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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7-04 Star Trek Conventions - 1975 - 1976
Star Trek: The Motion Picture call sheets - October 1978
7-02 Business affairs 1975 and lunch notes 1986
7-01 Ralph Senensky
6-24 Star Trek motion picture poll - 1976
6-23 Plato's Stepchildren composers - 1968
6-22 Columbia record memo - 1976
6-21 Wesley Crusher casting - 1987
6-20 Letter to Gerald Fried - June 5, 1968
6-19 Condolence letter from Ronald Reagan - 1991
6-18 - Star Trek Continuing Characters - 1968
6-17 Portraits of American Genius - 1991
6-16 Letter from Gene Roddenberry to Dan Madsen - 1991
6-15 - Journey to Babel story outline - June 23, 1967
6-14 Letter from Gene Roddenberry re: Lincoln Enterprises - ca. 1975
6-13 Conn Position memo - July 23, 1990
6-12 Fan letter to Gene Roddenberry - 1971
6-11 - Plato's Stepchildren production documents - 1968
6-10 Star Trek: The Next Generation distribution list - 1990
6-09 Gene Roddenberry letters to writers - 1959
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