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** One interesting detail though that the set designers added was the curved wooden oval with the tactical station on the bridge. It is probably the only time in ''[[Star Trek]]'' we see a Federation ship with natural materials featuring prominently in the design. In interviews they mention it was to add a "homey" touch that also reinforced the "cruise ship in space" feel. Some of the concept sketches for the [[Next Gen]] ''Enterprise'' included ''hanging plants'' on the bridge.
*** And indeed, in the show itself, a captain of another (smaller, older) Starfleet vessel refers to the Enterprise as a "Flying Hotel".
* The TARDIS from ''Doctor Who'', particularly in its original 1960s incarnation before the production team decided to retcon the reason for the Doctor not being able to fly it properly from his not knowing how to the TARDIS being obsolete and knackered. Attempts by some designers to update the look of the TARDIS to make it look consciously futuristic (most infamously [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/TARDIS_console_1983.jpg in the 1980s]) have, ironically, dated faster. Latterly the TARDIS set design has moved away from asceticism to embrace [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/gallery/tvmovie/images/1024/dw50.html steampunk] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20150702192059/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/medialibrary/s1/images/1024/s1_01_wal_17.jpg?size=1024&promo=
* [[Mega Corp|Massive Dynamic]] from ''[[Fringe]]'' is in [https://web.archive.org/web/20101229123513/http://artect.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/fringe_massivedynamic01.jpg love] [http://artect.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/fringe_massivedynamic02.jpg with]{{Dead link}} [http://artect.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/fringe_massivedynamic03.jpg this style]{{Dead link}}, combined with [[Sinister Geometry]].
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