Production GuideObservations: The Exiles
Production Guide
Just after the explosion, we see Helena, Mathias and the nurses through the observation window. In the next reverse shot, we see just Helena, but then Mathias runs from right to left behind her, towards the door. He should be already on that side. Thanks to Thomas.
In Helena's quarters, a filing cabinet is behind the clay head. In the later shot only, the "Visible Man" and "Visible Woman" model figures can be seen on top of the cabinet- they were not there previously.
In the sequence when Glenda Allen walks past the explosion, her ID badge is not hers- it belongs to another female extra, Jenny Cresswell (seen as a nurse in this episode), and the name is "L Picard". Later in the series, Allen's name badge shows the name "G Allen". Thanks to Chris Dale.
Barely visible on screen, Petrov's ID card shows the name "Reeves" (Robert Reeves plays "Peter", a Command Center operative, also seen in this episode).
On Alpha, the stun gun that Cantar takes from the guard has no stun/kill slider. On Golos, it does. Note that when the guard uses the gun, he does not press the button on top. Cantar keeps his thumb on the button.
The guard's body moves towards the wall between when Maya and Tony arrive and when Koenig arrives- not necessarily an error as he may have stirred.
The panther jumps off a table or bench, visible at the bottom of the screen. The table doesn't exist in other shots. Thanks to Tobias Reid.
Cantar is ambidextrous. He holds the stun gun with his right hand until Helena scratches him. He then changes to his left hand. Thanks to Thomas.
Zova claims "Your life support systems are now tuned to my mental processes. I can destroy them by simple concentration." But when she is cast into space, she does not carry out her threat. If she is too far away from Alpha, the Alphans had neutralised her threat simply by having her on the Eagle. Her powers have interplanetary range: earlier she could torture Helena (on Golos) from Alpha. Thanks to Thomas and David Sobral.
The stun gun is in a different position on the table in long shot.
Tony and Helena are only concerned with returning to Alpha. Golos is a habitable planet that presumably could have offered a home for the Alphans (if the Alphan life support system workwed long enough to transport everyone - or Mirella could transport them).
When Sandra is overhearing Tony's conversation with Maya at the end, the close up shows her in a different position to the long shot. Thanks to Thomas.
When Maya changes into the old hag, we can briefly see the old woman's hair between Sandra's collar and Tony's arm, as she is standing up to replace Catherine Schell behind Tony. Thanks to Thomas.
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