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"Obsession" and "Gamesters of Triskelion" Filmed Out of Order?

Great year to be a Monkees fan! I hope he/she is enjoying it. Rhino is trying to get Good Times into consideration for record of the year.
 
I can just visualize a future press conference.....

Reporter : "Mr. Cushman, do you have any plans to write a book about 'Dr. Who'?
Cushman : "Who???"
:crazy:

Knowing The Cush like we do it would take him fifty years to write a decent account of Dr.Who and boy would he rake the cash in! :scream::scream:
JB
 
Yes, after the production numbers had been assigned, "Gamesters" and "Obsession" were filmed not in the planned order. They were reversed. The same thing happened with "Armageddon" and "Space Seed"--after the production numbers had been assigned, they actually shot "Space Seed" before "Armageddon."

I can't tell you why for either instance.
Might be that one or more of the guest actors was unavailable the original planned week for "Gamesters". If you recall TNG, "Unification Part 2" was shot before Part 1 due to Leonard Nimoy's availability. And "Symbiosis" was shot before "Skin Of Evil", in order to include Denise Crosby.
 
I thought Symbiosis was shot after Skin of Evil? It has a production code of 23 I believe where as Skin is 22! Is that right?
JB
 
No,no,no,no! He's just released two books (when he said there'd only be one) on Irwin Allen's Lost in Space! I'm wondering when he's going to start on Space 1999 as well! :shifty::scream::rolleyes:
JB

Well, he's covering The Time Tunnel in Vol. 2 of the LIS books and then Voyage is next. Land of the Giants is a logical step for him. 1999 probably not. All of the files he will mis-quote are in the UK. So, fans of shows across the pond need not worry.
 
I thought Symbiosis was shot after Skin of Evil? It has a production code of 23 I believe where as Skin is 22! Is that right?
JB

That is correct - Symbiosis was filmed second. You can see Yar waving goodbye in the background of the final scene as the hangar door closes.
Skin of Evil was aired after Symbiosis, of course.
 
Knowing The Cush like we do it would take him fifty years to write a decent account of Dr.Who and boy would he rake the cash in! :scream::scream:
JB
Did someone say "Cash"?

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Neil
 
I certainly remember there was more than one show where the "pilot" episode wasn't the first one filmed.

Although I'm sure there are a number of television programs that did not begin production by shooting the first episode intended for broadcast, it makes no sense for a program to film any episodes before an actual pilot.
 
It doesn't make sense but sometimes the producers have other reasons for filming or completing filming on the pilot after the second or third episode!
JB
 
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