WI: No Star Trek and no Lord of The Rings?

Without Roddenberry is it possible some of the core writers/set designers/etc for Trek could come together on another Desilu Sci-Fi project? Or was Roddenberry the key for getting the creative minds together?
 
But this is focussing on one of two points, the other being the lack of Star Trek. Makes me wonder if, without Start Trek, Doctor Who might not have been fractionally more popular.

Regarding the lack of Trek, I'd say that the rise of a future space exploration show would still happen. Forbidden Planet changed the sci-fi game somewhat, I imagine that it'd inspire a few ideas as television became more widespread.

I consider Forbidden Planet to sort of be a proto-Trek: cheesy as hell, OK, but some of the formula was there, along with a far more imaginative idea for alien stuff than guys in rubber suits.
 
Regarding the lack of Trek, I'd say that the rise of a future space exploration show would still happen. Forbidden Planet changed the sci-fi game somewhat, I imagine that it'd inspire a few ideas as television became more widespread.

I consider Forbidden Planet to sort of be a proto-Trek: cheesy as hell, OK, but some of the formula was there, along with a far more imaginative idea for alien stuff than guys in rubber suits.
Well it never got an actual TV serial based around it, but there was Lost In Space, which didn't have many rubber-suit aliens, but did have plastic props and paper-mache scenery. Also, the money spent on an hour-and-a-half movie doesn't go so far when spread over a dozen and a half half-hour TV shows, so you're not going to be getting movie quality special effects for the small screen anyway.
 
How much Technology is different without Trek? Fliphones, Tablets, touch screens, hyposprays, scanning devices are all differently inspired?

Also how many people don't get into Science or Space Technology without Trek to encourage them- esp ethnic minorities?
 
How much Technology is different without Trek? Fliphones, Tablets, touch screens, hyposprays, scanning devices are all differently inspired?

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Resistive Touchscreens date from 1970 as it was
 
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I wonder what sort of effect losing Tolkein would have on CS Lewis and his work? They were close freinds and writing buddies. Would Lewis still become just a strong Christian?

From Wiki: Lewis returned to Anglicanism at the age of 32, owing to the influence of Tolkien and other friends, and he became an "ordinary layman of the Church of England". His faith profoundly affected his work, and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim.
 
I wonder what sort of effect losing Tolkein would have on CS Lewis and his work? They were close freinds and writing buddies. Would Lewis still become just a strong Christian?


By the POD given, he not only already had, he'd also published the space trillogy.
 

oberdada

Gone Fishin'
Without Star Treck, a US network might buy German Raumpatroille, although it was black and white.

Without Star Treck we would also loose the first big wave of fan fiction, so the second wave (darkover) might be a lot smaller, if it happens at all. Of course, once the internet becomes mainstream, there is no stopping it...
 
Without Star Treck, a US network might buy German Raumpatroille, although it was black and white.

Without Star Treck we would also loose the first big wave of fan fiction, so the second wave (darkover) might be a lot smaller, if it happens at all. Of course, once the internet becomes mainstream, there is no stopping it...
To be fair, science might go a bit screwy. Lots of scientists credit their interest in it to Star Trek. It inspired dozens of new ideas IE Smartphones. Without Star Trek, the mental image of the future is far changed.
 
To be fair, science might go a bit screwy. Lots of scientists credit their interest in it to Star Trek. It inspired dozens of new ideas IE Smartphones. Without Star Trek, the mental image of the future is far changed.

Could look more like UFO

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Without Star Trek, a US network might buy German Raumpatrouille, although it was black and white.
Black & White
Needs to be dubbed
Episodes are to long for the 1-hour slot
There are only 7 episodes

IOW Space Patrol Orion is completely unsuited for that market
 

oberdada

Gone Fishin'
But how many US households actually had a color TV in 1967?

The Series was sold into 40 different countries and dubbed.

I didn't consider the episode length, but a creative editor could easily make than shorter.

Anyhow, maybe just a legend that Raumpatroille was almost sold into the US...
 
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But how many US households actually had a color TV in 1967?
NBC’s quarterly color estimates:
Date Color Households % of All Households
January 1st, 1967 9,510,000
January 1st, 1968 14,130,000 Roughly 25%
January 1st, 1969 19,200,000 Roughly 33%
April 1st, 1969 20,560,000
October 1st, 1970 26,200,000
July 1st, 1971 29,700,000 Roughly 48%
 
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