Bonk bonk! Bonk bonk!Nothing much for Billy Mumy, though casting him as Charlie Evan appeals to me for some reason.
If Star Trek had been at 20th Century Fox
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Bonk Bonk might be okay, but Jahn is the meatier role.. Though I think Mumy would have been about twelve when "Miri" was filmed so younger* than the character. Still a better fit tha Michael J. Pollard was.
*Yes I know the Onlies are hundreds of years old.
The Robot as Stella Mudd.
Eh, I don't know...
KIRK: Nomad, I made an error in creating you.
NOMAD: The creation of perfection is no error.
KIRK: I did not create perfection. I created error.
NOMAD: Your data is faulty. I am Nomad. I am perfect.
KIRK: I am the Kirk, the creator?
NOMAD: You are the Creator.
KIRK: You are wrong! Jackson Roykirk, your creator, is dead. You have mistaken me for him. You are in error. You did not discover your mistake. You have made two errors. You are flawed and imperfect and you have not corrected by sterilisation. You have made three errors, you tin-plated ninny.
NOMAD: **blows raspberry**
NOMAD: The creation of perfection is no error.
KIRK: I did not create perfection. I created error.
NOMAD: Your data is faulty. I am Nomad. I am perfect.
KIRK: I am the Kirk, the creator?
NOMAD: You are the Creator.
KIRK: You are wrong! Jackson Roykirk, your creator, is dead. You have mistaken me for him. You are in error. You did not discover your mistake. You have made two errors. You are flawed and imperfect and you have not corrected by sterilisation. You have made three errors, you tin-plated ninny.
NOMAD: **blows raspberry**
(Adapted from transcript)
I think that was Peterson's point, or a "nod and a wink" if you will, given the smiley he included, implying he wasn't that serious.. Of course, Mumy's age would have meant dropping the "smitten with Rand" angle.
Yeah.....no.If Star trek had been at 20th Century Fox, it would now be owned by Disney and it would now have its own attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
If Star trek had been at 20th Century Fox, it would now be owned by Disney and it would now have its own attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
If there's a fate worse than premature cancellation after barely limping through three seasons on TV, it's being owned by the House Of Mouse
Star Trek dodged a bullet 
Everything will be owned by Disney one day...
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It's already here!!! 
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Amazingly it looked okay.
http://www.uncleodiescollectibles.com/img_lib/Planet of the Apes 756 2-22-9.jpg
True. This ANSA Spaceship had four crew members in POTA(1968). There was only the Skipper and Brent in Beneath POTA(1970) leaving I assume seats to rescue two: Taylor and one of the other three crew members.
The ANSA Spaceships in seen in Escape POTA(1971) had only three seats as did the 1974 television series ANSA Spaceship. Escape POTA ANSA Spaceship was stated to be Taylor's from 1968, but it was physically shorter with only three seats seen in a deleted scene.
POTA 1968 and Beneath POTA 1970 interior ANSA Spaceships set - four seats:
http://www.uncleodiescollectibles.com/img_lib/Planet of the Apes 1093 5-6-17.jpg
Escape POTA 1971 and POTA TV series 1974 interior ANSA Spaceships set - three seats:
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/cockpit.jpg
This photo is from a filmed deleted scene that should have been included in Escape From The Planet Of The Apes(1971), but was not due to lower budget syndrome as you stated. The interior set was reused for the pilot episode of the 1974 CBS television series.
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/virdon96.jpg
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Not sure you could call it "traditional" as the crew number seemed to be mission-specific; four were needed for the goals of Taylor's ship, while Brent's--being a rescue mission--did not need four crewmen.
Taylor's ship seen as it was sinking was much larger than the grey/brown job that turned up off the coast of California two years later! The version seen in the TV series was much smaller inside as well with only three seats and no suspended animation beds or long walk along the interior!!! The fun to be had must have been...great!
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Yes, it was cramped in both Escape and the 1974 CBS series. I think it was the A.N.S.A. version of the three man N.A.S.A. Apollo capsule.
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/cockpit.jpg
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/virdon96.jpg
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I'm pretty sure they built only one exterior spacecraft mockup, and it was used in POTA, Beneath POTA, Escape from POTA, and the POTA TV series. It was modified for Beneath, modified again for Escape, and then used as-is for the TV show.
Taylor's original ship is purposely implied to be larger, perhaps much larger, because you can't see what's underwater. That plus the best interior made it the coolest version by far.
Everything you said is true. There was only one ANSA spaceship prop. It was used in POTA, Beneath and the Illustrated Man film as the long version. It was cut shorter for Escape and the pilot episode of POTA television series.
1968 and 1970 original long version:
http://www.uncleodiescollectibles.com/img_lib/Planet of the Apes 194 7-24-15.jpg
http://www.uncleodiescollectibles.com/img_lib/Planet of the Apes 720 11-1-15.jpg
http://www.uncleodiescollectibles.com/img_lib/Planet of the Apes 240 8-1-15.jpg
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/qrescu1.jpg
1969 long version ILLUSTRATED MAN:
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/timi2.jpg
1970 and 1974 cut short:
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/timeli1.jpg
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/virdoncrash.jpg
on the 2Oth Fox backlot after filming:
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/icarusmockup.jpg
http://www.goingfaster.com/icarus/rusting studio model.jpg
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I thought it looked smaller but I didn't know they had cut it down. I wish they hadn't, but a smaller mockup is less trouble to transport to a location shoot, and easier to store on the studio lot.
Agree. It fits in this scene from Escape:
http://www.uncleodiescollectibles.com/img_lib/Planet of the Apes 776 8-1-15.jpg
I wish that the ANSA spaceship prop have survived and was displayed in a safe location. It is a piece of science-fiction history like TOS Galileo shuttlecraft prop that was brilliantly restored.
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