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Re-Used Interior Sets
by Jörg Hillebrand and Bernd Schneider

Starship Interiors - Various Building Sets

Many sets used in Star Trek were later modified or even recycled without changes to represent a different starship or building. Here are a couple of examples. Please note that everything should be taken with a grain of salt. Certainly we are not supposed to watch closely enough to see that two different locations look the same.

Starship Interiors

K't'inga class bridge The bridge of the Klingon vessel from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" was redressed to appear as the torpedo bay in "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan". While the latter room does not look immediately familiar and the floor levels are different, the ceiling and the diagonal pillars are essentially still the same. The Klingon viewscreen became the torpedo hatch.

Klingon bridge, forward, in "Star Trek I" (screen capture by TrekCore)	Torpedo room, forward, in "Star Trek II" (screen capture by TrekCore)
Klingon bridge, aft, in "Star Trek I" (screen capture by TrekCore)	Torpedo room, aft, in "Star Trek II" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Enterprise refit interiors Several sets from the movie Enterprise were re-used for TNG to save costs. Most obviously the corridors of both ships are nearly identical. 

Enterprise refit corridor in "Star Trek III" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Enterprise-D corridor in TNG: "When the Bough..." (screen capture by TrekCore)

But also Kirk's quarters was given a second life, now belonging to Worf.

Kirk's quarters in "Star Trek II" (screen capture by Francis Scofield)

Worf's quarters in TNG: "Family" (screen capture by Francis Scofield)

Enterprise-D interiors As the engine room of the Enterprise-A appeared only briefly in "Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country", the set was not reconstructed for that purpose but the one of the Enterprise-D was used. While it is overall fitting, the console right in front of Scotty has a distinct 24th century LCARS look though.

Enterprise-D engineering in TNG: "Hollow Pursuits" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Enterprise-A engineering in "Star Trek VI" (screen capture by Marianne Ibbotson)

Likewise, the Ten Forward set was used as the UFP President's office in the same film.

Ten Forward in TNG: "Power Play" (screen capture by TrekCore)

President's office in "Star Trek VI" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Enterprise-D observation lounge It looks like the observation lounge was redressed for the bar on Qualor II. At least the ceiling with the characteristic "lamp arc" is the same.

Observation lounge in TNG: "The Best of..., Part II" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Bar on Qualor II in TNG: "Unification, Part II" (screen capture by TrekCore)

The redress of the set must have taken place at about the same time the set was being used as the dining room for "Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country". In the following the TNG set looked somewhat different. Most notably the golden ship reliefs were gone.

Observation lounge in TNG: "The Pegasus" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Dining room in "Star Trek VI" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Defiant bridge Unlike the rest of the Deep Space Nine sets, the bridge of the Defiant was not scrapped after the end of the shooting for the series in 1999, but was sawn apart and preserved in a warehouse. So it is not surprising that the set appeared once again in VOY: "Live Fast and Prosper" as the bridge of the "Delta Flyer", the vessel of the impostors. We can recognize that the basic structure of the walls is still the same, especially the sloped columns with the cut-outs for the lighting. The half-round pedestal underneath the captain's chair is identical too. The rear end of the set was completely rearranged, however, and overall the bridge was given a dirty and worn-out finish. 

Defiant bridge in DS9: "For the Uniform" (screen capture by Jörg)

Delta Flyer bridge in VOY: "Live Fast and Prosper" (screen capture by Jörg)

We could see almost the complete set once again in VOY: "Inside Man", here as the bridge of a Ferengi marauder with green as the new dominating color. The aft end was covered with a simple painted wall panel, but once again the overall shape of the bridge, including the lighted columns is as it used to be on the Starfleet vessel. The ceiling with the central dome is still the same too. It also seems that the captain's chair is standing on a rounded pedestal.

Ferengi marauder bridge in VOY: "Inside Man" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Ferengi marauder bridge in VOY: "Inside Man" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Not the complete bridge but just the Defiant's doors could be seen on Harry Kim's "Nightingale" in VOY: "Nightingale", and also on the Klingon vessel in VOY: "Prophecy".

Defiant door on "Nightingale" in VOY: "Nightingale" (screen capture by Jörg)

Defiant door on Klingon ship in VOY: "Prophecy" (screen capture by Jörg)

Finally, the Defiant's viewscreen appeared on the Vulcan survey ship in ENT: "Carbon Creek" and on the Xindi-Reptilian vessel, such as in ENT: "Countdown".

Defiant viewscreen in DS9: "Rules of Engagement"
(screen capture by Jörg)

Vulcan viewscreen in ENT: "Carbon Creek" (screen capture by Jörg)

Xindi-Reptilian viewscreen in ENT: "Countdown" (screen capture by Jörg)

Defiant transporter room The transporter room of the Defiant was slightly dressed for Smiley's Terran rebel raider (of Bajoran design) in DS9: "Through the Looking Glass". The side wall panels were swapped, and the lighting was modified to let the rebel transporter look different.

