#StarTrekDS9's "The Passenger" features no new appearance of the Bajoran emblem, so instead, I'm giving you two shots of Major Kira looking mildly irritated, no doubt at Starfleet officers, with her combadge and rank pin, both shaped like the Bajoran emblem, clearly visible. :-)
There's still a little hope, though. Early in "The Dark Crystal", Mother Aughra drops a bunch of crystals on the ground. They are all different in appearance and one of them *might* have been the inspiration/source of one of Picard's ready room crystals (remember there were two at first). 4/4
Misconception #6: "The crystal in Picard's ready room is the/a crystal shard from the film "The Dark Crystal"". I can clearly say that this is not the case, Picard's crystal (3rd pic) is not the crystal shard (1+2nd pic) from the film. Here are collages of both props, they are not the same. 🧵 1/4
The crystal shard from "The Dark Crystal" is much flatter and more symmetrical (bilaterally) than Picard's crystal. Here are some comparison shots showing Picard's crystal ⬆️⬇️ and the crystal shard on a flat surface. You can see they do not match in shape or proportion. 2/4
Here's a comparison of planet Krios (Prime) in #StarTrekTNG's "The Mind's Eye"⬆️ and one season later in "The Perfect Mate"⬇️. Check out the planet's entry at Memory Alpha to decide whether this is supposed to be one or two different planets... 😅
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Jörg Hillebrand
Jörg Hillebrand
Jörg Hillebrand
Jörg Hillebrand
Jörg Hillebrand
Jörg Hillebrand
I've enjoyed writing about Picard's ready room crystal so much that I have compiled all of my research into one concise article for Ex Astris Scientia. There's even one additional observation I haven't written about here! 🧵 1/2
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Furthermore, this also becomes clear when looking at pictures (1st pic: front, 2nd pic: side) of the official replicas of the crystal shard from "The Dark Crystal" (created by Weta Workshop ⬅️) and Picard's ready room crystal (by Roddenberry.com➡️) - they are clearly not the same prop. 3/4
Jörg Hillebrand
Jörg Hillebrand
#StarTrekTNG's "The Mind's Eye"⬇️ features a transporter room shot showing the overhead lights on the transporter platform - fresnel lense stage lights in real life. SImilar lenses were used on the bottom of the transporter platform in #StarTrekTOS, here in "The Enemy Within"⬆️.
Please do me one favour: If you've enjoyed this as well, please DO leave a comment at the bottom of the article so Bernd and I know that turning this into an article for easy future reference was worth the while. 2/2
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Jörg Hillebrand
Jörg Hillebrand
Surprising observations about the crystal on Captain Picard's desk
