Αre there bathrooms on the Enterprise?

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I know that it's a weird question, but I haven't seen a single bathroom on the Enterprise, not even on blueprints.

Do they exist?

The uniforms function as dune-style Stillsuits, jk. "Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads." — Mark Rogers, Feb 06 '15 at 16:58
If by bathroom, you mean shower, sink, toilet combinations, they would just be considered part of a crew cabin. If by just toilet sink, you need to use the navy term head — , Feb 06 '15 at 17:18
If you're not willing to accept the comment/answer from @calccrypto, then this question could be asked of almost any SF/F franchise. Does the Millenium Falcon have a bathroom? Does Bag End? What about the TARDIS? Or the Nebuchadnezzar? — KSmarts, Feb 06 '15 at 18:00
Babylon 5 often showed the bathrooms, even having scenes taking place in communal bathrooms (stay out of the methane-breathers bathrooms!). — Joe L., Feb 06 '15 at 18:14
No, urine and faeces is regularly teleported out of the bladder and digestive tract to an appropriate disposal location. — IQAndreas, Feb 06 '15 at 18:22
The Franz Joseph blueprints of the original NCC-1701 showed toilets. — Tango, Feb 06 '15 at 19:03
Here's the answer you're looking for: http://www.spaceavalanche.com/2009/03/16/next-generation/ — , Feb 06 '15 at 19:26
@IQAndreas "Picard to transporter room 6, beam the contents of my bowels to 100,000 kilometers off the starboard bow, on the double!" — , Feb 06 '15 at 19:36
@IQAndreas If some sort of diplomatic engagement has concluded unsatisfacorily, I have just thought of a wonderful way to follow up. — KSmarts, Feb 06 '15 at 21:08
Which Enterprise? The blueprints of the Enterprise-D (TNG) do feature structures that could be interpreted as bathrooms. — O. R. Mapper, Feb 07 '15 at 11:55
There's certainly a swimming pool in the TARDIS. Let's just hope the Doctor doesn't... — Wallnut, Sep 14 '16 at 12:29
There certainly should be at least one toilet--we see numerous references to the Captain's Log. :) — Loren Pechtel, Nov 24 '16 at 12:33
"Don't you people from the 24th century ever pee?" - That genius who invented warp drive... — corsiKa, Sep 09 '17 at 03:42
One of Jimmy Doohan's go-to jokes for his con appearances addressed this very subject. "We set our phasers on 'disintegrate'...and aimed VERY carefully" — VBartilucci, Mar 05 '18 at 19:07

Lightness Races in Orbit · Answer 1 · 2017-04-17T01:45:00.787

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Yes, of course there are.

The need to excrete waste matter was not genetically engineered out of humans (and other Federation member species) by the 23rd century.

There are next to no explicit references in the shows, though the Enterprise-D has a door labelled "HEAD" on the Bridge, and there were verbal references in Voyager to such rooms.

In DS9, Bashir stated that it was "best not to think too much" about how waste extraction worked. Rom worked on the station's waste extraction facilities more than once.

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It wasn't genetically engineered out, but they DO have transporters. – Plutor Feb 06 '15 at 20:06
@Plutor Hah good point – Lightness Races in Orbit Feb 06 '15 at 20:40
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You can find them: http://www.pixeltrek.com/ – Lighthart Feb 06 '15 at 20:47
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There's a door to the head on the bridge? I'm sure there's a "Number One" joke in here somewhere... – KSmarts Feb 06 '15 at 22:56
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@Plutor - Mr O'Brien, its that time again. - Yes sir, activating now. - Mr O'Brien, you appear to have removed my entire small intestine. - Sorry sir, won't happen again. - I should hope not Mr aargh dies. – Tim Nov 23 '16 at 00:37
You answered regarding toilets, but what about actual Bath Rooms. That is, rooms with baths in them? – Tim Nov 24 '16 at 00:46
@Tim: A bathroom need not have a bath in it, at least not where I come from. Anyway, IIRC we see a bath in mimetic-B'Elanna's mimetic-quarters in Course: Oblivion. It stands to reason that all officers (or, at least, senior officers) have full bathrooms attached to their quarters. – Lightness Races in Orbit Nov 24 '16 at 09:29
The "best not to think too much" line was addressed to the audience. – geometrian Nov 24 '16 at 18:30
@imallett: No it wasn't. – Lightness Races in Orbit Nov 24 '16 at 18:38
@LightnessRacesinOrbit - You're assuming U.S. english, where "bathroom" means a toilet. Everywhere else, it's not a bathroom unless there's an actual bath. My point is that you need to think internationally in your responses. – Tim Nov 24 '16 at 20:18
@Tim: Assuming US English? I am English. I despise people assuming US English. Maybe it's different in your neck of the woods, but up here in Nottingham, "bathroom" is perfectly idiomatic! Not that I wasn't enjoying your unsolicited bollocking.... – Lightness Races in Orbit Nov 24 '16 at 20:38
@LightnessRacesinOrbit (out of universe) – geometrian Nov 25 '16 at 02:29
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Another explicit reference is made in Season 1 of TNG in the Episode "Home Soil" when the life form on a planet which was being terraformed interfaces with the Enterprise computer.
An Engineering Crewmember states, "The quarantine seal is getting weaker. Every time I try to redirect backup it goes somewhere else. I think I've. No, it's locked three people in a turbolift and two more in the programmers' rest room."
– Bamboo Nov 25 '16 at 04:23
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@imallett: Out of universe, every line on the show is addressed to the audience :P – Lightness Races in Orbit Nov 25 '16 at 21:17
@Bamboo: I read that as literally a room for rest. Why would programmers' have their own WC? Then again, why would they have their own room for rest, I suppose. – Lightness Races in Orbit Mar 05 '18 at 15:07
Which episode was it when Bashir said that? – shim Feb 14 '24 at 16:01

RoboKaren · Answer 2 · 2015-02-06T17:53:37.323

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Memory alpha mentions a toilet in the Star Trek brig (prison cell):

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Brig

especially in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

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There is a whole separate toilet entry in Memory Alpha however the toilet in the brig in Star Trek V remains as far as I know, the only visible representation of a potty on the series.

