Star Trek: Lost Scenes

Star Trek: Lost Scenes is an officially licensed reference book written by David Tilotta and Curt McAloney, operators of the StarTrekHistory.com (restoration) website. The book is in part based on the same source collection of cut footage, retained by Gene Roddenberry, which generated the Roddenberry Vault home video release, but primarily on the restoration project of clippings obtained from third parties McAloney himself embarked upon, starting in 2005. [1]^(X)

Aside from the publication of "remastered" behind-the-scenes imagery, the book is also notable for its catalog of known deleted scenes from Star Trek: The Original Series, accompanied by restored images from these scenes and script excerpts. Published by Titan Books, it was released in August 2018.

Summary[]

Solicitation blurb

Think you've seen every episode of Star Trek: The Original Series and know everything about them? Think again. Star Trek: Lost Scenes is packed with hundreds of never-before-seen colour photos and new details about television's popular science fiction series.

The photos – from frames of 50-year-old production film that have been digitized and professionally restored to their original, vibrant colours – are used to chronicle the making of the series, reassemble deleted scenes that were left on the cutting room floor, and showcase bloopers from the first pilot through the last episode. Whether you're a new Star Trek fan or a seasoned veteran, this book is a must-have.

• Takes an unprecedented look at more than 50 deleted scenes, many for the first time, assembled from hundreds of photos and original script excerpts.
• Goes behind the scenes of the Original Series with previously unpublished photos of the optical effects, filming miniatures, makeup, exterior shooting locations, bloopers and more.
• Packed with more than 700 full-colour photos from the actual production film, restored to pristine condition, the majority of which have never been seen before.

Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.

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Background information[]

• First announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2016, the book was previewed on StarTrek.com in January 2018. [2]
• The release is executed as a full-color oversized hardcover coffee table book and measures 11.3" (28.7 cm)×1.1" (2.8 cm)×10.2" (26.2 cm).
• In scope, this book is similar to Gerald Gurian's 2016-2017 three-volume To Boldly Go: Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage book series, but is otherwise entirely unrelated.

External link[]

• 2018 Book review at TrekCore