Give Matalas Carte Blanche if Legacy is to be a thing. I've disregarded everything since Voyager/First Contact. Until Picard S3. Matalas truly understands what Trek is meant to be. Thanks all who appeared in this short!

The Enterprise D is the most beautiful starship ever created. It makes me feel at home at once.

Wonderful stuff! And Andy Probert is a genuinely great guy. I was once at a champagne afterparty for a non-Trek convention that he was attending. I'd spoken to him at the convention earlier in the day when things had hit a bit of a lull and said "I don't think it really needs to be said, but the Enterprise-D is one of the greatest designs ever to grace the screen." He replied, "Oh well thank you, and I think it does need to be said, because I've always worried that it looks like a fat whale!" At the end of the party he was hitting the road, he came across the room, taps me on the shoulder and says "Okay Andrew, I'm leaving now, it was great to meet you!" I've never forgotten that, he'd never met me before, but he took some extra time after a long tiring day to come and say goodbye. Not just a legendary designer, but an absolutely lovely human being too :)

TNG got me through a terrible time in my life when I was 20. I'm 51 and the final Picard episode was bittersweet.

I love when they complained that it was hard to write a show where the main characters get along. Let’s have more shows like that. Maybe it will inspire actual humans to get along.

Did you know that Terry Matalas is actually Sam Beckett from Quantum Leap, striving to put right what once went wrong.

I could listen to Michael Okuda talk forever. And much respect to Andrew Probert. I got stand on the enterprise bridge and I was star struck.

These designers created things four decades ago that, despite all the advances since then in the real world, still look advanced. That is something pretty much no other sci fi production has ever managed. All at the behest of Roddenberry's vision. Hope, respect, logic, communication, cooperation, harmony. Throughout everything. And Mr. Matalas gets it, too. The world needs more media like this.

I was 12 when TNG premiered. Every Saturday night at 7 everyone knew not bug me because I was watching Star Trek. I have so many NNC 1701 D’s in my house. Watching this feels like coming home. 🖖

I've been fortunate to have met several of these talented people. They're fans, just like us.

I loved it when Riker said "I miss that voice" in the last scene on the 1701-D bridge. That woman was everywhere in Star Trek. Always was wondering if it was the original set. Great work recreating it!

One of the greatest fortunes in my life was being able to go to Star Trek: The Experience several times. How I wish my friends and family now, years later, could experience the absolute joy you felt physically walking onto the bridge.

This set means so much to me. I found TNG when I was 8...in 1988.

God. That set. You bring any actor on there -especially if they are a fan, they'd instantly find their place. My Dream is to be on that stage. In the centre as Picard (we all would) and look into that forward section and say "engage."

The Enterprise-D curves and design is so way ahead of it's time that even 35 years later it hasn't dated at all. It's not only organic, it's a work of art nouveau. Andy Probert and Rick Sternbach made something special and so influential for not only Trek but other sci-fi to follow in their art designs.

Herman Zimmerman is AMAZING!!!!

How wonderful to see and hear from the TNG guys, especially Andrew Probert who created the most beautiful starship ever designed to this day.

These are absolutely wonderful. Lets hope history never forgets the name "ENTERPRISE".

Hearing them talk about how great Gene Roddenberry was and his vision really hit home for me. His work deeply impacted me almost my whole life, and inspired my choices as an adult. His optimism and vision for humanity mean so much to me, even today. Thank you for this

My mind is blown. The love and care going into these digital assets are beyond comprehension. Great job!!!!! 🖖

"In order for me to design the future, I have to look at what was done in the past." This guy gets it.

I’m more of a NCC 1701-A guy, but as a kid I was so excited to have Star Trek back for me, after spending years watching the repeats of the original series, plus the films. And thank god for Terry Matalas, and what a difference when Kurstzman doesn’t have his greasy hands on Star Trek, and his hack writers. Picard season 3 was the best Star Trek I have seen in years, and getting the tng crew, plus seeing the Enterprise D was just immense. Rebuilding the sets as well, everything just looked perfect. They need to go back to Genes vision, it’s what we all love about Star Trek. Great video.

