I posted about this in the Fact Check thread, but I figured it was interesting enough to warrant its own discussion.
@Maurice and I have been doing a ton of research lately looking through reams of paperwork from the original Star Trek. Some of the most interesting material — and I don't necessarily mean to use that as a synonym for "good," since some of this stuff is just dreadful — are the story outlines and scripts written for episodes that were never made.
Some of this stuff has long-circulated at conventions or has become well-known via making-of books, but outside of an archival setting, much of it has never been seen. Even Cushman's books give a lot of this stuff short shrift.
Anyway, I wrote the following article with @Maurice covering ten of those unmade Treks, doing my best to excerpt as much behind-the-scenes material as possible given the limitations of where it was published. I'd love to hear what people think — and also, more generally, discuss these and other stories that were never filmed. (Someone in the comments on What Culture claims to have read Darlene Hartman's spec script "Shun-Daki" and called it "racist and embarrassing" ... so now I definitely want to read that, if anyone here has it.)
https://whatculture.com/tv/10-star-trek-the-original-series-episodes-that-were-almost-made
@Maurice and I have been doing a ton of research lately looking through reams of paperwork from the original Star Trek. Some of the most interesting material — and I don't necessarily mean to use that as a synonym for "good," since some of this stuff is just dreadful — are the story outlines and scripts written for episodes that were never made.
Some of this stuff has long-circulated at conventions or has become well-known via making-of books, but outside of an archival setting, much of it has never been seen. Even Cushman's books give a lot of this stuff short shrift.
Anyway, I wrote the following article with @Maurice covering ten of those unmade Treks, doing my best to excerpt as much behind-the-scenes material as possible given the limitations of where it was published. I'd love to hear what people think — and also, more generally, discuss these and other stories that were never filmed. (Someone in the comments on What Culture claims to have read Darlene Hartman's spec script "Shun-Daki" and called it "racist and embarrassing" ... so now I definitely want to read that, if anyone here has it.)
https://whatculture.com/tv/10-star-trek-the-original-series-episodes-that-were-almost-made
No I'm joking as I've seen other shows written by Meyer! apparently Vikor for The Invaders was his written under his pseudonym of Michael Adams and that is a great episode along with ZZZZZ, O.B.I.T. and Architects of Fear for The Outer Limits all of which were good but in my opinion he made a boo-boo with Trek! 
