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Tag: Gene Roddenberry

December 3, 2020CollectingTrek

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.

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September 17, 2020September 17, 2020CollectingTrek

Inside Star Trek 9: Polka-dot marshmallows and herding extras with Charlie Washburn

The second assistant director kept the set running on seasons two and three.

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August 28, 2020August 28, 2020CollectingTrek

Relive John Belushi’s final captain’s log

Gene Roddenberry thought the Saturday Night Live parody of Star Trek’s cancellation was “delicious.”

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August 14, 2020August 31, 2020CollectingTrek

Starship class, part two: Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies

I wrote recently that the Enterprise is in fact a Starship-class vessel. Lots of people disagreed. Lots. But then they also disagree with Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies.

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June 11, 2020June 11, 2020CollectingTrek

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.

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February 26, 2020CollectingTrek

What did AMT get for building the Galileo? And just how much does a shuttlecraft cost?

If I had a time machine, I would return to August 1966 and pay AMT to make me a Galileo. And I wouldn’t need to bring much cash.

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October 31, 2019June 4, 2020CollectingTrek

Star Trek as Canadian content

Although thoroughly American in origin, the diversity and peaceful collaboration the show espoused is very Canadian in tone.

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September 12, 2019September 13, 2019CollectingTrek

Waiting on Walter. My lunchbox needs him

Walter Koenig, I need you. Please come back to Toronto. Also, did you know Canadians got to see Star Trek before the Americans?

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August 1, 2019December 1, 2020CollectingTrek

Harlan Ellison put a drug dealer on the Enterprise. That was not the biggest script problem

Gene Roddenberry was right: Ellison’s version of The City on the Edge of Forever was not suitable for Star Trek, but the story is inventive and compelling and IDW’s graphic novel brings it to life with beautiful illustrations.

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June 12, 2019June 18, 2019CollectingTrek

The Concordance Color Book — and three fantastic surprise autographs

I bought this book years ago. I had never opened it. When I did, I discovered three major Star Trek autographs.

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April 3, 2019May 21, 2019CollectingTrek

Inside Star Trek issue 1: selling IDIC and dumpster diving for set pieces

The Inside Star Trek newsletter is an invaluable source for Star Trek’s early voices. Issue 1 detailed William Shatner’s busy schedule, told us about searching through studio garbage and shared a made-up story about the Vulcan IDIC medallion.

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March 28, 2019February 21, 2020CollectingTrek

A View-Master surprise, with Star Trek’s worst episode

The Omega Glory is the worst episode of the original series, but the View-Master version is magical. Step back to the 3D world of your childhood.

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February 26, 2019April 29, 2019CollectingTrek

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.

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February 18, 2019April 29, 2019CollectingTrek

A fun fake: Flight Deck Officer certificate

Do you have a Gene Roddenberry autograph in your collection? If it’s on a Flight Deck Officer certificate then…probably no. But it’s a fun item anyway.

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January 15, 2019February 26, 2020CollectingTrek

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.

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January 7, 2019May 6, 2019CollectingTrek

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.

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