With time ticking before the premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the production requested bids from some of the top special effects companies to bring the Enterprise-D to life. This week, Daren Dochterman joins The Trek Files to talk about breakneck production pace, state of the art effects, and the business side of fantasy.
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8-19 Makeup supplies memo - 1967-1968
8-18 "In Essence, Nothing" deal memo - 1968
8-17 From the Bridge - "Gene's Back" - May 1987
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
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