|
|
This was Director
Alexander Singer's sixth and final outing at directing TNG. |
| |
|
|
|
Major problems hit the
shooting of this episode when wildfires struck the
location shoot on November 2 in the familiar Bronson Caves
area of Griffin Park. |
| |
|
|
|
Alexander
Singer recalls -
"We were
simply told 'Finish, get out. No time to talk, get out'.
The fire people said 'We can't protect you - there's only
one way in and one way out and you're a sitting duck and
the fires are out of control'." |
| |
|
|
|
Line Producer
Merri D. Howard praised the crew for getting shut down and
out in just 40 minutes. Thankfully the shooting area
didn't burn at all saving the expensive of scouting a
matching area -
"It was
exceptional - within two hours we were filming back here." |
|
|
|
|
|
Jim Mees
remembers having to match the outdoor camp on location
with the fake holodeck scene on stage -
"We had to go
back in there, undress what we'd spent the whole day on
before, put it up on the stage, and the undress it and
bring it back to the park. And it's a hundred degrees, and
people are digging holes and building a stairway with
seventy steps; my boys have not had a fun year!" |
|
|
|
|
|
Jeri Taylor
had dismissed the idea of fooling the natives with a fake
holodeck home mock-up until the story of Worf's brother
was introduced -
"I do that
with Michael. He'll say no and I'll say, well, I'm gonna
wait and maybe I can try this again - and I'm glad the
boys do the same thing, because I am not the be-all and
the end-all of knowing what will work." |
|
|
|
|
|
A last minute
request for food on the Boraalan's camp spit lead Alan
Sims to take leftover chicken fillets from the day's
catered set meal, wrap them on a stick and charred the
whole thing to look like a rabbit! |
|
|
|
|
|
The "Sign of
LaForge" with the holodeck grid appearing in the water was
done with a "live" grid under the small pond. |
