Documents (scripts, pitches, memos)

Review: The Joy Machine story outline and novel

Ted Sturgeon’s pitch was okay. The novel was disappointing. (And I wish I liked the vintage novels more than I do.)
The best part of The Enemy Within came from Roddenberry

Richard Matheson’s story was good. Gene Roddenberry made it great.
Is McCoy from Georgia?

Fans believe so. But…
How a high-school story and a DC Fontana letter launched Howard Weinstein’s writing career

The New York Times bestselling author was kind enough to tell me a bunch of his Star Trek stories.
There were no resurrections in Obsession

Lieutenant Leslie was killed in the middle of season two — and then pops up in later episodes. Eddie Paskey’s explanation for that is unlikely.
One of everything, please: 1969’s Catalog #3 from Star Trek Enterprises

IDIC pendants, all the scripts, even actual film footage from the set. Gene Roddenberry had collectors in mind even as the show was still in its first run.
The last-minute Roddenberry rewrite that elevated Balance of Terror

“Bones — what if I’m wrong?” Kirk asked in a touching scene in Balance of Terror. The original version of that scene was a mundane exchange until Gene Roddenberry fixed it the day before the cameras rolled.
Download Star Trek’s most important document

Gene Roddenberry’s 1964 pitch for his new show is arguably the most important Star Trek document ever. The pitch, usually referred to as Star Trek is…, was designed to sell the show to network executives and it’s an interesting look at Roddenberry’s earliest creative ideas.
The Roddenberry memo that helped launch The Making of Star Trek

The Making of Star Trek is one of the most important books in TOS fandom, and Gene Roddenberry was an early advocate of the project.
No Chapel, no T’Pau. The original Amok Time story outline

I own the Amok Time story outline Ted Sturgeon submitted to Gene Roddenberry. It’s a fascinating look at the process of creating an episode and at the Trek that could have been.