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 Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:09 pm Cold Station 12 (Soong!) |
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Production Report: "Cold Station 12" Continues Soong Arc
SPOILER ALERT!!!
Brent Spiner was back along with a guest cast of rogue superhumans for more post-Eugenics Wars mayhem in the fifth episode of Season 4 which wrapped production last week.
"Cold Station 12" picks up where "Borderland" left off, continuing a three-episode arc involving Dr. Arik Soong (Spiner) and the band of "Augments" whom he brought to life. In this chapter, Soong � who escaped the custody of Captain Archer in the last episode and joined his progeny � heads back to the medical facility where he once worked (the titular Cold Station 12) and which is where hundreds more genetically engineered human embryos are still secretly stored. His intent is to retrieve them, then incubate and raise them like the first group of Augments, ultimately looking to render humanity obsolete.
Remember the name Dr. Jeremy Lucas, mentioned as Phlox's pen pal in "Dear Doctor" and "Doctor's Orders"? Well, Dr. Lucas has finally been given a face, and it's a familiar one: Richard Riehle, who was Picard/Kamin's stout friend "Batai" in "The Inner Light" for Star Trek: The Next Generation, and also the holographic Irishman "Seamus" in Star Trek: Voyager's "Fair Haven" and "Spirit Folk." Dr. Lucas, who was recalled to Earth from Denobula after the Xindi attack, has since been transferred to C-12 (as it's sometimes abbreviated), which is run jointly by Starfleet and the Denobulans, and he becomes an unwitting player in Soong's plot.
Continuing from "Borderland" are the two principal Augment roles, Alec Newman as "Malik" and Abby Brammell as "Persis." All other guest stars are Trek newcomers.
Production on this show commenced Tuesday, August 24, and wrapped last Wednesday, September 1. Most of the episode was shot on swing sets representing different parts of C-12, including the Control Hub, several Corridors, a Containment Cell and a Stasis Chamber (where the embryos are kept � except they will be optically inserted in post).
Another major set constructed for this episode was Soong's Compound, which included a Bunkhouse and a Lab/Classroom. These sets were dressed differently for different shooting days, for scenes taking place both in the present time and 15 years past. The flashback scenes depict Soong raising and teaching the Augments, represented by 10 child actors approximately nine years old. Spiner himself got darker hair and was generally made up to look younger for those scenes. A birthday party sequence is seen on a monitor in the present day as archived data, so that footage was shot with a Mini-DV camera to achieve something of a "home movie" look.
Another new set piece was a Denobulan Medical Shuttle. Sets representing the hijacked Klingon ship built for "Borderland" stayed in place for continued use. Standing ship sets included Sickbay, the Captain's Mess, the Mess Hall, the Transporter Alcove and the Bridge.
The makeup department had a special challenge giving one character � the "Deputy Director" of C-12, played by Kris Iyer � several stages of a nasty infection, when Soong exposes him to a fast-acting pathogen stored in the facility. First Iyer had to cough up blood, with makeup exaggerating the veins in his head. Later prosthetics were applied to make those veins pulse, and gel was put in his eyes to make them severely bloodshot. The gel was then replaced by lenses to entirely change the eye color, and the appliances were made even more pronounced, demonstrating quite horrific death throes.
"Cold Station 12" was helmed by Mike Vejar, a veteran Trek director who was last on set for "Stratagem." The script was penned by Alan Brennert, a new staff writer with the title of Consulting Producer. Brennert worked with co-executive producer Manny Coto on Odyssey 5 and also the 1995 revival of The Outer Limits. Brennert has also written for Stargate: Atlantis, L.A. Law, China Beach, the 1985 version of The Twilight Zone, and Wonder Woman in the late 1970s.
The episode will likely air Friday, November 5, but this has not yet been confirmed by UPN. Further cast credits can be found on its Episode Detail page, where more information will be posted closer to the airdate.
Production Report: Brent Spiner Begins Trilogy with "Borderland"
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How is Soong in it so early?
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| Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:11 pm |
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Its an ancestor of the Soong, Noonien Soong, who created Data, Lore, and B4.
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| Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:58 pm |
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Should be a good episode. By the way...am I the only one who gets him mixed up with Khan?  I swear their name's are so similar.
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