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01-18-2024, 09:29 PM
https://whatculture.com/trekculture/10-greatest-star-trek-bottle-episodes-2?rf=homepage
A bottle show saves money for a series, so how has Star Trek used them to great effect?
BY SEAN FERRICK
JANUARY 18TH, 2024
So, what is a bottle show? They're rather simple to explain: an executive looks at the budget, panics, and demands a show set entirely on standing sets.
Making anything, from stage plays to blockbuster films, comes with a price tag. So, a clever way around the ballooning costs of television has been the use of bottle shows - episodes that don't incur additional costs for set building, and often, though not always, using the main cast rather than guest stars.
Star Trek has been a bit loose on the interpretation when it comes to the use of guest stars in their bottle shows, though they have been clever in how they've structured these episodes. This is a list that could easily run for three or four sequels, so the episodes we've focused on here are some of the most immediate examples that come to mind.
Put up your feet, switch off any devices that are sucking up electricity in the background, save your money, and enjoy these budgeted bastions of brilliance.
A bottle show saves money for a series, so how has Star Trek used them to great effect?
BY SEAN FERRICK
JANUARY 18TH, 2024
So, what is a bottle show? They're rather simple to explain: an executive looks at the budget, panics, and demands a show set entirely on standing sets.
Making anything, from stage plays to blockbuster films, comes with a price tag. So, a clever way around the ballooning costs of television has been the use of bottle shows - episodes that don't incur additional costs for set building, and often, though not always, using the main cast rather than guest stars.
Star Trek has been a bit loose on the interpretation when it comes to the use of guest stars in their bottle shows, though they have been clever in how they've structured these episodes. This is a list that could easily run for three or four sequels, so the episodes we've focused on here are some of the most immediate examples that come to mind.
Put up your feet, switch off any devices that are sucking up electricity in the background, save your money, and enjoy these budgeted bastions of brilliance.