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1-10 Fan Letter to Gene Roddenberry from Beverly Corcoran - March 3, 1967 Mar 27, 2018

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The morning after the first airing of "This Side of Paradise," Star Trek fan Beverly Corcroan wrote a letter to Gene Roddenberry. We welcome special guest Dorothy "D.C." Fontana to talk about fandom during Star Trek's first run and the curation of the Spock character in episodes that followed.

See the original document: Fan Letter to Gene Roddenberry from Beverly Corcoran - March 3, 1967

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1-09 Letter to Gary Nardino - April 17, 1981 Mar 20, 2018

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In the early stages of production on "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," Gene Roddenberry, now a consultant on the franchise he created, was shown a draft script. His response to the death of Spock is captured here in a letter sent to Paramount executive Gary Nardino.

See the original document: Letter to Gary Nardino - April 17, 1981

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1-08 Letters to Star Trek - Gene Roddenberry draft introduction - 1975 Mar 13, 2018

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Star Trek generated huge amounts of fan mail during and after its original run. In 1975, Gene Roddenberry's assistant started compiling a book of that fan mail, "Letters to Star Trek," and asked Gene to write an introduction. In this draft, we learn about one of Trek's famous fans, and we can see Gene's hand-written notes.

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1-07 Bob Justman memo to Gene Roddenberry - November 9, 1986 Mar 06, 2018

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As the premise for the Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot episode was hashed out, Supervising Producer Bob Justman sent Gene Roddenberry a memo asking that he consider the social and psychological effects of sending a crew of families on a lifelong journey. We are joined in this episode by someone who was there from the very start, Dorothy "D.C." Fontana, to share her insights into what made TNG tick.

See the original document: Bob Justman memo to Gene Roddenberry - November 9, 1986

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1-06 Letter from Rick Berman to Gene Roddenberry (January 7, 1987) Feb 27, 2018

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Early in their working relationship, Gene Roddenberry presented Rick Berman with a book of Monet's art. The next day, Rick sent a thank-you letter with one important request. Get a glimpse into Gene and Rick in the early development days of Star Trek: The Next Generation with our special guest, Paramount Executive Dave Rossi.

See the original document: Letter from Rick Berman to Gene Roddenberry (January 7, 1986)

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1-05 The Star Trek Format - March 11, 1964 Feb 20, 2018

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The document that started it all - The Star Trek Format is what Gene Roddenberry created in early 1964 to define what his TV series would be. We welcome a special guest who was there from the beginning, Dorothy "D.C." Fontana, to talk about developing Star Trek and how "Wagon Train to the stars" wasn't just a clever pitch slogan.

See the original document: The Star Trek Format- March 11, 1964

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1-04 TNG Conceptual Work (September 12, 1986) Feb 13, 2018

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What would Star Trek: The Next Generation look like without Gene Roddenberry? In 1986, Paramount lured Roddenberry into development by sharing a development document that looked nothing like what would eventually make it to TV a year later. Would you believe the USS Odyssey? With a Vulcan Captain? Who is actually inside the computer? Trek expert and Paramount executive Dave Rossi joins Larry this week to examine the Trek that never was.

See the original document: TNG Conceptual Work (September 1986)

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1-03 Star Trek Lives Draft Introduction (January 1975) Feb 06, 2018

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When the rest of the world started to take Star Trek fandom seriously, Gene Roddenberry was asked to provide an introduction for the book "Star Trek Lives" in 1975. Here we present an early draft with many of Gene's thoughts on Trek fans and forward-looking comments about the state of mass media.

See the original document: Star Trek Lives Draft Introduction (January 1975)

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1-02: Enlightenment on the Enterprise (October 1986) Jan 30, 2018

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A year before Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted, David Gerrold sent a memo to Gene Roddenberry, Ed Milkis and Bob Justman about the Enterprise crew tackling philosophical ideas. How does this have repercussions on Star Trek more than 30 years later? Find out in today's episode of The Trek Files!

See the original document: Enlightenment on the Enterprise (October 1986)

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1-01: The Star Trek Guide (April 1967) Jan 23, 2018

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In the debut episode of The Trek Files, we deep-dive into one of Star Trek's cornerstone documents: The Star Trek Guide, from April 1967. Your host, Dr. Trek himself, Larry Nemecek, explores the "believability factor" and how it influenced the development of The Original Series together with guest co-host: John Champion.

See the original document: The Star Trek Guide (April 1967)

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