Defiant transporter room in DS9: "Past Tense" (screen capture by TrekCore)

Rebel transporter in DS9: "Through the Looking..." (screen capture by TrekCore)

Runabout cockpit The Danube-class runabout cockpit was originally built for DS9: "Emissary". It appeared in a large number of DS9 episodes in its original role, as well as in TNG: "Timescape". Over the course of the seven years of DS9 there were several slight modifications to the set and hence to the cockpit of the "real" Danube class. But most obviously, the set was also repeatedly used for vessels other than the runabouts, and accordingly redressed.

For VOY: "Caretaker" the cockpit set was modified to act as the bridge of Chakotay's Maquis raider. The LCARS displays were swapped with 23rd century-style computer controls and supplemented with occasional coffin-shaped structures to separate two consoles. The doors and the wall at the cockpit rear end were given a new, partially ribbed surface, encompassing the former transporter platform. In addition, the characteristic oval port and starboard windows were closed and were covered with another computer display.

Maquis bridge, starbd. panel, in VOY: "Caretaker" (screen capture by Jörg)

Maquis bridge, port side, in VOY: "Caretaker" (screen capture by Jörg)

However, while the two new displays are still in place of the windows early in the episode, they disappear towards the end when Chakotay battles the huge Kazon vessel. We can see that on the starboard side, behind his head, there is no panel but a window with stars (although these are out of focus and accordingly blurred).

Maquis bridge, starbd. window, in VOY: "Caretaker" (screen capture by Jörg)

Yellowstone cockpit in VOY: "Non Sequitur" (screen capture by Jörg)

The Danube runabout set was naturally used without being redressed for the Yellowstone variant in VOY: "Non Sequitur", considering that the two are identical on the outside.

The next re-use in a different role is as the cockpit of a Terran rebel raider (the same Bajoran-type vessel that utilizes the Defiant's transporter, see above). Here the illumination is dimmed, the struts are decorated with lots of black tape, and the 24th century LCARS panels are replaced with 23rd century movie-style controls once again.

Runabout cockpit in DS9: "Emissary" (screen capture by Jörg)

Rebel cockpit in DS9: "Through the Looking Glass" (screen capture by Jörg)

The rebel bridge appears once again in DS9: "Shattered Mirror".

Runabout cockpit in DS9: "Accession" (screen capture by Jörg)

Rebel cockpit in DS9: "Shattered Mirror" (screen capture by Jörg)

During the summer break between the 6th and the 7th season of DS9 the runabout cockpit was rebuilt for the shooting of "Star Trek: Insurrection". Here the set served as the cockpit of the unnamed Enterprise-E shuttle that Picard and Worf used to stop Data's amok run. The window frames were removed and were replaced with a display panel in a similar fashion as already for "Caretaker". There is now a transporter in the place of the access to the aft compartment. The LCARS consoles on either side of the aft wall are still there, although they look different. The rest remained much the same, except that the whole cockpit was painted in much darker brownish colors.

Runabout cockpit aft wall in DS9: "Chimera" (screen capture by Jörg)

Enterprise-E shuttle cockpit in "Insurrection" (screen capture by Jörg)

Variations of the Runabout Interior

Type-9 shuttle cockpit The cockpit of the Federation scout hijacked by Data in "Star Trek: Insurrection" is a redress of the interior of the Type-9 shuttle from Voyager. The two seats were replaced with a single seat, and the aft end of the set was modified to allow Worf to enter from the docking hatch. Also, a wall with an octagonal opening was inserted between the seat and the aft compartment. The scene in "Insurrection" largely avoids to show the ceiling of the set and the characteristic windshield that does not quite match the exterior of the scout.

Type 9 interior in VOY: "Future's End, Part II" (screen capture by Jörg)

Scout interior in "Star Trek: Insurrection" (screen capture by Jörg)

However, we get a glimpse of the window at one point, revealing it is indeed the same as that of Type 9. The controls are still the same as well.

Type 9 interior in VOY: "The Swarm" (screen capture by Jörg)

Scout interior in "Star Trek: Insurrection" (screen capture by Jörg)

Naturally the cockpit set was also re-used for Janeway's similarly shaped shuttle in VOY: "Endgame". Finally, we could see the set with heavy modifications as the simulator in ENT: "Stratagem". The windows were all closed with panels, but the outline of the set is still the same.

Janeway's shuttle interior in VOY: "Endgame"
(screen capture by Jörg)

Simulator interior in ENT: "Stratagem" (screen capture by Jörg)

Simulator interior in ENT: "Stratagem" (screen capture by Jörg)

Round gate A gate with a round cross-section and characteristic x-shaped struts outside the opening appears on the following occasions as a partial set: on the promenade deck of Deep Space Nine, in the observatory on the "Weird Planet", on the Tsunkatse ship and on the bridge of a pirate ship in ENT: "Horizon".

