Spot the Trapezoids in TOS

[plynch]

My 10 year old son, a TOS fan , said, "There sure are a lot of trapezoids in Star Trek." We "rewound" the DVD a bit and by golly, he's right. In the Ent, on costumes, sets, etc.

I am tired of reading arguments in the STXI forum so I thought I'd offer something more fun, maybe: Spot the trapezoids in TOS.

Here's one to start: the danger alert on the nav. console. What others can you think of/remember?

 

[Brutal Strudel]

The "archways" seen in the corridors.

 

[ChristopherPike]

By Any Other Name

Most of the crew turned into dodecahedrons.

 

[Christopher]

By Any Other Name

Most of the crew turned into dodecahedrons.

No trapezoids there; the faces of those blocks were alternating squares and triangles. And I think they have 14 sides, not 12, so they aren't dodecahedrons. I guess that would be an irregular tetradecahedron, though I could swear I've read another name mentioned for them.

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/2x22/byanyothername0218.jpg

Hmm, the black cushions on the backs of the bridge chairs are almost trapezoidal.

 

[Ziz]

Those shapes are called cubotctahedrons.

 

[Christopher]

^Which is more of a vernacular name than a formal geometrical designation. I'll stick with "irregular tetradecahedron."

 

[TIN_MAN]

The beds in the officers quarters.

 

[Wingsley]

One of my favorites would be Kirk's secret weapon in his quarters in "Mirror, Mirror".

 

[sbk1234]

And some say Star Trek isn't educational! Look at all this mathematics discussion!

 

[plynch]

Actually the "yoeman's clipboard thingy" (early PADD?) is kind of trapezoidal from the side.

 

[plynch]

D-7 Battlecruiser right where the neck joins the round bridge module.

 

[Christopher]

I thought maybe Mirror Universe agonizers and Triskelion obedience collars might count, but they're both more hexagonal.

Ahh, but the pendants on Mudd's androids are trapezoids with rounded corners.

 

[plynch]

I thought maybe Mirror Universe agonizers and Triskelion obedience collars might count, but they're both more hexagonal.

Ahh, but the pendants on Mudd's androids are trapezoids with rounded corners.

Good call! - and the agonizer is darn close!

I am going to check out the Tholian ships. My hunch is they're hex, but we'll see.

 

[Christopher]

In profile, a Tholian ship is a rhombus/diamond shape. However, there are some trapezoids in it.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/File:Tholian_ship,_TOS.jpg

The outer/forward faces of the three hull segments are basically trapezoidal. In the remastered design, though, that's lost. And in the "In a Mirror, Darkly" version, the trapezoidal faces become hexagonal.

 

[M'Sharak]

'A Taste of Armageddon' corridor arches:

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/1x23/A_Taste_of_Armageddon_043.JPG

 

[plynch]

The dividers in the Enterprise corridor ceiling. Plus they have that weird smoky-glass effect going on - bonus!

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/2x05/theapple_615.jpg

 

[plynch]

Duh: Colored ceiling lights on the bridge.

 

[Wingsley]

The dividers in the Enterprise corridor ceiling. Plus they have that weird smoky-glass effect going on - bonus!

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/2x05/theapple_615.jpg

EPS conduits?

 

[Mr. Adventure]

This damn thread! I was watching TOS-R Paradise Syndrome off syndication this weekend and what goes through my head when McCoy is in Spock's quarters? "Look on that wall, it's a trapezoid!"

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/3x03/The_Paradise_Syndrome_222.JPG

 

[Christopher]

^In that same image, the front panel of the monitor base in the lower left is a trapezoid (and presumably of the monitor at Spock's desk too). Also the support frame for the desk is trapezoidal in shape.