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Sunday, March 2, 2025

Recommended reading - Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series (1991):


Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series

By Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry.

Published by Titan Books Ltd.
Published 1991.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1852863633
ISBN-13: 978-1852863630

Description:

The behind-the-scenes story of the most popular science fiction show ever made!

Did you know … that Captain Kirk was originally Captain April? That Mr. Spock was nearly dropped as a character? That Dr. McCoy’s medical instruments were salt shakers? Why all buttons were banned? How the ‘beam down’ effect was achieved? What happens at Warp Factor Eight? All this, and much, much more, is revealed in this book that tells the complete behind-the-scenes story of the production of the science fiction series that became a phenomenon – Star Trek!