|
|
Alexander Singer
(Director, Part II) visited Peer Lauritson's set during
Part I to get a feel for the show's tone. |
| |
|
|
|
NBA Star James Worthy (Korath)
was a major Star Trek fan, and told his friend Robert
O'Reilly (Gowron, "Reunion",
"Redemption",
"Rightful
Heir") he'd always wanted to appear on the show. He
met with Berman and Piller who coordinated with Jeri
Taylor to write him a part. |
| |
|
|
|
Ron Moore on
James Worthy's appearance -
"They asked if
James Worthy could be written in and I said 'Who?' - cause
I'm not a big sports fan, and then 'Oh! He's a Laker!'. We
were looking for little filler plot elements to do
anyway." |
| |
|
|
|
Alexander
Singer on James Worthy's appearance -
"They're in
show business, they don't freeze, and they take direction
well." |
|
|
|
|
|
Alan Sims on
James Worthy's appearance -
"To him, the
pressure of basketball was nothing compared to what it's
like here." |
|
|
|
|
|
Naren Shankar
(Writer) on 'Gambit, Part II' -
"We went for
people who very logically felt that Vulcan's problems were
linked to contamination by illogical people, so in a
logical sense you say 'Get rid of them'. I just thought it
was a very logical way to arrive at racism being the
answer to your problems. It was a different but very
believable tone for the Vulcans." |
|
|
|
|
|
Naren Shankar
reused Draken IV from his previous "Face
of the Enemy" to increase credibility. |
|
|
|
|
|
Yadalla Prime
was originally intended to be Yonada Prime after the
classic Trek episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have
Touched the Sky", but was renamed due to the presumed
Romulan origins. |
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald Moore
named the Stone of Gol for the plateau of the Vulcan
Masters where Spock studied in the first feature, Star
Trek The Motion Picture. |
|
|
|
|
|
The Psionic
Resonator was a late-developed idea, and was scaled back
from the original plans to have it able to kill millions
at one stroke. |
|
|
|
|
|
According to
Prop Master Alan Sims, the original Vulcan God of Death
was bald headed until Rick Berman ordered that hair be
etched on to avoid any resemblance to Patrick Stewart! |
|
|
|
|
|
FX Supervisor
Ron B Moore's initial was changed to "D" in a rare end
credits typo. |
|
|
|
|
|
Alexander
Singer on the sets used in TNG -
"There's more
invention in that show per dollar and per hour of labor
than almost anything else I've ever seen. It is so
extraordinary that the industry at large doesn't know that
or appreciate that: Richard James is in a class with
anyone in the world." |
|
|
|
|
|
Koral's Toron-class
shuttle is the alien shuttle seen in "Liaisons"
re-dressed again. |
