Where No Fan Has Gone Before (Star Trek: TOS newsletter published by Bjo Trimble)
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| Title: | Where No Fan Has Gone Before |
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| Editor(s): | Bjo Trimble |
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| Date(s): | January-July 1968 |
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| Medium: | mimeo, print |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Where No Fan Has Gone Before is a very early Star Trek: TOS newsletter. It was published by Bjo Trimble starting in 1968. There were three issues.
There was an ad for this newsletter in Spockanalia #2: "A 6¢ stamp will put you on the mailing list for WHERE NO FAN HAS GONE BEFORE... This is the inside fanzine/newsletter on STAR TREK, available from Bjo Trimble [address redacted]."
For similar early zines, see List of Star Trek TOS Zines Published While the Show First Aired.
Issue 1
Where No Fan Has Gone Before 1 was published in January 1968 and contains 4 pages.
Issue 2
Where No Fan Has Gone Before 2 was published in March 1968 and contains 5 pages. It included a flyer for Voice, as well as a progress report for Fun Con, see that page.
All of the content is written by Bjo Trimble.
The zine was scanned for Fanac.org.
From "Hooray for Everybody!!!":
Until this date, most of the news you have heard has been pure rumor and conjecture. Even Hollywood trade news-papers have been guilty of jumping the gun, so that they can lay claim to the glory of giving out the news first [and that is also the reason for some papers claiming that shows have been cancelled before the true news hits: "see, I said SO long ago; aren't I clever?.
Actually, the whole problem has been NBC's reluctance to make a clean sweep of the deal. Some think that NBC didn't want to let STAR TREK announce "WE'VE WON!!!! and so did the dealing in bits and pieces, but I am assured that this is the usual way networks do things So, first NBC "pencilled [sic] in" a contract, but since pencils have erasers, nobody was cheering. Then NBC gave ST some script money, which still doesn't mean much, as they've cancelled shows before after putting some money into them. So a long while (for those waiting!) later, NBC deigns to set up a time for signing papers and all that jazz. Most of the stuff you've heard about sponsors and things is pure nonsense; that is someone at NBC covering for the feet-dragging.
But now we know; WE DID IT AGAIN!
From "Raise Your Voice," a plea to support Voice:
So now what do we do, to keep from having to do this every year? Simple; we fight the Neilsons [sic]. We try to keep 1100 families from making up the minds of 55 million+ people. How do we do that? We speak up; demand a VOICE in the matter.
There is no way to get rid of the Neilsons without giving the networks another "security blanket" (as has been said, network officials can be fired for making decisions; so they try not to make decisions unless they've something on which to blame everything). Therefore, Technic Research Corporation has come up with an idea to replace Neilsons with our VOICE, instead.
The attached information will tell you about the idea; I heartily recommend that everyone send in their membership NOW. If you publish a zine, tell your readership about this: send for more cards or copy the info (and mention where you saw it). Pass the word to anyone who is interested in seeing that his opinions get as much attention by the networks as those "Neilson families" in Armpit, Ariz.
I still don't know how these people are even going to buy computer time for the $2.00 membership, but if it will give us a VOICE in TV programming, the price is a real bargain! If enough intelligent, aware people join this movement, VOICE can drown out the "little old lady" attitudes of the average Neilson family (as the ratings would quickly show!). This is your chance to stop talking about it and Do Something; use your VOICE to avoid having to save STAR TREK (or any other favorite show) each and every year from the idiot Neilsons. Here is the chance you've said you wanted, to fight! Go!
TRC is registered with the Attorney General and the Better Business Bureau.
From "NBC Throws in the Towel!":
In an unprecedented move, NBC made a public announcement after last Friday's STAR TREK, to inform fans that the show would be back next season. At that time, not even Gene Roddenberry was sure, and the announcement came as a surprise to him! NBC's captitulation [sic] was even more amazing in the face of its original ploy of dragging the deal out so long.
We think it was a veiled plea to us to stop writing letters; surely it was an admission that they are snowed under! A network never uses valuable air time mid-season to make announcements, so something drove them to this extreme!
- Hooray for Everybody!!! by Bjo Trimble ("As you may have guessed from the cover, STAR TREK has been renewed and will be seen next season on Monday at 7:30 pm in most places. Like, WHEEEE!!)" (1)
- Raise Your Voice by Bjo Trimble (about ratings and the Nielsen Ratings and the company, VOICE) (1)
- NBC Throws in the Towel! by Bjo Trimble (2)
- Just the Facts, Ma'm... by Bjo Trimble (about being interviews by Joyce Wagner of the Kansas City Star; Trimble complained about how reporters usually made Trek and SF fans look like freaks. Trimble was unhappy with the interview but was glad it spelled her and John Trimble's name correctly) (2)
- some "Mr. Spock for President" bumper stickers are offered for sale (2)
- Petition Contest Results ("Many thanks to everyone who entered the SAVE STAR TREK petition contest." Includes the winners. Prizes were listed.) (3)
- Copyrights ("STAR TREK, the characters, and all rights pertaining to same, are the property of NBC, which may explain why some material is difficult or impossible to obtain. Xeroxing ST material to sell is illegal, as is making up your own ST items to sell [items marketed pay a royalty to the people who own the show] as that is "bootlegging" material to which you have no right. Authorized items have been "OK'd" by the studio. Anything else is cheating STAR TREK!") (3)
- Miscellany ("A nurse in Berkeley has made the childrens' ward into the Enterprise, and thereby taken much of the fear of hospitals from the youngsters' minds. A home teacher reports the change of attitude of a Negro delinquent when he saw that STAR TREK predicted a future not only for the world, but for equal rights for all races. Do you have a STAR TREK story? We'd like to collect them for possible publication (and most certainly to show to important people!)" (3)
- Letter Writing by Trimble (encouragement to write even more letters, a bit of a scold on sloppy letters, her unhappiness about TV Guide claiming that some Trek fans threatened to bomb NBC: "I wrote to the magazine, asking for proof of that statement, but have not heard from them. If I had a subscription to TV GUIDE, I'd cancel it, even if it meant buying off the stands for a month or so, just to show them how I feel about allegations like that. I feel strongly that TV GUIDE should either prove that statement or retract it, and all the extra ST fan mail they publish won't serve as a "sop" to me.") (4)
- Science Fiction Conventions (boosting Fun Con: "The [enclosed] flier will tell you about the July 4th convention, at which there will be a special STAR TREK day if there is enough response. I will be in charge of that, so interested fans should drop me a postcard, indicating how many in their party, whether you'll stay for the whole convention, and what you'd like to have at such an affair, which might include a luncheon (approx. $4.50) with guest speakers, displays and goodies. Don't put off letting me know, as plans have to be made early to obtain guests before they are promised elsewhere.") (5)
- The Concordance (an update on its lateness and content) (5)
- Why We're Late (personal issues) (5)
- Auction Information (a complete set of first drafts has a starting bid of $300.00) (5)
from issue #2
from issue #2
Issue 3
Where No Fan Has Gone Before 3 was published in July 1968 and contains 6 pages.