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Cigarettes for kids – and 12 wild Star Trek cards
Accuracy was simply not the point — and that makes the 1971 Primrose card set a lot of fun.
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The best part of The Enemy Within came from Roddenberry
Richard Matheson’s story was good. Gene Roddenberry made it great.
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That warp core in Engineering — isn’t a warp core
Also, did anyone else grow up thinking Scotty worked in the secondary hull?
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The first Trektennial: trivia, a Star Trek II update, and an interview with Rod Roddenberry
Gene Roddenberry’s assistant and companion takes over the semi-official newsletter.
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Inside Star Trek 12: meet the gaffer, learn a little about Paris
George Merhoff, the gaffer for most of TOS’ run, delivers fascinating details about lighting the sets.
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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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Inside Star Trek 10: Visiting the sound stages, meeting the music editor
Music editor Richard Lapham was entirely unknown to me. Sadly, I didn’t learn much about him here.
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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.
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Hauling garbage: the best trash can in half a quadrant
I love this little Cheinco trash can. It says so much about Star Trek collecting in the ’70s.
Collecting Trek
A TOS collection 40 years in the making
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