Bridge Door Malfunction







A silly, Star Trek (classic) based image, of Yeoman Janice Rand getting a bit awkwardly trapped between two malfunctioning Bridge Lift doors :-)

I decided to do this image on learning that Doug Grindstaff, the sound effects artist who made most of the sounds that have become so iconic and identified with Classic Star Trek, passed away recently at the age of 87 :-(: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/doug-grindstaff-dead-star-trek-sound-effects-maestro-was-87-1130648

The 'whist' sound the doors made was probably the most frequently used, or at least the one I remember most.  I have heard stories of how some actors actually ran into the doors, that were operated manually off screen (so sometimes they didn't time it just right....allegedly [I wonder if it was done on purpose to Shatner, who was said to be something of a Prima Donna to his other fellow actors :-) ).

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