Star Trek: Phase II

Star Trek: Phase II
Star Trek: Phase II
	Star Trek: Phase II
Genre	science fiction
Creator	Gene Roddenberry
Cast	William Shetner (planned) ; Deforest Kelly (planned)
A country	USA
Original language
Number of seasons
Number of episodes	13
Production
Timing	50 min
Broadcast
Tv channel	en: Paramount Television Service
On the screens	May 1978 (Planned)

Star Trek: Phase II , also known as Star Trek II , was planned as a television series based on the characters of Gene Roddenberry in Star Trek: The Original Series , or simply TOS (short for The Original Series ), which ran from 1966 to 1969. New series were planned Launched in early 1978 at the suggestion of the Paramount Television Service ( UPN's predecessor). This series was to continue the adventures of the crew of the USS Enterprise in the second five-year mission and be a continuation of the Star Trek franchise .

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Start

Star Trek: The original series was canceled in 1969 after three seasons on NBC . But after success at the congress of fans of the series Paramount Pictures rushed to make a feature film and began to order scripts from writers. The first was Norman Spinrad , who had previously written the episode Doomsday Machine . His version was called English. Star Trek: He Walked Among Us , but was later rewritten to comedy by Gene Kun and was delayed ^[1] . In March 1972, the creator of the series, Gene Roddenberry, hinted that the series could return to the air, again on NBC. ^[2]

In May 1975, Roddenberry signed a contract with Paramount to shoot Star Trek: The God Thing , with a budget of $ 5 million. ^[3] But the contract with Roddenberry was terminated in August of that year, after several writers were invited to make ideas for the film ^[3] ^[4] . In July 1976, Paramount appointed Jerry Eisenberg as executive producer. Chris Bryant and Alan Scott were hired to write a screenplay they called Star Trek: Planet of the Titans ^[5] . On March 1, 1977, Bryant and Scott completed the script ^[6] , but Paramount rejected it. The duo left the project, citing conflicts in views on the film between Roddenberry and director Philip Kaufman ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] . Shortly before the release of Star Wars , the movie was canceled on May 9th. According to Kaufman, Paramount explained the cancellation by the fact that science fiction lovers would not go to watch two films in a row, released one after the other ^[6] ^[9] .

Concept and failure

On June 17, 1977, Roddenberry announced that Star Trek would be returning to the television series. ^[10] He stated that he had an oral agreement with Paramount and would be included in their television network, which was expected to launch in April 1978. He stated that “We hope that he will be better” of the original series and that the composition will include “as many old faces as possible, as well as some of the new ones” ^[10] . At this time, TOS is broadcast at 137 stations in the US for syndication ^[11] .

Before starting production of the new series, Roddenberry took a two-week vacation to get rid of negative feelings due to the refusal to produce a feature film. He described his worries by saying that he did not want the "skeleton of anger, defeat, and betrayal" to be dragged into a new show ^[11] . Paramount gave Roddenberry full creative control in the new television project, and it was also promised that Paramount would make a “first-class effort” with a budget for costumes. ^[11] In August 1977, negotiations were conducted with the main cast of TOS , as well as with some of the actors on regular roles. At this time, there were no signed agreements with anyone. Roddenberry expressed confidence that everything could work out, with the exception of Nimoy , who said that he would not return to television ^[11] .

By this time, he explained that the relationship between the characters will take time and in a few episodes to understand, according to the reaction of the fans to the characters and events, how often they will appear. He expressed the hope that production will begin on November 1 and will go on air in the spring of 1978. He said that the show will continue modern themes in science fiction from the first series, saying that they can contain theft , nationalism and radicalism of both individuals and groups ^[11] . He also wanted to show the Earth of the XXIII century for the first time, and said that this was an answer to Paramount executives on the question of what he wanted to show in TOS, but he could not. Further changes were an increase in the number of women, NBC had a maximum demand of 25%. Roddenberry also wanted them to appear in positions of power ^[11] .

