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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6-05 Letter from Franz Joseph to Lincoln Enterprises - 1973
6-04 Letter from Franz Joseph - May 14, 1973
6-03 Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee - 1998
6-02 Star Trek stamp campaign - October 1995
6-01 Star Trek Writer-Director Info, August 1966
5-24 Thank you notes from Majel Barret Roddenberry - 1991
5-23 Star Trek opening narration - August 2, 1966
5-22 Gene Roddenberry confidential letter to Eddie Milkis - 1986
5-21 Dorothy Fontana letter to Don Page - April 1973
5-20 The Gamesters of Triskelion production report - 1967
5-19 The Gamesters of Pentathlon - August 1, 1967
5-18 Spockanalia 4 - April 1969
5-17 Star Trek publications request - Cornell University - 1973
5-16 Fan letters to Gene Roddenberry - 1970s
5-15 Profanity in Star Trek - Majel Barrett Roddenberry - 1994
5-14 Gene Roddenberry's first thoughts on TNG - October 1986
5-13 Star Trek Lives draft introduction - 1975
5-12 Isaac Asimov and the Laws of Robotics - 1986
5-11 Star Trek Cancelled - letters from Probert and Gerrold
5-10 Hole in the Sky - 1987
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