Object
Uxbridge Parlor Front Door
A standard human‑scale domestic front door that marks the threshold into the Uxbridges' living room on Rana IV. It sits in a plain frame with an interior latch and threshold wide enough for two people to pass abreast. The door functions as a literal seam between private domestic space and the outside world: characters push through it in force, bodies fill the doorway, music and a waltz stop dead, and the entry converts the room's intimacy into confrontation. Scuffs or hurried handling are implied by the abrupt bursting-in, and the door's swing and closure rapidly control sightlines and escape routes during the interrogation.
3 appearances
Purpose
To provide controlled access and security for the Uxbridge household by admitting or barring entry to the living room; in the scene it serves as the physical entry point for characters entering and as a means to cut off exits.
Significance
Acts as the catalytic prop that shatters the domestic idyll: Picard and Worf's forcible passage through it abruptly halts a private waltz and transforms the parlor into an interrogation stage. Its opening and subsequent forced occupancy weaponize guilt and obligation by removing refuge and visibly sealing the couple's sanctuary, precipitating the moral crisis at the scene's heart.
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