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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9-15 Creative Concept Notes - 1986
9-14 Star Trek II movie fan club - May 1982
9-13 James Doohan interview - 1982
9-12 Contract Request Form - Directors - 1967
9-11 "A Price Far Above Rubies" beat sheet - 1989
9-10 "Pen Pals" memo - 1988
9-9 Distribution bucks - 1989
9-8 Fan letters - early 1970s
9-7 Proposed Stories by Hannah Shearer - 1987
9-6 Speech to the National Space Society - 1989
9-5 Letter of Recommendation from Gene Roddenberry - 1991
9-4 Gene Coon 'Star Trek' memo - 1967
9-3 Starfleet Academy - 1987
9-2 Genesis II fan letter - 1973
9-1 Writing for Star Trek is an Exercise in Agony
8-24 Possible Film Revisions - December 26, 1979
8-23 Starfleet Academy second draft - October 26, 1987
8-22 Apology letter to Gene Roddenberry - 1968
8-21 Star Trek budgets 1966 - 1967 - 1968
8-20 Star Trek season 3 writers memo - 1968
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