Star Trek: Ranking The Main Bridges
1. USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D
All of the starship bridges on this list originated as variations of the classic Enterprise bridge from Star Trek: The Original Series. Some designs hewed very closely to Matt Jefferies original set, others have gone further afield. Arguably the most successful of these variations, though, is Herman Zimmerman's bridge of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation – a reinterpretation for the 1980s that still feels fresh and futuristic today.
It's easy to laugh at the pink and baby blue carpeting, padded walls, and cushy chairs of the Enterprise-D bridge, but this was a unique vision of a comfortable, idealized future 24th century, something totally new when it premiered and something totally unmatched today. For seven seasons and one movie, the bridge of the Enterprise-D was as familiar and comfortable as our own living rooms, it made us want to get to the future.
It was reworked for its big screen appearance in Star Trek Generations, the lights were turned off and the computer consoles expanded to make a more dramatic impact. But the bridge that stood for the entire run of Star Trek: The Next Generation is the best bridge in the Star Trek franchise, representing a unique vision, still rooted in Star Trek's past, but communicating the franchise's optimism in the simplest visual language.
The bridge of the Enterprise-D made you want to sit in its chairs, pull up a console, and boldly go where no one has gone before...