asalaw
Sr Member
I finally, FINALLY got to take the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour at Trekconderoga 2022! And to my everlasting delight, I was able to more or less re-stage my photo on the TNG bridge set from Monday, January 8,1990, the first day of shooting of Sins of the Father.
My second appearance on the bridge of an Enterprise was an ironic closure to the first. The first time, I chose to sit at Data’s station because though I really wanted to sit in the center seat, I was told “NOBODY sits in Patrick’s chair.” (I was offered Riker’s chair, but I demurred—if I couldn’t command the Enterprise, I was sure as hell gonna DRIVE.)
This time, I learned that the Burke chairs around the set, though perfectly authentic, are delicate antiques. As a result, “EVERYBODY MUST sit in Bill’s chair!”
So here they are, 32 years apart, two moments in one Trekkie’s journey through time and space…
My second appearance on the bridge of an Enterprise was an ironic closure to the first. The first time, I chose to sit at Data’s station because though I really wanted to sit in the center seat, I was told “NOBODY sits in Patrick’s chair.” (I was offered Riker’s chair, but I demurred—if I couldn’t command the Enterprise, I was sure as hell gonna DRIVE.)
This time, I learned that the Burke chairs around the set, though perfectly authentic, are delicate antiques. As a result, “EVERYBODY MUST sit in Bill’s chair!”
So here they are, 32 years apart, two moments in one Trekkie’s journey through time and space…
