There was an equal amount of work if one crew did all the Enterprise shots and another did the Bird of Prey, Klingon cruiser and Excelsior shots, so the cameramen flipped to decide who worked on which models.

Besides creating interiors and exterior of the Enterprise, Jefferies was responsible for designing props ( including phasers ), sets, the Klingon logo and D-7 battle cruiser.

The Vor ' cha-class attack cruiser is a powerful Klingon vessel that debuted in The Next Generation episode " Reunion ".

The class initially was designed by Rick Sternbach to appear as a Klingon attack cruiser for an alternate timeline in " All Good Things ...", the series finale of The Next Generation.

This series tells of the adventures of an all-new Chancellor-class war cruiser, on a mission to conquer new planets for the Klingon Empire.

* New scenes and more dramatic shots of the Klingon battle cruiser have been added, including replaced footage of the ship as it explodes above the planet.

The Gorkon is a Chancellor-class war cruiser, named after the Klingon chancellor Gorkon.

The Klingon Christmas Carol play is the first production that is primarily in Klingon ( only the narrator speaks English ).

Though mentioned in the original Star Trek series episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ", the Klingon language first appeared on-screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 1979 ).

One Klingon speaker, d ' Armond Speers raised his son Alec to speak Klingon as a first language, whilst the boy's mother communicated with him in English.

Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star Trek franchise episodes than any other character.

He graduated in 2361 and was commissioned with the rank of Ensign, becoming the first Klingon officer in Starfleet.

She was the first non-Klingon that Worf could " physically " be with in the traditional Klingon way.

They follow Klingon customs as first taught to them by Worf ( DS9: " Children of Time ").

In January 2372 ( Stardate 49011 ) the Klingon Empire attacked the Cardassian Union, believing the Detapa Council of Cardassia ( which had just come to power in the wake of the Cardassian Central Command being overthrown, making it the first civilian government of the Cardassian Union with Gul Dukat as military advisor ) had been infiltrated by the Dominion (" The Way of the Warrior ").

When a group of Klingon radicals spent time aboard Voyager (" Prophecy "), Torres began opening her self to more Klingon beliefs and, for the first time since childhood, was able to pray for her grandmother, L ' Naal, and her great-grandmother, Krelik.

Star Trek: The Next Generation saw the introduction of Starfleet's first Klingon officer, and other races such as Bolians, Betazoids, and Trill were seen and given more central roles in later series ; some of these, notably Klingons, had been shown as enemies in earlier episodes.

Other events of this era include the Klingon Civil War, first contact with the Q, and various time travel incidents.

Okrand is the author of two books about Klingon – The Klingon Dictionary ( first published 1985 ) and Klingon for the Galactic Traveler ( 1997 ).

" In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine it is revealed that the Klingon creation myth involves the first Klingons killing the gods that created them because, " They were more trouble than they were worth.

His first television appearance was in an episode of Channel 4's Takeover TV as a man called " Louise " dressed as a Klingon, complaining about Star Trek: The Next Generation being taken off the air.

Worf appears at first to be oblivious to this attention, and in the fifth-season episode " Looking for par ' Mach in All the Wrong Places " he becomes enamored with a female Klingon named Grilka.

Gowron ( Klingon-ghawran ) first appears in the episode " Reunion " as the main rival of Duras for the succession of the post of Klingon Chancellor K ' mpec, who suspects that one of the two had been poisoning him and appoints Captain Jean-Luc Picard as " Arbiter of Succession " to determine who will follow him.

Kahless ( pronounced KAY-less ; Klingon letters: " qeylIS ") is a messianic figure in Klingon history, who unified the Klingon people and became the first Klingon emperor.

Since the Klingon phasers were redesigned for the third film, the original holsters no longer fit the weaponry ; as a result, no Klingons had ever been seen drawing a phaser.

In the sixth Star Trek film, the characters are seen relying on print books in order to communicate with a Klingon military ship, since Chekov said that the Klingons would recognize the use of a Translator.

* A Klingon ship has been added in orbit around the station that was never seen in the original episode, but was seen in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine tribute episode, " Trials and Tribble-ations.

The Bird of Prey is one of the most common Klingon ships seen in the Star Trek franchise.

The Vor ' cha-class is frequently seen in The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine episodes depicting Klingon ships ; in its earliest appearances, the class represents the flagship of the Empire, under the command of first Klingon Chancellor K ' mpec and later Gowron.

The Negh ' Var-class warship is the largest and most heavily armed Klingon vessel seen in the Star Trek franchise.

He played the first Romulan seen on the show and the first Klingon with a ridged forehead.

He has the distinction of being the first Klingon commander seen in the Star Trek franchise.

The D7 models for the Romulan warships are actually Klingon ships, used instead of the Romulan Bird-of-Prey model seen in the episode " Balance of Terror ".

Although in production order the model was first used ( as a Klingon ship ) in " Elaan of Troyius ", in transmission order it is first seen in this episode.

* Track C is a variant of the " Klingon war " timeline as seen in " Yesterday's Enterprise ", but one in which the Enterprise-D came across the Enterprise-C several hours after it passed into the future, and thus could not be sent back to Narendra III in 2344 to prevent the war with the Klingons ( the rift had closed and the C's crew were all dead ).

Outside of questions of reproduction, many inter-species relationships were seen, including those between a Human and a Trill, a Human and an Elaysian, a Human and a Betazoid, a Human and a Deltan, a Human and an Orion, a Klingon and a Trill, a Klingon and a Ferengi, a Ferengi and a Cardassian, a Ferengi and a Bajoran, a Bajoran and a Changeling, and several others.

In the film Worf is seen as tactical officer, even though he left Deep Space Nine as the Federation Ambassador to the Klingon homeworld.

The Klingons seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, or " Imperial Klingons ", are the original natives of the Klingon homeworld Klinzhai.

The game introduced a number of starship classes which were not based on those seen in the series, though many of them borrow heavily from the starship design standards set in the original TV series and first two movies: Federation ships have saucer sections and outboard engine nacelles, Klingon ships have a primary hull with a command section at the end of a long boom, and Romulan ships look like birds to various degrees.

" Using his considerable vocal skills, Doohan devised the Vulcan and Klingon language dialogue heard in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Goldsmith continued using the march and Klingon themes he crafted for Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979, adding new themes and variations.

Lenard later played Spock's Vulcan father, Sarek, in several episodes and movies, and appears as the Klingon commander in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Lenard wanted to appear in Star Trek: The Motion Picture but Sarek was not a character in the film so he was cast as the Klingon commander in the beginning of the film.

* Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 1979 ) ... Klingon Captain

The Klingon language was first conceived by James Doohan for the movie Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and consisted only of a few words.

Ford designed his Klingon society to provide a logical basis for the actions and statements of onscreen Klingons in the original TV series, as well as the differing appearance of the Klingons in the original series and those in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( the only movie featuring Klingons to have been released when the novel and game supplement were first published ).