Were the holodeck episodes more challenging because you had a very short amount of time to make them work?

They could be, and generally speaking, the holodeck sets were usually the most elaborate, because the writers got the idea that the holodeck really worked, and so it was "But it�s the holodeck, you know," and you�d go "Hello, it�s a set."

It was funny but usually the holodeck sets were elaborate. Sometimes I was given pre-information up front so that I could develop a set, because it was going to be a running gag. So we had sets like Leonardo Da Vinci�s lab set for Janeway or Dixon Hill with Patrick Stewart.

One of the most fun sets and one of the most fun episodes that we did was Bride of Chaotica. The black and white episode, a Tom Parris hologram episode featuring a rocket scientist, Captain Proton. It was great fun to do that.