Star Trek may have broken a lot of ground on television, but the marketing of the show went boldly into new frontiers as well. A document aimed at fanzine publishers marks the transition to an "official" newsletter in what we might today call a bit of viral marketing. Tim Gaskill joins us again to discuss the ways Star Trek reaches its fans.
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2-03 Star Trek Phase II meeting notes - August 3, 1977
2-02 Andrew Probert spacesuit designs - June 1978
2-01 New Writers Memo - November 1986
1-24 American Baptist Convention letter to Gene Roddenberry - April 15, 1959
1-23 Fred Freiberger writer's memo to Gene Roddenberry - May 2, 1968
1-22 David Gerrold memo - No Tribbles At All - November 2, 1986
1-21 Andrew Probert letter to Gene Roddenberry - June 19, 1972
1-20 Gary Nardino memo to Gene Roddenberry - September 15, 1977
1-19 Leslie Crusher memo by Dorothy Fontana - December 18, 1986
1-18 Gene Roddenberry memo to Jerry Eisenberg - 1976 - Part 3
1-17 Gene Roddenberry memo to Jerry Eisenberg - 1976 - Pt 2
1-16 Gene Roddenberry memo to Jerry Eisenberg - 1976 - Part 1
1-15 Gene Roddenberry's Favorite Star Trek Episodes - Early 1970s
1-14 Fan letter to Gene Roddenberry - March 25, 1991
1-13 Letter from DC Fontana to Star Trek Fans - August 22, 1972
1-12 Excerpt from a Gene Roddenberry reply to a fan letter - February 11, 1972
1-11 Writing Star Trek is an Exercise in Agony
1-10 Fan Letter to Gene Roddenberry from Beverly Corcoran - March 3, 1967
1-09 Letter to Gary Nardino - April 17, 1981
1-08 Letters to Star Trek - Gene Roddenberry draft introduction - 1975
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