Production GuideStoryboards Guardian Of Piri
Production GuideThese scenes in Guardian Of Piri appear before the titles, as Irving and Barker fly down to the planet.
Scene A1 Piri above Alpha base horizon
Scene 1 Piri closer
Two different shots, but only one appears in the episode.
Scene 3 Eagle about to enter Pirian atmosphere
Scene 6. Eagle dives thru Pirian sky.
Earlier and later versions of the scene storyboarded. Not used in episode (which adds the scenes of the plateau).
Scene 8. Shot thru Eagle window overflying Pirian surface.
Shot 29th May. Not used in episode (we see a Big Screen view in scene 9, below)
Scene 9A. Panning R-L over Pirian surface.
Shot 29th May. Burn in on Big Screen. We see two different POV shots on the Big Screen.
Scene 11. As 9A but closer.
Shot 29th May. Another burn in on Big Screen, but not used in episode.
Scene 13. Eagle swerves amongst pinnacles.
Shot 29th May.
Scene 18. Eagle flying very close to pinnacles. Slight nose up attitude.
Scene 18A. Eagle R-L diag. High angle.
Scene 18B. Eagle low angle. Diag.
Shot 30th May. The original shot (18) was split into two (18A and 18B) in the later storyboard. Only the 18B shot seems to make it into the episode.
Scene 20. Eagle manoeuvres to dodge pinnacles. Shot with craft POV needed.
High mid angle towards ball - violent avoidance.
Not used.
Scene 22. Eagle misses pinnacle by hairsbreadth. Stops few feet from ball.
Filmed 31st May. Not used. The Big Screen shows static, and we don't see what happens to the Eagle. Like the Alphans, we assume it crashed. Later shot scene 54 is marked "similar to 22".
Scene 24. Pinnacle with Eagle hanging motionless before it.
Note Eagle slightly nose down - tilted to starboard.
Filmed 30th May. Not used.
