The Continuity Guide
Planets
by Martin Willey

Taken by the crew of Apollo 11, 16th July 1969, about 10,000 nautical miles from Earth. Portions of North and Central America are visible under swirling clouds.

A blue monochrome version of this shot is used as Planet D in Brian The Brain and Sunim in Matter Of Balance.

Taken by the crew of Apollo 11 during its translunar insertion on 16th July 1969, about 98,000 nautical miles from Earth. Africa can be seen, with parts of Europe and Asia.

A blue monochrome version is used as New Earth in New Adam, New Eve and Luton in Rules Of Luton.

The Earth in this shot in Breakaway is the same Apollo 11 photograph. Earth is low over the lunar horizon and the north pole is at the bottom; therefore, Moonbase Alpha must be located near the lunar south pole.

View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew travelling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the Meditierranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the southern hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible. The Arabian Peninsula can be seen at the northeastern edge of Africa. The large island off the coast of Africa is Madagascar. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the northeast.

Used in the Space News titles in Dragon's Domain. A reversed and rotated version is seen as Ellna in the first shot in Devil's Planet. Also as the planet in Immunity Syndrome.

The ATS-3 satellite (launched 10 November, 1967) took the first full-disk, colour images of the Earth from space. This image shows South America from a distance of 36,000km.

Used in Breakaway. The photograph (tilted 85 degrees to the left) rotates into view above Moonbase Alpha as the waste dumps explode below the horizon. The photograph is used again later in the episode, as the Moon is receding from Earth.