re: #246 Joe Bacon

It came out after both Irwin Allen and Gene Roddenberry died that they both kept “intelligence” files on each other.

NBC was looking for a replacement for Star Trek during the second season. They approached Allen and he came up with his “City Beneath The Sea” concept. He provided a short film synopsis to NBC that Roddenberry found out about which had similarities to Star Trek’s cast.

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NBC almost picked this instead of renewing Star Trek.

Wow. You can tell that’s Irwin Allen. Lots of splodey things and fire.