Welcome! As part of its ongoing mission to document the Art and Production History of Star Trek, this site will present technical articles on Star Trek prop and costume authentication - focusing on The Original Series - with detailed photos and episode screenshots to complement the information presented; as well as feature pictorials to showcase Star Trek memorabilia in private & public collections, present rare Behind The Scenes TOS imagery & discuss other topics.
Gerald Gurian is a 40+ year collector of screen used Star Trek memorabilia and a passionate fan of TOS
     
- Star Trek TOS At Auction Part I - Gurian Collection Highlights - Greg Jein TOS Hero Type II Phaser
-Authenticating a TOS Communicator -6 Myths About Star Trek Prop Design -Star Trek 3rd Season Command Tunic
- Design Features of TOS Tricorders -Star Trek Props At National Air & Space - TOS Leatherette Tricorder
- TOS Federation Sciences Dress -Desilu Studio TOS Prop Fabrication - Unreleased Allen/Gurian Prop Photos
- The Beautiful Women of TOS Part I -TOS U.S.S. Enterprise 11' Filming Model - Captain Kirk's Chair from TOS
- Spock Ears -TOS Control Panels & Displays - Mr. Spock's Science Station
- TOS Soundstage at Desilu -TOS Shatner Romulan Pants - The Beautiful Women of TOS Pt. II
- TOS Galileo Shuttlecraft -Greg Jein TOS Cage Laser Pistol - TOS 3rd Season Midgrade Type II Phaser
- Dr. McCoy's Sickbay on TOS -TOS Balok Puppet Head - Captain Kirk "Mirror, Mirror" Tunic
- Greg Jein TOS Hero Tricorder -1992 Smithsonian TOS Cast Video - TOS 1st Season Command Tunic
- TOS "Where No Man" Silver Contact Lenses -TOS Special Effects: The Transporter - The Art of Matt Jefferies
- TOS "Space Seed" Gold Mesh Jumpsuit -Gorn Costume from "Arena" - Rare TOS Behind-the-Scenes Videos
- TOS Stunt Type II Phaser -1993 Bill Theiss Estate Auction - TOS Shatner Command Dress Tunic
- TOS Elasian Royal Guard Tunic -TOS Finnegan Silver "Shore Leave" Tunic - TOS Science Officer Tunic "The Cage"
- TOS Shatner Early 1st Season Command Tunic -William Shatner TOS Tunics At Auction - TOS Shatner Late 1st Season Command Tunic

Monday, June 30, 2008

Mr. Spock's Science Station on the Bridge

Presented below is a collection of TOS episode screenshots that provide some good views of Mr. Spock's workstation on the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Bridge; from which access to the starships Library Computer system could be gained and the Ship's Sensors and Scanners could be controlled. As Mr. Spock served as First Officer and Science Officer of the Enterprise, this workstation also featured a Science and Technology Functions Patch-In Panel (the large curved panel on the far right in the photo immediately below.) Some button layouts and panel designs were modified over the course of the series, on occasion to accomodate the storyline of a unique episode; and a couple of these design variations are illustrated and noted below. But first, the Science Station from several different perspective views ...





In this closeup from "The Lights of Zetar", it seems that the filmed footage of the Ship's Sensors and Scanners control panel was reversed and the panel appears in an abnormal orientation ... 

The correct panel orientation ... 

Mr. Spock's famous viewer, technically called the Type SS-HRS/RVS-I Scanner (from the StarFleet Technical Manual, Franz Joseph, Ballantine Books, 1975) would provide an array of sensor scan output data that the Science Officer could study and relay to the Captain. In actuality on the Desilu soundstage, it was necessary for Leonard Nimoy to stare intently at nothing more than a blue light bulb all the while that he was reacting to the latest incoming scanner information. "Fascinating!"


The original design of the Library Computer Control Panel incorporated a series of 6 triangular buttons, as seen in the early first season episode "Balance Of Terror" ...

 The more familiar design, as seen in the third season "Day of the Dove" ...

For most of the TOS episodes, the Library Computer Audio Output device, (sometimes called a Speaker :-) had its normal cloth backing ...

In the episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", the speaker grille was replaced with the Starship's Self-Destruct Panel (a previously undescribed command feature of the Science Station) ...

In the episode "This Side of Paradise" a closeup camera pan across the deserted Science Station's control surfaces is provided. Below are a series of 5 screenshots taken of this scene ...







Saturday, June 28, 2008

A Gallery of Star Trek: The Original Series Alien and Futuristic Fashion

Below are some of the more interesting and unique costumes developed for the Original Series, as worn by the many alien races encountered by the Enterprise crew, as well as mankind of the 23rd century ...