TNG: Season 1 skirt uniforms
June 25th, 2003 at 11:32 am (Trek Talk)
The uniforms worn in the Star Trek TNG series changed a few times. In keeping with the original Star Trek series the first few episodes of season 1 show crew walking around wearing skirt style uniforms. Two things stand out during the first few episodes of the first series that unfortunately disappeared pretty quickly: men wearing skirts and ensign redhead. The male crew members in skirt style uniforms was a wonderful departure from the norm and one that showed TNG had the guts to be innovative. Unfortunately the skirt uniforms random crew walking around in the background disappeared after just a couple of episodes. Even more unfortunate was the disappearance of one particular extra that could be seen in the background for just a few of the original episodes. She was gorgeous and had this long red hair that gave a great contrast to the stale future environment of the Enterprise. I wish I could find a picture of her to share, some people remember her, and some do not. Among my friends she was always known as ‘ensign redhead’.
aurealis said,
July 14, 2003 at 1:32 pm
While watching When The Bough Breaks, I happened to notice a redheaded female crewmember. Is this ensign redhead?
Leopoldo said,
July 14, 2003 at 1:47 pm
I am pretty sure that by the time When the Bough Breaks aired, ensign redhead was no longer haunting the hallways of the Enterprise. This episode did, however, have the enchanting actress Brenda Strong in it, best known probably for playing Capt Deladier in Starship Troopers:
Pics of Brenda from ‘When the Bough Breaks
Pics of Brenda from Starship Troopers
Brenda’s page on the IMDB
Previous discussion on Brenda on Geekroar.com
dyingofluv said,
September 4, 2003 at 10:36 am
This one was wierd to watch because I’ve seen the guy who played Radu so many other times.
Diane Gibson said,
September 5, 2003 at 11:59 am
I saw the guy who plays Radue (his name is Jerry Hardin) in a film called Little Nikita, which also starred River Phoenix, who in turn ws in Stand By Me with none other than Wil Wheaton.
dyingofluv said,
September 5, 2003 at 5:02 pm
What year was that??
Diane Gibson said,
September 6, 2003 at 5:28 pm
To which movie are you referring to, Stand By Me or Little Nikita?
dyingofluv said,
September 15, 2003 at 7:42 am
LN
Diane Gibson said,
September 16, 2003 at 2:26 pm
To the best of my knowledge, it was released in 1988, but I think it was actually filmed before then. I do not know when it ws filmed..maybe Leopoldo knows.
Leopoldo said,
September 16, 2003 at 8:40 pm
I know of Little Nikita but have not seen it. I just looked on the IMDB to say if they give a production date, but they just list the release date of ‘88. Many movies are shot and held for a while before being released (like Film Roar: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) which was ready for release in 2001 but held for two years) so it could defenetly have been finished earlier.
heathcliffe said,
September 17, 2003 at 9:54 am
I’ve seen Little Nikita and Running On Empty, both of which were released in ‘88, and while I too don’t have any concrete information I can tell you that River Phoenix is definitely younger in Nikita, though not by a whole lot.
Film Roar said,
September 25, 2003 at 9:01 pm
TNG: Ensign Redhead is found!
Back in June I posted some musings on the miniskirt uniforms and Ensign Redhead found in the first few episodes of season 1 of Star Trek The Next Generation: Film Roar: TNG: Season 1 skirt uniforms. Now, thanks to the wonders of DVD technology and the…
Leopoldo said,
September 26, 2003 at 8:13 pm
I finally got the images I was looking for. Look for ensign redhead at:
Film Roar: TNG: Ensign Redhead is found!
Sergio said,
June 26, 2004 at 6:12 pm
I was just watching the 1st season episode “The Naked Now”, and at 18:54 min. there is a curled-redhaired babe messing with a control panel just before she starts frenching this other ensign, but she doesn’t look like the woman that shows up in your pictures…can you concurr?
myminiskirt said,
March 4, 2006 at 2:37 am
They’re beautiful and intimidating! I might have to try a colorwork sock! (or two).
Skirt said,
March 4, 2006 at 7:13 am
I am pretty sure that by the time When the Bough Breaks aired, ensign redhead was no longer haunting the hallways of the Enterprise. This episode did, however, have the enchanting actress Brenda Strong in it, best known probably for playing Capt Deladier in Starship Troopers:
Pics of Brenda from ‘When the Bough Breaks
Pics of Brenda from Starship Troopers
Brenda’s page on the IMDB
Previous discussion on Brenda on Geekroar.com
Wesley said,
November 1, 2006 at 6:09 pm
I suspect that Ensign Redhead must be a wife, sister, or girlfriend of one of the production managers, since she was such a frequent, unofficial feature. I intend to find out! This should be fun. Note also, that the tunic uniforms appeared on at least three different women at least half way through the first season of STNG. I saw males in tunic uniforms in a few first season episodes, these episodes being spaced sparsely. Ensign Redhead is usually seen in Engineering, though occasionally on the bridge, wearing amber. There is a brunette wearing blue, and a blone wearing command red. In the middle of season two, all three could be seen in a single episode. Ensign Redhead appears in episodes beyond “When the Bough Breaks”.