Visible crew/equipment: After John gets dressed in his cell Rygel points out John's cellmate, and when Aeryn removes her helmet we can see a nice reflection of the reflector screen, which is on the same side as the cell doors.
Visible crew/equipment: After John successfully instructs Aeryn on how to maneuver and slingshot Moya away from the PK's Command Carrier, Zhaan gives John a very special thank you. When it cuts to the DRD scooting across the floor in Moya's empty Command, a crew member wearing shorts can be seen at the right side of the screen, as he's looking in the direction of the DRD, and is presumably controlling the DRD's remote control.
Back and Back and Back to the Future - S1-E3
Visible crew/equipment: After Matala's shuttle and the Scorvian cruiser are torn apart by the black hole, when it cuts to Rygel in the galley as he burps just before John walks in, we can see the puppeteer's right arm and hand (wearing a wedding ring) behind Rygel.
PK Tech Girl - S1-E5
Visible crew/equipment: Aboard the Zelbinion, when Aeryn and John question Gilina about how the Zelbinion died, after Gilina says, "Officer Sun, I think you should know, I consider you a traitor...," when it cuts to Rygel in his hoverchair with his flashlight in hand, there's puppeteer movement behind him. Later, after Zhaan tells Rygel to find Durka's corpse because it'll set him free, when Rygel's back aboard the Zelbinion, although he's just remembering being in a cage in front of Durka, it's interesting to note that we can see the puppeteer's movement behind Rygel.
Thank God It's Friday... Again - S1-E6
Visible crew/equipment: After Aeryn extracts the worm from John's abdomen, when Rygel says, "If I were warmer, I would have an appropriately venomous reply. Be warned, I owe you one," he drops down off the table, and as Rygel waddles away the boom mic dips into view at the top right side of the screen.
Visible crew/equipment: While on the planet, when Crichton is talking with Lyneea about the military not being very compassionate and Crichton says, "No, militaries rarely are": when it cuts back to Lyneea we can see the shadow from the camera moving on her. (00:27:55)
Visible crew/equipment: During Moya's attempt to land on the planet's bog-filled surface, in the close-up of Rygel as he begs for somebody to help tie him down, we can see Rygel's puppeteer, who's wearing eyeglasses and a cap, behind Rygel.
Visible crew/equipment: After they all take turns peering into the triangular hatchway, Pilot silences the paddac beacon's siren, and when the DRD zooms into the compartment in the shot from within the room we can see a cable behind the DRD.
Visible crew/equipment: While Rygel watches over John's body, Rygel performs his own version of the Hynerian Ceremony of Passage to declare John dead so as to claim John's possessions, and when he pulls at John's boots, the puppeteer's arm/elbow becomes visible behind Rygel.
Visible crew/equipment: After D'Argo and Zhaan agree to be allies against Rygel, it cuts to Pilot's den and when Pilot tells Aeryn that he's in "nominal" pain, two puppeteer rods can be seen under Pilot's arm.
Visible crew/equipment: While Rygel's in his quarters tossing out his junk, when D'Argo walks in and asks him about it, as Rygel replies, "Just items that I've procured since our escape," the hand of the puppeteer can be seen behind Rygel at the left side of the screen.
Visible crew/equipment: After D'Argo finds the Peacekeeper control panel and rips out the wire, he's thrown back and slides down a shaft. When he stops sliding we can see the safety cable behind him just before he finds the Peacekeeper shield, and then when he continues to slide down the shaft we can see the safety cable once again.
Till the Blood Runs Clear - S1-E11
Visible crew/equipment: After Aeryn tells Furlow that she cannot see, it cuts to Zhaan as she enters the command deck, and when Rygel asks her if she's fully clothed Rygel lifts his arms to cover his eyes, and we can see both of the puppeteer's arms up in both of Rygel's sleeves.
Till the Blood Runs Clear - S1-E11
Visible crew/equipment: After Aeryn and John escape the pull of the wormhole it cuts to Rygel on his hoverchair, and when D'Argo walks in we can see the black hinged base under Rygel's hoverchair that enables it to move across the set's floor.
Visible crew/equipment: During Kcrackic and Rygel's Tadek game, after Zhaan tells them they have nothing left to bet, when Rygel wagers Moya we can see three of the puppeteer's wire cables running up Rygel's sleeve.
Visible crew/equipment: Near the start, while Rygel's annoying Zhaan and D'Argo by banging the noisy Y-rod against the Tadek board, when Rygel says, "It may be preferable to this mind-numbing tedium," the wavy dark hair of the puppeteer can be seen behind Rygel. Then later, when Zhaan says that she will strive to keep Kcrackic distracted, as Rygel's smoking the hookah we can see the movement of the puppeteer's arm under Rygel's robe.
Visible crew/equipment: Zhaan is talking to Tahleen as they've recently landed on the planet. When Tahleen says, "Perhaps our many cycles of reclusion contributed to an error in judgment," you can see the shadow from the camera moving on Zhaan.
Visible crew/equipment: After Tahleen alters John's memory of himself as a young boy playing in the water, and then Aeryn tells John that he's the most bizarre creature she's ever met, when it cuts back to Moya as Rygel joins D'Argo, you can see the head and movement of one of Rygel's puppeteers as D'Argo and Rygel are talking.
Visible crew/equipment: In the bottom left hand corner of the screen during the overhead shots of the celebration fire, you can see a camera, with white film canisters on a lower boom. (00:37:00 - 00:38:00)
Visible crew/equipment: After the pod has landed on the planet, when D'Argo and Rygel experience power loss, the hoverchair looses power and Rygel's thrown into the dirt. Then as Rygel shouts, "D'Argo? Where are you going?" the head of the puppeteer, who's wearing a knit cap, can be seen at the right side of the screen.
Chosen answer: It's never explained. John mentions a theory that his less technologically developed craft simply interferes with the wormhole less than the "superior" Vipers, but they never make a concrete determination on that point. But we also have to take into account the fact that Moya traverses wormholes with no ill effect as well.
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