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From the personal archives of Gene Roddenberry - your weekly deep dive into Star Trek history. Hosted by "Dr. Trek" Larry Nemecek, Executive Producer Rod Roddenberry. See the documents at facebook.com/thetrekfiles For more great podcasts, visit podcasts.roddenberry.com

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15-3 Star Trek IV Call Sheets and B-Tank Memories with Effects Artist Stuart Ziff

May 26, 2026

The Trek Files welcomes back visual effects veteran Stuart Ziff for a firsthand trip into the making of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. This time, the documents are original production call sheets from April 1986, detailing the now-legendary “B-Tank” shoot where the Klingon Bird-of-Prey splashed down into San...

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15-2 Stuart Ziff on the Troubled Effects Production of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

May 22, 2026

Before Star Trek: The Motion Picture reached theaters, its visual effects production was already becoming legendary… for all the wrong reasons.

This week on The Trek Files, Larry Nemecek welcomes visual effects veteran Stuart Ziff for a firsthand account of the chaotic early days of TMP production under Robert Abel &...

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15-1 Tawny Newsome on the Lost Lwaxana Troi Sitcom Pitch

May 19, 2026

What if Star Trek had spun off into a full-blown sitcom starring Lwaxana Troi?

To kick off Season 15 of The Trek Files, Larry Nemecek welcomes actor, writer, comedian, and Star Trek: Lower Decks star Tawny Newsome for a deep dive into an early-1990s pitch centered on Majel Barrett Roddenberry’s Betazoid ambassador.

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