Continuity Guide: Command Center

Command Center was the control room for Moonbase Alpha in Year 2, replacing Main Mission. Many of the Year 1 set elements are reused, including the Big Screen and the arches. The computer panels are new, and more colourful (they were created for Into Infinity).

Unlike Year 1, the principal characters rarely interact directly with the computer (Maya performs some operations in Journey to Where and The Immunity Syndrome). Tasks such as retrieving information from the main computer memory banks are instead carried out using the computer desk terminals. The supporting cast is however frequently seen checking the positions of the Main Computer switches using checklists.

The four principal desks have Domani swivel chairs, like Koenig's but without a headrest. The side desks have Gaudi chairs (as in Year 1).

A view of the new computer wall. The colourful panels are from the spaceship in Into Infinity. Note the small trolley and Boby cart, which also accompanied the Main Mission computer.	Close up of the more colourful panels; the top one has labels "Trim" and "Yaw". Maya is operating the "Gravity Generator". Like NASA's current International Space Station and Space Shuttle control panels, the Alpha "computer panels" probably contain both computers, life support systems, communications and other avionics. There are reference photos of the computer panels in the Catacombs.	Seen through a ghostly Koenig are the more colourful panels. There are two black panels, one yellow/red panel seen here, and two grey panels.
There is a "computer read out" I/O panel for obtaining hard copy printouts of computer data.	A close up of the "Computer Read Out" panel.	Tony Verdeschi hooks up the underground research area equipment to Main Computer in The Exiles.
Supporting staff are mainly responsible for checking the wall computers	Supporting staff carry clipboards which they check against the panels (here in front of the "Satellites" panel).	A close up of the "Satellites" panel.
One side wall of Command Center is rarely seen; this reverse view from The Metamorph shows it is identical to the opposite wall (even down to the angled walls, which give the room a very odd shape).	Another view of the "missing wall".	Another view, from Brian The Brain.
This view from Brian The Brain shows the bend in the wall; the overall plan of the room must be a zig-zag.	A view showing the filing cabinet by the arches.	Looking from Koenig's desk forwards. Note the drinks machine to the left. On Koenig's desk you can see a calculator (a Decimo Timemachine), an orange ash tray (Kartell) and a Tizio lamp.

The Continuity Guide Moonbase Guide by Martin Willey

Command Center

The Continuity Guide
Moonbase Guide
by Martin Willey