But if that's really the lift shaft then you'll have to add a second one for the Animated Series version.
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How big was the Enterprise?
- Thread starter Admiral Jean-Luc Picard
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If that is the way it is done then that is the way you must do it. And also what they did for TMP.
Obviously, the solution for TAS is to put the outside nubs at 10 and 2 so they're symmetrical, and have the bridge pointed directly to port on the inside.
When Kirk looked at the 3-footer in "Requiem for Methuselah," they showed his eyes peering straight in...
...and this is the reverse angle they chose:
Kirk couldn't really see inside the bridge, but this shot might be the show officially saying that the bridge is offset, with the elevator directly aft and the Command Module pointing toward the port bow. Because they knew full well where the elevator nub was on the miniature.
They could just as easily have chosen and angle like this, but they didn't:
This is a damn nice one, I wish they'd done it more than once:
The entertainment part is the most important. I take what I see on screen seriously but not fully literally. Why? Because there are limits to the dramatic presentation format.
The turbolift wall detail & curvature is a strong indicator of the artists' intentions (although also minmal enough to be something else if required)
And have the Captain get bumped off every week 
My two quatloos worth is that if you go with Matt Jefferies intention, an eight-deck saucer (with deck five being the main deck) works fine for ~947 ft. length, but if you go with an eleven-deck saucer from the writer's guide and as implied in various episodes (with deck seven being the main deck) then a 1080 ft. length would probably work better. YMMV.
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This idea lets the bridge face forward AND explains how a backup turbolift can appear so quickly:
Yes, it requires the bridge dome to be bigger than it is, but I'm willing to suspend disbelief to fit things in and keep it facing forward.
Yes, it requires the bridge dome to be bigger than it is, but I'm willing to suspend disbelief to fit things in and keep it facing forward.
He did place some real significance towards 'magnificence' and importance in creating and maintaining the Captain's Command Aura(it had a definite British slant... but the dude is British to begin with).
But then, there's real practicality to the idea if not the scope. Consider the 18th Century(and if we're being fair, even further back in time), where the rear was probably the safest place to house your Captain and Main Officers in the event of violent weather or battle. The Captain, if there is more than one deck of such accomodations, would be granted the topmost because it permits the best access to the quarterdeck and what-have-you. Deck 2 is the closest equivalent the 'classic' designs of the Enterprise, both TOS and the Movies, have for easiest access to the bridge.
As for size and shape, the areola itself from version to version provides a shape that just wasn't going to be useful when it came to studio production, as there was never enough genuine room for a 'unique' set of quarters isolated from the main assembly. And we all know the 'standard' quarters were designed to practically fit in a curved corridor. Hence why we only rarely got to see anything that wasn't connected to that curve- and often for only one time, maybe two if lucky.
That said, his proposed design for a 'Grand Cabin' on the Movie Enterprise didn't seem all that expansive or ostentatious for what it was. Even the dining room(ultimately twice the size of the actual Day-Cabin on set) failed to look overly excessive thanks to the shape of the areola dictating terms.
That is me. My WIP engineering hull deck plans have curved corridors for a 947 foot ship. (Working on a sketch to show you soon - I hope).
McMaster only calls it a "Secondary Exit/Entry" and never shows a turbolift behind the door, so, it may only be a gangway to stairs or a ladder.Mike McMaster.
What TAS actually did, though, was eliminate the nub completely. I did a rewatch of TAS several months back and finally noticed that the TAS Enterprise has no external nub directly behind the bridge.
Probably for the best, it was only making people confused and miserable.
