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Mark Altman

Mark A. Altman is a TV/film writer, producer and showrunner (Free Enterprise, Pandora, The Librarians) and co-author of the bestselling The Fifty-Year Mission Star Trek oral history.

Sep 9, 2026

0:55
How proud are you of this movie?
1:00
Well, you know, Scott, thank you for that introduction.
1:04
It's a pleasure to be here with the man whose expertise exceeds even my own, one of the rare people.
1:11
I'm so excited about this film.
1:13
You know, for years...
1:15
I've been watching other people talk about Star Trek.
1:19
I think we feel the same way when you're watching the local news and we just beamed into the latest Trekkie convention and we're, man, are we excited.

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14:05
him, what was it like for him to talk about things that he probably has never even talked about? But he was able to talk with you about it because you're obviously coming from such an informed place.
37:18
Mm.
37:18
And since it is an- the anniversary of his death was just two days ago, probably appropriate to share this.
37:24
So we got to go inside Ford Theatre, and I noticed that the presidential box was up to the...
37:32
If you're looking at the stage, it's up to the right.
37:37
And so we end up tracking down the lady who was in charge of both Ford Theatre and the Petersen House right across the street where Lincoln passed, actually passed away.
37:51
And we get to chatting to her, and I, and I asked her, I'm something of a Lincolnophile, and I ended up telling a story in the Petersen House about the bed that Lincoln died in.
38:05
She ended up getting the keys to that room, and we checked under the bed to see if the story I had heard was true.

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Um, so thanks for taking the time to join me.

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