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Fanmade Animated Theme for Star Trek: The Original Series

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Check out this great animated take on the TOS Theme created by The Quintek Group! Can you find the Easter Eggs that pay tribute to the series within the animation?

Here’s what the creators said about the project:
“This animation is an homage to one of the most groundbreaking sci-fi television shows ever to beam down to Earth. Our goal was to try and capture the essence of what we found most enjoyable from the series for building this faux opening to this classic show.”

He Walked Among Us script available for purchase

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Back in 1967, Norman Spinrad, who wrote one of the original series’ best episodes, The Doomsday Machine, had written another script called He Walked Among Us.  Unfortunately, it was never filmed because the producer at the time had rewritten it as a (really bad) comedy due to Milton Berle being involved in the episode.  The problem was that, even though Milton Berle was famed for his comedy, the script was never meant to be one, and Berle actually could do drama just as well.

Spinrad was disgusted with it, and creator Gene Roddenberry agreed that it couldn’t be made, thus it was scrapped.

So, 45 years later, when a fan came up to Spinrad with the original script, Spinrad signed it.  The fan then sent him a scanned copy of the script, which is now available for purchase on Amazon.  (Please note: this has nothing to do with the novel, He Walked Among Us, also written by Spinrad.)

To read more about it, go here.  Thanks to Gizmodo for the story!