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tricorderreading · 7 hours

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Anecdotes from the filming of TOS last episode

This is taken from the account by Joan Winston (an ABC television employee and Star Trek fan), about her two-week visit to the studios, when they were filming Turnabout Intruder. The account was published in the book Star Trek Lives! (Lichtenberg, Jacqueline 1975).

A selection of some funny anecdotes:

The origin of the set decorations

I wonder if this was the origin of the suspicious stalagmite in What are Little Girls Made Of?

Nimoy avenges his bike

The story of the bike itself can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbHP5FbJNAw

Dr. McCoy’s diagnosis

De boss, he’s De boss.

The chewing gum

“Spock, it’s always been you”

Spock’s silky hair

CCL stands for chopped chicken liver, by the way.

The “thing”

At this point, Shatner was severely ill with the flu, and they barely managed to film the intro scenes of the episode (the last material to be filmed, actually) before he collapsed on a couch. After this, they started dismantling the sets for the bridge, the transporter room, etc. Pretty poignant.

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tricorderreading · 2 days

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Guess who finally made their card! It's taken forever but they're being printed; I'm going to put one in each of the duplicate copies of Trek books that I have before leaving them in little libraries around my area 😄🖖

And I do intend on posting actual book reviews soon!

#ngl im kinda proud #im a graphic designer and its been fun using that skillset towards something fun #im settling into life after some changes and im hoping to be more active on here 🤞#explanation for the back: i wanted to leave space for me to write book-specific notes #when i put them in as bookmarks #things like content warnings or brief opinions on the story #those lines will help! as well as look like a page (at least i hope it looks like the bottom corner of a page lol)#if not then oh well #unironically if anyone wants any of the extra copies i have i am unironically willing to send them to you free as long as you pay shipping #considering making a poll to see if thats something people might actually be interested in

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tricorderreading · 7 days

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Star Trek: The New Voyages

A preface from Gene Roddenberry in the first book published of stories written by fans! As some Trekkies know, it was actually fan interest in the franchise that revived Star Trek for the TOS movies!

(every fic where kirk and spock kiss is creator approved! /j)

Also, a message from the publishing office in their Acknowledgments page!

The asterisk is actually they're address at the bottom of the page, where you were encouraged to send two copies of your manuscript 😄

#star trek #books #tos #the original series #spock #kirk #gene roddenberry #Roddenberry #spirk #star trek tos #the new voyages #there are also messages from the actors in front of each story!#they were all so happy and supportive of fan engagment

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tricorderreading · 15 days

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They love each other so much I think I might just die

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tricorderreading · 16 days

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Spock wishes he could smile just for Kirk Spock Wishes He Could Smile Just For Kirk SPOCK WISHES HE COULD SMILE JUST FOR KIRK

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tricorderreading · 17 days

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Ugh

(The Price of the Phoenix - Marshak/Culbreath)

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tricorderreading · 21 days

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TNG #18: Q-In-Law

Q is back at it again with his great comebacks

#star trek #books #tng #the next generation #picard #q #star trek q #riker #worf #exerpt #q-in-law #i forgot to fuckig tag the ship ahh #qcard

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tricorderreading · 22 days

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TNG #18: Q-In-Law

Lwaxana Troi tells Q that she's going to cut his dick off

#star trek #books #tng #the next generation #lwaxana troi #star trek q #q #exerpt #god bless a queen #picard #q in law

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tricorderreading · 23 days

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speechless

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tricorderreading · 24 days

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Near the end of Killing Time

Sjkjsgjsh just acuse Spock of watchin tv at work

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tricorderreading · 24 days

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TNG #18: Q-In-Law

This one is in honor of @particlewaveform and their post, which you can find here, I've decided that I should share that part of the book in it's entirety. There is indeed a scene where Lwaxana Troy beats the ever loving shit out of Q (including threatening to chop his dick off) in one of the TNG pocket novels and it must be shared

For those interested in this story, you may find the audiobook for this novel here, as read by Majel Barrett and John De Lancie, (AKA Lwaxana and Q themselves)

Finally, the rest of this post can be found underneath the read more, for those who wish to avoid spoilers

and finally, the audiobook I mentioned previously :)

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#it's kinda wild listening to them act out that scene in the audio book ngl #star trek #tng #the next generation #star trek Q #Q #lwaxana troy #Picard #Riker #Troy #audiobook #q-in-law #books #exerpt #i wasnt lying about the cutting his dick off thing either #Youtube

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tricorderreading · 25 days

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I read Killing Time and it honestly has everything. Casual telepathic intimacy:

Including "sometimes I know what you're dreaming and what you're thinking because we're so compatible"

Also, let me end this chess game by taking off my shirt with zero explanation

While we're walking through the ship, ya boi James T Kirk is going to consider Spock's future and surely there is SOMEONE out there who will love him 🤔 (this is all in like, the first chapter) and if he knows what I'm thinking then that's okay we are BROS

Waking up screaming your work pal's name

MULTIPLE descriptions of Kirk which read like fanfiction

I would continue but this Goddamn hellsite only allows 10 images per post. If I haven't sufficiently made my point, I will continue because I have more screenshots because I honestly was amazed and I want to know whether this was the redacted version, or if there is a more shippy book out there. Honestly the TROPES in this book are unbelievable. I haven't even used some of the best stuff here

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tricorderreading · 26 days

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Do you guys want more Price of the Phoenix??