Continuity
Polaroids
Continuity Polaroids from the wardrobe department: one of every costume as it went in front of the camera, with the scene number and story day written on the border so the next setup could match it. Quagmire, The Field Where I Died and Never Again.
Shared by a private collector, who holds the originals. D2 on a border means the second day of the story and N3 the third night: the script's own calendar, which is how wardrobe tracked who wears what. The hole at the bottom corner is where each one was punched into the department's binder. Click a Polaroid to see it larger.
Quagmire
Four of Scully, three of them marked “Quagmire” down the side in red. One carries a note for the next setup: “Left lower pocket zipper open.”
The Field Where I Died
Mulder and Scully on the same days, often in the same scenes. Mulder's for scene 21 says “T.B.U.D. tie loose” (top button undone), and on scene 42 someone has scribbled over his trousers in pen.
Never Again
The Philadelphia episode, Scully's tattoo episode, so one Polaroid here is nothing but the tattoo: a circle drawn where it goes, and a note on how the sweater sits around it.
Continuity Polaroids were made by the hundred and almost all of them were thrown away. If you have any, Boggsfiles would love to hear from you.
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