Unfilmed 3rd Season Episodes

[Commishsleer]

Shockingly, Memory Alpha cites Marc Cushman's 'These Are The Voyages' books as a source in some cases. If that's a valid starting point for their article, I consider the whole thing to be suspect.

I was looking in Wikipedia and they said they considered using shuttles in "The Enemy Within" but it was too costly to film. I saw this was said by Chushman. Is it true? I mean if they had shuttles then the drama of the episode would have been lessened.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

I was looking in Wikipedia and they said they considered using shuttles in "The Enemy Within" but it was too costly to film. I saw this was said by Chushman. Is it true? I mean if they had shuttles then the drama of the episode would have been lessened.

I can't find what you're reading on Wiki. Honestly, I don't know. I just know anything by Cushman is dubious to say the least.

 

[Warped9]

I was looking in Wikipedia and they said they considered using shuttles in "The Enemy Within" but it was too costly to film. I saw this was said by Chushman. Is it true? I mean if they had shuttles then the drama of the episode would have been lessened.

I have never seen that cited anywhere including Cushman’s book. The hangar dreck miniature set and the shuttlecraft mockups simply hadn’t been built yet.

 

[mb22]

Sadly I only checked out his sources after I’d polluted my mind with his trilogy of books. Which means my head is full of even more rubbish! Much of what he has to say in his books have been widely criticised and brought into contention though. Sometimes he outright fabricates stuff to suit his narrative.

Not that I am sticking up for Cushman, but he does list sources, so that one can at least see if he is using them correctly. Anything unsourced is of course suspect.

 

[somebuddyX]

This has nothing to do with the original post but I figured I'd ask it here anyway, but does anyone know when Star Trek first did reruns? Was it after it got cancelled or was it doing it beforehand?

 

[mb22]

This has nothing to do with the original post but I figured I'd ask it here anyway, but does anyone know when Star Trek first did reruns? Was it after it got cancelled or was it doing it beforehand?

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Syndication#Early_Star_Trek_syndication
I assume this is accurate.

 

[Maab]

Not that I am sticking up for Cushman, but he does list sources, so that one can at least see if he is using them correctly. Anything unsourced is of course suspect.

Aside from the usual books, magazines and interviews, I believe one of the main sources for the first trilogy of books by Cushman was the UCLA library of Los Angeles, which has (among other things) a collection of Roddenberry and Justman papers. These documents can be consulted only in person at the library, so they are certainly not easily accessible for a casual fan. For his second trilogy Cushman had access to Roddenberry's private archives: as far as I know these latter documents have been made available only to Cushman (and Roddenberry's family members I guess). So, for good or bad, in some cases he had access to documents not available to anyone else.

 

[Ssosmcin]

This has nothing to do with the original post but I figured I'd ask it here anyway, but does anyone know when Star Trek first did reruns? Was it after it got cancelled or was it doing it beforehand?

WPIX New York (channel 11) began airing Star Trek just days after the final network episode ran.
https://pix11.com/news/see-it-1969-...the-wpix-lineup-starting-a-beloved-tradition/

 

[M'Sharak]

This has nothing to do with the original post but I figured I'd ask it here anyway, but does anyone know when Star Trek first did reruns? Was it after it got cancelled or was it doing it beforehand?

As was the case for nearly every other scripted show on the air at the time, Star Trek did a mixture of new episodes and repeats of previously-shown episodes.

Just do the math: if 26 new episodes are produced for a season, yet the season schedule calls for anywhere from 35-45 weeks of programming in the show's assigned timeslot, you're going to have to fill those other dates in the schedule with reruns.

Usually, there would be several weeks of all-new episodes, followed by a couple of weeks of repeats, then more new eps, a couple of repeats, etc. Reruns tended to fall during weeks when widely-celebrated holidays or major events meant viewers might be less likely to watch anyway.

 

[mb22]

WPIX New York (channel 11) began airing Star Trek just days after the final network episode ran.
https://pix11.com/news/see-it-1969-...the-wpix-lineup-starting-a-beloved-tradition/

I remember when that station ran the episodes in the early evening in the mid to late 70s (they later shifted to late nights in 1978). The episodes were all cut up of course, which continued with 'official' Paramount created cuts when they started using the tapes in the mid 1980s.

 

[Neopeius]

WPIX New York (channel 11) began airing Star Trek just days after the final network episode ran.
https://pix11.com/news/see-it-1969-...the-wpix-lineup-starting-a-beloved-tradition/

Thank you for that. One of our staffers asked what the main SF on TV was post-Trek and pre-Battlestar Galactica/Buck Rogers/Blake's 7. Another Journeyer said "Trek in reruns."

I have subscriptions to the Chicago Tribune and the L.A. Times so when we get to April '69, I can start checking the TV listings for reruns.

 

[mb22]

Thank you for that. One of our staffers asked what the main SF on TV was post-Trek and pre-Battlestar Galactica/Buck Rogers/Blake's 7. Another Journeyer said "Trek in reruns."

I have subscriptions to the Chicago Tribune and the L.A. Times so when we get to April '69, I can start checking the TV listings for reruns.

And two years of Space:1999.

 

[albion432]

Does anyone know how long before the construction of new sets that Matt Jefferies would produce his beautiful set sketches? Even if no new sets were under construction during TI, there might at least be a sketch or two of what those sets would have looked like. If they exist, they may never have been published due to a perceived lack of relevancy or interest, as the episode(s) they reference was/were never produced. They would, of course, be of interest to us fans, as a glimpse of "what might have been."

 

[Neopeius]

And two years of Space:1999.

That was taken into consideration... ;

 

[somebuddyX]

As was the case for nearly every other scripted show on the air at the time, Star Trek did a mixture of new episodes and repeats of previously-shown episodes.

Just do the math: if 26 new episodes are produced for a season, yet the season schedule calls for anywhere from 35-45 weeks of programming in the show's assigned timeslot, you're going to have to fill those other dates in the schedule with reruns.

Usually, there would be several weeks of all-new episodes, followed by a couple of weeks of repeats, then more new eps, a couple of repeats, etc. Reruns tended to fall during weeks when widely-celebrated holidays or major events meant viewers might be less likely to watch anyway.

Thanks for that. I wasn't sure if reruns was even a thing back then, like if you were a fan watching those first episodes but you missed an episode, essentially that episode might have well just been gone.
Thank you to mb22 and Ssosmcin as well

 

[comsol]

And two years of Space:1999.

Not to mention Logan's Run and Planet of the Apes, I would also count The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman as well as well as The Man From Atlantis and Fantastic Journey. There were also a bunch of Saturday morning shows for the kids, both animated and live action as well.

 

[mb22]

True, but all of the above didn't last very long (except the bionic shows).

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfZerhRy8lc

 

[MAGolding]

Not to mention Logan's Run and Planet of the Apes, I would also count The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman as well as well as The Man From Atlantis and Fantastic Journey. There were also a bunch of Saturday morning shows for the kids, both animated and live action as well.

And Quark and The Starcrossed, I mean Starlost

 

[Search4]

Thanks for that. I wasn't sure if reruns was even a thing back then, like if you were a fan watching those first episodes but you missed an episode, essentially that episode might have well just been gone.
Thank you to mb22 and Ssosmcin as well

I was young but definitely remember seeing Immunity Syndrome twice during the original airings. I was annoyed as I wanted a show I had not seen. And pretty scared of the amoeba, too.

 

[Neopeius]

Not to mention Logan's Run and Planet of the Apes, I would also count The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman as well as well as The Man From Atlantis and Fantastic Journey. There were also a bunch of Saturday morning shows for the kids, both animated and live action as well.

We were specifically discussing TV. I'd forgotten about the Six Million Dollar Man, but that's not really the same genre as Trek.

And the less we talk about The Starlost, the better...