Inside Star Trek: The Real Story is a first-person reference work chronicling the production of The Original Series by series co-producer Robert H. JustmanMA and executive in charge of production Herbert F. SolowMA. It was first published in 1996.
Publisher's description[]
- Paperback back cover
- In the spring of 1964, a rumpled, soft-spoken ex-cop named Gene Roddenberry walked into the office of Herbert F. SolowMA, the new head of production at Desilu Studios. Roddenberry presented an idea for a new science fiction television series called Star Trek. Immediately seeing the show's potential, Solow struck a script development deal with Roddenberry on the spot. Soon, Solow and Roddenberry brought Robert H. JustmanMA on board and together the three men embarked on an incredible odyssey that would make television history.
- Inside Star Trek is a comprehensive look at the development and life of a television and cultural phenomenon. It is also the story no one else could tell. Between them, Solow and Justman had a hand in virtually every aspect of the development and production of Star Trek – from the battles with NBC and the internal conflicts with studio executives to the behind-the-scenes decisions about actors and their characters, writers, scripts, directors, budgets, and the endless details of weekly television production.
- At last, here is the simple, fascinating and accurate account of a unique television series launched against astronomical odds – a series that transported millions of viewers into another world and into an unprecedented, thirty-year, multimedia, multibillion-dollar cultural phenomenon.
Contents[]
- Who Are They?
- Preface
- Prologue: Riding the Red-Eye
- Act One: Genesis: The Two Pilots
- 1. The Back Story: Boy, Could He Tap-Dance
- 2. A Dreamer of Dreams
- 3. Get on Board, Li'l Chilun
- 4. Magic Time: The First Pilot
- 5. The Good Witch of the East
- 6. Magic Time Revisited: The Second Pilot
- 7. Strange New Worlds
- 8. The Key to the Asylum
- Act Two: The First Season: A Struggle For Life
- 9. Another Fine Mess
- 10. And Then I Wrote
- 11. New Faces of 1966: The Actors
- 12. These Are the Voyages: The First Season
- 13. Haute Couture
- 14. Gene's Genes
- 15. Who's on First? The Pecking Order
- 16. Flirting with Disaster
- 17. Running on Empty
- 18. On the Edge of Forever: Waiting for Harlan
- Act Three: Death and Transfiguration: The Second and Third Seasons
- 19. Saved by the Bell
- 20. Money, Money, Money
- 21. A Shoe Drops: The Second Season
- 22. If They Give You Any Trouble, Screw Them!
- 23. First, the Good News: The Final Season
- Act Four: Rebirth: Star Trek Lives!
- 24. Reborn in Reruns
- 25. All Our Yesterdays
- Epilogue: Live Long and Prosper
- Acknowledgments
- Authors' Biographies
- Index
References[]
Real people[]
- Majel Barrett • James Doohan • Harlan Ellison • D.C. Fontana • Edith Keeler • DeForest Kelley • Nichelle Nichols • Leonard Nimoy • Gene Roddenberry • William Shatner • George Takei
- Referenced only
- Alexander the Great • Isaac Asimov • Jack Benny • Ray Bradbury • Al Capone • Raymond Chandler • Jesus Christ • Cleopatra • John Ford • Sigmund Freud • Clark Gable • David Gerrold • Gilbert and Sullivan • Robert Heinlein • Mark Lenard • Rod Serling • William Shakespeare • Theodore Sturgeon • Ronald Reagan • Jules Verne • H.G. Wells • Stephen E. Whitfield
Characters[]
- Daniel Alden • Alice series • Andrea • Robert April • David Bailey • Balok • Beckwith • Philip Boyce • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Zephram Cochrane • J. Mia Colt • Nancy Crater • Decius • Elaan • Elizabeth Dehner • Sean Finnegan • Guardian of Forever • Roberta Lincoln • Lee Kelso • Leila Kalomi • Kara (Eymorg) • Lee Kelso • Keras • James T. Kirk • Roger Korby • Lazarus • Lebecque • Lokai • Flavius Maximus • M-113 creature • Leonard McCoy • Gary Mitchell • Harry Mudd • Nona • Number One • Carolyn Palamas • Christopher Pike • Mark Piper • Janice Rand • Rizzo • Ruk • Montgomery Scott • Gary Seven • Shahna • Khan Noonien Singh • Barbara Smith • Spock • Tommy Starnes • Stonn • Hikaru Sulu • Lwaxana Troi • Keeper • T'Pau • Tyree • Vina
- Referenced only
- Achilles (myth) • D'Artagnan • Devil • God • Mickey Mouse • Santa Claus • Satan • Tarzan
Starships and vehicles[]
- Airplane • Automobile • Truck
- Referenced only
- ambulance • Botany Bay • D7-class Klingon battlecruiser • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Enterprise • Galileo (class F shuttlecraft) • Model T • UFO
Locations[]
- California • Cleveland • Hawaii • Hollywood • Los Angeles • Manhattan • New York
- Referenced only
- Earth (Africa • Atlanta • Broadway • Cairo • Canada • Casablanca • Chicago • Egypt • England • Florida • Germany • Hong Kong • Karachi • Korea • Kremlin • London • Malibu • Middle East • Minnesota • Montreal • Moscow • Mount Everest • Ohio • OK Corral • Old Faithful • Ontario • Palm Springs • Philippines • Romania • Rome • Santa Barbara • South Pacific • Texas • USSR • Vietnam • Virginia) • Eden (myth) • Jupiter • Regulus • Talos IV • Venus
Races and cultures[]
- Alien • Betazoid • Gorn • Horta • Human (American • Bedouin • Communist • English • European • German • Hun • Irish • Japanese • Jewish • Russian) • Klingon • Orion • Talosian • Vulcan
States and organizations[]
- California Institute of Technology • Desilu Studios • Filmation • Harvard • Hell • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • NASA • Paramount • Princeton University • San Diego • Space Academy • Starfleet • United States Air Force • University of California, Berkeley • UCLA • United Federation of Planets • United States Army Air Force • United States Marine Corps • United States National Guard • United States Navy • Yale University
