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Read Harve Bennett’s first pitch for Star Trek III
Return to Genesis featured Romulans instead of Klingons, Vulcans about to secede, and a misplaced declaration from Saavik.
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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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Journalists kept ruining Spock’s death in ST II
The entertainment media made sure most people walking into The Wrath of Khan knew Spock might die.
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Revisiting the FTCC cards for Khan’s 40th anniversary
They’re big, relatively scarce and I do like them, but the quality is not stellar.
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Anyone else make a Star Trek scrapbook — or just me?
A three-ring binder from my childhood years is a time capsule of newspaper clippings, photocopies, traced drawings, magazine photos, TV listings, and the nerd I was back then.
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Star Trek film history: a terrible trailer, Saavik’s parentage, and preliminary effects shots
Author Howard Weinstein shared three Star Trek films with me. Each is fascinating. One is terrible.
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Before VCRs, we had the Fotonovels. And they were glorious
In the before-time when home video was unknown, we had Fotonovels. Those great photos meant we could examine the bridge, the transporter effect and the tricorder’s control panel. Fotonovel 1 retells the most famous episode, and includes Harlan Ellison informing readers his script was better.
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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.
Collecting Trek
A TOS collection 40 years in the making
Collecting Trek 