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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
skidoo23
Since: Sep, 2011
31st May, 2016 07:06:29 AM
@jormis29 That fits the bill. Thanks!
Do we have a trope for scenarios where a series features a faithfully reconstructed set from an earlier series/film, specifically one set within the same universe? For example, the Star Trek TNG episode "Relics" and the Enterprise episode "In a Mirror Darkly" featured reconstructions of the 1960s bridge set. "Flashback," an episode of Voyager, featured a reconstruction of the Excelsior bridge set from Star Trek VI. The Doctor Who episode "Hell Bent" featured a reconstruction of the TARDIS console room set from the 1960s; the episodes "The Doctor's Wife" and "Day of the Doctor" also featured an earlier version of the TARDIS set. There have also been cases where sitcoms have featured recreated sets from other shows - I believe there was an episode of Blackish recently that recreated the set from Good Times. Another example was the Stargate SG-1 episode "200" that featured a semi-faithful recreation of the Moya bridge from Farscape. I think there are plenty of examples to justify this as a trope if there isn't one already.