A giant rabbit borrowed from Ice Capades. Rewrites while the cameras were rolling. An elephant that never got its scene.
Discover how Theodore Sturgeon's imagination became Star Trek's Shore Leave: surviving production correspondence, real California locations, practical costumes, deleted footage, and Gerald Fried's versatile score. This Trek World documentary follows the choices behind the fantasy—and the disagreements that survived it.
Contains spoilers for Shore Leave.
Key reading: [University of Kansas production correspondence](https://blogs.lib.ku.edu/spencer/visit-imagined-worlds-writers-and-the-process-of-speculative-fiction/), [Billy Blackburn interview](https://www.startrek.com/news/billy-blackburn-looks-back-in-amazement-part-2), and [Lost Trek History](https://www.startrekfans.net/topic/80012-lost-trek-history-shore-leave/).
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0:00 The Rabbit and the Reality of Production
2:08 Rodenberry's Memo and the Writing Process
4:32 Filming on Location: Landscapes and Logistics
7:23 Finnegan and the Captain's Unfinished Business
10:57 Gerald Freed's Score and Emotional Balance
