For a little fun...a nice list of Actor-Presidents...
1969 - 1974 John Wayne (Republican) [1]
1974 - 1977 Robert ‘Bob’ Dornan (Republican) [2]
1977 - 1981 Robert Redford (Democrat) [3]
1981 - 1989 James Earl Jones (Republican) [4]
1989 - 1993 Clint Eastwood (Republican) [5]
1993 - 2001...
“They came begging, grovelling really, and I was only too happy to agree, and besides, I had an interesting idea in any case.”
Stardate, August 1984, Harlan Ellison Speaks
“I wanted to do something special, something that returned us a bit to the first season, and I was willing to...
Top Ten Star Trek Episodes - Editor’s Choice (Starlog, June 1986)
1: City on the Edge of Forever
2: Balance of Terror
3: Space Seed
4: Mirror, Mirror
5: Joanna
6: The Trouble With Tribbles
7: The Enemy Within
8: Amok Time
9: Mudd’s Enterprise
10: Arena
Star Trek: The Original Series (Season Four, Episodes 7 - 13) - Broadcast Order (Starlog, June 1986)
Godhead
Directed by: David Alexander
Written by: John Meredith Lucas
Guest Star: Jack Palance
This script had been sitting around for more than a year before it was pulled out during the...
“Total chaos and confusion. We were filming ‘Mission to Cygnus’ when I arrived, the tenth of the season, and only had final drafts of eleven through fourteen. Still, I think it definitely gave me a chance to see what I could do, though it wasn’t the same without Herb.”
Starlog, June...
I've got blurbs written for all but the last four episodes now, and I pretty much know those. One of the interesting things is to work out what sort of episodes each writer would have produced; there are a few outlines that might have been used for a Fourth Season, but some of them are either...
“And then, there we were, back on the air, and my name in the production credits. Which seemed so strange, remembering just a few years ago. At this point, I didn’t think it would last for more than a few weeks, though. Hell, no-one did.”
You Think You’ve Got Tribbles: Memories of a Script...
Million Years Old
Director: Jud Taylor
Writer: Jerome Bixby
Guest Star: Jack Klugman
This episode sees the first of what would be a regular occurrence in the fourth season - the Enterprise investigating problems at a Starfleet installation, though this would be the cream of the crop...
“There was a running gag that on Star Trek, the doughnuts were cut in half. On the fourth season, we could have only dreamed of having doughnuts.”
You Think You’ve Got Tribbles: Memories of a Script Editor on the Starship Enterprise, David Gerrold
“Unquestionably, there was less time and...
Another reason why no-one's going to try and stop him - he isn't changing studios, and Mission has a lot more friends in Paramount Corporate at this point.
Terry Nation had quite a few stock names...expect the guest star to be named 'Tarrant'. I will say that it does not involve the Daleks...
“There was a running gag that on Star Trek, the doughnuts were cut in half. On the fourth season, we could have only dreamed of having doughnuts.”
You Think You’ve Got Tribbles: Memories of a Script Editor on the Starship Enterprise, David Gerrold
“Unquestionably, there was less time and...
Landau had been seriously considered for the role of Spock OTL, again when it looked like Nimoy wouldn't come back for the Second Season...and I think that Star Trek can only dream of such advanced technology and funding in its Fourth Season! They really are doing this on a shoestring.
What...
“He wanted a shapeshifter! On our budget! We all laughed at that before we realized that he was actually serious, and we had to talk him down from it. Ultimately, the one thing we already had was a lot of ears.”
You Think You’ve Got Tribbles: Memories of a Script Editor on the Starship...
“We were wiped out, off the schedule, killed. I was looking for other things to do next year, and finding that everyone still thought of me as Captain Kirk. Fortunately, so did Paramount.”
Star Trek Memories, William Shatner
“It was an easy decision, yes. Do I regret it? A little...