It’s been a while since we’ve done a FX Friday here at the Ship Works. We took a little breather, but with the shuttle paint master underway, figured it was time we return to exploring FX’s vast back catalog and remember why we selected them to do Serenity.

Let’s continue our march through the many models of Enterprise with the second most-recognizable variant to date: The Enterprise D.

In the Trek timeline, the D is the fifth model in the Enterprise line, if you count the refit as a model (which we do). In terms of order of appearance, it’s the third and perhaps most crucial as it ferried the franchise back onto TV via Star Trek: The Next Generation and into a multi-decade resurgence.

Despite holding this most-vaunted position in the line-up, among Trek hardware geeks, the Galaxy-class starship design is least-favored, mostly because of the exaggerated proportions of the saucer section versus the anemic secondary hull and warp nacelles.

However, at the recent Christie’s Star Trek auction in New York City of Trek collectibles, the original six-foot filming miniature of the Enterprise D sold for $576,000, making it the most expensive Sci Fi collectible on record. Christie’s had originally projected it would sell for around $25,000. Maybe they’re Trek hardware geeks, too?

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