They also re-worked "The Child" from a Phase 2 script (was supposed to be Ilia and Decker episode if I remember correctly). But there were a lot of cheaper eps in S2. The Royale is a painful example but now I kind of like it.
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Sorry, it was "Elementary, Dear Data" and "Q Who" that needed more money, according to director Rob Bowman. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Shades_of_Gray_(episode)#Production
As for "The Child," they did put that into development during the strike, with the thinking that they could shoot it essentially verbatim with only the character names changed, which they would've had to do if the strike had continued. But the strike was resolved early enough that they were able to give it an actual rewrite.
Something similar happened with the 1988 revival of Mission: Impossible, which was developed during the strike with the intention of doing verbatim remakes of old episodes with new actors playing the original characters. When the strike was resolved early enough, they retooled it as a sequel with new characters, and were able to do rewritten/updated versions of four or so classic-series episodes and otherwise do new episodes.
As for "The Child," they did put that into development during the strike, with the thinking that they could shoot it essentially verbatim with only the character names changed, which they would've had to do if the strike had continued. But the strike was resolved early enough that they were able to give it an actual rewrite.
Something similar happened with the 1988 revival of Mission: Impossible, which was developed during the strike with the intention of doing verbatim remakes of old episodes with new actors playing the original characters. When the strike was resolved early enough, they retooled it as a sequel with new characters, and were able to do rewritten/updated versions of four or so classic-series episodes and otherwise do new episodes.
Which is really confusing, because M:I '88 is supposed to be a continuation of M:I '66, but old man Phelps is scheming against two different Scorpio Killers with the same exact tactics and same issues 18 years apart.
It was a reboot but not really a reboot before such a thing was common.
Devil's Due also began life as a Phase II story, IIRC.
Well, keep in mind that the original series had little to no continuity. Sometimes the whole team would show their faces on national or international television at the climax of one scam, yet still be able to pull off another scam anonymously the next week. And every time they brought down the masterminds of "the syndicate" (i.e. organized crime in the US), it was still just as strong the following week. Not to mention that the series featured more imaginary or nameless Eastern European countries than could possibly fit into Eastern Europe. It wasn't until the final season that any attempt was made to refer back to earlier episodes or explain a cast change.
Um. "Yesterday's Entyerprise" was TNG Season 3; but that said, yes; they had less money (and a reduced episode count) for Season 2 - and hadn't budgeted it well - so they were running short and didn't want to overrun - so Season Finale clip show to the rescue.
I find the budget thing hilarious because a few weeks ago on Twitter Jason isaacs responded to someones picture of a home made discovery model asking if they could borrow that because they had two episodes left to film and were already over budget
Oh god the Royale. I actually loved that they kept referencing how bad the source book is as a sort of meta "well of course this episode is gonna suck, it's based off a crappy book. Ha ha...ha ha...ha...." *Shifty eyes* "totally intentional guys". Lol
I forgot a couple of my favorites:
1. After the "teaser" aired that just showed a rough version of the Discovery leaving an asteroid port...people said that the show would be about a secret Klingon-Federation alliance, and the USS Discovery was a joint-design endeavor.
2. The split Starfleet Delta symbol (arrowhead) signified that this was about a Federation civil war.
1. After the "teaser" aired that just showed a rough version of the Discovery leaving an asteroid port...people said that the show would be about a secret Klingon-Federation alliance, and the USS Discovery was a joint-design endeavor.
2. The split Starfleet Delta symbol (arrowhead) signified that this was about a Federation civil war.
My bunk theory is that Rejac isn't Rejac's real name.
He just called himself Rejac because he was actually possessed by the ancient entity Redjac, and "Rejac" is the closest Klingon pronunciation of "Redjac." The Redjac entity had made its way to Qo'noS some time before and thought it could use the Klingon propensity toward culturally acceptable ritualistic duels and bloodshed to feed its murderous appetite for fearful emotions of those it kills, without raising any suspicions. But that didn't work so well, because Klingons don't feel any fear when they fight and die!
So Redjac was actually relieved once it ended up lost in space when
, and it wandered for years until it found its way to Rigel IV and then Deneb II.
Prove me wrong.
Kor
He just called himself Rejac because he was actually possessed by the ancient entity Redjac, and "Rejac" is the closest Klingon pronunciation of "Redjac." The Redjac entity had made its way to Qo'noS some time before and thought it could use the Klingon propensity toward culturally acceptable ritualistic duels and bloodshed to feed its murderous appetite for fearful emotions of those it kills, without raising any suspicions. But that didn't work so well, because Klingons don't feel any fear when they fight and die!
So Redjac was actually relieved once it ended up lost in space when
Burnham killed the Klingon body it was inhabiting
Prove me wrong.
Kor
So far, it seems to ere on the side of conservative views of the world with the religious zealots attempting to build a destroying secular Western civilization and reuniting their ancient empire underneath the actions of a charismatic terrorist.
You can very much do this as Klingon ISIS vs. America.
Or I can use my own confirmation bias and say T'Kuvma was a founding member of the Tea Party and he wants to Make Q'onoS Great Again.
The problem with the Rejac/Redjac theory is that Redjac wasn't the entity's name for itself. It was derived from "Red Jack," an alternate nickname for Jack the Ripper (in real life). The Enterprise computer confirmed that it was of 19th-century Earth origin. Heck, Sybo was probably saying "Red Jack" and slurred the pronunciation because it was a foreign name to her. It was just one of multiple names the entity had been known by in its many forms. It was called Kesla on Deneb II -- which probably happened sometime within the century prior to this, because the computer didn't list Deneb II in its chronological list of similar murder sprees before it was interrupted at 2156. And it will be called Beratis on Rigel IV a decade hence. The implication of the episode is that the only reason it favored the Redjac name aboard the Enterprise was because that was the name with the most fear-inducing resonance for the mostly human crew. There's no reason why it would favor that particular nickname among the Klingons.
I thought that was about the Battle of Donatu V.
That's what I've been saying as well. Donatu V happened in 2245 or 2244, T'Kuvma mentions it as a prior engagement with the Federation, and it is in the right timeframe that Fuller hinted at.
@Kor There's also this: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Rejac_Crystal
Ah yes, undoubtedly some kind of corporeal manifestation of, or focusing point for, Redjac's psychic energies, created by the Klingon Rejac as part of his hobby as a skilled artisan.
Kor
There's also a Klingon familial line named Rejac in the '80s FASA RPG. Memory Beta is already theorizing that Torchbearer Rejac was a member of that line.
I admit, if they weren't Tolkien orcs, I would love a bunch of working class blue collar Klingons drinking beer while watching the Bird of Prey races and deciding Klingon society has gone to hell so they need to elect a great warrior to save them.
Then they'd elect Quark.
Oops, I made it political.
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