DuracellEnergizer said:

 

SilverWook said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Personally, I find the idea of making the series finale of one show the pilot episode of another entirely disagreeable - especially considering it was a pilot that was never picked up.

That wasn't the finale of TOS, it was the end of the second season.

Yes, I know. There was chance it could have been the last episode of the entire series at the time, though, and if it had been, then the show would have gone out on a very lame note.

 

Like Kirk getting body swapped with the psycho ex-girlfriend from hell was a great episode to end the series on. ;)

Maybe Janice Lester will be in the next movie?

IIRC, someone at the studio or network floated the idea of a Mr. Spock spinoff set on Vulcan, but Gene wasn't crazy about the idea.

It's unfortunate none of Gene's later concepts made it past being the movie of the week. Genesis II went through three incarnations, and the main character of Dylan Hunt was later transformed into the hero of Andromeda.

The Questor Tapes'  android title character later inspired Commander Data.

Spectre was way ahead of the X-Files and other spooky paranormal shows.