TOS Shuttlecraft chairs
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You sure that ain't the Shat?
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Pretty sure. The previous screencaps show Paul Baxley doing the stunts for Shatner.
Yeah, it's Paul. Rojan looks to have a double as well, although that sure looks like Barbara Bouchet in the cap above.
They may have been loosely based on the Burkes but they are much different.
Here are a few frames from "By Any Other Name" of the chair back being pulled off.
Paul Baxley did a lot of stunts for the Shat although Don Eitner did stand in for him in an episode or two!
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The heck with pummeling Rojan. If I was Kirk I’d rather be heavily involved in hand-to-hand with Kalinda.
The heck with pummeling Rojan. If I was Kirk I’d rather be heavily involved in hand-to-hand with Kalinda.
Oh boy, so many missed opportunities in this post.
Though that was probably intentional.
Just to make sure we're on the same page, I'm talking about the 116s, the chairs with the arms. I agree that the 115s were very different.
What started all this for me is that I have 4 of the 116s (I think; I haven't flipped them over to look for manufacturer's data) and two tulip base tables which my wife bought for my birthday a while back. I've been trying to determine what to do with them. In the shot of the shuttlecraft chairs posted upstream, if there's a difference in the contours between those chairs then it's definitely a matter of degree.
Quick question about the Burke 115 chairs: do we know anything abou the three triangles on the back?
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x02hd/charliexhd522.jpg
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x20hd/courtmartialhd165.jpg
Were they a Burke feature, or added for the show? They match the color perfectly, and look very "professional." They don't look hand-made or stuck-on at all. If they were added for the show, as I suspect, I wonder what the thinking was.
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x02hd/charliexhd522.jpg
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x20hd/courtmartialhd165.jpg
Were they a Burke feature, or added for the show? They match the color perfectly, and look very "professional." They don't look hand-made or stuck-on at all. If they were added for the show, as I suspect, I wonder what the thinking was.
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They were added for the show. The entire chair was painted which is whey the color matches.
Probably to give them more visual detail, otherwise they're a bit plain, even with the added back.
Got any pictures of your stuff?
That's all fine and dandy, but the real question is: What was their in-universe function?
I don't recall ever seeing the back of a Burke 116. I wonder if they had the triangles.
The property master had at least three 116's on hand:
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x13hd/theconscienceofthekinghd277.jpg
They were armed and dangerous (in danger of the back extender falling off, as it appeared to lean a lot further than the 115 version.
The property master had at least three 116's on hand:
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x13hd/theconscienceofthekinghd277.jpg
They were armed and dangerous (in danger of the back extender falling off, as it appeared to lean a lot further than the 115 version.
The 116 Burkes were seen both with and without the triangles during the show.
And if you look REEEAAALLL close at that picture, you have the answer to the question about the triangles. Yes...the 116 on the right side of the picture has a slightly visible side view of the triangles.
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