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A compromise might be to say the saucer/secondary duo is 947 feet long—not adding the nacelles.

I love the Enterprise from TAS

Aridas Sophia had a side view (calling his TAS with a longer secondary hull Defiant)

He is quite the artist:
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/march-art-challenge-blueprints-please-vote.313734/

Others
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/the-great-awakening-begins-the-baton-rouge-class.287677/

That’s a new one on me.

On the bridge turbolift, it seems what we assume to be the top of turbolift shaft behind the bridge actually protrudes upwards in an odd manner. Depending on the reference shot, it seems like it might be too short to hold a turbolift at the level of an unsubmerged bridge, and the top portion doesn't seem to be connected to the bridge dome. From the three options diagrams, it seems its only wider enough to accommodate the car, not the shaft through which it travels. Furthermore, as the only apparent access point to the bridge, it seems woefully exposed to damage. Given the recessed floor at the centre of the bridge, and the high ceiling height, maybe this all suggests the bridge is indeed sunk, and maybe the feature at the rear of the bridge dome is something like an access point to the turbolift network? This setup would then allow for the 2-turbollifts shown in TAS and TMP.

On engineering, the set could be taken to be used interchangeably as two separate locations - 'impulse' engineering and 'warp' engineering - given the physically distinct and well-known external locations of the impulse and warp engines. Albeit the two are often conflated in dialogue.

On the shuttlebay, the floor markings on the shuttlebay model in TOS and TOS-R (red box, yellow circle) don't match the markings seen in the live-action shots (black circle). Given the TMP Enterprise shuttlebay was linked through to a vast cargo handling area, and the Enterprise-A had doors deeper into the ship, is it a stretch to think there was another portion of the shuttlebay further forward in TOS too?

I certainly have no problem submerging/orienting the bridge anywhere into Deck 1/2 that makes things work. I know there's some odd persistent complaint from fans about it being a "hood ornament" that this might alleviate a bit, and maybe even makes more sense for an armored possible-module anyway. Now as far as orientation/rotation...I wonder to what degree it could be made up of pieces that lock in separately in the "real" Trek, so it can rotate certain sections relative to others, or have "wild" parts, in-universe?

Is the drone or spaceship that Quark uses as a target object in the episode "Business as Usual" also in the database?

Sounds similar to some of the comments over the years abou Excelsiors second and final bridge module. Which was a distinct improvement over the original one.

Thanks for doing this @Bernd Schneider.
Although my primary timeframe is TNG, this is a true history lesson of the Original Enterprise. The 30o to port angle of the bridge facinated me back in the early 90s when I first read about it, but reading it in context is refreshing.

I also think TMP did a good job retconning some of the quirks, esp the location of Engineering and the design of the bridge module.
Its a solid reminder though, that the Excelsior, Defiant, Voyager and the decendant Enterprises have a solid legacy Thanks to this original ship.

Right. Still, the changes they actually made were small. I guess Roddenberry was little concerned about exact scale but the model makers had a more precise idea.

I haven't done a thorough survey but I'd note at least the saucer edge had only a single row of windows in the pilots, with extras added below for production.

In Gene Roddenberry's April 7, 1966 memo to Bob Justman he enumerates the changes to be done to the filming miniature, including:

ADDITIONAL LIGHTED WINDOWS ON SHIP. Just would like some indication of how many windows and how many extra "decks" of windows we're talking about here. Until I hear further on this, we'll simply assume it will include sufficient on front and side of the saucer, on the saucer strut, and on the lower nodule, to very adequately give us the illusion of multiple decks and ship complexity which we need.

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By removing the figures from the right side of this shot you can see that the command module is pointed off to the right of the viewer

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We begin our coverage of USS Enterprise bridge overhead displays in season 3 of #StarTrekTOS with these images from the season's first episode (production order!): "The Spectre of the Gun". The displays are generally very dark this season, that blue display, as shall be seen, being a real exception. 😅

Here's a comparison, showing the sickbay sensor cluster (the ring above the central biobed) with the aforementioned baby plates (those protruding metal sticks) in plain view in #StarTrekTNG's "Legacy"⬇️ and then hidden behind some covers (until the end of the series) in "Night Terrors"⬆️.

The metal baby plates, added to the sickbay overhead sensor ring between season 2 and 3 of #StarTrekTNG, ("Remember Me"↖️), were hidden for the fake Enterprise-D in "Future Imperfect"↗️. They were then seen uncovered again for a few episodes ("The Loss"↙️) until the covers permanently came back in "Night Terrors"↘️.

Here are all the appearances of the USS Enterprise-D battle bridge viewscreen that I have found between #StarTrekTNG's "Encounter at Farpoint" and #StarTrekVOY's "Dark Frontier", more than 10 years later. I have labeled each screenshot for quick identification.

The main viewscreen of the USS Brattain bridge in #StarTrekTNG's "Night Terrors"⬆️ last appeared half a season ago on the USS Enterprise-D battle bridge in "The Best of Both Worlds II"⬇️.

Here are all the bridge overhead displays seen in season 2 of #StarTrekTOS. I love putting those collages together! :-) Yes, we only saw the Defense Sub-Systems and Defense and weapons stations (1+2) once in the whole season.

It's good to be home! :-)

#StarTrekTNG's "Night Terrors" gives us several shots where we see those giant black Betazoid irises! :-)

It seems the blue sickbay pillows seen in wide shots in #StarTrekTNG's "Night Terrors"⬆️ were not good enough for close up shots ⬇️, as they always appear whenever somebody is seen lying on a sickbay bed up close. ;-)

Thanks to your generous contributions at my #StarTrek lecture last night in Braunschweig, we raised 280 Euros for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network #PanCAN . I added 50 Euros and just donated the money to the organisation. Thank you very much again everybody! 🖖

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