Prison Ship Control Room Concept Drawings

Four 11″ × 17″ pencil drawings on vellum from Season 1’s “Bastille Day,” of the prison ship Astral Queen’s control room. These are detailed pencil sketches done by Galactica concept artist Ken Rabehl. 1) A drawing of the interior of the Astral Queen’s control room with a sunken control pit for the center station. Dated April 27, 2004. 2) A drawing of the interior of the Astral Queen’s control room without sunken control pit for center station. Dated April 27, 2004. 3) A version with double doors, a center console, and pipes on the ceilings and walls. Right wall has various rows of boxes with switches. Undated and unattributed. 4) Prison Ship Control Room Concept. The earliest concept drawing available of the Astral Queen’s control room. Dated April 15, 2004. A cutaway of the ceiling and back wall for overlay purposes. A final compilation photocopy with a titleblock.

Provenance

Taken directly from the set of the NBC/Universal production, Battlestar Galactica, by Propworx staff.