Mobile Holo-Emitter
One of my favourite characters from “Star Trek: Voyager” is the holographic Doctor. Just as Spock, Data and Odo before him, he as an artificial intelligence represents the outsider among humans, who wishes to be treated with respect and as an equal being. He strives to become more than his original programming and tries to become as human as possible.
In the episode “Future’s End“, the Doc was able to get a piece of 29th century technology – the mobile emitter -, which enabled him to do a big step in his development: He now was able to not only exist in sickbay or the holodeck but any other room without holo projectors and to move freely on the ship, go on away missions, etc. In essence, he gained the same freedom any other (human) crew member took for granted.
Here are some reference pictures from various episodes:
Here are the pictures of my replica:
The exposed circuits can be modified using micro tools, …
… which can have different effects on the Doctor’s projected appearance.
Size comparison with a Standard Starfleet Comm Badge.
I got the circuit board graphic from a fellow prop builder, …
… who printed it on aluminium vinyl and then laminated it. Great work!
The inside of the four slots are hand painted.
The graphics were cut precisely to fit in where they should.
4 Responses to “Mobile Holo-Emitter”
SoraKaze on: June 23rd, 2010 at 13:29
Wow, einfach nur großartig!! Ich brauch auch unbedingt einen… -.-
MattC on: June 7th, 2012 at 17:55
Hi, wie so ist die webseite nicht in deutsch? Sie ist sowass von cool…
trekprops.de on: June 7th, 2012 at 19:16
Danke für’s Kompliment. Die Seite war früher auf deutsch, aber dann hab ich gemerkt, dass die meisten Leser aus den USA oder anderen Ländern kommen, die dann natürlich nichts verstehen obwohl sie gerne die Texte lesen würden. Also hab ich irgendwann angefangen nur noch auf englisch zu schreiben…
Kwr on: May 10th, 2013 at 03:39
Remarkable! Simply remarkable. I admire all of your work, especially the Padds and this piece. How do you make the initial models, the ones you cast and mold? I assume they’re wooden, but don’t have ANY expertise in this area, besides extremely basic common knowledge. Please respond, at 900points@gmail.com Thanks.
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