829. NAILING THE ASSIGNMENT: TREK SPIN-OFF'S w/ MICHAEL SUSSMAN

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The episode discusses Trek spin-offs and the original Star Trek backdoor pilot Assignment: Earth with guest Michael Sussman.

The Treksperts are united by MICHAEL SUSSMAN (writer/producer, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Perception) to talk about the original Star Trek backdoor pilot ASSIGNMENT: EARTH and the many other Trek spin-off's that didn't happen including Gene Roddenberry's original Assignment: Earth pilot from 1966 that became the classic second season episode. Hosts: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrunner, Pandora; author, The Fifty-Year Mission) | DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Associate Producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture — Director's Edition) | ASHLEY E. MILLER (screenwriter, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood) 🎙️ LISTEN ON PODCAST:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/inglori...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/in... 📲 FOLLOW THE TREKSPERTS:All links: https://linktr.ee/trekspertsplusBlue Sky: @inglorioustrekspertsTwitter/X: @inglorioustrekInstagram/Threads: @inglorioustrekspertsFacebook: facebook.com/inglorioustrekspertsDiscord: / discord ⭐ GO PREMIUM — TREKSPERTS+:Commercial-free episodes one week early + bonus content: https://trekspertsplus.com 📚 THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION by Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross — the definitive Star Trek history, available…

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Hosts: MARK A. ALTMAN, DAREN DOCHTERMAN, ASHLEY E. MILLER

Guest: MICHAEL SUSSMAN

Topics covered

• Star Trek
• Trek spin-offs
• television
• film

Keywords

• Assignment: Earth
• Gene Roddenberry
• Star Trek: Voyager
• Star Trek: Enterprise

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Fifty-Year Mission

Books & works: NAILING THE ASSIGNMENT: TREK SPIN-OFF'S, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Perception, Star Trek, ASSIGNMENT: EARTH, The Fifty-Year Mission, Star Trek: The Motion Picture — Director's Edition, Thor, X-Men: First Class

Places: Los Angeles Times"Mark

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