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Instead of being home to the interiors of the [[Enterprise (NX-01)|NX-01]] for ''Enterprise'', Stage 9 housed only that series' cave set and various swing sets. The [[Rura Penthe]] sets for the episode {{e|Judgment}} were constructed on Stage 9. |
Instead of being home to the interiors of the [[Enterprise (NX-01)|NX-01]] for ''Enterprise'', Stage 9 housed only that series' cave set and various swing sets. The [[Rura Penthe]] sets for the episode {{e|Judgment}} were constructed on Stage 9. |
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In [[ENT Season 4|season four]], for example, the bridge of the [[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|''Defiant'']] was built on Stage 9. |
In [[ENT Season 4|season four]], for example, the bridge of the [[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|''Defiant'']] was built on Stage 9. |
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Paramount logo found at the intro of many Star Trek films
Paramount Stage 9 is located on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood, California.
Stage 9 was used in most Star Trek productions including the first seven feature films, The Next Generation and Voyager.
It was used through the four year run of Star Trek: Enterprise and also housed sets for the 2009 film Star Trek.
1978-1986
During its 1978 pre-production, sets for Star Trek: Phase II were slated for construction and permanent use on Stage 9.
Main bridge from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Main engineering from Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Most of Phase II's sets were completed when that series gave way to production of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, at which point they were modified and expanded for use in the feature film.
Stage 9 contained the primary interiors of the refit Enterprise and the Enterprise-A including the main bridge, transporter room, sickbay, corridor complex, Captain Kirk's cabin and engineering.
- After the first feature, the dilithium chamber was added to engineering for the climax of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The sets remained mostly unchanged for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
The stage was used through Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home for Bird-of-Prey and Enterprise-A interiors, until it was taken over for permanent use in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Paramount Stage 8 housed the rec deck of the Enterprise, seen in The Motion Picture.
1987-1994
In 1987, with the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the sets on Stage 9 underwent minor modifications, the most drastic of which being the overhaul of the engineering and main bridge sets - the latter becoming the battle bridge of the USS Enterprise-D.
Corridors from Star Trek: The Next Generation
With new bridge and living quarters sets being constructed on Stage 6 for season one, Stage 9 contained the Enterprise-D's engineering, sickbay, crew quarters, transporter room, shuttlebay and corridor complex sets. Other sets include the shuttlecraft interior, Data's quarters, and the Tamarian bridge seen in the episode "Darmok", filmed on 24 July 1991 and 25 July 1991.
Over the seven season run of TNG, the sets were refined - the corridors were expanded for longer tracking shots - but remained mostly unchanged even through the production of the seventh feature, Star Trek Generations.
Space across from the transporter room was saved for swing sets such as Troi's office and the battle bridge doubled as Data's lab and other locations, on and off the Enterprise.
Break-in
On 10 January 2007, a user on the video sharing website YouTube posted four videos entitled Stage 9 Interlopers.
Consisting of four parts, the videos were shot on the night of 10 March 1988 by (at least) two fervent Star Trek fans who had broken onto the Paramount lot. Wandering through the darkened sets of Star Trek: The Next Generation (circa season one), the fans were able to light select parts of the sets, including most of the ship's display terminals and part of the warp core. Dressed in a makeshift Starfleet uniform (with white socks), one of the fans acted as the host of what was likely intended to be a homemade documentary - at one point climbing onto a sickbay biobed, then accidentally knocking it to the floor. Taking still photographs of the various "working" control panels, the fans can be heard discussing ways of removing set pieces from the stage.
According the YouTube user's description of the videos, when the fans were caught, they dropped the camcorder containing the footage and fled. [1]
1994-2001
After their use in Generations, the sets on Stage 9 would undergo yet another revamp for their debut as the USS Voyager.
Corridors from Star Trek: Voyager
While retaining their general position, the Voyager interior sets were dramatically expanded, engineering gaining a large second level and sickbay expanding to include a larger doctor's office and (from the second season on) an adjoining medical lab. The corridor complex was similarly expanded.
- In its previous incarnation, engineering stood as part of the corridor complex and was often modified to represent a junction or living area. The revamp for VOY corrected this problem by making engineering its own compartment - a permanent standing set.
In 1995, Voyager's sickbay was modified for use in Star Trek: First Contact and again in 1997 for Star Trek: Insurrection. The entrance to main engineering also represented the Enterprise-E's library.
- Stage 8 housed the remaining Voyager interiors used in VOY.
2001-2005
In 2001, following the end of Voyager's final season, all of the sets in Stage 9 were permanently removed.
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Instead of being home to the interiors of the NX-01 for Enterprise, Stage 9 housed only that series' cave set and various swing sets. The Rura Penthe sets for the episode "Judgment" were constructed on Stage 9.
Scenes on Rigel X for "These Are the Voyages..." were also filmed here.
In season four, for example, the bridge of the Defiant was built on Stage 9.
Stage 9 was home to the mines of Remus in 2002 for the filming of scenes from Star Trek Nemesis.
Following the cancellation of Enterprise in 2005, Stage 9 was, for the first time in many years, put into use in non-Star Trek productions.
- Paramount Stages 18 and 8 housed all of the NX-01 interiors used in ENT.
2007
According to a May 2007 news item from The Trek Movie Report website, J.J. Abrams' 2008 film, Star Trek, was - in part - filmed on Paramount's Stage 9.
Set construction was scheduled to take place in July 2007, utilizing other "historic" Star Trek sound stages including Stages 8, 11, 14, 15 and 18. [2]
Productions
- Star Trek: Phase II
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Star Trek Generations
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Star Trek Nemesis
- Star Trek (2009)
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Sources
- Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Star Trek Phase II: The Lost Series
- Stephen Edward Poe, A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager
- Michael & Denise Okuda, Star Trek Nemesis (Special Edition) text commentary
- Michael Okuda, A Brief History of Paramount Stages 8 & 9, StarTrek.com
External links
- Paramount Pictures - official website
- StarTrek.com - official Star Trek website