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16 December 2009 | JEFFERIES PHASE II SKETCHES

When Star Trek was to make its return to television with Phase II, Gene Roddenberry asked Matt Jefferies to refit the Enterprise that he had designed more than ten years before. As you can read in our article, “Designing the Phase II Enterprise,” Jefferies upgraded the design yet the sketches he produced for it we wrongly identified as being part of the development of the The Original Series—until now.

Thanks to Mr Matt Lawrence, who spotted the “June 77” date on these drawings, they are finally on the page they belong.

20 September 2009 | WARBIRD IN BAY

Andrew Probert’s impressive contribution to the 2010 Ships of the Line calender depicts a mighty Romulan Warbird undergoing refit at “Station Gray.”

At Mr Probert’s website, you can see a larger version, as well as a detail picture that reveals just how meticulous this science fiction veteran goes about drawing his visions of the Star Trek universe—drawn all by hand, mind you, which is quite a spectacular thing in these days of digital art, CGI and what-not.

20 September 2009 | SHIPS OF THE LINE 2010

Over at his blog, Doug Drexler has posted some of the outstanding artworks that are to be featured in the upcoming Ships of the Line calender.

One of the artworks depicts the magnificent Earth Spacedock under construction in a piece by Robert Wilde entitled “We Come in Peace For All Mankind.” To learn more about the design of the station that was introduced in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, read our article “Earth Spacedock” which features concept art and photos of the model.