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Earlier ideas for
recreating the Original Series bridge included using a fan
built replica or a miniaturization. |
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Designer Richard James
suggested using just a section of the bridge with a blue
screen matte to incorporate an "empty bridge scene" from
classic Trek. Such a scene existed in the first season
episode "This Side of Paradise". |
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Only the
turbolift and engineering station were built anew. |
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Cameraman
Jonathan West research the original camera angles and
lenses so the footage of Scotty and Picard would
seamlessly match the classic series. |
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Richard James on "Relics":
"They lit the set with color [in the sixties], and
that threw us off trying to establish what color to paint
our set. We had to look through old calendars and
photographs - were were really back to the level of fans!" |
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Star Trek fan
Steven Horch's centre console and captain's chair replica
were rented to add extra depth to the replication. |
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The
reproduction passed even to the eager eye of Original
Series producer Bob Justman, with the exception of the
carpet color, Richard James recalls -
"They had the gray carpet but it looked rust, and I
just assumed it was that because in those days that was
such a common color. But he [Bob] pointed it out and I
said 'Why didn't I call you?' and he laughed and said 'I
don't know!'" |
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Ronald D.
Moore on "Relics":
"The people in the production department put in a lot
of extra hours and a lot of free work because they really
wanted it to look good. They really wanted to sweat the
details because they knew everyone was going to be
watching us - it's the kind of thing you better not screw
up or you're going to be hearing about every little
thing!" |
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Michael Piller
on bringing a classic character back:
"McCoy is old, Spock's playing James Bond on Romulus
- and we couldn't do Kirk; it would raise too many other
things. Nothings against the other characters, but Scotty
seemed like the one with the most 'fun' quotient." |
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Two scenes cut
for time included the "It's green" scene being portrayed
between Doohan and Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan. A filmed but
cut scene included Troi's visit with Scotty after his
blowup with Geordi. The three page scene has Scotty
declaring he's "not crazy", and telling Troi "I know what
I need and it's not here!". |
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Ronald Moore
on the blunder of Scotty and Geordi beaming through the
Jenolen's shields:
"I didn't think about it, I didn't catch it, the
producers didn't catch it, the technical consultants
didn't catch it - it was just one of those things and a
single line of dialogue could've explained it away." |
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The Jenolen
was named for some caves Moore visited during a convention
trip near Sydney, Australia which in turn provided it's
Syndey class designation. |
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The Jenolen
began life as the admiral's shuttle in Star Trek VI. It
was turned upside down and an additional bridge module and
Starfleet nacelles were added. |
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Bartel is
called a lieutenant in the episode but only wears an
Ensign's pip. |