The Catacombs The Continuity Guide
Eagle Guide
by Martin Willey

Eagle Equipment

Docking tube Only some Eagles have this capability (War Games). Used in Earthbound (with a round corrugated seal & red stripes: "Vacuum chamber"), Guardian Of Piri (without seal), The Testament Of Arkadia (also without seal), Collision Course, Space Brain & War Games (tube is not seen). Earthbound
Guardian Of Piri Guardian Of Piri Guardian Of Piri Collision Course War Games Space Brain The Testament Of Arkadia The Testament Of Arkadia
Top boosters Fixed to top superstructure. Used in The Metamorph. Glimpsed in the Eagle hangar in Space Warp.
The Metamorph
 The Metamorph
Side boosters Fixed to side of pod. Used in New Adam, New Eve (on close observation, you'll spot there are on one side only). Hangar decoration in Space Warp & The Seance Spectre. New Adam, New Eve
Vertical grab Used in Collision Course to carry nuclear charges. May be fitted to Eagles with standard pods (Eagle 1) or without a pod (Eagle 10).
Collision Course Collision Course
 Collision Course
Horizontal grab Fixed to top of leg unit. Used in The Exiles to recover capsule. Also used on refuelling Eagles in The Rules Of Luton & Space Warp to carry fuel capsule, to refuel another Eagle.
 Space Warp
The refuelling arm swings back at the end of Space Warp
Space Warp Space Warp

The refuelling arm in The Rules Of Luton
The Rules Of Luton The Rules Of Luton The Rules Of Luton
The grab in The Exiles
The Exiles
Harness Used to lower astronauts to surface. Seen in The Bringers Of Wonder pt2.
The Bringers Of Wonder part 2 The Bringers Of Wonder part 2
 The Bringers Of Wonder part 2
Re-entry glider Seen in The Immunity Syndrome. It is released at an altitude of 10,000 feet (ie 33.5 km) from a cradle on the top of an Eagle. The Immunity Syndrome
Laser Turret A retractable turret in the top superstructure of the Eagle. Used in The A B Chrysalis (controlled by a hand held trigger last used in Catacombs Of The Moon), Devil's Planet & The Seance Spectre (controlled by the laser control last used in The Exiles, firing a green beam). Devil's Planet
The A B Chrysalis The A B Chrysalis
Laser

Only some Eagles have lasers (War Games refers to the "last laser equipped Eagle", The Testament Of Arkadia specifies an "unarmed survey Eagle"). The beam seemed to originate immediately under the command module. Used in Black Sun (white beam against black sun, orange bolt against forcefield), Alpha Child (yellow-orange beams), End Of Eternity (blue beam), The Infernal Machine (yellow beams), The Mark Of Archanon and The Dorcons (green beams).

 End Of Eternity
Black Sun Black Sun Alpha Child The Dorcons
Missiles

According to Devil's Planet the Eagles carry missiles. This capability is never seen in the series (unless some of the "laser" beams seen are in fact missiles - for instance, the orange bolt fired in Black Sun which is clearly slower-than-light).
Shields Various shields are used: anti-gravity screens (Black Sun, War Games & visible as a yellow cone around the command module in Ring Around The Moon), radiation screens (Collision Course), glare shield in window (Catacombs Of The Moon), heat shields (The Immunity Syndrome), plus Eagle 3 has a special protective storm shield in The Mark Of Archanon. Ring Around The Moon
Moonbuggy In The Full Circle & The Testament Of Arkadia Eagles carry a moonbuggy (it can be seen in the compartment behind the passenger section with various boxes). The Testament Of Arkadia
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