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Forum:Bridge screens in first 2 TOS episodes

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What are the small things that look like screens on stalks - they're at every (or almost every) console on the bridge in TOS: "The Cage", as well as at several (but fewer) bridge positions in "Where No Man Has Gone Before", such as beside the command chair? --Defiant 02:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

They are basically video communicators. Unlike the audio communicators found in the rest of the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, and enterprise episodes, this is ,for some reason, more advanced. None the less, they are the same thing as the audio communicators. I guess they were too expensive to be placed all over the ship and in every episode. Captain Jon 02:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for replying, but I was kinda hoping for a name. Is there any chance someone could look it up in the script of "The Cage" or "Where No Man...", or are these unavailable? --Defiant 01:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

It probably says "looks at small screen", but there might be a non-canon reference in a TOS novel.Captain Jon 02:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC)