When you’re operating on a tight budget you save and re-use anything you possibly can. This was the case with the original Star Trek as well. While some might say the special effects and props in the show were somewhat cheesy by today’s standards, in the 1960′s, Star Trek‘s cost for special effects was tremendous; it has been compared to the cost of making a major motion picture every week.
Because of that cost, any prop or set that could be re-used was. It makes for interesting viewing if one looks for re-used props, like the way Nomad’s top piece combines with Sargon’s receptacle to become the Romulan cloaking device.
The Nomad probe from the episode "The Changeling"
Sargon's recepticle from the episode "Return To Tomorrow
The Romulan cloaking device in "The Enterprise Incident"
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