Production Guide
Storyboards

Scene 1 & 2, slate 1X.
Start on Moon in small set-up
Pull back to include robot satellite in f/g

Scene 3, slate 2X.
Closer on satellite
Slowly track in until it fills frame

An early part of the zoom is used by the editor as a later cut-away.

Scene 5, slate 3X.
Satellite hanging in space

Scene 7, slate 4X.
Satellite in space
slow track in to small set-up

Not used

Scene 9, slate 5X.
Satellite in space
Pulsating energy shoots out

The editor shifts this shot later (otherwise the light beam would have taken a long time to reach Alpha)

Scene 12, slate LIBRARY.
2 shots of Eagles descending underground

Library shots are SFX sequences filmed for previous episodes. The film could simply be edited into the episode without shooting new (similar) SFX shots, saving time and money. The two Eagle shots are the same shot, reversed left for right. An additional shot from The Seance Spectre is used, showing the launch pad roof closing.

Scene 15, slate 6X.
Pulsating beam enters frame and hits Alpha.

Scene 16, slate 7X.
Point source of green light expands to fill screen.
Fairly fast.
(In green: Direct)

Scene 17A, slate 8X.
Pulsating green light diminishes to point source and then out.
(In green: Plate)

Scene 18, slate LIBRARY.
Establish Moonbase Alpha.

Scene 20, slate 9X.
Use part of Sc 5 Slate 3X

Scene 21A, slate 10X.
Satellite begins to transform into smoke cloud (yellow).

Scene 22, slate 11X.
Yellow smoke clouds continues to expand.

Shown full screen (no Big Screen frame)

Scene 24, slate 12X.
As smoke cloud recedes the Dorcon ship appears
Shoot smoke cloud in reverse

Shown full screen (no Big Screen frame)

Scene 26, slate 13X.
Dorcon ship in space sky.

In the episode, we see the Dorcon ship from scene 24/slate 12X. This shot (shown full screen with no Big Screen frame) is used as a later cut-away.