Hopefully they hired some of the people who were making the Stage9 recreation of the D before paramount ceased and desisted that project. That was an amazing thing, so glad I still have those files.

35 years old (born 1988), and TNG was MY Trek and crew from childhood - and DS9/Voy/ENT as I got through grade and high school. But Picard and Co were all there growing up. That's why this was so moving to see, for me, at least. TNG era ships, especially the D, is what I see at Trek and what I know TOS meant to the generations before. I played Armada, and Legacy, and Elite Force and whatnot, and I loved it all. The D was a place I wanted to live on...the sound of the "hum" is still so comforting to me!

Good to see finally some people with skill and love for the ST universe at the helm. Give me TerryTrek!

Star Trek really was a remarkable achievement. It truly was culturally significant.

The Voyage Home bridge was my absolute favorite. I had thought all of those console graphics had been completely lost to time, and THERE THEY ARE

When they were having Star Trek conventions back in the 90s. I never had a chance to meet any of the cast members. But what I did end up doing was that I meet and had a conversation with Majel Barrett. There was a Star Trek convention in Nashville Tennessee and we had a short conversation about her standing in for Marina Sirtis who could not make it at the last minute. She was a wonderful woman and I enjoy talking to her briefly. Also I am proud to say that when Paramount opened up Star Trek the experience in Las Vegas in the back of the Las Vegas Hilton back in the 90s. I had a opportunity to do some role-playing on the actual Bridge of the enterprise-d. I visited that bridge three times. I stood behind the weapons console were Lieutenant Worf stood the first and second visits. The third visit. I stood at the engineering station that Geordi laforge used on the show. When no one was looking I reached out and touched the console. On TV the bridge looks very big but in person it is quite small probably because it was a totally closed in set. What I thought was really cool was while we were standing there as a small group trapped in the future on board the Enterprise in the roll playing. There were actual actors playing the roles of bridge personnel they will come in and out of the turbolift just like on the show. I even had a chance to walk through the Halls corridors of the ship after we left the transporter room at the start haven been beamed aboard the enterprise-d. Luckily there are videos on KZfaq that you can watch from all those years ago. I am proud to say that I have stood on the bridge of the Enterprise-D.

We want Legacy!

The E was cool for the movies, but the D will always be home for me. As a kid I dreamed about living on that ship. And I would still love to do that, now in my 40's. I love and adore the Okudas for the LCARS interface, it's so timeless and cool. I mean they invented touchscreens and the iPad before everyone else. Apple would be nowhere today without that influence.

Watching this and then watching the processes and the conversations about bringing back 1701-D and the absolute fanatical attention to detail to make sure everything was correct because the fans would accept nothing less shows the love that they put into it then and now. And the love that the fanbase has had for it over the last 35+ years.

This brought me to tears. Thankyou so much to everyone involved

Always been a fan of Michael and Denise Okuda from reading the Enterprise D Technical Manual. I was always amazed at the level of detail they built into everything on the ship from the bridge consoles with LCARs, main engineering, the Holodecks, quarters, Ten Forward lounge, Shuttlebays , jeffries tubes, and all the other spaces aboard the ship. It was a shame we never saw the Captain's Yacht in TNG, but the Saucer Separation was definitely a cool features of the Enterprise-D.

This is amazing on so many levels. It took a year for Star Trek to come to Australia. Since Sept 67, I'd been a fan. Flash forward 20 years. Thanks to my contact with Gene's archivist Richard Arnold, in May 87 before filming began, I was able to stand on that newly completed bridge. Like most Star Trek fans, I didn't know what to expect from this new iteration but, walking on that bridge, I was sold. It was almost a religious experience. The icing on this particular cake was meeting Gene, Bob Justman & Dorothy Fontana that day. Coming full circle, when Picard said he missed "the carpet", I had to laugh... I have two bridge carpet swatches from the original D in my very modest collection. Thank you to all involved in the D's virtual re-creation and physical re-creation of the bridge. When the Next Gen crew walked thru that door, I got the same goosebumps as when I did the same. And hearing Majel's voice... I was home.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for Star Trek. It keeps me hopeful. ❤

Thank you for letting us inside. It's a privilege to get to hear how it all went and how it's going still today. The people and production behind the shows and movies are every bit as important. The stories are different, but no less compelling. Again, thank you.

