Discovered Document

The Original Series:

The City on the Edge of Forever

Memo

Memo to Gene Roddenberry from Bob Justman dated December 20, 1966. Special thanks to Larry Nemecek for locating page 6!

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  • Trivia: This was the 1st trek episode to be reproduced as “FOTONOVEL#1”
    A complete set of only twelve (12) Episodes were ever produced & published for the series by Bantam Books in 1977.
    They were something of a short-term fad, conceived in the days before the advent of home video. In this book, “dialog” was added that was not in the original broadcast episode.

    • Ironic – how the picture quality in these “Fotonovels” was reproduced from the 35mm film elements and were of way higher quality than the limited resolution of the consumer home video formats at that time.

  • IN 2014 a visual presentation of the much-discussed,
    unrevised, unadulterated version of Harlan Ellison’s Hugo- and
    Writer’s Guild of America Award-winning script, “The City on the Edge of Forever!” was finally produced in the form of 5 part comic book from IDW.

    • Trivia: That’s the same Floyd’s Barber Shop that was often seen on The Andy Griffith Show, adjacent to the sheriff’s office, in the town of Mayberry.
      The music that was originally used for this shot when the episode 1st aired was been changed due to copyright issues.

  • nathankc

    From the memo – the best critical note ever “Page 14A caused me to become exceedingly cruel to my wife and children last night. And it is only 1/8th of a page”

    • Bob Justman could write a memo like no other – a talent that is truly missed!

    • Arvis Jaggamar

      I stopped reading just so I could comment on that exact portion. Back to reading…

  • Lauralee von Husen Albert

    Absolutely one of my favorite episodes ever, such philosophical quandaries in this one, another episode that really stays with you…love love love it!!