Star Trek Memories (1993) (edit title/settings)

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• William Shatner: Author of the book and actor who played Captain James Tiberius Kirk on Star Trek (The Original Series). Noted for the rhythm of his speech patterns.
• Leonard Nimoy: Actor who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek (The Original Series), co-star of William Shatner on the show.
• Gene Roddenberry: Creator of Star Trek.
• Captain James T Kirk: Character on Star Trek (The Original Series) played by William Shatner. Captain of the USS Enterprise whose mission is to seek out new planets and new civilizations.
• Majel Barrett: Screen name for Majel Lee Hudec who was also Gene Roddenberry's second wife. She played Nurse Christine Chapel on Star Trek (The Original Series). She also played Number One in the Pilot for Star Trek.
• DeForest Kelley: Played Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy on Star Trek (The Original Series). Actually the Enterprise's third doctor. Was also cast as the lead in Roddenberry's first ever TV Pilot (not Star Trek)
• Dorothy "D.C." Fontana: Started as Roddenberry's temporary secretary, became a script writer for Star Trek, then a script supervisor for Roddenberry. She has also written books based on Star Trek.
• Oscar Katz: Brought Roddenberry's Star Trek to Desilu Studios.
• Matt Jeffries: Desilu Art Department employee tasked with sketching designs for Star Trek.
• Freddie Phillips: Make-up artist tasked with finding a way to make skin green and fashioning Mr. Spock's ears.
• Bob Justman: Producer for Star Trek TV show.
• Bill Theiss: Costume designer for Star Trek (The Original Series). Known for pushing the envelope of what network censors would allow and finding ways around the censor rules of the time.
• Jeffrey Hunter: Actor who played Captain Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode "The Cage". He did not return for the second pilot episode.
• George Takei: Actor who played Mr. Sulu (biophysicist and later helmsman)
• James "Jimmy" Doohan: Cast because he was known to the pilot's director. Able to do many accents. Played Montgomery Scott, Enterprise's engineer.
• Irving Feinberg: Propmaster for Star Trek. The most bizarre props came to be known as "Feinbergers"
• Jim Rugg: rigged the electrical work for the Enterprise.
• John D. F. Black: Associate producer who oversaw the show's freelance writers. Victim of one of the first practical jokes on the set.
• Nichelle Nichols: Cast as Lt. Nyota Uhura. Part of TV's first interracial kiss (though debate on whether they actually kissed in the take that was used on air exists.)
• George Rutter: Script consultant and scene consistency expert.
• Gene Coon: Began as a writer when Roddenberry decided to focus more on executive production. Later became a producer. Injected humor that came from understanding the characters. Fleshed out the characters and their relationships with each other. Coon died in 1973.
• Eddie Milkis: Hired to oversee Star Trek's post-production.
• Bjo Trimble: A woman from LA who drove to Cleveland to co-ordinate Tricon's fashion show. Tasked with including Roddenberry's Star Trek costumes in her fashion show. Becomes Star Trek's most important fan. Helps Star Trek get renewed for a third season.
• Grace Lee Whitney: Played Yeoman Janice Rand in Season One of Star Trek. Substance abuse issues revived under the need to lose weight for uniform to look its best and in the wake of two on-set assaults while under the influence.
• Walter Koenig: Joined Star Trek in Season Two as Ensign Pavel Chekov. Roddenberry based the character on The Beatles or The Monkees. Roddenberry wanted the character to appeal to the 14-16 yr. old crowd. Koenig delivered.
• Joe D'Agosta: In charge of casting for Star Trek.
• John Meredyth Lucas: Took over Gene Coon's duties part way through Season Two.
• John Trimble: Bjo's husband. Encourages her to help Star Trek get renewed for a third season.
• Arthur Singer: Star Trek script consultant in Season 3.

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Mann's Chinese Theater: The cast of Star Trek placed their handprints in cement here-Shatner says the reminiscing that occurred at this event is what germinated the idea for this book.
• Hawaii: Place Star Trek's behind the scenes staff would go to get away when the pace of work threatened to overwhelm them.
• Cleveland, OH: Location of Tricon the year that Star Trek was to premiere.

Organizations edit see section history

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Commonly known as MGM, it is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs., including Roddenberry's first show, "The Lieutenant".
• Desilu Studios: Created by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, this studio was set all over Hollywood. Originally very successful, it faltered with the Ball/Arnaz divorce. Signed a 3 yr. deal with Roddenberry to develop Star Trek.
• CBS: Desilu studios sent Roddenberry to a pitch meeting at CBS to try to get them to buy Star Trek. CBS asked lots of questions about the concept, then passed on Star Trek, but developed Lost In Space.
• NBC: Network that put up twenty thousand dollars of story money to have Roddenberry develop 3 story ideas. Eventually purchased the series.
• Tricon: A science fiction convention that predates Star Trek by about 25 years. Held in Cleveland, OH just before the premiere date of the TV show. Roddenberry attends to give sci-fi fans a preview of his series.
• Paramount Pictures: Bought Desilu Studios between Seasons 2 & 3 of Star Trek.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Trekkie: Originally, fan or devotee of the Star Trek TV Show. Later Trekkie evolved to have more of a fanatic devotee meaning and other fans adopted the name Trekker to signify their love of the show.
• Trekker: A fan of the Star Trek franchise.
• Tribble: An alien life form that Roddenberry created for an episode of Star Trek. The tribble multiplies rapidly and does not like Klingons.
• Klingon: An alien world created by Coon and Roddenberry. Warriors.
• chozzerai: Yiddish for "crap"-used by Bob Justman in script notes to Roddenberry
• raison d'etre: Reason for being--used here in the sense of a TV character having a reason for being part of the ensemble.
• accoutrements: items carried or worn for a specific purpose
• horta: a rock-like alien featured in one episode of Star Trek.
• red shirt: A guest crewman who usually wore a red uniform shirt and, if in a landing party, was usually the first to die.
• grok: know intuitively

Series & Lists edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. William Shatner (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Chris Kreski (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 791.4572

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some mature themes (sexual harassment, adultery) and minor language, but appropriate for mature teenagers.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Entertainment › Television › Shows
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Media › Star Trek
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Entertainers

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