The Catacombs Production Guide
Storyboards
New Adam, New Eve

Nick Allder and Brian Johnson checking the storyboards for New Adam, New Eve. There were three storyboard sheets for this episode, each with 15 shots; they are looking at the middle one here. The storyboard shown below is to the right of Brian (scene 90A is just visible at the top). The spine of an Eagle model is just visible foreground bottom left.

This is the special effects storyboard for series 2, episode 10, New Adam, New Eve. This storyboard closely follows the script, but the editor cut the climatic SFX scenes into more pieces, so it doesn't really follow the structure here.

Scene 90A, slate 31X.
40 Ft Day Sky as above for sc's 90-92-96 for super-imps.

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This is the surrounding planet sky in which the Alphans watch a vignette of Alpha

Scene 90A, slate 32X.
Overlay shots of Moonbase blowing up. For Sc's 90-92 & 96. 20ft of static set-up to start.Sc.90

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Scene 93, slate 33X.
Foreground outbuilding explodes on Moonbase Alpha.

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Scene 99/100A, slate 34X.
Set-up as Sc 34A. Start sun high in frame for sc 99. Sinks behind mountains and sky darkens for sc.100A

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Scene 101, slate 35X.
Moon in night sky. Check with main unit for eye-line.

Not used

Scene 103A, slate 36X.
Sun appears from behind distant hills. Dawn is breaking

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Scene 116A, slate 37X.
Mountain begins to collapse.

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Scene 116B, slate 38X.
Gigantic fissue appears.

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Scene 116C, slate 39X.
Internal pressure blows an enormous crater in the planet throwing tons of rock high into the air

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Scene 116D, slate 40X.
A gigantic steam geyser breaks thro' planet surface. Possibly two more in b/g

Not used, and given the aversion to water effects it was probably not filmed. There is a faint "X" over the picture, but not a clear cross like the other filmed shots.

Scene 118, slate 41X.
Set-up as Sc 31. Eagle re-materializes. No sun

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Scene 123, slate 42X.
A fissue opens and ground around Eagle begins to crumble

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Scene 128, slate 43X.
The fissue widens. The Eagle lurches at a crazy angle.

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Scene 130, slate 44X.
Eagle takes off as ground underneath it disintegrates.

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Scene 135A,B,C, slate 45-46-47-48X.
Four different shots of gigantic explosions on planet surface. One shot to completely "white out"

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One of the shots is used earlier.


Thanks to James Winch