266 episodes

Your weekly deep-dive into the archives of Roddenberry Entertainment, from the personal files of Gene Roddenberry. Each week, “Dr. Trek” himself, Larry Nemecek, and his guest host will take a behind-the-scenes look at documents that haven’t been viewed in decades—many being revealed publicly for the very first time!

The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast Roddenberry Entertainment

    • TV & Film
    • 4.7 • 101 Ratings

Your weekly deep-dive into the archives of Roddenberry Entertainment, from the personal files of Gene Roddenberry. Each week, “Dr. Trek” himself, Larry Nemecek, and his guest host will take a behind-the-scenes look at documents that haven’t been viewed in decades—many being revealed publicly for the very first time!

    Star Trek premise (TAS) - 1973

    Star Trek premise (TAS) - 1973

    Wrapping up our 11th season, The Trek Files is proud to welcome Walter Koenig to the show to look back at his own involvement in Star Trek TAS as a writer. Stay tuned for the revelations about Walter's pitch (and subsequent rejection) from TNG, shared here for the first time!
    See the documents: facebook.com/thetrekfiles
    Visit the Trekland site for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive merchandise.

    • 21 min
    TNG Character Relationships - 1986, part 2

    TNG Character Relationships - 1986, part 2

    Ben Robinson returns to The Trek Files for another look at some of the roads not taken when Star Trek: The Next Generation was in development. This time, the complexities of bringing Wesley/Lesley Crusher to life and how TNG could have broken new ground in 1987.
    See the documents: facebook.com/thetrekfiles
    Visit the Trekland site for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive merchandise.

    • 18 min
    TNG Character Relationships - 1986

    TNG Character Relationships - 1986

    The Trek Files revisits an early document from Star Trek: The Next Generation's development. David Gerrold sketched out a guide to how the main characters would relate to each other, and in this excerpt, focuses on Deanna Troi's special talent as a telepath. Ben Robinson joins us to look back at the Trek that might have been!
    See the documents: facebook.com/thetrekfiles
    Visit the Trekland site for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive merchandise.

    • 20 min
    Star Trek III final draft notes - 1983, part 2

    Star Trek III final draft notes - 1983, part 2

    Continuing our conversation about Gene's Star Trek III memo, we are thrilled to welcome Eugene Roddenberry to share his insights into his father's notes! Examining Vulcan mysticism and how those "small feathers" make a big difference in Star Trek storytelling on a can't miss episode of The Trek Files!
    See the documents: facebook.com/thetrekfiles
    Visit the Trekland site for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive merchandise.

    • 21 min
    Star Trek V story memo - 1987

    Star Trek V story memo - 1987

    While developing "The Next Generation," Gene Roddenberry was also fielding notes on the next Star Trek feature film "The Final Frontier." Our featured document highlights some of the strong misgivings Gene had about the script and story, and we pick apart the areas where he may have missed the mark or was right on target.
    See the documents: facebook.com/thetrekfiles
    Visit the Trekland site for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive merchandise.

    • 23 min
    Star Trek III final draft notes - 1983

    Star Trek III final draft notes - 1983

    With Gene Roddenberry relegated to a consultant role on the Star Trek feature films, the "Great Bird" still had strong opinions about the shape of each sequel. In the first part of our look at a memo from 1983, Gene lays out his concerns around keeping Trek's format intact and his problems with destroying the Enterprise.
    See the documents: facebook.com/thetrekfiles
    Visit the Trekland site for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive merchandise.

    • 23 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
101 Ratings

101 Ratings

annmarie222 ,

Prestige Trek archeology/anthropology!!!!

One of the best podcasts out there. How lucky we are to have these discussions with these guests for forever now!!! Larry, you are AMAZING!!!!!

It's alright; I'm a doctor. ,

Good content but unlistenable

The extent to which the start of so many sentences is cut off by the recording method is torture.

Keeper2015 ,

Love it

This is exactly what I had hoped they would do when rod would bring in documents to mission log. This is a great podcast archiving those small details that made this thing we love.

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