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List of Star Trek: The Original Series writers
This is a list of writers for the original Star Trek television series sorted by the amount of episodes written. Collaborations are marked with dashes. (-) Contributions, pseudonyms and episode numbers are noted in parenthesis. Gene L. Coon "Arena" (S01E18) (Teleplay) "Space Seed" (S01E22) (Teleplay - with Carey Wilber) "A Taste of Armageddon" (S01E23) (Teleplay - with Robert Hamner) "The ...
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew. It acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began.. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, c. 2266-2269.
Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction franchise Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer.Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war.
Gene L. Coon
Eugene Lee Coon (January 7, 1924 - July 8, 1973) was an American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist.He is best remembered for his work on the original Star Trek as a screenwriter, story editor, and showrunner from the middle of the series' first season to the middle of the second. Along with series creator Gene Roddenberry, Coon is given credit for the show's idealistic tone and ...
The best writers of "Star Trek"
Paul Schneider was born on August 4, 1923 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Star Trek (1966), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and Options (1989). He was married to Margaret Schneider. He died on October 13, 2008 in Riverside, California, USA.
The Great TV Writers: Gene Roddenberry
The Great TV Writers: Gene Roddenberry. Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer and creator of the original Star Trek television series, and its first spin-off The Next Generation. Suffice it to say, he was one of the most successful writers of his day.
Gene L. Coon
Gene L. Coon (7 January 1924 - 8 July 1973; age 49), sometimes credited under the pseudonym "Lee Cronin", was a writer and producer for Star Trek: The Original Series. He produced the first season of the series from "Miri" to "Operation -- Annihilate!" and the second season from "Catspaw" to "A Private Little War", earning him a 1967 Emmy Award nomination. Coon was hired as line producer in ...
Star Trek: Pages from the writers' guide for the original series
Find out more about what this space is all about here. These excerpts from a 31-page photocopied writers' guide for the original Star Trek series show how early Trek episodes were crafted. The ...
The 15 Best Star Trek Books Ever Written
Simon and Schuster. It's easier to refer to this bulk recommendation as "The Khan Trilogy." The first two novels are formally titled "The Eugenics War: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh ...
Harlan Ellison wrote Star Trek's greatest episode. He hated it
Getty Images. Harlan Ellison, the legendary, legendarily irascible speculative fiction writer who died this week at age 84, wrote the greatest episode of Star Trek ever made. And he hated it ...
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Volume 1 opens with a foreword by the legendary D.C. Fontana (Star Trek writer extraordinaire, Original Series story editor, and Animated Series associate producer).It focuses on the first half of the decade, including Roddenberry projects Pretty Maids All in a Row, Genesis II, The Questor Tapes, Planet Earth, Strange New World, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and much more.
R.I.P. D.C. Fontana: The most important writer on the original Star
Dorothy 'D.C.' Fontana gave the the original Star Trek its human heart. Writer Dorothy "D.C." Fontana died Monday at the age of 80. But her humanistic science fiction creations will live on in the form of Spock's family from the original Star Trek and The Next Generation crew in "Encounter at Farpoint." If not for Fontana, the Trek franchise ...
Celebrating Star Trek's Women Writers
Star Trek has a history of not only highlighting powerful women on-screen, but featuring them behind-the-scenes as well. Going as far back as Star Trek: The Original Series, each series has featured women as episode writers, which was a striking move for a 1960s show.As the franchise continued to grow throughout the years, more women joined the Star Trek writing family, bringing us stories of ...
Star Trek (TV Series 1966-1969)
Star Trek: Created by Gene Roddenberry. With Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols. In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
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SHIP'S WEAPONRY. The main weaponry of the U.S.S. Enterprise is its banks of "ship's phasers", which are artillery- sized versions of the hand phaser and phaser pistol. From the Bridge, phaser power can be aimed in any direction and our Optical Effect here is "blips" or "squirts" of blue phaser fire, which are emitted.
