Production GuideObservations: The Mark Of Archanon
Production Guide
In this one shot, the light picks out the wire pulling apart the "rock" from the stasis cabinet. Thanks to Thomas.
The close ups of Pasc and Etrec while in statis show them swaying (probably because their eyes are closed). How and why was Pasc able to open his eyes while still in stasis in the intact, as yet undamaged, chamber? Thanks to Thomas.
The glass of the statis chamber is seen breaking away, with most of the top half including the symbol disintegrated. In a close up we see Pasc slump to the side, with no glass in front. We then see a wider view, with both Archanons slumped, but the glass has reappeared, and most of the symbol is visible again. Thanks to Thomas and Michael Thompson.
Alan has to move a large rock slab on Etrec's legs. Fortunately Etrec has no injuries from this trauma. Alan and Tony are also immune to the rocks falling on them. Perhaps it is pumice (a volcanic rock lightweight enough to float in water).
When Pasc is asked to open the Power Unit in Techlab 3, one shot shows Tony looking at Pasc suspiciously. The closeup of Tony is actually in Command Centre (the coloured computer panels are behind him).
Johnson is dispatched very quickly, but Pasc spends a long time strangling Alan only for him to wake up shortly afterwards with no visible marks.
Tony arrives at Techlab 3 with two guards, Long and Pierce (the latter, played by Quentin Pierre was named Quinton in Year One). After Helena is called, we see jump-suited men run down a Moonbase corridor. The first man, in the blue jumpsuit, is Pierce (Quentin Pierre). We then cut back to Techlab 3, where both guards are still present, examining Johnson.
Shots of Eagle 3 on the pad show it changing sides repeatedly (port to boarding tube; starboard to boarding tube)
Tony orders "Launch Area. I want Eagle One in the air above the pad. Nothing else is to move off the base. Repeat, nothing, but Eagle One to lift off." Eagle 1 is Koenig's Eagle.
When Alan shows Tony the recording of Lyra in Medical Centre, the backdrop behind the Archanon screen shows hexagonal boxes- the exact same backdrop seen in Techlab 3.
Tony goes to the communications post to call Pasc in the Eagle. As usual, on the Eagle screen shows a shadow immediately behind Tony's head, although he has Medical Centre behind him. When we cut back to Medical Centre, Tony has leaped back from the communications post to stand by Alan, watching the screen in the exact same pose as before he left.
When Lyra mentions Etrec, we cut to a close-up of the boy. We see Alan standing alongside him. We cut to the Eagle, when Pasc asks to see Etrec. The next shot of Medical Centre shows Raul standing by Etrec, with Alan no longer in sight.
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