Observations in TNG: "First Contact"

This large medical console only appears briefly in the first scene of the episode. The same console appeared two years earlier on the bridge of Captain Okona's ship, the Erstwhile, in "The Outrageous Okona".

Also, one of two types of Malcorian PADDs created for this episode, featuring Malcorian text written on paper, can nicely be seen in this shot.

A Malcorian hand with coalesced fingers holding a medical device used to detect the heartbeat can be seen up close here.
In Alien Hands

The medical device is later seen in Federation use in "Ethics", "Realm of Fear" (as a cardiostimulator) and VOY: "Alliances" (as a cortical stimulator).

Mirasta Yale's science lab is interesting for several reasons. The consoles in the foreground display schematics of the Malcorian warp ship, visible as a model a few seconds later. In the background, Mirasta is seen working on a console that is known from countless Star Trek episodes. It made its debut in Dr. Soong's lab in "Datalore".

The large cylindrical console on the right makes its first appearance in this episode. It will be seen in many later episodes. It appears in the Pathfinder lab in many Voyager episodes, for example.

The model of the Malcorian warp ship can be seen behind Mirasta Yale. The same model appeared two years later, in Picard's cadet quarters on Starbase Earhart in "Tapestry".
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Mike Okuda: "My recollection is that I designed the Malcorian ship desktop model, but it is possible that it may have been Rick, who designed most of the ships and props... I think Ed Miarecki built it for us. Don't know what happened to it... I know I did the animated computer readouts in the lab. A big silkscreened diagram of the ship also appears on a clear acrylic display in the lab. Yes, it was specifically done for this episode, although the model did later appear as set dressing in another episode."

Rick Sternbach: "I think I did a few doodles or 3D computer model roughs of this one, based amazingly vaguely on a mashup of a Bussard ramjet and an Enzmann giant deuterium fuel tank starship. I do believe Mike added the warp nacelles and offset them from the center framework, which may have hinted at the possibility that warp physics was similarly discovered and refined by separate cultures."

The glass console on the right was originally created for "Booby Trap", where it appeared in drawing room 5 at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. It can be seen that it clearly rests on dolly trolleys.

The model and schematics of the Malcorian warp ship can be seen up close on these four stills.

Mirasta's science lab is a re-use of the USS Enterprise-D's battle bridge, last seen as the replicator center in "Data's Day". In the following episode, "Galaxy's Child", the set will appear as drafting room 5, just like it did when the room last appeared in "Booby Trap".

Tables similar to the one in the Sikla Hospital medical suite also appear in the lobby on Arkaria in "Starship Mine" and on Harrad-Sar's ship in ENT: "Bound". In real life, this is the Orchidea side table by Massimo Morozzi.

The unusual chair on the left is the Corona Chair, designed by Poul Volther in 1964. Decades later, it will reappear in PIC: "Stardust City Rag".
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The Malcorians seem to use the same medical trolleys seen in sickbay aboard the USS Enterprise-D since season 2. In real life, this is the design classic Boby Taboret.

The Malcorian letters have no specific meaning in this episode. Years later, the font style reappears in DIS: "That Hope Is You, Part 1", where the letters are assembled to (English) words that Jörg deciphered as "NO FEE - WELCOME - ORDER IT NOW".

The Malcorian hospital guards use batons that are similar but not the same as those on the "Polaric Power Planet" in VOY: "Time and Again".

The lamp in the background can be seen in different colors in "The High Ground" and "The Masterpiece Society".

In real life, the chairs in Chancellor Durken's office were produced by Constantini Pietro some time in the 1980's. The chairs were repainted and redecorated for their later appearances in "The Inner Light", "Face of the Enemy" and "Journey's End".

Durken has several glass or plexiglass objects on his desk, of which the one in front of his phone is a 1980's Guzzini Lucite desk organizer. I wonder how the Malcorians take out the pens and small pieces of paper, though. ;-)