D. C. Fontana
Dorothy Catherine Fontana (March 25, 1939 - December 2, 2019) was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek series.. After a short period working for Samuel A. Peeples as a secretary, Fontana moved to work for Del Reisman, a producer on The Lieutenant, whose creator was Gene Roddenberry. ...
List of Star Trek: The Next Generation Writers
Dec. at 70 (1921-1991) Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer and creator of the original Star Trek television series, and its first spin-off The Next Generation. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer.
Civilizations Based On Earth History In Star Trek: TOS
Highlights. Encounters in Star Trek often mirror Earth civilizations; from Roman spectaculars to Nazi influences, the show draws parallels to history. TOS writers reused sets and props for alien ...
Star Trek's Future: 'Starfleet Academy,' 'Section 31,' Michelle Yeoh
"Strange New Worlds" is the 12th "Star Trek" TV show since the original series debuted on NBC in 1966, introducing Gene Roddenberry's vision of a hopeful future for humanity.
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.Since its creation, the franchise has expanded into various films, television series, video games, novels, and comic books, and it has become one of the most recognizable and highest-grossing media franchises ...
Star Trek: Discovery's Progenitors revive a scrapped Next Gen story
Calling back to a single 30-year-old episode of television is a time-honored Star Trek tradition, one that's led the franchise to some of its most fascinating detours.And in its two-episode ...
Star Trek's History With the Writers' Strike, Explained
The current shortest strike happened in 1973, right when series creator Gene Roddenberry just got NBC to put Star Trek back on the air. The longest writers strike in history happened in 1988, lasting a full 22 weeks. The strike coincided with the start of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Roddenberry's last shot at turning ...
'Star Trek' actress Barbara Baldavin dead at 85
Original Star Trek actress, Barbara Baldavin, passed away on Sunday following a congestive heart failure, per The Hollywood Reporter. The actress, who ppeared on three episodes of the original ...
Star Trek's Darkest Episode Inspired By An American President
When the other writers had trouble making this Star Trek take on Watergate work, they pivoted to a more provocative angle: Jake discovering something dark and disturbing about his own father's past.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller.The fourth series in the Star Trek media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from January 3, 1993, to June 2, 1999, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, its narrative is centered ...
Star Trek: Discovery Introduces Its Own Data
Star Trek: Discovery season 5 begins with a bang, as Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the USS Discovery are thrown into a galactic treasure hunt hundreds of years in the making.In Discovery season 5, episode 1, "Red Directive," Discovery sets out in pursuit of a mysterious Romulan artifact from 800 years ago. When their target is stolen by couriers Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak ...
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This is a list of writers for the original Star Trek television series sorted by the amount of episodes written. Collaborations are marked with dashes. (-) Contributions, pseudonyms and episode numbers are noted in parenthesis. Gene L. Coon "Arena" (S01E18) (Teleplay) "Space Seed" (S01E22) (Teleplay - with Carey Wilber) "A Taste of Armageddon" (S01E23) (Teleplay - with Robert Hamner) "The ...
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew. It acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began.. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, c. 2266-2269.
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction franchise Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer.Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war.
Eugene Lee Coon (January 7, 1924 - July 8, 1973) was an American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist.He is best remembered for his work on the original Star Trek as a screenwriter, story editor, and showrunner from the middle of the series' first season to the middle of the second. Along with series creator Gene Roddenberry, Coon is given credit for the show's idealistic tone and ...
Paul Schneider was born on August 4, 1923 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Star Trek (1966), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and Options (1989). He was married to Margaret Schneider. He died on October 13, 2008 in Riverside, California, USA.
The Great TV Writers: Gene Roddenberry. Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer and creator of the original Star Trek television series, and its first spin-off The Next Generation. Suffice it to say, he was one of the most successful writers of his day.
Gene L. Coon (7 January 1924 - 8 July 1973; age 49), sometimes credited under the pseudonym "Lee Cronin", was a writer and producer for Star Trek: The Original Series. He produced the first season of the series from "Miri" to "Operation -- Annihilate!" and the second season from "Catspaw" to "A Private Little War", earning him a 1967 Emmy Award nomination. Coon was hired as line producer in ...
