STAR TREK: TNG “HALLUCINATORY INTERPHASIC ENERGY CREATURE” FROM “PHANTASMS”

A special effect item featured in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Phantasms” where the item represented a mouth existing on the back of “Geordi La Forge’s” (Le Var Burton) neck in one of “Data’s” (Brent Spiner) daydreams. The item is a foam rubber mouth painted brown with green ‘lips’ all positioned on a pair of tongs with wire actuators and a wire mounted ‘tongue’. The mouth moves, opening and closing with use of the tongs, and the tongue moves by way of a rear positioned wire. The tongue is severed like a snake’s and the mouth features actually quite sharp and rigid teeth. The wire actuators curl the lips. This creepy prop item measures approx. 1 X 5 X 3.25 inches with the effects apparatus included. The foam is soft and supple, skin-like, and a degree of the brown paint has come away in on the side. The item is fragile and best viewed by hanging it from the tongs.