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answered Feb 06 '15 at 17:10

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@Roboken: The shallowness of this disturbs me. It looks like it's asking for a look of accidental contact of, uh, parts and, uh stuff. And splashback. Unless this makes novel use of force field, gravity, transporter, or phaser technology. – ThePopMachine Feb 06 '15 at 18:12
Frictionless surfaces, maybe? – Joe L. Feb 06 '15 at 18:16
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Vacuum pumps. :-) – RoboKaren Feb 06 '15 at 18:17
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It's a brig, not supposed to be neat or comfortable – Feb 06 '15 at 18:52
@cde - if you look at toilets in contemporary American prisons (known globally for their comfort and cleanliness) you will see that their toilets have much more depth allowing less contact of 'parts' -- even if they lack toilet seats and toilet covers. :-) – RoboKaren Feb 06 '15 at 18:58
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@robo mostly due to toilet technology. Basic gravity toilets requirements require that head room. – Feb 06 '15 at 19:07
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@ThePopMachine Perhaps they use a tractor beam. – mu is too short Feb 06 '15 at 19:07
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@ThePopMachine And even if it did... use... any of those things, I might be a little... afraid... to use it. – Feb 06 '15 at 19:38
This begs the question -- in the 24th century, do men stand up to pee or sit down? And where is the toilet paper dispenser? – RoboKaren Feb 06 '15 at 19:52
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@RoboKaren: They don't have paper. They must use a PADD. – ThePopMachine Feb 06 '15 at 19:55
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@RoboKaren There are these three seashells... – KSmarts Feb 06 '15 at 21:09
@ThePopMachine - I'd never take a PADD from Riker, just for that reason alone. – RoboKaren Feb 07 '15 at 15:59

score 14 · Answer 3 · edited May 12 '21 at 03:11

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William Riker shows us exactly where the only bathroom on the Enterprise was in the 1994 documentary "Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek — The Next Generation."

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I strongly suspect he was being facetious but still a good find. – Valorum Feb 06 '15 at 21:32
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@Richard: Don't you mean.... fecesious? :) – Lightness Races in Orbit Feb 07 '15 at 19:47
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@LightnessRacesinOrbit - This is the only time I'll let someone get away with a crap answer (badoom - tish!) – Valorum Feb 07 '15 at 19:51
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@Richard: You're just taking the piss now – Lightness Races in Orbit Feb 07 '15 at 19:52
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@Richard You guys are just flush with jokes this weekend, aren't you? – corsiKa Feb 09 '15 at 15:15
"There's a very thin line between a remotely funny pun and a painfully cringy one." - President Laira Rillak of the UFP – Sovereign Inquiry Nov 04 '22 at 23:11

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 22 '16 at 23:54

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This was addressed in my favourite Star Trek: Enterprise episode, Breaking The Ice.

The chief engineer of the Enterprise is asked by some Earth schoolchildren how the toilets on the Enterprise work. He tells them that all biological waste on the ship is recycled into other materials and used to make items such as replacement uniform boots.

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This, however, only relates to a single vessel. – Valorum Nov 23 '16 at 00:20
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That's true. The discovery of replicator technology in later centuries would certainly change the way they make new boots. I suppose they might feed waste matter from the loo into the replicator to recycle it. – Robyn Nov 23 '16 at 00:32
Actually, they don't (for the most part) – Valorum Nov 23 '16 at 00:47

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 05 '18 at 10:47

Of course Starships have toilets, and blueprints explicitly show and detail them.

U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D

The blueprints from Rick Sternback display toilets on various decks, here is a sample of Decks 1 (the Bridge) and 2. You can see a "head" on Deck 1, and on the Officers' quarters on Deck 2.

Enterprise NX-01

The Enterprise NX-01 blueprints also show toilets, i.e. the room labeled as 18 on Deck A:

Miranda Class

The blueprints of the Miranda Class also show "heads" on various decks:

These are just some examples. More blueprints can be seen at Cygnus X-1.

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Jonathan Frakes hosted a Star Trek top 10 shows at the end of ST:TNG, and said that the Enterprise had only one bathroom - and he pointed to a schematic screen of the ship, and to the room.

He wasn't joking. That was the only bathroom identified on the ship. I don't recall if it was the bridge area or not.

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Another answer (https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/81086/%CE%91re-there-bathrooms-on-the-enterprise/81110#81110) already has a link to that spot in a youtube copy of it. – Peter Cordes Sep 09 '17 at 02:26
Agree. Going to flag it as a dupe – ReinstateMonica3167040 Oct 30 '19 at 01:11

Αre there bathrooms on the Enterprise?

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