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Look to 1950s sci-fi to appreciate the genius of Gene Roddenberry
A Clifford D. Simak story from the decade before The Cage shows how much Star Trek differed from popular tales of the time.
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Is the Enterprise bridge rotated 36 degrees?
I used to think so, but check out the on-screen evidence.
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The Cage had been cut to pieces, so how could Paramount release the episode?
Cobble it together with a workprint and bits from The Menagerie. And record a Roddenberry intro. Join me on a sentimental journey.
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Janos Prohaska chased Woody Allen in Take the Money and Run
The actor is largely forgotten today. See the contract Prohaska signed a few months before his last appearance in TOS.
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How fast is warp three?
Both the show bible and The Making of Star Trek got it wrong, so let’s correct that.
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Giant Poster Book one: a magazine that told readers “you’re at home”
Read about Spock as a modern hero, TOS’ soundscape and The Cage that could have been.
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Enjoy almost-lost audio from Star Trek’s third season
The mistakes and forgotten lines are funny but the best bits are the production history.
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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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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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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.
Collecting Trek
A TOS collection 40 years in the making
Collecting Trek 