{"id":9792,"date":"2010-07-30T12:58:02","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T19:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=9792"},"modified":"2010-07-30T12:58:02","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T19:58:02","slug":"drex-files-video-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2010\/07\/drex-files-video-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Drex Files Video Addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Star Trek fans are in for a treat with a new video by <strong>Doug Drexler<\/strong> showing fans never seen before images and interviews with familiar faces.<\/p>\n<p>The first edition of &#8220;The Drex Files &#8211; A Video Addendum&#8221; features <strong>Andrew Probert<\/strong> and his Sphinx shuttle, starship construction sets, an encounter with <strong>BarBara Luna<\/strong> and animated ships from the Ships of the Line calendar.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Sphinx2-073010.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9793\" title=\"Sphinx2-073010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Sphinx2-073010.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sphinx shuttle was a shuttle designed for <em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em> by <strong>Andrew Probert<\/strong>, but it was never built and used in a show because &#8220;there were no scripts written to accommodate a little service craft of that sort. But fans can see what it would have looked like in 3-D.<\/p>\n<p>Next up in the video is a fascinating look into the world of a construction crew responsible for creating starships and interiors of starships from sketches and blueprints. Drexler remembered that there were days when he would leave at 2 A.M., the saying in the makeup department being &#8220;first to get there, last to leave,&#8221; but the construction crew would still be there. &#8220;[I&#8217;d] be blown away that the construction guys would still be at it full tilt&#8221; he said. &#8220;Later, when I made the jump from the makeup department to art department, I would learn who this amazing powerhouse of a gang was. Not only would I be privy to their world and particular brand of magic, but I would now be working with them hand in hand. I would not only be wowed by their incredible talent and skill, but by the unique characters and personalities that drove the Trek construction juggernaut.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Mirror, Mirror<\/em> fans remember the &#8220;Captain&#8217;s woman&#8221; from that episode, played by <strong>BarBara Luna<\/strong>. &#8220;When I was thirteen years old,&#8221; said Drexler, &#8220;four of the sexiest women on Earth were <strong>Raquel Welch, Brigitte Bardot, Ursula Andress, <\/strong>and<strong> BarBara Luna<\/strong>. When I saw Luna as the captain&#8217;s woman in the classic Trek episode <em>Mirror, Mirror<\/em> she was IT. She still has more of IT than any two women have a right to have of IT. How does she do it? &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Drexler caught up with Luna recently and videotaped the results. According to Drexler, &#8220;She&#8217;s silly and zany and adorable. Scamp, vixen, brat, comedian, artist and legend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, welcome to Ships of the Line: Active Duty! Drexler and <strong>Tobias Richter, Mark Rademaker, <\/strong>and<strong> Rob Wilde<\/strong> got together to animate ships from the Ships of the Line calendar. &#8220;Check your inertial dampers, fasten your seat belts, and be sure you&#8217;ve got your extra heavy reinforced Depends on because this is gold, Jerry!&#8221; said Drexler. &#8220;See the launch of the refit NX and <strong>Matt Jefferies<\/strong>&#8216; iconic ringship taking flight! &#8220;SOTL: Active Duty&#8221; is the kick in the PTC you have been yearning for!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startrek.com\/article\/the-drex-files-a-video-addendum\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Trek fans are in for a treat with a new video by Doug Drexler&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2413,2663,2442,2421,2406],"tags":[2705,3325,3324],"class_list":["post-9792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew","category-star-trek-ds9","category-star-trek-tng","category-star-trek-tos","category-star-trek-voy","tag-drexler","tag-luna","tag-probert"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/cast-crew\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Cast &amp; Crew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/star-trek-ds9\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/star-trek-tng\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Star Trek: TNG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/star-trek-tos\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Star Trek: TOS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/star-trek-voy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Star Trek: VOY<\/a>","tag_info":"Star Trek: VOY","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9794,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9792\/revisions\/9794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}