The 12 foot diameter Moonbase Alpha model was for a time displayed at the Blackpool exhibition, but when the exhibition ended the model was to be destroyed. With no time and no transport for such a huge model, one fan rescued most of the buildings, ripping them from its base. He was unable to remove most of the travel tubes and the launch pads. The model is now owned by Andy Hopkinson who hopes to restore it completely. Note how the camera flash illuminates the reflective transflex used to represent windows. You can see more images in the Cybrary Moonbase Alpha exhibit.
	One of the larger buildings. First used in Guardian Of Piri, these were used for close ups of the base and were frequently seen blowing up (in Force Of Life, War Games and other episodes). None of these correspond to the buildings of the table-top model.
	Another building.
	The same building as above, now cleaned and restored.
	A long building.
	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).
	Nuclear Waste dome 3 from Bringers Of Wonder.
	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.
	This unusual Alphan building was seen in some 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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