tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179 almostwitty almostwitty 2011-01-10T13:10:03Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179:324999 2011-01-10T13:10:03Z 2011-01-10T13:10:03Z public 0 <p>One of the things I love is finding out the minutiae, the inside notes behind a great production. I have actually listened to DVD commentaries, and one of my favourite books is <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/184607861X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=auk1&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=184607861X">Russell T Davies&#8217; The Writer&#8217;s Tale</a> &#8211; it&#8217;s like reading his blog while he was writing and producing Doctor Who.</p> <p>Oddly, no similar book has been written about that other great sci-fi franchise, Star Trek. At least, until Michael Piller wrote a book about the writing of the last Next Generation Star Trek film, Insurrection &#8211; but the book never saw the light of day. Now, thanks to the Internet, <a href="http://nightly.net/topic/67586-fade-in-the-writing-of-star-trek-insurrection-by-michael-pillar/page__view__findpost__p__1976323">it&#8217;s available if you&#8217;re willing to go against the wishes of Piller&#8217;s family</a>. </p> <p>As you can imagine, there&#8217;s been a <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/99091/He-might-have-read-the-document-when-he-was-tired-at-the-end-of-a-long-day-of-being-tied-to-a-whale">bit</a> of <a href="http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2010/09/tribute-to-star-treks-michael-piller.html">analysis</a> over the book, which most people will find deathly dull, but I found endlessly fascinating.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://halfblog.net/fade-in-the-writing-of-star-trek-insurrection">foomandoonian</a> for the tip-off!</p> <p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/13882/media-musings/life-behind-star-trek-and-doctor-who" title="Read Original Post">almost witty</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=almostwitty&ditemid=324999" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179:315151 2010-11-03T11:47:45Z 2010-11-03T11:47:45Z public 5 and no, not the pfiffy matter of the US mid-term elections.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/were-sorry-for-claiming-captain-kirk-was-in-command-of-captain-picards-starship/story-e6frfro0-1225947119042">An Australian online paper dared to suggest Captain Kirk was in command of Captain Picard's starship. I mean, how DARE THEY?</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=almostwitty&ditemid=315151" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments