Production GuideStoryboards
Space Brain
Production GuideThese are effects storyboards for the episode Space Brain. These shots reflect the original script from December 1974- a new opening hook was written in February 1975. See also Library Special Effects
The first page of the SFX script, dated 5th December 1974. This extracts just the SFX scenes from the shooting script, with the original scene numbers (the storyboards which follow are renumbered). Brian Johnson has annotated the scenes - the "coloured snow flakes" of the script become "white".
Scene 1 and #35.
Eagle leaves Moon
[Dramatic back lit - beautiful]
Scene 2.
Eagle twds very small space brain [strange colours - not rotating]
Scene 3.
Very slow track for POV on Brain + star back
Scene 4.
Eagle plus slight colour changes on nose.
Scene 5.
Eagle encrusting with rubbish.
Scene 5,7 and 8 are not the original shots; they were refilmed later (as scenes 6,7 and 8)
Scene 7.
More encrustations.
Scene 8.
Eagle covered in foam.
Scene 9.
Rescue Eagle thru frame. Small meteorite zips past other direction.
Not the original shot. This was refilmed later (the amended script notes "Meteorite must be recognisable as pieces of rock and not a flare of light as in the original shot.")