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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Roddenberry assembled a talented production crew, and sought out some of the best science fiction writers around, men like Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Norman Spinrad, instead of relying on the usual hacks who specialized in cop shows and dumb westerns. At a cost of $200,000 for each episode, Star Trek at least strove for excellence and intelligence, if it came up short sometimes...
...writer and producer thought it necessary to explain the ten year gap between the last episode of the Star Trek television series and The Motion Picture. The resulting footage is not only unwieldy and expensive (a five-minute sequence involving the Starfleet's San Francisco headquarters must have cost at least $2 million) but also damages the rest of the show--the half-hour wasted on James T. Kirk's procession to the Enterprise, and the net loss of 20 minutes to uninteresting preparations for departure, might have been used profitably elsewhere to put more content into the film...
...poor officiating, which time and again cost the Crimson swordsmen valuable touches, also dampened the team's morale...
Rosovsky singled out the sciences, noting that maintaining the new biochemistry building will cost the University $500,000 a year after it opens next year. President Bok told the Faculty he will "fight in every way" to prevent construction of new buildings...
Moreover, Christmas revelers are buying slightly less cheer. John Hayes of the Harvard Provision Company said yesterday cordials and cognac are selling especially well this time of year, but most people are buying fifths of alcohol rather than quarts--which cost $1.50 more...