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Since September of 2024 we’ve been looking at the original sales pitch and the third revision writer’s guide for the original Star Trek series. I’ve gone from wanting to do another writer’s guide/story bible to being read to take a break from it. It’s just a long time, even at an article a week, to go through, but it’s never been boring or annoying. Whether it’s fan trivia, lessons for writers, or both, they’re both worth reading. Here’s when I got my copy and there’s more where that came from. Just not for a while. Maybe in the spring or something.
I also couldn’t just copy/paste the text from the PDF like I have prior story bibles and writer’s guides. The file there was a photocopy, meaning the text is part of the image, so I had to write everything out. I put together a good system for doing that fairly quick, but it still takes time and I had to make sure any typos were on their side, not mine. Although there weren’t even close to the number of typos of the last series I did this with, Transformers: Beast Machines.
So with all that under my wing, let’s take a short look back at what we can get out of reading the sales pitch and writer’s guide for Star Trek not only when it comes to making good Star Trek but in stories in general. What did we learn about making Trek, making sci-fi, and making good stories? If you want the deep dive…where have you been since September? Well, here’s the list from the start. You might enjoy it, but this is just the highlights.
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“That’s not how you use the starter’s gun! What kind of race is this?”
Knuckles The Echidna #32
FINAL ISSUE which I didn’t learn until a week later because nothing in the comic points to it unless I missed it
Archie Comics Publications (February, 2000)
WRITER: Ken Penders
COLORIST: Frank Gagliardo
LETTERER: Vickie Williams
EDITOR: J.F. Gabrie
“King Of The Hill” finale: “To The Death”
PENCILER: Ken Penders
INKER: Harvey Mercadoocasio
Espio The Chameleon: “The Worst Of Enemies”
PENCILER: Colleen Doran
INKER: Andrew Pepoy
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Well, the goal is in sight. Last time we talked about life in Star Trek’s future, and now we get to discussing the last set of Q&A questions about writing for the original Star Trek.
This has been an interesting…trek through this guide and I still have final thoughts for the next and final installment in this series before I give writer’s guides a break. I do enjoy making these examinations, learning what shows planned versus what they put out. Maybe it’s the pitch being added, but this one has felt longer than usual plus I was fighting two other article series…when DC Heroes United actually put an episode out, something they’ve gotten spotty on since Christmas. That takes time away from other topics, but at least when I’m ready to do another one I know where to look.
I’m not sure what else to say at this point. The Q&A is basically retreading things already in the main guide, but with some extra information, adding to my theory that, this coming from the guide headed into season two, they’re clarifying things asked about in season one. This will cover the last two pages of the guide. So let’s get through the rest of this already.
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Oh look, Smiling Skull is…can we call this back if this takes place before the first time we saw him?
Judomaster #92
Charlton Comics Group (December, 1966)
“Judomaster Meets The Smiling Skull”
WRITER/ARTIST: Frank McLaughlin
Sarge Steel: “The Case Of The Double Agent” part 2 (Harvey Dent would approve)
not listed but my guess is also Frank McLaughlin, who is also credited for this issue’s judo lessons
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on January 29, 2025 in Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged commentary, Doctor Julian Bashir, Section 31, Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Section 31.
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