wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (08/06/85)
You people are all going up the wrong track. The reason for the "WHHHOOOSSSSHHHH!" is Star Fleet Regulations. Well, indirectly, anyway. Star Fleet regulations require that ships operating in close proximity must "remain in continuous subspace radio contact." Channel F (sub one to sub 1024) are allocated to this use. For the filming of the opening sequence, Star Fleet allocated USS Korolov, a "Carpenter" class Cosmographic survey vessel, as camera ship. Korolov was position, and Enterprise made several passes for use in the credit sequences. Later, shots of Enterprise orbiting various planets were taken. As an aside, time allowed visiting only three planets; this explains the sameness noted on the show. Stock footage of Enterprise and Earth (for use in "Tommorow is Yesterday" and "Assignment: Earth") was already available. Anyway, back to the "WHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!!!," Korolov and Enterprise were using Channel F sub 334 for the required com link, as the Big E made its passes. However, nobody considered the subspace field interference between the two ships. The subspace sidetones of the two vessels interfered, building in volume as the Enterprise approached. The interference, unbeknownst to the film crew, insinuated itself into the digitial film file, with Doppler effect (ships were in normal space) causing a building of level with a sudden release. Note, this didn't just insert itself in the sound track... like a overmodulated signal, it bled all over the visuals, too. This subspace effect is liberated whenever the flim is played, and is percieved by humans as a "WHHHHOOOOOSSSSHHHHH!" Vulcans, on the other hand, smell T'alna root when the film is run. They tried to get rid of it. "Where No Man Has Gone Before" shows what happened... the credit sequence is of poor quality. Star Fleet wouldn't let them reshoot the sequence, since they were out of PR budget. So, don't blame the producers for the "WHHHHOOOOOSSSHHHH!" If they hadn't been required to maintain subspace contact, it never would have happened. Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) Sure, you know the reg. It's the one right after the "Hot Potatoes" chapter...