Early drafts/outlines of episodes

[Airin]

Is there any place where you can read the earlier versions of some scripts? I know there was a book documenting the original script for "The City On The Edge Of Forever", but haven't found much about the other episodes. There are some summaries around, but unfortunately they just give a general overview and rarely show the actual dialogue.

 

[Grant]

The Unseen Elements of the Original Series Episodes

www.orionpressfanzines.com

 

[Firebird]

If you are in Los Angeles, there are the collections of Gene Roddenberry and Robert Justman at UCLA. I and several other members of the forum have visited there several times over the years.

 

[Airin]

If you are in Los Angeles, there are the collections of Gene Roddenberry and Robert Justman at UCLA. I and several other members of the forum have visited there several times over the years.

That would be ideal. But I'm not even in that continent so it's very unlikely I'll ever get the chance.

 

[mb22]

There most thorough look at script development would be The Trouble with Tribbles, David Gerrold's 1973 look at the writing of the same-named TOS episode that he wrote.

 

[Airin]

I found a few scripts and outlines online. These have been around for a while, so it's nothing new. But thought it would be convenient to have them listed here, for anyone interested:

-Collection of TOS scripts: https://tvwriting.co.uk/tv_scripts/Collections/Drama/Star_Trek/1_Original_Series/
-Scripts and outlines:

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-Original outline for "Amok Time": https://collectingtrek.ca/2019/01/07/amok-time-the-original-story-outline/
-Original treatment for Star Trek III: https://collectingtrek.ca/2024/06/06/st-iii-pitch/
-Roddenberry's outline for Star Trek IV (it has nothing in common with "The Voyage Home"; sadly unfinished): https://web.archive.org/web/20230401074113/https://www.roddenberry.com/media/vault/ST4-Outline.pdf