It might seem like a given that a TV series must be written to fit a budget. In the early days of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," a serious concern between Gene Roddenberry and Bob Justman was to keep the scripts under control. Returning guest Mike DeMeritt joins The Trek Files to help parse the intersection of creativity and commerce.
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3-19 Gene Roddenberry to Dick Sylbert - November 1975
3-18 Further notes on the Ferengi - June 22, 1987
3-17 Code of Honor first draft script notes - April 30, 1987
3-16 Convention Profits Letter to Gene Roddenberry - 1972
3-15 A Hole in the Universe - NBC Standards - 1973
3-14 Sam Peeples notes on The Cage - April 1965
3-13 STAB Paramount letter - July 1973
3-12 Jeffrey Ferguson fan film letters - December 1968
3-11 Questor publicity - 1974
3-10 Writers memo - May 2, 1968
3-9 TNG Weapons and Tactics - January 30, 1987
3-8 Corey Allen - Farpoint director notes - April 26, 1987
3-7 Enterprise Flight Manual - 1978
3-6 The Counter-Clock Incident revised draft - July 31, 1974
3-5 Piece of Mind story draft - January 17, 1990
3-4 Assignment Earth extras casting - January 5, 1968
3-3 Hispanics on the Enterprise - 1989
3-2 Gene Roddenberry letter to Bjo Trimble - 1968
3-1 Winter's End story pitch - December 1986
2-24 Save Star Trek - 1967
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