
These are unusual landings- on an "open" launch pad, with two Eagles docked together. Launch pad type 2: with thinner panels on the sloping sides, in scale with 44 inch Eagle. This is the 44 inch Eagle on the 22 inch launch pad. Note the good views of the top of the reception building (compare to the full views of Moonbase Alpha below).Īn unusual landing: the Eagle is parked at the far wing of the platform (note the landing lights). The SFX model is in scale with the 22inch Eagle. Note the boarding tube has a black band along the side. Launch pad type 1: low sloping sides with wide panels. Shots of an Eagle being raised on a launch pad with the whole base visible were in Guardian Of Piri, Voyager's Return and The Dorcons.The A B Chrysalis & Catacombs Of The Moon show the same shot of an Eagle landing on an 'open' launch pad.Space Warp & The Dorcons featured a shot looking up the launch shaft as it is sealed.Launch Pad 7 is named in Missing Link, launch pads 6, 8 & 9 in The Seance Spectre, launch pad 10 in The Last Enemy.A further cross-shaped pad is seen in some episodes, in a shot of an Eagle in the foreground, buildings (including a dome from Mission Of The Darians) beyond, and the whole of the Moonbase seen in the distance ( New Adam, New Eve, Space Warp, Seed Of Destruction, The Seance Spectre).The cross-shaped pad was also seen in Brian The Brain & The A B Chrysalis.The Research Station in The Exiles had an additional cross-shaped pad.5 launch pads were visible around the base.