Gate on Deep Space Nine in DS9: "Captive Pursuit" (screen capture by Jörg)	Gate on "Weird Planet" in VOY: "Blink of an Eye" (screen capture by Jörg)
Gate on Tsunkatse ship in VOY: "Tsunkatse" (screen capture by Jörg)	Gate on pirate ship in ENT: "Horizon" (screen capture by Jörg)

Shuttle cockpit In the course of four seasons, three small shuttle cockpits appear on Voyager's screen which are obviously the same set, only slightly redressed each time: the cockpit Braxton's timeship Aeon, weapon dealer Kovin's cockpit and finally the cockpit of old Kes' shuttle.

Braxton's cockpit in VOY: "Future's End" (screen capture by Jörg)

Kovin's cockpit in VOY: "Retrospect" (screen capture by Jörg)

Kes' cockpit in VOY: "Fury"
(screen capture by Jörg)

Escape pod The Retellian and the Klingon escape pods are amazingly alike, although they look quite different from the outside (Klingon, Retellian). The full-scale set is the same, only that the Klingon interior was filmed in a way to look darker and less inviting, and without the manual controls of the Retellian version.

Retellian escape pod in ENT: "Precious Cargo" (screen capture by Jörg)

Klingon escape pod in ENT: "Bounty" (screen capture by Jörg)

Various Building Sets

Square wall The wall with its characteristic square segments at Starbase 11 in TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I" reappears on Argelius in "Wolf in the Fold" and on Platonius in "Plato's Stepchildren".

Starbase 11 wall in TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I"
(screen capture by Jörg)

Wall in Jaris' house in TOS: "Wolf in the Fold" (screen capture by Bernd)

Wall on Platonius in TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren" (screen capture by Bernd)

Suspended animation chamber The chambers of Khan and his people aboard the Botany Bay were later incorporated into McCoy's medical lab.

Sleep chamber in TOS: "Space Seed" (screen capture by Bernd)

Wall inset in the medical lab in TOS: "Obsession" (screen capture by Bernd)

Big hall This set can be seen four times altogether, in TNG: "Masks" as Masaka's temple, in DS9: "Blood Oath" as the hall of the Albino, in DS9: "The House of Quark" as the Great Hall on Qo'noS and in DS9: "Meridian" as the hall on Meridian. A stairway with a throne is located at one narrow side of Masaka's temple. The same stairs can be seen again in the Albino's hall, but here the throne has been replaced with a door. The next time we see the set in "The House of Quark". According to the DS9 Companion only a part of the set was built up, obviously the one without the stairway that is missing in the episode. The hall was enlarged by adding lateral corridors. In "Meridian" the big stairway is not visible either. There are corridors on both sides again, and the hall was opened at one end. It is interesting to note that the matte painting we could originally see as Carraya in TNG: "Birthright" was modified to comply with the features of the 1:1 scale set.

Masaka's temple in TNG: "Masks" (screen capture by Jörg)	Albino's hall in DS9: "Blood Oath" (screen capture by Jörg)
Klingon Great Hall in DS9: "The House of Quark" (screen capture by Jörg)	Hall on Meridian in DS9: "Meridian" (screen capture by Jörg)

Klingon hall This set can be seen twice. It is possible that parts of the above big hall were re-used, a set that existed two seasons earlier. The first time is in DS9: "Apocalypse Rising" where the hall is supposedly aboard the Ty'Gokor station. Note that curiously the Klingon emblem is backwards on the screen cap. For some reason this one shot was reversed. The second time a few episodes later in DS9: "Looking for par'Mach in all the Wrong Places" essentially the same set represents a hall in the legendary city of Qam-Chee, reconstructed in a holosuite. The pillars and wall elements remained the same, only the warrior statues were removed and the face side was modified.

Hall of Warriors in DS9: "Apocalypse Rising" (screen capture by Jörg)

Hall in Qam-Chee in DS9: "Looking for par'Mach..." (screen capture by Jörg)

Gaia set The set originally built to represent Gaia in DS9: "Children of Time" reappears in the very next episode "Blaze of Glory", here as an interior on Athos IV. The DS9 Companion confirms this finding. Athos IV is quite dark and misty, so the similarity is not too obvious.

Building on Gaia in DS9: "Children of Time" (screen capture by Jörg)

Corridor on Athos IV in DS9: "Blaze of Glory" (screen capture by Jörg)

Voyager cave set The cave set during the early seasons of Voyager was only slightly modified to represent different planets. Varying lighting and vegetation helped to establish distinctiveness though. Still, especially the entrance remained essentially the same.

Sky Spirit Planet in VOY: "Tattoo" (screen capture by Jörg)

Crysata in VOY: "Innocence" (screen capture by Jörg)

The caves are seen (in chronological order) in VOY: "Tattoo", VOY: "Innocence" and VOY: "Blood Fever".

Sakari Homeworld in VOY: "Blood Fever"
(screen capture by Jörg)

Credits

Thanks to Marianne Ibbotson who spotted the 24th century console in "Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country", to Ray Wil for the re-use of the observation lounge, to Ralph Spitzner for reminding me of the K't'inga bridge and of Ten Forward, to Robert Heckadon for the re-use of the Type-9 shuttle cockpit in "Stratagem" and to Liam who made me aware of the Defiant transporter re-use.

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