things are looking good for the new gene roddenberry show andromeda. looking forward to this more than any new star trek show (berman can’t take a long walk off a short pier).
SC: Do you have a “Planet Hell” set [the crew nickname given to the standing guest planet set on Star Trek soundstages]?
RHW: Yep but we haven’t named it. We call it “the corner of the stage with the rocks in it.” [LAUGHS] We also discovered that in the Andromeda universe humans use Lodge Pole Pines as one of their primary terraforming plants. So a lot of planets have pine trees in our universe whereas a lot of planets were desert and scrub vegetation in the Star Trek universe. [LAUGHS] My reasoning is that if you are terraforming a planet and you want a large oxygen producing plant that is hearty and can survive in a wide variety of climates, what better plant than a pine tree?
SC: And it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that you’re shooting in Vancouver?
RHW: Oh nothing. It has nothing to do with the fact that we have several million acres of pine forest readily accessible from here.
SC: Which you moved in at great expense.
RHW: Yeah. They planted them special just for us. [LAUGHS]
SC: So you’re the first show to actually do terraforming here on Earth.
RHW: Exactly and I have to thank the BC Film Board for their willingness to plant large expanses of pine forest for our convenience.