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368. Full-Size "In A Mirror, Darkly" Original Series-Style Defiant Bridge Set ### STAR TREK: ENTERPR

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25,000.00 USD Estimated At:50,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD
368. Full-Size  In A Mirror, Darkly  Original Series-Style Defiant Bridge Set ### STAR TREK: ENTERPR
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STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE (T.V. SERIES, 2005) - Full-Size "In A Mirror, Darkly" Original Series-Style Defiant Bridge Set - A full-size "In A Mirror, Darkly" Original Series-style Defiant bridge set from the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. In the Season 4 two-parter, "In a Mirror, Darkly," the mirror universe Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his crew discovered the Constitution-class USS Defiant, which had been transported both from the prime universe and from a century ahead of them.

These episodes, while serving as a prequel to the classic Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror," actually serve as a sequel to the 1968 episode "The Tholian Web" as well. In "The Tholian Web," Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and crew came upon the USS Defiant, interphasing between universes, before it eventually disappeared into an unknown parallel universe, never to be seen again in the Prime Universe. Nearly 38 years after that episode aired, "In A Mirror, Darkly" revealed that not only was the Defiant sent into the Mirror Universe of "Mirror, Mirror", but also a century into the past, giving the Terran Empire the advanced technology it would need to crush any rebellion and establish the dominant power it held by "Mirror, Mirror."

For the production of the "The Tholian Web" in 1968, the Defiant was made a Constitution-class vessel, just like the Starship Enterprise, allowing the production to simply reuse the Enterprise set for the Defiant. Therefore, for "In a Mirror, Darkly," production designer Herman Zimmerman and his art department had to essentially recreate the iconic bridge of the USS Enterprise as seen throughout the original 1966 Star Trek series, with some minor alterations both to establish it as the Defiant and subtly update some of the effects used to portray the 23rd century technology. It was constructed on Paramount's Stage 9, and was the first time a full three-quarter version of the famous bridge set stood on a Paramount soundstage since the end of the original Star Trek series in 1969.

This oversized lot is constructed primarily of wooden framing with composite wood paneling and consists of a gray wooden doorway with two orange-red turbolift doors held in place by a wooden beam across the back of them; two gray wooden wall panels for either side of the door, one with an opening in which a diagram of the ship would be inserted via metal television mount with an plexiglass sheet, and another with a black foam core panel onto which a Red Alert indicator light would be placed; two gray wooden wall panels for connecting the turbolift alcove to the main bridge; and four gray, blue, and black wooden station segments with colorful acrylic simulated buttons, some of which are numbered, large foam board screens with images of space, small acrylic screens with colorful readouts, and corrugated plastic vents at the bottom of each segment with blue cellophane backings. One segment has a brown woven speaker-like device built into it. While some of the display screens have small black boxes on the back where lighting elements would have been inserted and two sections have fluorescent tube light hookups with power cords, these lighting effects have not been tested and their current functionality, if any, remains unknown. The elements of this lot have various tape and sticker labels on the backsides. They exhibit chipped and cracked paint, splintered wood with some holes present, lifted film on the buttons, missing buttons, and grime. Dimensions: (largest) 115" x 97" x 44" (292.25 cm x 246.5 cm x 112 cm)

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Estimate: $50,000 - 100,000

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