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See Star Trek's First Pilot on the Big Screen with Director Robert Butler in...
Susan Oliver, Gene Roddenberry, Robert Butler, and Bob Justman on the set of 'The Menagerie' (1964)Readers who live in the Los Angeles area will want to put this one on their calendar. Robert Butler,...
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Drive-In Dream Girls: Star Trek's First and Second Yeoman
Tom Lisanti's Drive-In Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties (2012) will primarily be of interest to Star Trek fans for its interviews with Laurel Goodwin and Andrea Dromm, Grace Lee...
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An Evening with Robert Butler, Director of 'The Menagerie'
Director Robert Butler and Archivist Mark Quigley (January 24, 2014)I hope readers who were able to make it to the screening and Q&A with Robert Butler at the Billy Wilder Theater last week had as...
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An Evening with Robert Butler: Full Transcript
Director Robert Butler and Archivist Mark Quigley (January 24, 2014)Last month I promised I would transcribe the rest of the Q&A with director Bob Butler if there was sufficient interest. There...
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Finding a Composer for Star Trek's First Pilot
Still from 'Requiem for Methuselah' (1969)The process of hiring a composer to score 'The Menagerie' was an arduous one. According to Herb Solow, "We approached agents and managers, only to discover...
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Unseen Trek: "The V.I.Ps" by Gene Lesser & Malachi Throne
Malachi Throne in "The Menagerie, Part II" (1966)Story Outline by Gene Lesser & Malachi Throne (undated)Review and analysis by David EversoleOriginally Posted at Orion Press THE OPENING PARAGRAPH...
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Unseen Trek: Star Trek Stories by Gene Roddenberry
Gene Roddenberry on the set of "The Menagerie" (1964)Stories written by Gene Roddenberry (undated, possibly 1966)Review and Analysis by David EversoleOriginally posted at Orion PressTHE STORIES:This...
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'While He Wanders His Galaxy' -- Gene Roddenberry's Controversial Star Trek...
Alexander Courage's credit on "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1965)In June, I wrote an article about Alexander Courage's time on Star Trek, and some of the incorrect information that has circulated...
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The Truth About Star Trek and the Ratings
Still from "Court Martial" (1967)Introduction: Success or Failure?It’s part of the popular understanding of Star Trek that the original series was a ratings disappointment during its first run, which...
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Unseen Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever by Steven Carabatsos
Still from "The City on the Edge of Forever" (1967)Written by Steven Carabatsos (re-write of Harlan Ellison's teleplay; undated, probably October, 1966)Report and Analysis by Dave EversoleOriginally...
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Lieutenant Lee Kelso...on ice!
Paul Carr as Lieutenant Lee Kelso in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1965)Amongst the bonus features that accompany the first season of Star Trek on Blu-Ray is a picture-in-picture commentary track...
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Read Gene Roddenberry's Letter to Gene Coon about 'Spectre of the Gun'
Still from "Spectre of the Gun" (1968)In early July of 1968, Gene Roddenberry was mostly absent from the Star Trek offices on the Paramount lot. Instead, he was at National General Pictures, writing a...
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Read Bob Justman's Resignation Letter from Star Trek (and Gene Roddenberry's...
Gene Roddenberry and Bob Justman (1989)The third season of Star Trek was not a pleasant time for Bob Justman. Although he had been bumped up from associate producer to co-producer, he felt slighted...
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TV's First Interracial Kiss?
Still from "Plato's Stepchildren" (1968)Last weekend, The Agony Booth posted an article which examined the familiar claim that William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols' kiss in the Star Trek episode...
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Recommendations: Space Doubt and Return to Tomorrow
Still from "Assignment: Earth" (1968)I haven't been writing much lately -- I've been rather busy with real life, although I do have a few pieces in the works -- but I wanted to take a moment and...
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Fact Check: CBS Watch! Magazine (Star Trek Special Issue)
December 2014/January 2015 issue of CBS Watch! MagazineIf you've paid a visit to the supermarket this month, you may have seen the latest issue of CBS Watch! magazine, which is devoted to the original...
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On Pickups and Lifts in 'The Man Trap'
Still from 'The Man Trap' (1966)This one is in response to a question from blog reader Neil B., who writes, "In 'The Man Trap' chapter in These Are The Voyages — TOS: Season One, Marc Cushman and Susan...
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Leonard Nimoy: 1931-2015
Leonard Nimoy's first close-up as Spock in "The Menagerie" (1964)Frequent readers of this blog will know that I'm not usually at a loss for words, but on the subject of Leonard Nimoy's death, I am...
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And On The Seventh Day: Conflicting Production Accounts of Star Trek's Second...
Still from "I, Mudd" (1967)In early 2012, a friend sent me a spreadsheet which listed the shooting dates for every episode of Star Trek (1966-69). It had been meticulously compiled based on hundreds of...
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Orion Press Announcement and Plans for the Remainder of 2015
Behind the scenes photograph from the filming of "Amok Time" (1967)You may have noticed that my output has slowed considerably this year. I've been busier both at work and at home, and carving out the...
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