Captain Nemo
The main corridor
Riveted brass, round portholes and pipes that tick as they cool. This is where every expedition first realises the submarine is real, and that the hatch has closed behind it.
Inside the Nautilus
A walk through the submarine, compartment by compartment, as far as the Society can go without giving anything away.
Captain Nemo
The control station
Gauges, dials and needles, most of them pointing somewhere worrying. Nemo says he understands every one of them. The Society notes that he says this a lot.
Captain Nemo
The engine room
The electric heart of the Nautilus, humming when it works and sulking when it doesn’t. No smoke, no crawling, Nemo insists: just machinery that needs your help.
Captain Nemo
The ballast levers
Big brass levers that every passenger wants to pull. Ensign Brine’s rule applies: ask, then pull together.
Captain Nemo
The chart room
Where Nemo plots his courses, and where Professor Marrow did her sketches of the Beast. Mrs Gale insists her chart is better.
Captain Nemo
The brass works
Cogs, valves and the steampunk machinery that keeps a hundred-year-old submarine (in legend) diving. Bring goggles if you like; closed shoes are the one rule.
Kraken: Nemo’s Revenge
The hunting hatch
In the second chapter, in Sydney, the Nautilus is fitted out for the hunt. The hatches are heavier, the captain is more determined, and something outside is listening.
Kraken: Nemo’s Revenge
The air supply
The gauges that matter most when the Beast’s shadow swallows the hull. The Society has no advice here except: keep calm, and keep an eye on the needle.
Photos of the real sets from escapenemo.com.au. The descriptions are the Society’s, and give nothing away.