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Do Star Trek characters wearing red shirts have the highest death rate on the original show?
Red shirts have a skewed death rate in TOS due to the nature of their job. The Security role is handled by Ops, which all wear red shirts (Scotty, the engineer, is also Ops). So red shirts die in ...
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Are there any indications why Roddenberry chose to make Star Trek a "battleship universe"?
Aircraft carriers dominated battleships in naval fights. But there's reasons for that. The question you need to ask yourself is "would aircraft carriers dominate battleships in space too?"
First, ...
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Are there any indications why Roddenberry chose to make Star Trek a "battleship universe"?
I suspect that this started with Roddenberry's vision of the Enterprise.
He had some specific requirements...
"We're [...] out in deep space, on the equivalent of a cruiser-size spaceship. We ...
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Did Star Trek: Picard get new writers for Season 2?
Based on the per-episode crew credits found on IMDB: yes, season two has new writers.
Creators
Every episode of season one and two credits Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, and Alex ...
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Are there any indications why Roddenberry chose to make Star Trek a "battleship universe"?
They behave like the traditional role of cruisers
A battleship is a dedicated large heavily armed and armored warship designed to work with a larger fleet. It is designed to be a heavy weapons ...
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Have we ever seen Data make use of his "multiple techniques" before First Contact?
Data and Tasha Yar had a drug fueled liaison during season 1 of TNG, The Naked Now. It was never spoken of again, but referenced in Season 2 Measure of a Man.
Season 1 was 2364-2365, First Contact ...
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Are multiple scenes filmed at the same time?
Someone might be able to find specific info for Star Trek, but there is no general rule in the industry.
Scenes are rarely shot in order. They are shot according to actor and set/location availability....
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Why did the original Star Trek change the Enterprise captain?
Out of universe
In the original pilot for Star Trek that aired in 1965...
It didn't. The general viewing public didn't see it and didn't know anything about Captain Pike when Star Trek first aired ...
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Was the smoke in this scene accidental or a practical effect serving to depict something?
makes no sense as anything intentional.
Well, it could.
The operation being conducted on Sarek is on his heart and involves major blood transfer from Spock.
There is a process for sealing of blood ...
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Why isn't "Star Trek: Picard" shot in wide-screen 16:9?
From Wikipedia:
After becoming sole showrunner of Star Trek: Discovery, Alex Kurtzman signed a five-year overall deal with CBS Television Studios to expand the Star Trek franchise beyond Discovery ...
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Why did the original Star Trek change the Enterprise captain?
The pilot, titled "The Cage", was never broadcast until 1988, therefore no explanation was required.
Elements of The Cage were used in the episode "The Menagerie", presented as ...
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Did Star Trek: Picard get new writers for Season 2?
While he also seems to have about three co-writing credits on the second season (2.01, 2.02, 2.10), one major change from season one to season two was Showrunner Michael Chabon being replaced by Terry ...
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Are there any indications why Roddenberry chose to make Star Trek a "battleship universe"?
I would suggest the jutland-vs-midway comparison is fundamentally missing the theme of the series and becoming confused because of that.
At heart, Star Trek is about The naval explorer, harking back ...
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How are Star Trek medical devices attached to the neck?
Double-sided tape, already applied to the face of the prop, sticks to the actor long enough to get the shot; then if they need more resilience for subsequent shots, props/make-up can stick it more ...
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Did Picard get in trouble when he was in command of the Stargazer and lost his ship?
In the Season 2 episode The Measure Of A Man, we learn that Picard had been brought to a court martial over the loss of the Stargazer, but that he was absolved of any and all charges brought at that ...
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How Did Kirk and Sulu Survive the Free Fall from Space Above Vulcan?
Advanced Star Trek space suits and parachutes.
They make a "space-jump". One presumes that since they have a term for it, the suits are engineered specifically for that action.
But really..falling ...
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Was the Star Trek episode Catspaw originally intended as a Halloween episode or was it just coincidence?
Or was there a story that a writer had submitted that had some scary Halloween related elements that they ended up showing during Halloween?
Mostly..but the timing was deliberate.
Information can be ...
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Was the Enterprise 1701-A ever severed from its nacelles?
No, but the Constitution Class appears to have that ability. The Enterprise certainly needed to jettison its nacelles in TOS: The Savage Curtain (and Kirk anticipates that they can do this), although ...
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Is there any rationale for the different colours of uniforms on the different series of Star Trek?
When Roddenberry created the original series, he roughly based the uniform colors on 19th Century naval uniforms, which used various combinations of red, gold, and blue. In the original pilot, Captain ...
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Why is Seven of Nine called Seven of Nine?
That's not her full designation, it's a shorthand for her full "Borg Name" which is
"Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01."
Essentially that equates to at least "7-9-03-U01" which is ...
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How did Kirk sell his house?
He didn't, humans have changed faster than our language, as this conversation between Quark and Jake Sisko in DS9 You Are Cordially Invited... shows:
Jake: I sold my first book today.
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Why was Beverly Crusher not on the second season of Star Trek: TNG?
As explained on the Sci-Fi SE:
Out-of-universe, according to some recent reports, there was some sort of problem between Gates McFadden and producer/writer Maurice Hurley. I've heard this ...
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Memory of an episode no one remembers from Star Trek?
This is not a Star Trek: TOS episode
..at least not a SINGLE episode.
It has elements of several TOS episodes that you may be amalgamating or conflating. The elements / episodes in question...
The ...
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How fast is the spore drive compared to other ships in the show?
There is no comparison.
The spore drive is, for all intents and purposes, instantaneous travel to any part of the galaxy.
I think there is a reference to 1.3 seconds to the Beta Quadrant but this ...
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Are there any indications why Roddenberry chose to make Star Trek a "battleship universe"?
For storytelling reasons, Roddenberry tried to remove all drama from routine operations. The Galactica reboot's storytelling savored its first FTL jump, with the fear, jump prep, fancy key and all ...
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Were Chekov's scenes reduced in Star Trek Beyond?
Anton Yelchin's tragically early death was on June 19, 2016. The movie premiered in Sydney Australia on July 7, 2016.
It is implausible that in the 18 days that elapsed between these dates that they ...
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What is the significance of different color uniforms in Star Trek reboot series?
All colors represent different jobs and service roles in a ship. The reboot series adapted colors from the original series.
Here is the list of what job each color represents.
The command division ...
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Why did the original Star Trek change the Enterprise captain?
When the second pilot was to be filmed Jeffery Hunter the original Captain Pike was not available because he was making a movie. This is according to the book The Making Of Star Trek pages 135-136.
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What was the prior relationship between Q and Guinan?
There is no published in or out of universe explanation about Guinan/her people and Q/the Q. It was never expanded on in the show, movies, in canon or non-canon books or video games, or any of the ...
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Physiological changes in Klingons between Star Trek TNG and Star Trek Discovery
As it turns out, there are 24 Klingon Houses that exist on other Klingon Planets. And the conditions of each planet, created axioms for diverse cultures. So Star Trek: Discovery wants to explore them, ...
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