The most Beautiful Enterprise and the one I grew up watching :) Some many great stories in TNG. Gene Roddenberry gave us the best Sci-Fi Show on T.V and I will be forever thankful for that. The man truly had a great mind such a pity he did not get a few more decades here with us. Gene Roddenberry the Legend your name will live on forever and Star Trek too.

We all miss you, Gean. It hasn't been the same since you left us; the fans base has had war, loss, joy, and hope. With every Star Trek series that has been shown and those that are to come since you've passed, I hope at their core they keep the light of your vision of the future live. Upwards and Onwards at Warp 9 Mr. Rodenberry Engage🖖

I can't wait to be able to walk through these digital sets to explore the Enterprises myself.

This will always be my Enterprise. As much as I grew up with TOS, and that Enterprise, the Enterprise D is so iconic, and so much more of MY Star Trek than anything ever done. The Enterprise D will always be MY Enterprise, and I so love that ship!! When she appeared again on Star Trek: Picard Season 3, I was amazed.....simply put, The Enterprise D is and will be the best of all-time!

I remember walking around some of the D's sets on Star Trek World tour as a kid. It was awsome! I whish my mom had taken a photo of me on these sets.

terry and his team fixing Picard was amazing ... never thought it would get great again

What a marvelous retrospective. Loved hearing from the OG team!

No other starship comes close. The D bridge is still a perfect design, as are the LCars, The yellows and oranges of the panels, the shape of the screen graphics, just gorgeous, the font used, the wood arch. Majel's computer voice, so uniquely sounding. The carpets. The doors, the sounds, every department brought that ship to life

Wonderful video. I could watch this forever :D And as much as I enjoy a lot of the current Star Trek: I miss at times Gene's vision to show us a "perfect" future with a team of talented people that works in harmony to solve problems and find a peaceful and smart solution as much as possible. I don't understand why people insist that this is "boring". I never found it boring. I found it comforting. The TNG crew feels like a family. They respect each other. Everyone has their specialities. They have different perspectives, different knowledge. In the end, the captain has to make the decision. That's where the tension comes from. That's probably harder to write than just having people be in direct conflict with each other. But that's what I've enjoyed.

Brilliant people making a brilliant show about an optimistic and very inclusive future. Love this.

Outstanding!!!! Love the work… Truly love the work and thank you so much from all the people who adore Trek

Just wow. Thank you so much for sharing this, and not geolocking

Thank you for those documentaries!

Amazing to hear from all these creatives in person

Just great job again👍👍👍👍👍

I would give anything to experience walking around these sets in VR.

Just amazing detail.

Bravo to you for bringing my childhood back to life. Here's to the next 50 years

Thank you to everybody involved for your amazing creativity and for bringing all of this to life.

The Enterprise D has ALWAYS been my favourite. I grew up with it in my more mature years. Picard is my captain.

I loved hearing the story of how The Next Generation came into being all those years ago. And, best of all, it’s from the people who actually were there, doing the creating. So good for my soul.

We need a modern pc program like interactive technical manual that was produced by Simon & Schuster, but with updated models and CG & VR

An official VR Experience with these digital scans would be unbelievable......

Gene Roddenberry. People will say what they like. But he was a man who was ahead of his time. He was also a flawed man with deep contradictions. However he succeeded not once... but twice. I think it says something that he tried several times to do more Star Trek but he gave us six movies. One of which he had a direct hand in writing himself, and two television series. By far and large he was a success. Despite his flaws.

Great mini documentary on the original Next Generation series, but even in this it is evident how much new Trek is not Gene's vision it is not what he would have wanted for his series.

