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Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim:
I think he meant from the fanfilm...

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Indeed. That is probably what he meant.

I wonder if there is a copy of that film running around somewhere... it'd be interesting to watch.

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Yup, that's what I meant Specifically, Probert's design for the Yorktown.

Cheers!

Jim.

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I think he meant from the fanfilm...

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Indeed. That is probably what he meant.

I wonder if there is a copy of that film running around somewhere... it'd be interesting to watch.

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Yup, that's what I meant Specifically, Probert's design for the Yorktown.

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In fact, there was a fan-film made by a UCLA student that proposed that the Yorktown had a similar design as a test-bed for the new linear intermix warp drive. I forgot it's name and have never seen it, but it was mentioned in an issue of Starlog long ago. George Takei was also in it, as he knew the student and did it as a favor.

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Yorktown II made by Stan Woo.

Andrew Probert did the design work for the Yorktown and a Klingon shuttle.

I've never seen it - only read about it in the same issue of Starlog - but I'd love to see what the Yorktown looked like.

Anyone here know how to contact Mr Probert, maybe see if he'd provide an image?

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Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim:
Seems to me that what's been said is that a UCLA student by the name of Stan Woo made a fanfilm called Yorktown II in which George Takei appeared and which also featured a Constitution-class variant designated as the Yorktown as well as a Klingon shuttle, both of which were designed by Mr. Probert...

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Originally posted by Griffworks:
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Do you mind if I use your link over at TrekBBS to pose a request for additional information on this movie? I have a theory that it was either never completed or that ParaBorg swept down before the movie could ever see the inside of a Trek Con, since there seems to be ZERO information on it's existance that I can find beyond the StarLog snippet that you show us. What issue is that, anyhow?

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Go for it Jeff - my link is your link I'd love to learn more about this flick too. The Starlog issue is #119.
I'd tried the IMDB search too. Even looked up all the email addies for "Stan Woo" and tried asking them. 2 got bounced back, and I never got a reply from any of the others

I also emailed Andrew Probert about the design, waaay back in '98.

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In a message dated 8/8/98 4:43:54 AM, you wrote:

>I read an article in a "Starlog" magazine, sometime in the mid 80's, about
>an unofficial 'Star Trek' film (I think it was called 'Yorktown II') that
>you were said to be providing some designs for.

Yep.

>The article included a drawing of a Klingon scout-ship, and credited you
>with designing the "Yorktown", which was described as being a mixture of
>the Original Series and Movie Era type starship.

Yes, well, it would be more of an intermediate design.

>I don't know if the movie was ever completed or screened , but I was wondering
>if you might still have some drawings or photographs of the "Yorktown", and if I
>might be able to obtain a copy of them?

Sorry, I can't lie to you, I do have them somewhere, but we just moved and I'd
rather not dig for them through all the boxes, just now.

>If that isn't possible, could you tell me if the "Yorktown" design is
>anything like the "Enterprise" model that was being built for 'Star Trek -
>Phase II'

No. A friend built that model from parts of plastic hobby kits.

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Originally posted by Jim NCC1701A:
I also emailed Andrew Probert about the design, waaay back in '98.

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If memory serves I tried emailing him again a few months later (after he'd settled in from moving house) but never got a reply. So I'm reluctant to try again.

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As a friend of Andy's I can tell you that he gets a lot of requests for stuff like this; and having been to his home (back when he lived in the SF Bay Area), I know that a lot of it IS packed away and not always easy to get to (I was lucky enough to get to go through his sketchbooks for the GCS design so I've seen virutally every drawing of that baby's development...so turn green with envy mere mortals! ).

That said, I asked him about this film in an email today. I'll let you know if he says anything illuminating.

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