Unsolved Mysteries
What happened to Dr. Gillian Taylor?
Welcome to Star Trekking — random intersections in the final frontier.
Thank you, Neil S. Bulk, for pointing me to this lost episode of the 1980’s TV series, Unsolved Mysteries.
That is a must-watch, friends. A+++
You know how it is. One minute you’re flipping through your copy of A Literary History of Iowa, and the next minute you’ve stumbled across a Star Trek uniform hidden in plain sight.
Early on in the Literary History, I saw the name Julie McDonald and for some reason I read her short entry, in which she’s referred to as “Mrs. McDonald” and is said to be a newspaper reporter. Her highlighted novel is titled Amelie’s Story and again for some unknown reason, I decided to google the novel to find out a little more. Well imagine my surprise when I saw an image of the cover.
That, my friends, is a TOS uniform dress if I’ve ever seen one. Maybe Mrs. McDOnald snuck some TOS references in her story of a family moving from Denmark to Iowa. The Literary History says “the novel may hold more interest for women than for men” before admitting that it is a “superbly done novel.”
Here’s a synopsis I found elsewhere. "Tale of a young girl growing up in the picturesque surroundings of 19th-century Denmark, knowing that she does not belong to the people she calls her parents. Amalie comes to question the well-loved story of her adoption. Even with the joy of marriage to a fascinating young nobleman, she is troubled by the mystery of why her mother abandoned her. Much later, when Amalie is torn from her beloved homeland to follow her restless, romantic husband across the sea to America does she come to understand her mother's motives."
Sounds to me like someone needs to adapt this story to take place in the 24th century.
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A fun old blog I came across recently. This particular entry is a fascinating look at why TOS makeup looks the way it does.
the makeup for TOS is such a particularly common point of discussion/parody that it’s especially piqued my curiosity. That it has to do with airing for black-and-white sets and TOS generally being filmed for much poorer viewing conditions than we can watch it in now is what I’ve always heard and assumed, but I wondered if there was any more thorough information out there.
An excellent deep dive.
I don’t know where they got this, but I love it. Long takes of the TOS Enterprise from the original stock footage.
Fascinating.
That’s all for now.
Until next time, remember—
The human adventure is just beginning.
That Unsolved Mysteries video is GOLD. Fun newsletter as always!
Some excellent rabbit holes here, Neil!