Catacombs Model GalleryMoonbase Alpha
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In addition to the table-top Moonbase model larger individual buildings were built for close-ups (and explosions, as in Force Of Life, War Games and other episodes). The buildings are approximately 1/24 scale. None of these correspond to the buildings of the table-top model.
This round building was first used around the Nuclear Disposal Area 2 in Breakaway. It was actually built in two scales (this being the larger version). It reappeared amongst other Alpha buildings later in the series. |
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The smaller round building is seen here with one of the many standard buildings, which began to be used extensively from Guardian Of Piri onwards.
This two level building is in the foreground in this shot: |
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Another building, before and after cleaning. You can see it in the explosion shot below (on the left).
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Two buildings. The left one is on the right below (with the round house on top).
The one on the right is on the right of the shot below. |
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Martin Bower built this distinctive building for Year 2. It also appears in the Jif "Alien Attack" advert.
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This building was used in Bringers Of Wonder as the atomic fuel store. The red door is painted on; close up you can see it is not actually a door (it was probably one of the anonymous Alpha buildings redressed for this episode). |
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Nuclear Waste dome 3 from Bringers Of Wonder. |
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The rear of the dome. The structures on the extension (one is missing) are the bases of Airfix Saturn V rockets with an EMA dome. |
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What's the large round wooden thing under the waste dome? It's the base for the Main Mission tower. |
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The transference dome from Journey To Where is also seen in other second series shots. It is remarkably similar to a construction on the Daria in Mission Of the Darians (i.e. a salvaged model section). |
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