In the sixth week's worth of posts the highlight was a look at the evolution of the opening monologue, perhaps one of the most iconic bits of scripting in media history! Continue below for that and more.
The week started with a three-day run of slide images, the red toned stills from the episodes. Day thirty-six was Spock and the Horta, followed by a shot of Sulu, and then Scotty, on days thirty-seven and thirty-eight.
Day thirty-nine explored another character, in two posts: There was a nice behind the scenes shot of Leonard Nimoy on set from the production of The Cage, plus an interview with Nimoy, discussing how he deals with Spock's emotions.
Day forty was also brought two posts, with the first and second drafts of the iconic opening narration.
The final draft then followed on day forty-one, and really polished up rather nicely!
The last post from week six gives a great insight into the production of the series, a letter regarding the failure of actor John Drew Barrymore to arrive for production of The Alternative Factor. The letter lays out the costs to the production as a result. Barrymore was subsequently suspended from the Screen Actors Guild for six months, and was replaced in the role as Lazarus by Robert Brown.
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This stuff is great. I absolutely love it. It remonds me of the book Herb Solow and Robert Justman wrote, "Inside Star Trek". A fantastic behind the scenes read about the original series for anyone who hasn't read it.
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