The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture was Pocket Books's guide to the making of the first movie, which contained Robert FletcherMA and Fred B. PhillipsMA's costuming and makeup notes on the alien races and cultures glimpsed in the movie. The book is credited to Susan Sackett and Gene Roddenberry.
Description[]
- This is the full, exhilarating story of a journey as exciting – and as grueling – as any the Starship Enterprise has ever taken – from the birth of Gene Roddenberry's great idea to the completion of a great movie ... a journey that carried cast, crew and hundreds of behind-the-scenes people as far as imagination, skill and the latest special optical effects technology could take them.
- This is how it happened – the unexpected problems, the setbacks, the daily struggles and victories – from the reunion of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Chekov, and the rest of the crew to the final moments of triumph in ... The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Contents[]
- Acknowledgments
- Preface by Susan Sackett
- Introduction by Gene Roddenberry
- Chapter 1. Bon Voyage
- Chapter 2. The Resurrection
- Chapter 3. Sub-Warp Speed
- Chapter 4. The Almost (Again) Television Show
- Chapter 5. Déjà Vu
- Chapter 6. The Script's The Thing
- Chapter 7. Robert WiseMA
- Chapter 8. Arts Gratia Artis
- Chapter 9. Camelot Revisited
- Chapter 10. The Rest of the Knights
- Chapter 11. Spray-and-Wear Clothing
- Chapter 12. Put On an Alien Face
- Chapter 13. Property of Star Trek
- Chapter 14. Take My Advice...
- Chapter 15. It's Not All Done With Mirrors
- Chapter 16. Welcome to Vulcan; Please Don't Feed the Bears
- Chapter 17. All Hands on Deck
- Chapter 18. It's a Wrap
- Chapter 19. After the Trek Is Over
- Chapter 20. Optical Optimism
- Chapter 21. Keep On Trekkin'
- The Motion Picture Production Credits
References[]
"Real" people[]
- Isaac Asimov • Majel Barrett • Stephen CollinsMA • James Doohan • Harlan Ellison • Robert FletcherMA • D.C. Fontana • Alan Dean Foster • David GautreauxMA • DeForest Kelley • Persis KhambattaMA • Walter Koenig • Harold LivingstonMA • Nichelle Nichols • Leonard Nimoy • Fred B. PhillipsMA • Jon Povill • Jesco von PuttkamerMA • Gene Roddenberry • William Shatner • George Takei • Bjo Trimble • Grace Lee WhitneyMA • Robert WiseMA
- Referenced only
- Lee ColeMA • Albert Einstein
Characters[]
- Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Mike Cleary • Willard Decker • Ilia • Leonard McCoy • James T. Kirk • Janice Rand • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • V'ger • Vaylin Zaand
- Referenced only
- Arex • Alice • Cheshire cat • Guardian of Forever • Shiboline M'Ress • Paddy O'Ryan • Shamin priest • Tasha • Xon
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
- Aaamazzara • 114-Delta V • Delta IV • Earth (orbital office complex • San Francisco • San Francisco Navy Yards) • K'norm • O'Ryan's Planet • Rhaandaran • Vulcan
Races and cultures[]
- Aaamazzarite • Andorian • Arcturian • Betelgeusian • Deltan • Egyptian • Human • K'normian • Kazarite • Klingon • Megarite • Rhaandarite • Rigellian • Saurian • Vulcan • Zaranite
States and organizations[]
- Federation • NASA • Starfleet (command division • sciences division • medical • security • operations division)
Science and classification[]
- antigrav • armor • belt buckle • communicator • computer • computer clipboard • earpiece • helmet • one-man elevator • phaser • photon torpedo • respirator • scanner • sonic analyzer • space suit • stylus • temperature timer • transporter • tricorder • universal translator • Voyager 6 • warp drive
Materials and substances[]
Langauges[]
- Earth tongue • Klingon language • language • Saurian language • Vulcan language
Ranks and titles[]
- ambassador • attendant • captain • commander • communications officer • diplomat • ecologist • engineering chief • interpreter • lieutenant • navigator • priest • science officer • security chief • shepherd • technician • transporter chief • warrior
Other references[]
- 22nd century • animal • army • bee • Berbbotjahaa • bird • black hole • brain • bridge • cargo deck • clone • clothing • communication • desert • eagle • egg • emotion • engineering • esper • evolution • fish • foods and beverages • galaxy • gravitational field • heart • helm • infantry • jewelry • leopard • mathematics • matter • mind meld • music • poem • rhinoceros • Starfleet uniform (early 2270s) (assignment patch • class A uniform • class B uniform • dress uniform • jump suit • field jacket • shoulder board) • subspace • telekinesis • telepathy • Theory of General Relativity • turtle • Vulcan Masters • weapons control station • whale • wormhole • zero gravity
Appendices[]
Background[]
- In addition to information on various alien races, the book also published Roddenberry's backstory for Ilia, including details about her father, as well as information on Deltan culture.
Connections[]
External link[]
- The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.