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==''Star Trek''== Besides creating interiors and exterior of the ''Enterprise'', Jefferies was responsible for designing props (including [[phaser (fictional weapon)|phasers]]), sets, the [[Klingon]] logo and [[D-7 battlecruiser]]. Years later, his concept sketches were revisited and used to design the [[Starship Enterprise|Starship ''Enterprise'']], the Olympic class USS ''Pasteur'', the ''Daedalus''-class and pre-[[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcan]] ships. Jefferies worked with NASA engineers in designing the ''Enterprise'' and the technology it used. Contrary to popular belief, Jefferies did not create ''Star Trek''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s original shuttlecraft design: although Jefferies submitted his own concept, it was too complex to build with the show's FX and budget limitations of the time. [[Gene Winfield]]'s much simpler design was used instead, and Jefferies designed only its interior.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.starshipdatalink.net/art/galileo.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20051201225746/http://www.starshipdatalink.net/art/galileo.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2005-12-01 |title= FSD: Starship Concept Art - Designing the Galileo Shuttlecraft |website= Starshipdatalink.net |date= |accessdate= 2009-10-03 }}</ref> Jefferies had a very pragmatic design ethic: reasoning that a starship's engines would be extremely powerful and potentially dangerous, he positioned them far away from the rest of the ship, with the added benefit of modular design so that they could be ejected quickly in an emergency. Figuring that [[murphy's Law|whatever could go wrong would]], he put all of the ship's workings on the interior for easy access, eliminating the need for spacewalking in case of exterior repairs. The bridge panels were given an [[ergonomic]] design for comfort and ease of use. He was opposed to the idea of [[PADD]]s, as well as the goose-neck viewers that appeared in the first pilot.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} Moreover, he disliked the idea of a large engine room because by his reckoning the entire ship could be run by a single panel on the bridge.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} Later, Jefferies' work on the [[bridge (ship)|bridge]] of the ''Enterprise'' influenced the design of the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] master communications center at [[Naval Base San Diego]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/controldeck.php#cicfunct |title=Combat Information Center |accessdate=July 26, 2021 |quote=''(...) The bridge of the classic Star Trek Enterprise was designed by Matt Jeffries. In a second stunning example of science fiction innovation it influenced the design of the U.S. Navy master communications center at NAS San Diego. On US naval vessels, their bridge design does not look anything like the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, but the Combat Information Center in a navy vessel does have some resemblances (mostly the Captain's chair in the center of the room). Again, refer to The Great Heinlein Mystery: Science Fiction, Innovation and Naval Technology by Edward M. Wysocki Jr. (...) Bridge of the starship Enterprise, designed by Matt Jeffries. This is a combination of a bridge (helm/navigation) and a CIC. Captain/Evaluator is in the command swivel chair in the center. All station are arranged so captain can look over the sholders of each operator and examine their displays. In the front is the big board viewscreen.'' |url-status=dead |archivedate=July 26, 2021 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210726182747/http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/controldeck.php%23cicfunct#cicfunct }}</ref> When Jefferies saw ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' he fell asleep. He never watched subsequent incarnations of ''Star Trek'', remarking that they had turned his Navy-esque bridge into "the lobby of the [[Hilton Hotel|Hilton]]."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/jefferies/page10.shtml |title= BBC Online - Cult - Star Trek - Matt Jefferies - A Hilton in space |website= BBC.co.uk |date= |accessdate= 2009-10-03}}</ref> Within the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe, [[Jefferies tube]]s and Captain Jefferies, designer of the NX-class starships,<ref>[[Home (Star Trek: Enterprise)|"Home"]], ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', Season 4, Episode 3, Airdate: October 22, 2004.</ref> are named in his honor. According to Jefferies, the ''Enterprise'' was Starfleet's 17th starship design and it was the first in the series, therefore the ship had the number "1701". This story is documented in one of his sketches.<ref>[http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/images/TOS/Enterprise%20concept%206%20by%20Matt%20Jefferies.jpg Jefferies signed sketch: "17th CRUISER DESIGN, SERIAL No1 - 1701"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003070909/http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/images/TOS/Enterprise%20concept%206%20by%20Matt%20Jefferies.jpg |date=October 3, 2011 }}</ref> In June 2003, Jefferies was the guest of honor at the presentation of a documentary about him prepared for the special edition of the ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' [[DVD]]. Jefferies died the following month in [[Los Angeles]] of [[congestive heart failure]].<ref name="Variety.com"/>
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