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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8-16 Tests for Make-Up/Hair/Wardrobe - May 12, 1987
8-15 Letter from David Houston to Gene Roddenberry - 1975
8-14 More Aliens in Lead Roles memo - 1989
8-13 Fan letter to Michael Eisner - 1978
8-12 Letter from Rear Admiral Miller - 1968
8-11 Creative Concept Notes - 1986
8-10 IDIC memo and "Is There in Truth No Beauty" - 1968
8-9 Sisterhood memo - 1986
8-8 Director Contract Request - September 29, 1967
8-7 Starfleet Operating Orders - 1987
8-6 Cosmopolitan Motors - April 1968
8-5 Fan correspondence - 1971-1975
8-4 Generation Gap letter - 1971
8-3 Star Trek directorial commitments - 1968
8-2 Gene Roddenberry "Metalaw" speech
8-1 Writing to Budget - 1987
7-24 Maiden Wine poem - 1968
7-23 - National Space Society speech - January, 1989
7-22 Letter to Bob Justman - June 4, 1987
7-21 The Cage call sheet - December 1964
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