73: Numerous Lurking Variables

Marc Cushman on Season Three, Part 1. The third season of Star Trek started with a lot of strikes against it, but not many people appreciate the work that went into making it the best it could have been. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew are joined again by Marc Cushman, author of These Are The Voyages​, to find out what really happened behind the scenes of Season 3. What happens when you have to take the action out of your space action-adventure show, while being told to leave the ship more often but also having a much more limited budget in a time slot no one wanted? You do the best you can, which is exactly what Season 3 producer Fred Freiberger did. Find out more about what he and the others did to keep things running on the Starship Enterprise during the last year of it's mission! Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler   Guest Marc Cushman   Editor and Producer Drew Stewart   Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Coordinator Will Nguyen   Chapters What is TATV? (00:01:45) Opinion of Season 3 (00:04:04) Research Changes Things (00:09:42) The Making of TV (00:14:35) Making A Weekly Show From Nothing (00:20:10) Adding A Twist to Themes (00:23:04) What Could Have Been (00:28:55) Fred Freiberger (00:34:22) Closing (00:41:06)