model, one of the large buildings.

88 90 92. One gen[erator] section glows - small explosion - big bang.

This was the original storyboard sketch, for the following 3 scenes. The sketch shows the full moonbase, but the actual storyboards use larger moonbase buildings, and some of the shots were refilmed later.

Scene 88
Generating Area grows white hot.

Scene X6
White halation builds up to brilliant glow.

Zoref enters the reactor. The "R" on scene X6 indicates a replacement, which would have been scene 88 on the original storyboard. The explosion scenes (90 and 92) are not in the new storyboard, but the buildings and arrangement are very similar.

Scene 90
Small explosions thru roof of Generating Area

Scene 92
Bigger bang

Scene X7
Big bright blue meanie forms [fade in]
on top of gen section - moves slowly up and away

94 comet appears out of fireball

Scene 94
Alpha base + bang + comet

Scene X8
Alpha + big blue meanie moves away

Not marked as "R" replacement, although it is obviously the same shot.

Scene X10
Damage visible but lights come on

Scene X11
As 10 revamp. Lights come on

Only one of these shots is used.

Scene X9
As X2 but slight change - reverse
Blue meanie moves away from Moon

96 POV comet into space

Scene X12
Star backing. Blue meanie R-L away

X12 seems to be a re-shoot of scene 96.

98 Ball of light leaving the moon.

One of the original shots

Scene X13
As 12. Diff backing

Final shot of episode, with the same star background as the opening shot.