In this episode we speak with the life-long Star Trek fan and serious collector Peter Wolchak.
Peter was kind enough to share some photos of his collection with us below. But you should visit his site for a great deal more including articles and even more photos.
Topics
- Dad watched the show
- TV Guide was the way
- Nine years old was the start
- 3-5 times a week for Star Trek
- Missing the teasers
- A store VHS display
- The Star Trek Log books by Alan Dean Foster
- James Blish and the Star Trek TOS Novelizations
- TNG took a bit to get going
- Rewatch habits
- Spouse opinions on collecting
- Collecting and conventions… which came first?
- It all started with the books
- Star Trek Foto-novels
- The Franz Joseph Blueprints
- Wah Chang, a hero to my guest
- Matt Jeffries
- The original design for the shuttlecraft, not used in TOS
- The Enterprise Ring Ship
- The Mego playset
- Peter’s article on Ebony Magazine & Nichelle
- My guest’s advice on where to start with collecting
- Leonard suing Paramount
- Accidental Roddenberry
- Toronto 76 Convention
- The Fanlore Star Trek site
- Tracking down the photographer
- Never forget that Star Trek is a workplace drama too
- Tongo Rad
- Not space hippies… My guest will fight you!
- A different take on Dr Severin
- What is the worst Star Trek TOS episode?
- Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Curator of Amusing Antiquities at Athan Prime
Episodes Discussed
- Corbomite Maneuver TOS S1E02
- They Way to Eden TOS S3E20
- Shore leave Comic, Issue 46 (DC, 1988)
- Demons/Terra Prime ENT S4E20 & S4E21
- Deadly Years TOS S2E11
- Prodigy – All the World’s a Stage PRO S1E13
Connect
- Find Peter on his web site: Collecting Trek
- Here is his site devoted to the Toronto Trek con in 1976
- Follow Peter on X (Twitter) here
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Acknowledgements
- Would you like to write some Kobayashi Maru lightning round questions? If you’d like to submit some for possible inclusion on the show, you can send me a message via Twitter or email me. I give some suggestions on good questions here.
- Some portions of the Kobayashi Maru lightning round questions in this episode were written by listener Adam Saunders. If you’d like to submit questions for possible inclusion on the show, you can send me a message via Twitter or email me. I give some suggestions on good questions here.
- Background photo by by Berkay Gumustekin on Unsplash