Two of the world's foremost experts and fans, producer Mark Altman (who created the motion picture Free Enterprise) and magazine editor Edward Gross have been writing about Star Trek for decades. Their oral history presents hundreds of quotes from producers, directors, executives, writers, guest stars, and of course the actors themselves—it's like listening in on a huge conversation with everyone involved with the franchise. In this first volume they all comment on the creation and production of the original series (including notes on particular episodes), its rebirth in syndication, the animated series, the unproduced Star Trek: Phase II, and the films up to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.