GOD BLESS YOU TERRY AND TEAM!!! You actually cared, you are real fans who UNDERSTAND Star Trek and what it means. As someone who grew up with Trek since a child, I guarantee GUARANTEE you Gene is proud. Thank you, and I hope you continue leading the property. Kick Alex OUT!!!!

Beautiful

Also, who here always wanted a living room constructed like a bridge?

This is wonderful, thank you! ❤️ Fun to see these faces again.

Fantastic show running.

Awesome stuff

I really love these ❤️

I will always love Star Trek and Gene for bringing so much love over the years from TOS to Ent and the movies. It’s why I’m so protective of it and disliking of current Trek, save for Picard S3. I’ll also say Trek didn’t really take off till after Gene was pushed out, and that is what saved Trek.

Thanks Gene, you vision lives on. You blokes, theres a photo round of a bloke vacummin the set. He'd know alot about the layout too. Don't forget him. Whats happening with Chief Miles and his Mrs. Keiko O'Brien and Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher?

The Enterprise sketch at 9:12 actually looks cooler than the D. It's like halfway between the A and the D and looks badass

The Enterprise D was a masterpiece

I wish they did more with Galaxy Enterprise(or at least other ships). They now have the tech to show how big she actually is inside and outside.

Currently rewatching TNG season one. Next Generation is *THE* Star Trek for me. Then Picard season three. 😉

Where's the little underside 'backdoor ' at 01:49? Its just smooth with no opening as seen in the opening credits beginning in 1987.

First star to The left, and straight on till morning. ENGAGE!

amazing

The D is the personification of the word comfy

God I missed this bridge so much. The lighting and aesthetic screams optimism. So many of us grew up with it, in it's corridors... Keep the lights up. The D can certainly kick butt still and we definately need what it stands for. I am genuinely tired of dark bridges. And if the bridge crew is okay to go on, don't let the game end.

Terry Matalas should have been brought on much earlier to work on the recent batch of Star Trek shows. He did honor to Star Trek with Picard Season 3. ❤

I really like the Enterprise D design very uniquely distinctive in all of the Enterprise designs , but that ENTERPRISE E is the love of my life.

Wish you all would reach out to stage 9 now known as messy desk that was recreating the Enterprise-D in its full glory deck by deck with VR support it was stopped by paramount but now that there is renewed interest in the Enterprise-D paramount should let them finally make the dream become reality for all us fans to enjoy a visit onboard the Enterprise-D

I mean, this is great, but I hope it winds up being a thing you can actually buy and run at home in VR or some such, because if it winds up just being some exhibition you have to go to, I’m going to PUKE

So fn cool

Andrew must've been elated when the Enterprise D returned near the end of Picard.

would love to see this in VR so i can finally walk the enterprise

music is mind control

Paramount shut down a project to put the 1701-D in the Unreal Engine - maybe you can reach out to them and get that back on the web. It was amazing.

They forgot to add the random black construction paper taped to the walls and LCAR displays that blocked-out the reflections of the camera crew lighting.

Even though they're recreating and making digital versions of the Enterprise bridges and ships, having remastered versions of DS9 and/or Voyager ships and bridge/ops would look amazing!

All trekkies should buy RNDR to thank OTOY for this gift

Terry Matalas could be the Dave Filoni of Trek. Maybe.

A CGI walk-through USS Enterprise? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

11:57 never knew there was an officer’s lounge in that corner and the head on the side. Makes sense to have it farther back with the lounge, though. Maybe smell control works better in the future.

Please Terry 🙏🏻🙏🏻 am begging you!! please give us star trek legacy please!

I was wondering if they’d keep the screws holding the console panels on in the digital recreation. That’s a nice preservationist’s touch!

Let's hope The Roddenberry Estate has come to its senses,

I predict these subscriptions will go, Where No One Has Been Before.

I just wish someone would give TM a few blank cheques so he can make more Trek, the last season of Picard was the best Trek since DS9.

If the D is okay with the Okudas and Zimmerman, wow. Just put some better lighting. ; )