The Continuity Guide
Moonbase Guide
by Martin Willey

Moonbase Layout

The Moonbase is divided into "areas" or "sections" ("area B" and "section B" are synonymous in End Of Eternity). These may be named after the organisational sections ("Medical", "Security", "Service", as in Breakaway), or numerically (sections 1 to 5 in The Testament Of Arkadia; "section 5" in The Troubled Spirit; "section 8" in New Adam, New Eve; "section 37" in Guardian Of Piri; perimeter areas 4, 6 & 9 in The Dorcons; the air conditioning display in The Bringers Of Wonder part 2 shows just areas 1-3) or alphabetically ("area B" in The Exiles, sections A to E in Space Brain, sections C, F & G in Force Of Life, sections A through G & F in One Moment Of Humanity, section L in Dorzak). Blocks within alphabetic sections are numbered ("sections G6, 8 & 11" in Ring Around The Moon, "block 9 in section D" in Dorzak).

Floor levels are alphabetic (levels A, B ,C & D in both Space Warp & The Seance Spectre). Corridors are numeric (corridor 9 in War Games; 34 in The Beta Cloud; 15, 16, 49, 50 & 53 in Force Of Life). Elevators are numbered (elevator 7 in Space Warp) as are travel tubes (nearly all sets show the number 2; 12 appears in Collision Course; 4 and "D" appear in The Seance Spectre).

Communications posts in relevant areas display a symbol bearing the initial letter of the section on the background colour of the section (in most corridors this is the yellow S for Service). In Year 1 the letters were in the Countdown typeface; in Year 2 a plain sans serif typeface. The following letters were seen:

• C (command, on black) Command Office, Koenig's quarters
• M (medical, on grey) Medical areas
• S (services, on yellow) Most corridors & general areas
• S (security; on purple) Hydroponics in The Troubled Spirit; Embarkation in Dragon's Domain
• T (technical; on brown) Many lab areas
• P (power; on blue) NGA3 in Force Of Life
• LQ (living quarters; on black). First appeared in Force Of Life; Koenig's and Helena's quarters in earlier episodes the letter denoted their section. Note Victor Bergman's quarters are uniquely identified with further letters (LQ12)

Communications posts in corridors had three direction signs. The locations indicated were:

• Solarium
• Medical & Psychological
• Chemical Research

• Supply Depots Q9, Q10
• Gymnasium
• Maintenance Workshops [On some: "Maintenanance Workshops"]

• Services [Or: "Hydroponic Unit 2"]
• Sola Energy Plant (sic)
• Travel Tube Main Depot

• Main Mission (also visible in Year 2)
• Living Quarters
• Restaurants

• Main Mission
• Medical Centre
• Eagle Main Hangar

• Technical & Engineering
• Power Distribution
• Reconnaissance

Other arbitrary letters and numbers appeared on corner wall panels in corridors. In Year 1 there were minimal signs (mostly over the top of doors, although round stickers were also seen identifying airlocks (eg End Of Eternity, The Last Sunset, The Last Enemy). In Year 2 more signs appeared, often multi-coloured. Note the unusual use of a glass panel in a corridor partly seen in Force Of Life, identifying the Nuclear Generating Area.

The wall map seen in corridors in both series listed locations and marked them in a table against columns headed "F E D C B A B C D E F". There is a rare close-up in Seed Of Destruction.

F

E

D

C

B

A

B

C

D

E

F

F

E

D

C

B

A

B

C

D

E

F

COMPUTER BANKS

POWER DISTRIBUTION

CHEMICAL RESEARCH

RECONNAISSANCE SECTION

GYMNASIUM

REACTORS

HANGER AREAS

RESTAURANTS

HYDROPONIC FARM AREAS

SOLA ENERGY PLANT

LAUNCHING/LANDING AREAs

SOLARIUM 1

LIVING QUARTERS

SUPPLY DEPOTS

MAIN MISSION

SECURITY

MAINTENANCE WORKSHOPS

SOLARIUM 2

MEDICAL CENTRE

TRAVEL TUBE DEPOTS

NUCLEAR REACTORS

TECHNICAL & ENGINEERING