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More Details on Special Set Construction for "In a Mirror, Darkly" Episodes (SPOILERS)

As TrekWeb first reported last week, "In a Mirror, Darkly" will establish that the U.S.S. Defiant from the ST:TOS episode "The Tholian Web" arrived in the Mirror Universe when it disappeared in that classic episode, where in this deuce of new episodes, alternate versions of 'Jonathan Archer' and his comrades will capture its 23rd century technology and use the advantage to stage a coup against the 22nd century's Imperial Starfleet.

The Defiant was a Constitution Class starship, the same as the original U.S.S. Enterprise, and many scenes take place on the ship in this series of episodes. This means the ENTERPRISE production team will have to recreate in part the sets of the 1960s television show. Partial replicas were previously constructed for TNG's "Relics" featuring James Doohan, as well as DS9's 30th Anniversary tribute episode "Trials and Tribble-ations."

According to SaveEnterprise.com, the list of sets to be seen in the upcoming "Mirror" episodes includes The Bridge (from the Science station clockwise to Main Viewscreen), the Briefing Room with tabletop tri-screen, Rec Room, Crew Quarters, Corridors, Jefferies Tubes and the Turbolift.

Along with the interiors, the script calls for battle scenes between 22nd century-era ships and the Defiant, suggesting we'll see a CGI version of the classic design in the episode. "Trials and Tribble-ations" also utilized a CGI model of the Constitution Class U.S.S. Enterprise.

Read more from SaveEnterprise here.

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