Pam wrote:
> To my knowledge I've never heard tell of a UFO writers' handbook.
> Trek had one set out by GR back in the 60's and I am only assuming
> the other parts of the franchise had their own writers' manuals.
> Maybe someone SHOULD create a UFO handbook!
If I remember correctly, there was one! Unfortunately it seems
that either it wasn't comprehensive enough; or wasn't followed
particularly closely.
Just had a sneaky look in my mail archive, here's a post from
Marc from (gulp) over four years ago:
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Date: 14 Apr 1999 13:35:06 +0000
From: Marc Martin <
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To: Multiple recipients of list <
[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: Script Bible?
>
> >Does anyone have any info? Was there a scriptwriter's bible? Does
> it still >exist? What information is in it? (I was vaguely hoping
> that it might >supply some deeper background for some of the
> characters)
Yes indeed it does exist, although it's not a "book", but rather a
collection of memos that were issued from January 1969 and on.
Fanderson printed transcriptions of the text and very tiny pictures
of the included pre-production drawings in FAB issues #28 and #29,
which came out in 1997 and are most likely still available as back
issues. They devoted 12 pages to it, and I even quoted a few
snippets from them here when they first came out. They weren't
written by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson, but by Des Saunders. And
there's nothing on the characters -- it's all vehicles, bases,
technology, aliens, etc.
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Marc Martin,
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