Andrew Probert is an artist who is best known for his work on Star Trek. The Enterprise boldly going where no man had gone before. ...

His first film/TV work was on Glen A. Larson's 1978 ABC miniseries Battlestar Galactica, for which he was recommended by artist Ralph McQuarrie. For Galactica, Andy contributed the design for the Cylon Centurions as well as building one of the physical spaceship models for the "rag tag fleet", seen in the opening title sequence of each episode of the series. This article is about the original movie and television series; for other versions, see Battlestar Galactica (disambiguation). ... Ralph McQuarrie (born June 13, 1929 in Gary, Indiana) is a visionary conceptual designer and futurist responsible for the look of Star Wars (all of the original trilogy), Battlestar Galactica (TV), E.T. and Cocoon, for which he won an Academy Award. ... For the fictional robots, see Cylons (Battlestar Galactica). ...

In 1978 he went to work for Robert Able and Associates working on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, where we worked as a production artist. When Able's group was fired, Andrew survived the transition to the group of new effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull. Andrew was primaily responsible for designing the human and Vulcan space technology seen in the film, including the refitted starship Enterprise, space drydock, orbital office complex, travel pod, Work Bee support vehicles, and a two-part Vulcan long range shuttlecraft. His concept for the Klingon battlecruiser's bridge set the style for all future Klingon ship sets. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Paramount Pictures, 1979; see also 1979 in film) is the first feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series and is released on Friday, December 7. ... Douglas Trumbull (born 1942) is a film director and special effects supervisor. ... Vulcan is the name of several different things, derived from the name of the Roman god of fire and volcanoes, who made weapons for the other gods. ...

In 1986 he joined the staff of the then new show Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he designed the new Starship Enterprise-D and its bridge, and also designed the exteriors of virtually every other space vehicle seen in the first year of the show, including the Romulan Warbird. The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ...

His film and television work also includes stints on Back to the Future, Airwolf, Streethawk, Batteries Not Included, Space Camp, Mask, Tron, and the Philadelhia Experiment. Back to the Future is a 1985 film by Robert Zemeckis, written by Robert Zemeckis and Robert Gale, and starring Michael J. Fox. ... Airwolf Helicopter Airwolf is a 1980s American television movie and series about a supersonic military helicopter. ... Streethawk was a short lived American television series about the adventures of a police officer who, while officially taken off of street duty, fights crime secretly as the test pilot of an experimental motorcycle. ...

He worked for a period at Walt Disney Imagineering. WED Enterprises (WED), was formed as a separate company from Walt Disney Studios by Walt Disney in the late 1940s/early 1950s. ...