Pre-production began with stage work, several models were built (including Enterprise ), deals aimed at returning most of TOS , and several actors. It was planned to use the original uniform. There were no main shootings, but trial shots were taken. The story was written out of thirteen scenarios, enough for half the season.

Work on the series came to an end when the offer from Paramount Television Service was in a folded state. However, after the success of the science fiction films Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope and Close Encounters of the Third Degree , the planned pilot episode of In Thy Image has been adapted to the theatrical production of Star Trek: The Film .

Several minutes of trial shots, including the look of a redesigned engineering room, a test of a crew costume, shots with David Geatrai as the Zone, and stills of Persis Hambatt as Elijah, were included on the director's version of Star Trek: The Movie .

Composition and characters

It was planned that the series will include William Shatner and Deforest Kelly in their roles as James T. Kirk and Leonard McCoy . Leonard Nimoy refused to return due to marketing problems with his Spock (there was dissatisfaction with Roddenberry's blundering shots at various conventions) and because of commitments to the play Equus , although early scripts included him. Scotty , Uhura and Sulu returned with an increase to lieutenant commanders, Chekhov to lieutenant. Chekhov would be the chief of security. The character of Christina Chapel also returned as a doctor, in TOS she was a nurse. Phase II would also mark the return of Janice Rand to the Enterprise .

New Characters

The series would include several new characters, such as Commander Willard “Wil” Decker, Acting Officer, Lieutenant Elias, and Vulcan Lieutenant Zon.

Zone Lieutenant

According to the recordings of the series, Zone English. Xon was to be a purebred Vulcan and. unlike Spock, graduated from the Academy in 22-24 years. Dr. McCoy had to protect him. The Zones character does not appear in the movie , although David Geatrai was in that role. When Leonard Nimoy finally agreed to play Spock, his Vulcan science officer was already replaced by Commander Sonck. This character briefly appeared in the film : immediately after a couple of lines of dialogue, he was killed in a transporter accident. This was done in order to save the character of the Zone and the actor who carefully prepared it for possible future shootings. David Geatray played an episodic role of the man, Commander Branch from Epsilon 9 Station ^[12] .

The concept of the brilliant young Vulcan scholar Zone was embodied in later films. One premise is designed as a possible continuation of the first film included in the Vulcan man, Dr. Savik ^[13] . A variation of the name Saavik was later given to a volcano woman. Several elements were combined for Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan , and elements of the Zone, such as his quest for understanding people, will be passed on later to Deyte from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation , also known as The Next Generation or TNG for short. In addition, the concept of a purebred Vulcan with a study of people was passed on to Tuvok from the TV series Star Trek: Voyager and T'Paul from Star Trek: Enterprise .

The character of the Zones was ultimately transferred to the DC Comics Star Trek comic book series in which he was sent to become Saavik's fiancé. The Star Trek: Phase II fan series also has a Vulcan crew member named Zon, played by young actor Patrick Bell. This is probably the same character originally intended for David Geatrai.

Commander Willard "Wil" Decker

Decker English Willard "Will" Decker is featured in a show with a long generation of Starfleet officers. Early scripts point out that he was the son of Commander Matt Decker, who was featured on Doomsday Machine (an episode from TOS ), and should “command some landing landings,” as well as in TNG , where the first officer usually lands with the team. The role of Decker remained unoccupied until the filming of the film officially began, then Stephen Collins was hired.

Lieutenant Elijah

Elijah English Ilia , a deltank, is positioned as an empath . Both characters, Decker and Elijah, appear in the film , although neither of them survived. Star Trek: The film shows that Decker and Elijah already had a relationship. Persis Hambatta was hired as Elijah for Phase II and was transferred to the film. Characters William Riker and Diana Troy in TNG are based on the characters of Decker and Elijah. A series of trial shots of Persis Hambutt was made with Elijah 's makeup and a bald head (she later shaved her head for the film), as well as shots with a sample of the costume.

