TRUE STAR TREK® TRIVIA
So you think you know the History of Star Trek TOS? We'll see. We bet there are some things you won't know until you've read "These Are The Voyages: TOS" three volume series cover to cover.
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was born in Hardin County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. And for several days in December 1968, he was spotted on Stage 10 at Paramount shooting an episode of Star Trek. So let’s see how well you know your Lincoln quotes. Did he really say, “There is no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war … except its ending."
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Elvis Presley - Star Trek TOS ConnectionsOn the 80th Anniversary of his birth, January 8, 2015
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Rare cover of a TV magazine from the 1960s
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What was Lieutenant Uhura’s first name?
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What were the most expensive episodes produced for Star Trek: TOS?
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Name the episode where Captain Kirk tells Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, "Beam me up, Scotty!"
How did Star Trek really do in the ratings on NBC?
Which of these shows came in first, second, and third from 8:30 to 9 p.m. on Thursday night, May 8, 1967: Star Trek on NBC, Bewitched on ABC, and My Three Sons on CBS? What about from 9 to 9:30 p.m.? What show won and which lost: the last half-hour of Star Trek on NBC, or That Girl on ABC, or the Thursday Night Movie on CBS?
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Least Favorite Episode?
When asked if there were any episodes of the original Star Trek that he didn’t like, Robert H. Justman, one of the producers of the series, said, “I love them all … even the much-maligned ‘Spock’s Brain.’” But there was one First Season episode he and fellow producers Gene Roddenberry and Gene Coon did not want to deliver to NBC. What episode do you think it was?
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Do you know why the cavern floors on planet Janus IV (in Star Trek: TOS episode "The Devil in the Dark") are so flat and smooth?
In the classic Star Trek episode “The Devil in the Dark,” a creature known as the Horta bores tunnels through solid rock and reins havoc on a mining colony deep under the surface of planet Janus VI. Matt Jefferies, Star Trek’s talented set designer, worked hard to create the catacombs that take us deeper and deeper into the depths of the inhospitable world. The rough-blasted walls and ceilings of the caves and tunnels are beautifully realized. But what of the ground beneath? It seems a glaring flaw that the lower surface is clearly smooth and shiny stage flooring.
Gene Roddenberry took notice when he watched the episode for the first time on NBC and, days later, on March 9, 1967, wrote a memo to his producer, Gene Coon, saying, “This could have used some painting mottled effect, as it seemed awfully shiny and new and stage-surface-like for an underground mining installation. It took away from the reality, which the rough-blasted walls gave us.”
So why would talented men such as Coon and Jefferies, and Star Trek associate producer in charge of production, Robert H. Justman, allow for the reality of the episode to be suspended with flooring that was so clearly “stage-surface-like”?
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Gene Roddenberry took notice when he watched the episode for the first time on NBC and, days later, on March 9, 1967, wrote a memo to his producer, Gene Coon, saying, “This could have used some painting mottled effect, as it seemed awfully shiny and new and stage-surface-like for an underground mining installation. It took away from the reality, which the rough-blasted walls gave us.”
So why would talented men such as Coon and Jefferies, and Star Trek associate producer in charge of production, Robert H. Justman, allow for the reality of the episode to be suspended with flooring that was so clearly “stage-surface-like”?
Check your answer!
