If you haven’t seen Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 9, then read no further. You’ve probably been seeing people talking about the episode, titled “Vox,” on social media and for good reason — the penultimate episode of the series delivered a massive surprise for Star Trek: The Next Generation fans. So how did they pull off the return of the biggest star of the franchise, namely, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-D? Showrunner Terry Matalas has some answers.
Matalas told Variety that the big surprise almost didn’t happen because his team had to build the bridge using all of the old photos, construction plans and input from members of the original TNG creative team.
