I do like that, but unfortunately MM also went out of its way to make the Marlena room even larger by including a table and chair, right where your wall goes!
The blue floor expansion started in late S2, although I don't think it ever intruded into the corridor setup!Oh damn. Now I'm going to start looking for the blue floor
Wow, I did not think that door had ever been used as corridor access. Thank you for this new data point.
The research I've been doing for my set model project has made me realize a lot more of them were wild than are indicated on the set plans. I've come to believe that some were "easily/intentionally" wild while others were "wild if you really need it," maybe distinguished by the difficulty of the redress.
I think it's a one time, ad hoc thing they put there to look like a section of railing. And possibly it was there to conceal a pyrotechnic device that would explode during their attempt to enter the galactic barrier. The actual railing wouldn't hide the device.IIRC, at least some of the bridge stations were built so that the top section could be removed, allowing the set to be shot into without pulling an entire pie wedge out. You can see something like this in the second pilot, but I can't be sure that's the actual bridge station in the lower part of the frame or just something stuck there to hide the fact that a wedge was pulled out.
I forget if this feature was the case when the set was moved from Desilu Culver to the Gower facility and revised for series production.
Yup, I suspect they used thin grades of plywood and sheetrock. In a reaction shot after Charlie Evans throws Kirk and Spock down in Janice's quarters, if you don't blink you can see where Nimoy's backside has busted the drywall.
Here's an image that's a BTS from The Cage that also shows that 'half station' (center column of images)IIRC, at least some of the bridge stations were built so that the top section could be removed, allowing the set to be shot into without pulling an entire pie wedge out. You can see something like this in the second pilot, but I can't be sure that's the actual bridge station in the lower part of the frame or just something stuck there to hide the fact that a wedge was pulled out.
I forget if this feature was the case when the set was moved from Desilu Culver to the Gower facility and revised for series production.
Is there a larger version of that somewhere?Here's an image that's a BTS from The Cage that also shows that 'half station' (center column of images)
Probably but I don't have a copy.
They like one of a series of contact proofs, some of which were sold at the Greg Jein auction two years ago.
Thanks. That console sure looks purpose-built for this kind of shot, as the "instruments" section doesn't necessarily look detachable on the other stations.Yes there is:
