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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Inconsistency: the doors
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Date: Sat, 18-May-85 20:23:28 EDT
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> > Has anybody figured out how those doors work?  Do they have limited 
> > telepathy, somewhat akin to the limited prescience of the Hitchhiker
> > ...
> 
> In "The Making of Star Trek", Roddenberry describes how they had a
> stagehand sitting around waiting for a cast member to get close
> enough, and would then push the button to open the doors.  This
> technique makes it pretty easy to keep the doors closed when Spock
> has to lean against them.
> -- 
> 	Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez

I heard the story as it was actually two stagehands who openned the doors
manually.  Supposedly, there are many bloopers when only one door opens
or something.

Hey!  That's why Jim & Spock & Bones and the senior officers are usually
the ones who go down to the planet!  All the other crewmembers are busy
opening and shutting the doors.
--
"I'm walking on sunshine..."                       Peter Merchant