Phase II News
From Director Mark Edward Lewis (paraphrased): Hey folks. So the stats are in:
Here is a quick peek at the production of Star Trek New Voyages newest episode currently in production…. “Torment of Destiny” This is the first episode to feature our new engineering set as seen here: Here is a quick synopsis of the episode:
This July 2015, we begin filming our next episode. The Enterprise returns to the Worldship Yonada (seen in S3E8 “For the World is Hollow, and I Have Touched the Sky”
As many of you know who’ve been following us, we’ve moved into a new studio. It was a massive undertaking in the “North Country” during the winter before our “Mind-Sifter” shoot, especially with the set needs and location work of “Mind-Sifter”. Now that the move and the episode are behind us, we’re moving onward and upward!
Special Features
There is a hand tool we saw periodically starting in the second season that seems to do double-duty as both an engineering tool and a medical tool. I’m not even sure what to call this thing. It’s about the size of a wrench but its shape is something like a two-pronged fork–like a tuning fork.
One item you’ll probably instantly recognize is a small tabletop bell (and an accompanying striker/mallet) used in court martial proceedings. It is used by the officer presiding over the court to call the court to order—usually with a series of three or four double taps to the bell: (“Ding-ding!
In addition to Mister Spock’s famous “Vulcan Harp” seen a handful of times, there is another musical instrument we saw once in Star Trek:The Original Series. In the third season’s “The Way to Eden,” (episode 75)–written by Michael Richards and Arthur Heineman and directed by David Alexander–we got to see the character credited as “Girl # 1” (she was identified by name in the actual shooting script for “The Way to Eden” as “Mavig”) play some alien stringed musical instrument.
From Director Mark Edward Lewis (paraphrased): Hey folks. So the stats are in:
