[geeks] Jericho

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 @ 07:25 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson said:

> The original Start Trek was the most expensive series on TV when it was
> made and for several years later. 

That's why the transporter was created: it saved money as opposed to the
relatively high cost of the shuttle props. There was not supposed to be
any transporter technology in the Star Trek universe.

> BTW, Star Trek was always a ratings dog, it did not become popular
> until it was syndicated on UHF TV. If you say "The City on the Edge of
> Forever", I can still picture it in my mind in black and white.

Well you know, the technology was only just ahead of stone knives and
bear skins...

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