Star Trek: Phase II (series)

Star Trek II (now commonly refered to as Star Trek: Phase II) was a planned Star Trek spin-off series about the second 5 year mission of the crew from the original series. It was cancelled during development. The 2 hour pilot became Star Trek: The Motion Picture, two of the episodes were used for Star Trek: The Next Generation
===Production===
===Characters===
The original crew although some changes were proposed:
* Spock appeared in early material, but Leonard Nimoy proved difficult to get, and the placeholder Lt Vulcan was used. This character later became Lt Xon.
* Kirk appeared in all the scripts, however, Shatner's fee was too high, and Kirk was only going to appear in the first 13 episodes. Dekker was added as first officer, to eventually become captain when Kirk left.
* The addition of Ilia.
==Legacy==
===Star Trek: The Motion Picture===
* The pilot (In Thy Image) was used for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
===Star Trek: The Next Generation===
* Decker and Ilia became Riker and Troi.
* Two completed scripts were reused: "The Child" and "The Devil's Due".
==Further reading==
* Star Trek: Phase II - The Lost Series (Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens)
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