Paramount Stage 9 Paramount Stage 9 is located on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood , California . Stage 9 was used in most " Star Trek " productions including the first seven feature films , and . It was used through the four - year run of and also housed sets for the film . 1977 - 1986 . During its pre - production , sets for " " were slated for construction and permanent use on Stage 9 . Most of " Phase II " s sets were completed when that series gave way to production of , at which point they were modified and expanded for use in the feature film . Stage 9 contained the primary interiors of the refit " Enterprise " and the including the main bridge , transporter room , sickbay , corridor complex , Captain Kirk ' s cabin , and engineering . The stage was used through for Bird - of - Prey and " Enterprise " - A interiors , until it was taken over for permanent use in " Star Trek : The Next Generation " . 1987 - 1994 . In , with the start of " Star Trek : The Next Generation " , the sets on Stage 9 underwent minor modifications , the most drastic of which being the overhaul of the engineering and main bridge sets – the latter becoming the battle bridge of the . With new bridge and living quarters sets being constructed on Stage 6 for season one , Stage 9 contained the " Enterprise " - D ' s engineering , sickbay , crew quarters , transporter room , shuttlebay , and corridor complex sets . Other sets include the shuttlecraft interior , Data ' s quarters , and the Tamarian bridge seen in the episode , filmed on and . The scenes on the Rutian plaza in the episode were also filmed on stage 9 as were the scenes aboard the Talarian observation craft in the episode , filmed on . Stage 9 also housed the workout room seen in episodes such as , filmed on . Over the seven season run of TNG , the sets were refined – the corridors were expanded for longer tracking shots – but remained mostly unchanged even through the production of the seventh feature , . Space across from the transporter room was saved for swing sets such as Troi ' s office and the battle bridge doubled as Data ' s lab and other locations , on and off the " Enterprise " . Break - in . On , a user on the video sharing website posted four videos entitled Consisting of four parts , the videos were shot on the night of by ( at least ) two fervent " Star Trek " fans who had broken onto the Paramount lot . Wandering through the darkened sets of " Star Trek : The Next Generation " ( circa season one ) , the fans were able to light select parts of the sets , including most of the ship ' s display terminals and part of the warp core . Dressed in a makeshift Starfleet uniform ( with white socks ) , one of the fans acted as the host of what was likely intended to be a homemade documentary – at one point climbing onto a sickbay biobed , then accidentally knocking it to the floor . Taking still photographs of the various " working " control panels , the fans can be heard discussing ways of removing set pieces from the stage . According the YouTube user ' s description of the videos , when the fans were caught , they dropped the camcorder containing the footage and fled . 1994 - 2001 . After their use in " Generations " , the sets on Stage 9 underwent yet another revamp for their debut as the . While retaining their general position , the " Voyager " interior sets were dramatically expanded , engineering gaining a large second level and sickbay expanding to include a larger doctor ' s office and ( from the second season on ) an adjoining medical lab . The corridor complex was similarly expanded . Stage 9 also housed the quarters sets and the transporter room . In , " Voyager " s sickbay was modified for use in and again in for . The entrance to main engineering also represented the ' s library . For the second season episode , Stage 9 housed the set of Caylem ' s shelter . The scenes were filmed on Monday and Tuesday . 2001 - 2005 . In , following the end of " Voyager " s final season , all of the sets in Stage 9 were permanently removed . Instead of being home to the interiors of for " Enterprise " , Stage 9 housed only that series ' cave set and various swing sets . Paramount Stages 18 and 8 housed all of the NX - 01 interiors used in " Enterprise " . Stage 9 became home for the Rura Penthe sets in the episode , the bridge of the in the episodes and , the Risan bistro , nightclub , and basement under the nightclub as well as Hoshi Sato ' s apartment in , the surface of Archer ' s Comet in , and the scenes on Rigel X for . The ceiling of the stage was actually seen in these scenes , as it was deemed a good fit for the interior of the complex . Stage 9 was home to the mines of Remus in for the filming of scenes from . Following the cancellation of " Enterprise " in , Stage 9 was , for the first time in many years , put into use in non - " Star Trek " productions . 2007 . According to a news item from " The Trek Movie Report " website , J . J . Abrams ' 2009 film , , was – in part – filmed on Paramount ' s Stage 9 . Set construction was scheduled to take place in , utilizing other " historic " " Star Trek " sound stages including Stages 8 , 11 , 14 , 15 , and 18 .