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Paramount Studios Tour-Any direct Star Trek sites?

Brannigan

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I had read where Paramount and Universal are the only studios in Hollywood that allow backlot tours. When I was in LA three weeks ago I took the Universal Tour hoping to see the Hill Valley Courthouse from Back to the Future. Unfortunately the Ghost Whisperer was filming on that set and I didn't see it. Then I read that Paramount was open for tours. I know they have several standing city sets, including a New York set in which the last four series of Star Trek franchises have filmed on, but I wondered, are there are any direct Star Trek filming spots that are seen on the Paramount tour?
BTW I also went to Griffith Observatory, where an episode of Voyager was filmed (among other things, namely Rocketeer and Rebel Without a Cause). Besides being a neat looking old place with a great view of the Hollywood sign and the valley, I had to laugh at the Leonard Nimoy theatre there.
 
I went on a similar lot tour at Paramount when they screened ST3 late last year. Before the screening you were able to take guided tour through the back lot. The driver showed me a few locations. When I asked for Star Trek specific spots he showed me the building where Gene did some of his writing along with a few of the other back lot areas where episodes had been filmed.

If you're interested, take a look at a photo of the Paramount water tower I took while I was there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianwilkins/4086207951/
 
If you´re very lucky, you may be able to see the bridge set for Star Trek 09 (and 12). My guess is that they won´t rebuild that set the next movie, so it´s either in storage or still standing on a sound stage.

It´s probably a closed set, though. But that didn´t stop the guide on my tour back in 1999 who let us see the Voyager set:cool:

But there is one thing you´ll definitely will see on any tour on the lot: the amazing parking/pool where they shot the scene when the TOS crew splashed down into the sea at the end of The Voyage Home. I actually think that they used the same area for the Vulcan sky diving scene in 09. It looked like that on the DVD extras.
 
Space on the lot is a premium, the 09 Trek sets are not just standing there taking up space. I worked for paramount for 15 years, and back then Trek was everywhere, now all that stuff is sold, via Christies and is in people's homes.
 
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