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Just to toss in one other bit of info that I discovered a while back, in TWOK right after Saavik says "Energize Defense Fields" there's a disgram of the Enterprise displayed with a light blue gridlike thing seen appearing on the saucer, which some have taken as being some kind of defense field.
I apologize that the text on the display is muddied, but I saved this image as a 16 color GIF and it mushed the text (which I did clarify in my typed notes).
I can upload a clearer (bigger download) version if anyone wants it.
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Yes, TMOST was written during TOS' second season, but the technical information in there is inconsistent with what Jeffries has said in other sources. Since I don't recall him being quoted on systemry or ship layout, I doubt Mr. "Whitfield" seriously interviewed him on such matters. And if Gene was his source, Gene had forgotten his directives to Matt during pre-production.
In one particular, Main Engineering. Matt is on record saying he wanted it in the saucer, but Gene insisted on it being "below decks" in the secondary hull. But this book places it at the back of the saucer, that being the source FJ read and echoed for his blueprints. I'm just not sure what to make of this. I wasn't there. Either Gene forgot and pulled something out of his ass a la his stardates explanation, or Mr. "Whitfield" didn't bother to ask anybody and just assumed based on Matt's rough cutaway drawing... *shrug*
It's a good book on what goes into creating and producing (and to a degree, writing) a TV series -- but it should not be viewed as even a rough technical guide to the TOS Enterprise.
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quote:Originally posted by Peregrinus: In one particular, Main Engineering. Matt is on record saying he wanted it in the saucer, but Gene insisted on it being "below decks" in the secondary hull.
Where is this on record? I've seen very little in terms of interviews with Mr. Jeffries.
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