TRUE STAR TREK® TRIVIA

Question:

What were the most expensive episodes produced for Star Trek:TOS?

Answer:
Picture(Unaired film trim courtesy of Gerald Gurian)
The most costly episode made for the original Star Trek series, excluding the two pilot films (”The Cage” and “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” which rank No. 1 and 2, respectively) was “The City on the Edge of Forever.” Ranking at No. 3, this episode required extensive location production, set construction (that Guardian of Forever, for one thing), scores of extras, antique cars and other period pieces and costuming, and a big name guest star (Joan Collins, no less). The price tag was extraordinarily high for the 1960s. In fact, the cost of making Star Trek and its sister series, Mission: Impossible, were so high that these two shows broke the bank at Desilu and forced Lucille Ball to sell the studio to Paramount Pictures.
What do you think was the next most expensive episode of the classic 79 … and which other made up the
Top 15 TOS Piggy Bank Breakers?
No. 1:   “The Cage”
No. 2:   “Where No Man Has Gone Before”
No. 3:  “The City on the Edge of Forever”
No. 4:   “Balance of Terror”
No. 5:   “The Galileo Seven”
No. 6:   “Catspaw”
No. 7:   “Friday’s Child”
No. 8:   “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”
No. 9:   “The Alternative Factor”
No. 9:   “The Return of the Archons”
No. 10: “Miri”
No. 11: “The Apple”
No. 12: “Who Mourns for Adonais?”
No. 13: “For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky”
No. 14: “Amok Time”
No. 15: “Shore Leave”
Exactly how much did each cost? And why did they run over budget and, in all cases, beyond their schedule?

Find out in These are the Voyages:TOS, Season One , Season Two , and Season Three (due fall, 2014), from Jacobs/Brown Press.