I got a question about "Assignment Earth"

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There was an episode of Star Trek with Gary Seven who went back in time to prevent a nuclear launch platform from being put up in orbit.

Now, my question is...

How'd they get the footage of the Saturn V launcing? I thought it launched in 1969, and the Episode was made on March 29th, 1968?

Plus, I have no idea when this episode actually began filming and special effects... (what little they had).

How'd they get the launch footage of a missile that didn't exist yet?

-Concordia
 
As of March, 1968 the Saturn V had been flown exactly once -- in the Apollo 4 unmanned test (which occured in 1967). It stands to reason that the footage came from that launch...
 
Probably - however, I'm pretty sure there were smaller saturns made before the Saturn V - they just never went into big production. They looked a lot like the Saturn V - only smaller. Could have been one of them.

Interesting bit of trivia about that episode - original Gene Rodenberry wanted to make a series "Assignment Earth" featuring Gary Seven. That episode was a pilot. Would have been interesting - lots of unanswered questions about him in that episode.
 
Originally posted by Needaham45
Interesting bit of trivia about that episode - original Gene Rodenberry wanted to make a series "Assignment Earth" featuring Gary Seven. That episode was a pilot.
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Making that the first in a very long line of Star Trek spin-offs (even though it never saw fruition).

I never knew that, though. Quite an interesting bit of info, though. HAHA!
 
Probably - however, I'm pretty sure there were smaller saturns made before the Saturn V - they just never went into big production. They looked a lot like the Saturn V - only smaller. Could have been one of them.
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You're probably thinking of the Saturn 1B, which was used for Apollo and Skylab launches which weren't moon shots. The rocket in Assignment Earth is defiately a Saturn V -- and it's definately footage of Apollo 4. :)
 
The Eugenics Wars two book series centers on Gary Seven, and Teri Garr's character. It also fills in a lot of continuity problems between the original series' take on WW3 and current history.
 
Greg Cox, who did the Eugenics Wars books, also wrote an earlier Gary Seven novel -- "Assignment: Eternity", one of the numbered TOS books.

There was also a two issue Gary Seven storyline from the second DC run of Star Trek original crew comics.

/ - Star Trek media tie-ins are a guilty pleasure.
 
This is a thread were I'm proud to say I don't have any idea of what anyone is talking about!
 
Hmm.. I didn't know they took the character that far - I'll have to check it out.

EDIT - Delance - check out this staple in world media called Star Trek for details on this discussion.
 
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