The question in 1986 was how to make a Star Trek show for the next generation that still had familiar concepts and characters. Producer Bob Justman sent a flurry of memos with some ideas that stuck and others that didn't see the light of day. Larry Nemecek and John Champion discuss those creative decisions and how they affect the modern Trek landscape on this week's episode of The Trek Files.
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4-16 Star Trek New Show Titles - October 24, 1986
4-15 TNG Daily Production Report - 1987
4-14 Star Trek production report 1977 - part 2
4-13 Star Trek production report 1977 - part 1
4-12 10101001 first draft memo - October 1987
4-11 Star Trek budget - April 17, 1967
4-10 Gene Roddenberry letter to Ball State University - 1990
4-9 Gene Roddenberry interview transcript - 1974
4-8 David Gerrold memo - To Seek Out New Life - October 1986
4-7 Gene Roddenberry science memos to Robert Wise
4-6 Telegrams to Gene Roddenberry - 1968
4-5 Motion picture status letter from Gene Roddenberry - January 1978
4-4 Fan Suggestions memo - December 1986
4-3 Star Trek fan letters - 1975
4-2 - Gene Roddenberry letter to Sam Rolfe - November 1965
4-1 Journey to Babel makeup-costume note - September 1967
4-0 In Conversation with Robert Butler - July 2019
3-24 The Icarus Factor distribution list - 1988
3-23 The Icarus Factor first draft - November 7, 1988
3-22 Shel Dorf letter to Gene Roddenberry - Comic Con 1973
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