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Enterprise from the original series. The special also will track the effort to rebuild a model of the original U.S.S. Enterprise bridge by using authentic set pieces and props, which recently went on display at Seattle\u2019s EMP Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the special will profile a new generation of engineers and scientists who are making <em>Star Trek<\/em>\u2019s visionary technology real, pushing the boundaries of physics with inventions first conceived on the iconic series: warp drives, medical tricorders, cloaking devices and tractor beams.<\/p>\n<p>The program is being produced by Yap Films for Smithsonian Channel and Discovery Canada. Executive producers for Yap Films are Elliott Halpern and Elizabeth Trojian. The writer and director is Mick Grogan. 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