Episodes

Two scenarios for the series "Child" and Debt to the Devil were rewritten for use in Star Trek: The Next Generation due to a strike by Hollywood writers. English "Kitumba" and "Child" were filmed as episodes in fan-made Star Trek: Phase II .

Scripts written for Star Trek: Phase II :

Episode	Writer	Description
“In Your Form” "In Thy Image"	Foster, Alan Dean	The two-hour pilot that eventually became Star Trek: The Movie . The story of Alan Dean Foster was based on a premise written by Gene Roddenberry for Genesis II , titled The Return of the Robot . "Robot's Return" . A huge ship crosses the universe in search of the creator of the Earth .
Tomorrow and the Stars "Tomorrow and the Stars"	Larry Alexander	During the Klingon attack, Kirk orders an emergency teleportation and is transported to Pearl Harbor , Hawaii immediately before the Japanese attack and falls in love with a woman living there. The basis is similar to the film The Final Countdown and an episode of the original episodes of City on the Edge of Eternity .
Kassandra "Cassandra"	Theodore Sturgeon	Enterprise is a mediator in a dispute between the two worlds, while a clumsy ensign takes care of the future of an alien child who can predict the future. Based on the story of Kassandra . A similar plot in the series "Pen Pals" Eng. "Pen Pals" from TNG , where Data takes care of the future of an alien girl in violation of the Basic Directive .
"Child" English "The Child"	Yaron Summers and John Powville	A being from the Light pervades Elijah to experience life experience in the form of a deltan. Enterprise begins to have problems when they cross a strange nebula . The idea for this episode was later used as the basis for the TNG episode of the same name .
"Dead End" Eng. "Deadlock"	David Ambrose	While searching for a missing starship , the Enterprise is being called back to Starbase to join a strange war game.
Kitumba	John Meredith Lucas	The Enterprise travels to the Klingon planet to help Xia, the mentor of the Klingon minor leader, stop the regent from waging war with the Federation . The episode was planned in two parts.
"Practice in Awakening" Eng. "Practice in Waking"	Richard Bach	The enterprise is like a sleeping ship where Decker, Scotty, and Sulu are trapped in a 16th-century simulation where witches are burned .
Savage Syndrome "The Savage Syndrome"	Margaret Armen and Alfred Harris	When exploring an ancient starship, the Enterprise hit a blinding light that washed the brains of the crew, making them savages. A similar situation was shown in the 15th episode of en: Space: 1999 and in the TNG episode "Genesis" .
English "Are Unheard Melodies Sweet?" or "Home"	Worley Thorne	When searching for a missing starship, the Enterprise comes across a world that needs men. Episodes TNG "Angel-1" and Voyager "Beloved Son" have a similar premise.
“Debt to the Devil” "Devil's Due"	William Douglas Lansford	The enterprise makes first contact with the planet Neaterra, which sold itself to the mythical creature Kometer in exchange for a thousand-year-old world. The idea for this episode was later used as the basis for the TNG episode of the same name .
Lord Bobby's Obsession "Lord Bobby's Obsession"	Shimon Winselberg	Enterprise meets an abandoned Klingon cruiser with one life form on board - this is Lord Bobby from Earth at the end of the 19th century.
“To achieve everything” "To Attain the All"	Norman Spinrad	Enterprise gets into a logic game the size of the solar system , where if you win you will “achieve everything”, a huge repository of knowledge.
"War to end all wars" "The War to End All Wars"	Arthur Bernard Lewis	Enterprise rescues android woman Yare, successful planet’s philosophy of “peace through war” was spoiled by a leader named Plateaus III

Several authors, including Shimon Winselberg, Norman Spinrad, Theodore Stradzhon, Margaret Armen and John Meredith Lucas, have previously written episodes for Star Trek . Worley Thorne wanted to write the script for the TNG episode Justice.

Legacy

Also in tribute to this unrealized series, the fan-made series Star Trek: New Voyages changed its name to Star Trek: Phase II 02/16/2008. The series presents design changes from the original series planned for Phase II , including the somewhat refurbished Enterprise and the introduction of Lieutenant Zone.