Find out more about what this space is all about here. These excerpts from a 31-page photocopied writers' guide for the original Star Trek series show how early Trek episodes were crafted. The ...
Simon and Schuster. It's easier to refer to this bulk recommendation as "The Khan Trilogy." The first two novels are formally titled "The Eugenics War: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh ...
Getty Images. Harlan Ellison, the legendary, legendarily irascible speculative fiction writer who died this week at age 84, wrote the greatest episode of Star Trek ever made. And he hated it ...
Volume 1 opens with a foreword by the legendary D.C. Fontana (Star Trek writer extraordinaire, Original Series story editor, and Animated Series associate producer).It focuses on the first half of the decade, including Roddenberry projects Pretty Maids All in a Row, Genesis II, The Questor Tapes, Planet Earth, Strange New World, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and much more.
Dorothy 'D.C.' Fontana gave the the original Star Trek its human heart. Writer Dorothy "D.C." Fontana died Monday at the age of 80. But her humanistic science fiction creations will live on in the form of Spock's family from the original Star Trek and The Next Generation crew in "Encounter at Farpoint." If not for Fontana, the Trek franchise ...
Star Trek has a history of not only highlighting powerful women on-screen, but featuring them behind-the-scenes as well. Going as far back as Star Trek: The Original Series, each series has featured women as episode writers, which was a striking move for a 1960s show.As the franchise continued to grow throughout the years, more women joined the Star Trek writing family, bringing us stories of ...
Star Trek: Created by Gene Roddenberry. With Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols. In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
SHIP'S WEAPONRY. The main weaponry of the U.S.S. Enterprise is its banks of "ship's phasers", which are artillery- sized versions of the hand phaser and phaser pistol. From the Bridge, phaser power can be aimed in any direction and our Optical Effect here is "blips" or "squirts" of blue phaser fire, which are emitted.
Dorothy Catherine Fontana (March 25, 1939 - December 2, 2019) was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek series.. After a short period working for Samuel A. Peeples as a secretary, Fontana moved to work for Del Reisman, a producer on The Lieutenant, whose creator was Gene Roddenberry. ...
Dec. at 70 (1921-1991) Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer and creator of the original Star Trek television series, and its first spin-off The Next Generation. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer.
Highlights. Encounters in Star Trek often mirror Earth civilizations; from Roman spectaculars to Nazi influences, the show draws parallels to history. TOS writers reused sets and props for alien ...
"Strange New Worlds" is the 12th "Star Trek" TV show since the original series debuted on NBC in 1966, introducing Gene Roddenberry's vision of a hopeful future for humanity.
Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.Since its creation, the franchise has expanded into various films, television series, video games, novels, and comic books, and it has become one of the most recognizable and highest-grossing media franchises ...
Calling back to a single 30-year-old episode of television is a time-honored Star Trek tradition, one that's led the franchise to some of its most fascinating detours.And in its two-episode ...
The current shortest strike happened in 1973, right when series creator Gene Roddenberry just got NBC to put Star Trek back on the air. The longest writers strike in history happened in 1988, lasting a full 22 weeks. The strike coincided with the start of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Roddenberry's last shot at turning ...
Original Star Trek actress, Barbara Baldavin, passed away on Sunday following a congestive heart failure, per The Hollywood Reporter. The actress, who ppeared on three episodes of the original ...
When the other writers had trouble making this Star Trek take on Watergate work, they pivoted to a more provocative angle: Jake discovering something dark and disturbing about his own father's past.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller.The fourth series in the Star Trek media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from January 3, 1993, to June 2, 1999, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, its narrative is centered ...
Star Trek: Discovery season 5 begins with a bang, as Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the USS Discovery are thrown into a galactic treasure hunt hundreds of years in the making.In Discovery season 5, episode 1, "Red Directive," Discovery sets out in pursuit of a mysterious Romulan artifact from 800 years ago. When their target is stolen by couriers Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak ...