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Gerrold noted, in retrospect, that it would not be like the Enterprise crew to have such attitudes against Kirk as Bandi induced, and that he might instead set the episode on another ship where laxity has been reported.
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In the late 1970s, Bantam published a number of original Star Trek novels, including two written by noted science fiction author Joe Haldeman, and one by original series scriptwriter David Gerrold.
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Gerrold suggested things he would change about the show, among them adding a Klingon as a member of the crew, employing a counselor to look after crewmembers ' inner lives, and allowing crewmembers to bring their families and children along.
Gerrold wrote this script in response to being with Roddenberry at a convention in 1987 where he had promised that the upcoming Next Generation series would deal with the issue of sexual orientation in the egalitarian future.
Gerrold would, however, finally get his chance to appear with tribbles in DS9s " Trials and Tribble-ations.
The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.
Science-fiction writer David Gerrold was with Roddenberry when he promised that Star Trek: The Next Generation ( referred to by fans as TNG ) would integrate LGBT characters into the series and thus drafted a script for an episode that would have had two male crew-members that were a couple, in the backdrop of an allegory about the mistreatment of people infected with AIDS.
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In particular, Gerrold can be credited for reshaping the position of " first officer " as the ship's executive officer and commander of " away teams " ( to overcome the unrealism of the ship's captain routinely beaming into dangerous situations ).
He parted company with the producers at the beginning of the first season, after a dispute before the Writers ' Guild in which the Guild required that Gerrold be paid additional wages for the work he did helping to create the series, because he had largely written the show's bible rather than Gene Roddenberry.
The character of Ensign Freeman, who appears in the famous bar scene with the Klingons, was originally intended by Gerrold to be a walk-on part for himself, although another actor took the role.
The Chtorran ecology created by Gerrold is so complex there was at one time rumored to be a " Red Book " in the works-an illustrated field guide to Chtorran wildlife.
In the book, Gerrold stated that his goal was to show how a species that seemed harmless could be quite dangerous.
Prior to that, In A Rage For Revenge, Gerrold included several characters, particularly children who were fated to be eaten by worms, named after friends he had made when attending his first UK Star Trek conventions.
Gerrold and like
* The Man Who Folded Himself is a 1973 science fiction novel by David Gerrold that deals with time travel and the predestination paradox, much like Heinlein's.
Gerrold and Enterprise
Within days of seeing the Star Trek series premiere " The Man Trap " on 8 September 1966, Gerrold wrote a sixty-page outline for a two-part episode called " Tomorrow Was Yesterday ", about the Enterprise discovering a generation ship launched from Earth centuries earlier.
Gerrold wrote that he had originally written the part of Ensign Freeman as a walk-on for himself, but it was felt that he didn't have the right build for an Enterprise crewman so the part went to Shatner stand-in Paul Baxley.
Gerrold and crew
Gerrold wrote a script for Star Trek: The Next Generation entitled " Blood and Fire ", which included an AIDS metaphor and an incidentally gay couple in the ship's crew.
Roddenberry began putting together a production crew which included colleagues who had worked with him on the original series, including Robert H. Justman, as well as David Gerrold and Eddie Milkis.
" Gerrold has since said that while many of the TNG cast and crew ( including Roddenberry ) were supportive of the storyline, it met stiff opposition from the studio and the script never made it into production.
Gerrold and have
The writers who have acknowledged his assistance include Anne McCaffrey for the Dragonriders of Pern ; Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes for their Legacy of Heorot ; James White of Sector General fame ; David Gerrold for the Chtorr ecology ; and Terry Pratchett for several works.
Other writers have picked up on the reference, notably David Gerrold.
Voyager producer Jeri Taylor wrote two novels featuring backstory for Voyager characters, and screen authors David Gerrold, D. C. Fontana, and Melinda Snodgrass have also penned books.
Many characters and ideas from other works by David Gerrold have made appearances in this series.
Other fans have suggested that office politics, including a labor dispute between Gerrold and Roddenberry, prevented the script from getting produced, rather than bigotry or hypocrisy on the part of Roddenberry or the studio.
To date, seven episodes have been released: " Come What May " ( the pilot ); " In Harm's Way "; " To Serve All My Days "; " World Enough and Time "; " Blood and Fire ," a two-part episode written by original series scribe David Gerrold ; " Enemy: Starfleet "; and " The Child.
Gerrold and such
A number of well-respected writers in the science fiction field contributed scripts to the series ( mostly in the first and second seasons ), including Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, Ben Bova, and Norman Spinrad, and a number of people involved with Star Trek, such as Dorothy " D. C ." Fontana, Walter Koenig, and David Gerrold.
After his early success with " The Trouble with Tribbles " Gerrold continued writing television scripts ( mostly for science fiction series such as Land of the Lost, Babylon 5, Sliders, and The Twilight Zone ).
Gerrold and Kirk
Star Trek writer David Gerrold, to tweak William Shatner on set, once joked he was writing a Star Trek episode in which Kirk lost his voice in the teaser ( the hook ), and didn't get it back until the tag.
Gerrold and set
While Gerrold appeared as a crewman extra with other Trek fandom notables in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, he did not appear in a Trek series until Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, when he played a security guard in " Trials and Tribble-ations ", set during the time frame of his original episode.
Gerrold and episode
* " More Tribbles, More Troubles " was written by David Gerrold as a sequel to his famous episode " The Trouble With Tribbles " from the original series.
Butler's story, in turn, inspired the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " The Trouble with Tribbles ", written by David Gerrold.
Gerrold later wrote a book, The Trouble With Tribbles, telling the whole story about producing the episode and his earlier premises.
He contributed the script to Star Trek: New Voyages, where it was reworked by staff writer Carlos Pedraza to place the story in the time frame of Star Trek: The Original Series ; Gerrold directed the episode in 2007.
Gerrold had wanted to appear onscreen in an episode of Star Trek, particularly " The Trouble with Tribbles ".
It was written by David Gerrold and directed by Joseph Pevney and is episode # 44, production # 42.
* A sequel episode appeared in Star Trek: The Animated Series titled " More Tribbles, More Troubles ," for which Gerrold also wrote the script.
This episode marked the beginning of a long association between author David Gerrold and Star Trek.
Gerrold states that Shatner's comment about this suggested episode was unprintable.
) David Gerrold, the author of the Star Trek episode, claims that he had read the Heinlein book years before writing his screenplay, and was not consciously aware of the similarities, until a routine studio clearances review prompted a contact with Heinlein who, graciously, admitted the similarities but also waived all rights.
It first aired in the NBC Saturday morning lineup on October 6, 1973, and was written by David Gerrold as a sequel to his Original Series episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ".
David Gerrold, the script writer for the Star Trek episode " The Trouble With Tribbles " ( which was parodied by the title of the first Crystal Caves episode ) played Crystal Caves, and referred to it in a computer magazine for which he was a contributor.
He also mentored the young Gerrold and helped him polish the script for the episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ".
It is episode # 76, production # 74, written by Margaret Armen, based on a story by David Gerrold and Oliver Crawford, and directed by Jud Taylor.
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