Wil Thoms

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Wil Thoms
Roles:	Special Effects Technician
In-joke(s):	Bill Thoms (Captain), Bill Thoms (Lieutenant), W. Thoms, Thomsworld Spaceport

Wil Thoms is a special effects artist who worked as special effects technician on set on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. He also worked as special effects artist on the 1996 video game Star Trek: Klingon, his only credited Star Trek work. On Enterprise, Thoms was responsible for the automatic doors and the extension of T'Pol's scope.

Multiple references to Thoms have been made in-universe:

• Captain Bill Thoms in TNG: "The Measure Of A Man", "Violations" and VOY: "Message in a Bottle"
• Lieutenant Bill Thoms in VOY: "Projections", "Parturition"
• W. Thoms in ENT: "Broken Bow", "Affliction", "Demons"
• Thomsworld Spaceport in TNG: "Inheritance"

Star Trek credits

(This list is currently incomplete.)

• TNG:
  • "The Schizoid Man" (uncredited, Season 2)
  • "Suddenly Human" (uncredited, Season 4)
  • "Clues" (uncredited)
  • "First Contact" (uncredited)
  • "Galaxy's Child" (uncredited)
  • "Night Terrors" (uncredited)
  • "Identity Crisis" (uncredited)
  • "The Nth Degree" (uncredited)
  • "Qpid" (uncredited)
  • "The Drumhead" (uncredited)
  • "Half a Life" (uncredited)
  • "The Host" (uncredited)
  • "The Mind's Eye" (uncredited)
  • "In Theory" (uncredited)
  • "Redemption" (uncredited)
  • "Redemption II" (uncredited, Season 5)
  • "Darmok" (uncredited)
  • "Ensign Ro" (uncredited)
  • "Silicon Avatar" (uncredited)
  • "Disaster" (uncredited)
  • "The Game" (uncredited)
  • "Unification II" (uncredited)
  • "Unification I" (uncredited)
  • "A Matter Of Time" (uncredited)
  • "New Ground" (uncredited)
  • "Hero Worship" (uncredited)
  • "Violations" (uncredited)
  • "The Masterpiece Society" (uncredited)
  • "Conundrum" (uncredited)
  • "Power Play" (uncredited)
  • "Ethics" (uncredited)
  • "The Outcast" (uncredited)
  • "Cause And Effect" (uncredited)
  • "The First Duty" (uncredited)
  • "Cost Of Living" (uncredited)
  • "The Perfect Mate" (uncredited)
  • "Imaginary Friend" (uncredited)
  • "I Borg" (uncredited)
  • "Timescape" (uncredited, Season 6)
  • "Descent" (uncredited)
  • "Homeward" (uncredited, Season 7)
  • "Bloodlines" (uncredited)
  • "All Good Things..." (uncredited)
• VOY:
  • "Caretaker" (uncredited, Season 1)
  • "Parallax" (uncredited)
  • "Time and Again" (uncredited)
  • "Phage" (uncredited)
  • "The Cloud" (uncredited)
  • "Eye of the Needle" (uncredited)
  • "Ex Post Facto" (uncredited)
  • "Emanations" (uncredited)
  • "Prime Factors" (uncredited)
  • "State of Flux" (uncredited)
  • "Heroes and Demons" (uncredited)
  • "Cathexis" (uncredited)
  • "Faces" (uncredited)
  • "Jetrel" (uncredited)
  • "Learning Curve" (uncredited)
  • "Projections" (uncredited, Season 2)
  • "Elogium" (uncredited)
  • "Twisted" (uncredited)
  • "The 37's" (uncredited)
  • "Initiations" (uncredited)
  • "Non Sequitur" (uncredited)
  • "Parturition" (uncredited)
  • "Persistence of Vision" (uncredited)
  • "Resistance" (uncredited)
• ENT:
  • "Broken Bow" (uncredited, Season 1)
  • "Fight or Flight" (uncredited)
  • "Strange New World" (uncredited)
  • "Unexpected" (uncredited)
  • "Terra Nova" (uncredited)
  • "The Andorian Incident" (uncredited)
  • "Breaking the Ice" (uncredited)
  • "Civilization" (uncredited)
  • "Fortunate Son" (uncredited)
  • "Cold Front" (uncredited)
  • "Silent Enemy" (uncredited)
  • "Dear Doctor" (uncredited)
  • "Sleeping Dogs" (uncredited)
  • "Shadows of P'Jem" (uncredited)
  • "Shuttlepod One" (uncredited)
  • "Fusion" (uncredited)
  • "Rogue Planet" (uncredited)
  • "Acquisition" (uncredited)
  • "Oasis" (uncredited)
  • "Detained" (uncredited)
  • "Vox Sola" (uncredited)
  • "Fallen Hero" (uncredited)
  • "Desert Crossing" (uncredited)
  • "Two Days and Two Nights" (uncredited)
  • "Shockwave" (uncredited)
  • "The Catwalk" (uncredited, Season 2)
  • "Countdown" (uncredited, Season 3)

External link

• Wil Thorns at the Internet Movie Database