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!