Science and technology[]
- artificial gravity • beeper • biobed • communicator • computer • deflector shield • electricity • Feinberger • life support • machine gun • medical tricorder • medscanner • PADD • phaser • phaser rifle • photon torpedo • power cell • revolver • rifle • scalpel • space buoy • spacesuit • stardate • stylus • telephone • transporter • tricorder • universal translator • viewscreen • warp drive • warp power
Ranks and titles[]
- actor • astronaut • captain • carpenter • chief engineer • chief medical officer • communications officer • crewman • director • doctor • engineer • engineering officer • first officer • gladiator • governor • helmsman • journalist • lawyer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medical officer • navigator • nurse • physicist • pilot • police officer • policeman • president • prince • professor • science officer • second in command • secretary • vice president • wizard • yeoman
Episodes and films[]
- Series
- The Original Series • The Animated Series • Phase II • The Next Generation • Deep Space Nine • Voyager
- The Original Series episodes
- "A Private Little War" • "The Alternative Factor" • "Amok Time" • "And the Children Shall Lead" • "The Apple" • "Arena" • "Assignment: Earth" • "Balance of Terror" • "Bread and Circuses" • "The Cage" • "Charlie X" • "The City on the Edge of Forever" • "The Corbomite Maneuver" • "Court Martial" • "Dagger of the Mind" • "The Deadly Years" • "The Devil in the Dark" • "Elaan of Troyius" • "The Enemy Within" • "The Galileo Seven" • "The Gamesters of Triskelion" • "I, Mudd" • "Journey to Babel" • "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" • "The Man Trap" • "The Menagerie" • "Metamorphosis" • "Miri" • "Mudd's Women" • "The Naked Time" • "Obsession" • "The Omega Glory" • "Operation -- Annihilate!" • "Return to Tomorrow" • "Shore Leave" • "Space Seed" • "Spectre of the Gun" • "Spock's Brain" • "The Trouble with Tribbles" • "This Side of Paradise" • "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" • "Turnabout Intruder" • "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" • "Where No Man Has Gone Before" • "Wolf in the Fold"
- The Next Generation episodes
- "Encounter at Farpoint" • "Haven" • "The Neutral Zone"
- Films
- The Motion Picture • The Wrath of Khan
Film, TV and literature[]
- 2001: A Space Odyssey • Alice in Wonderland • Bible • Dante's Inferno • Gone with the Wind • Hamlet • Mission: Impossible • The Time Machine • The Twilight Zone • The Wizard of Oz
- Reference works
- Gene Roddenberry: The Last Conversation • The Making of Star Trek • The Trouble with Tribbles • The World of Star Trek
Other references[]
- 1939 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1973 • 1977 • 1978 • 1986 • 1987 • 1991 • 1994 • 1 million BC • 1960s • 1970s • 20th century • alcohol • aluminum • anthology • ape • April Fool's Day • armor • arrow • artist • assignment patch • beach • beam • bee • billiards • book • boulder • bow • brain • bridge • bridge crew • briefing room • cake • captain's log • cargo bay • cartoon • cat • cattle • cemetery • censor • champagne • chess • chicken • chicken soup • chimpanzee • Christmas • cigarette • circus • city • civilization • Class M • club • coffee • colonization • corridor • court martial • crucifixion • cruiser • day • desert • divorce • dog • dollar • doughnut • earthquake • egg • engineering • épée • equinox • festival • flag • flea • football • fox • French language • galaxy • godot • government • gravity • Great Bird of the Galaxy • guitar • hammer • history • horse • hospital • Jefferies tube • jew • jungle • knight • Korean War • laboratory • Lassie • lead • lirpa • log entry • luau • magazine • magic • Mariner 5 • marriage • mastodon • mile • money • motorcycle • mountain • movie • Murphy's Law • mutiny • myth • nation-state • Nazi • nebula • New Years' Day • New Yorker • newspaper • Old West • Olympics • Orion slave girl • pilot • planet • plastic • poker • police • polio • polywater intoxication • Pravda • pregnancy • pterodactyl • quadrant • quarters • rabbit • radio • recreation room • redshirt • religion • replica • model kit • reptilian • Richter scale • Ringling Brothers • river • robot • ruby • rum • samurai • sauna • science • science fiction • scientist • scotch • second • shield • sickbay • singing plant • sitcom • sling • solar system • Soviet • space • spacecraft • special effects • star • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • starship • surgery • Swahili • sword • Taurean anthropoid • television • television series • termite • Thanksgiving • The Monkees • thought police • tiger • time • toilet • tribble • turkey • Tyrannosaurus rex • Uncle Sam • uniform • universe • velcro • war • warp drive • warp nine • warp speed • wheelchair • wooly mammoth • World War II • year
Timeline[]
Production history[]
- 1 June 1996
- First published in hardcover (Pocket Books)
- First released as an audiobook (Simon and Schuster Audioworks)
- 1 June 1997
- First published in paperback (Pocket Books)
- 1 July 1998
- Published as a German hardcover (Heyne Verlag)
- 3 November 1998
- Video adaptation released in America on VHS
- 25 November 1999
- Video adaptation released in Japan on VHS
Appendices[]
Related works[]
- The Making of Star Trek, by Stephen E. Whitfield
- The Trouble with Tribbles (reference), by David Gerrold
- The World of Star Trek, by David Gerrold
Connections[]
External links[]
- Inside Star Trek: The Real Story article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.