Unseen Phase II set photos

[Ottens]

Thanks to a Mr Pierre Fontaine, Forgotten Trek presents two rare photographs of the Phase II bridge and engineering set under construction.



“The new bridge is four feet larger in diameter and has several doors that the old bridge did not have. The greatest change, however, is in its electronics. It is built into almost every square inch of the external framework, and when a crewmember presses a button it will actually perform a function. On the original set, the function had to be simulated by a technician offstage. The bridge has the same familiar circular look, though each of the stations is more clearly defined. In addition to the extra doors (including one which we must assume is a toilet), there is a large, transparent hemisphere (called a Weapons Defense Center Viewing Screen) which acts as a target mechanism for Chekhov when a combat situation is encountered. There is also two side consoles at the Science Officer's station which can pop out of the lower wall on either side to give him (or her, or it) additional control facilities.”

From Fantastic Films Magazine (August 1978)

Click here for the page with the larger view.

(Sorry I'm not including it in the post directly, but I don't like to waste lots of bandwidth.)

 

[trevanian]

It's too bad there are no pics of the finished hemisphere at Chekov's station. It'd be a scream to put one of the encased-in glass dancers from BLADE RUNNER into that bubble via photoshop.

That was a good issue of FF ... I probably bought four or five of that one over the years.

 

[Maurice]

Yeah. I have that issue.

 

[miraclefan]

What happend to the sets?

 

[trevanian]

What happend to the sets?

That IS the tmp bridge, just before the ceiling was added and the hole in Chekov's wall was sealed up.

Engineering kept the layout but discarded the opaque warp core, don't know where that went (maybe part of Carol's station in TWOK.)

 

[Praetor]

That tactical bubble thing always struck me as odd. I kinda liked the opaque 'matter antimatter shaft.'

 

[FalTorPan]

I love reading about the development hell of Phase II and ST:TMP. I wish a crafty fan could have snapped many more photos of the Phase II sets before they were redesigned for ST:TMP.

The Phase II series is to Trek what Robotech II: The Sentinels is to Robotech -- a road not traveled, but very nearly traveled. Both shows fascinate me.

 

[Praetor]

Agreed on that, FalTorPan.

 

[James Wright]

Everytime I see the picture of the bridge with the Captains chair I cringe, that chair looks 1960's to me!

James

 

[Ryann866]

What happend to the sets?

That IS the tmp bridge, just before the ceiling was added and the hole in Chekov's wall was sealed up.

Engineering kept the layout but discarded the opaque warp core, don't know where that went (maybe part of Carol's station in TWOK.)

I believe the yellow sections of the warp core were later used as the "braces' for the upper level of the Regula 1 station in TWOK.

I love these Phase II pics... early stuff from the first construction of these sets seems hard to come by.


http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/twok/ch5/twok0256.jpg

 

[ncc-1017-e]

I love those photos!

 

[trevanian]

What happend to the sets?

That IS the tmp bridge, just before the ceiling was added and the hole in Chekov's wall was sealed up.

Engineering kept the layout but discarded the opaque warp core, don't know where that went (maybe part of Carol's station in TWOK.)

I believe the yellow sections of the warp core were later used as the "braces' for the upper level of the Regula 1 station in TWOK.

I love these Phase II pics... early stuff from the first construction of these sets seems hard to come by.


http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/twok/ch5/twok0256.jpg

Minor said that they recycled tons of unused junk from TMP on TWOK ... I'm kinda surprised the memory wall plastic didn't get reused, but maybe that set just got bulldozed.

 

[ncc-1017-e]

I have another phase 2 bridge photo from starlog mag that I can post here in a few days!
I have to find it! The shot is forward of the con platform on the bridge! It is great!

 

[Maurice]

Shane Johnson got a lot of photos of the motion picture sets when he toured them, and I bet in some of them you could see some of the underlying Phase II construction. Wish he'd post them someplace.

 

[trevanian]

Shane Johnson got a lot of photos of the motion picture sets when he toured them, and I bet in some of them you could see some of the underlying Phase II construction. Wish he'd post them someplace.

When building the p2 bridge, they built two or three extra sections (skins), to be used in case of damage or pyro. I'm not sure, but if anybody has BOOBY TRAP on DVD, there is an insert shot of the alien reading his log on a monitor screen, and I've wondered whether that was shot using one of those sections, because the shot looks very TMP-like, but with some differences (since it is third season, I assume the battle bridge was already destroyed.)

 

[RobertScorpio]

Shane Johnson got a lot of photos of the motion picture sets when he toured them, and I bet in some of them you could see some of the underlying Phase II construction. Wish he'd post them someplace.

When building the p2 bridge, they built two or three extra sections (skins), to be used in case of damage or pyro. I'm not sure, but if anybody has BOOBY TRAP on DVD, there is an insert shot of the alien reading his log on a monitor screen, and I've wondered whether that was shot using one of those sections, because the shot looks very TMP-like, but with some differences (since it is third season, I assume the battle bridge was already destroyed.)

I will dig out BOOBY TRAP to see that.

Great thread. All those who are adding their 2 cents worth are really making this a fun read. Keep it up!!!

Rob

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Shane Johnson got a lot of photos of the motion picture sets when he toured them, and I bet in some of them you could see some of the underlying Phase II construction. Wish he'd post them someplace.

When building the p2 bridge, they built two or three extra sections (skins), to be used in case of damage or pyro. I'm not sure, but if anybody has BOOBY TRAP on DVD, there is an insert shot of the alien reading his log on a monitor screen, and I've wondered whether that was shot using one of those sections, because the shot looks very TMP-like, but with some differences (since it is third season, I assume the battle bridge was already destroyed.)

Weren't those extra skins used to construct the TNG Battle Bridge per Andy Probert?

 

[trevanian]

Shane Johnson got a lot of photos of the motion picture sets when he toured them, and I bet in some of them you could see some of the underlying Phase II construction. Wish he'd post them someplace.

When building the p2 bridge, they built two or three extra sections (skins), to be used in case of damage or pyro. I'm not sure, but if anybody has BOOBY TRAP on DVD, there is an insert shot of the alien reading his log on a monitor screen, and I've wondered whether that was shot using one of those sections, because the shot looks very TMP-like, but with some differences (since it is third season, I assume the battle bridge was already destroyed.)

Weren't those extra skins used to construct the TNG Battle Bridge per Andy Probert?

You may be right. ST THE MAG had something to that effect in an issue, i think.

 

[Basill]

I believe the yellow sections of the warp core were later used as the "braces' for the upper level of the Regula 1 station in TWOK.
...

http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/twok/ch5/twok0256.jpg

I'm... not quite getting that vibe. What in that image are you basing that on?

 

[Praetor]

It looks to me like they might have taken two 'core segments' and attached them together to form each of those brace supports.