The question in 1986 was how to make a Star Trek show for the next generation that still had familiar concepts and characters. Producer Bob Justman sent a flurry of memos with some ideas that stuck and others that didn't see the light of day. Larry Nemecek and John Champion discuss those creative decisions and how they affect the modern Trek landscape on this week's episode of The Trek Files.
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7-17 Star Trek Promos
7-16 Star Trek TNG syndication sales - 1987
7-15 Gene Roddenberry correspondence - 1965
7-14 Star Trek: The Next Generation results - October 1987
7-13 Timescape call sheet - April 1993
7-12 Star Trek fan letters - 1975
7-11 Star Trek director memos - 1967
7-10 Star Trek: The Next Generation Writers Guide - Season 2
7-9 Homeward Bound - Starlog, July 1986
7-8 Local promo shoots - July 12, 1967
7-7 Star Trek IV comments - December 9, 1985
7-06 Star Trek vs The Monkees - 1967
Meeting Gene Roddenberry - August 15, 1989
7-5 Ralph Senensky - The Tholian Web
7-04 Star Trek Conventions - 1975 - 1976
Star Trek: The Motion Picture call sheets - October 1978
7-02 Business affairs 1975 and lunch notes 1986
7-01 Ralph Senensky
6-24 Star Trek motion picture poll - 1976
6-23 Plato's Stepchildren composers - 1968
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