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Welcome to Gene-ology, a podcast by Roddenberry Entertainment that dives deep into the early TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry. It features Lee Marvin in front of a high-tech viewscreen, but this is no starship – Gene-ology opens its investigation into a very unusual foray into "true crime" with Gene Roddenberry adapting the particulars of a notorious Seattle murder case into dramatic form. It's also a career milestone for Gene: the last script he would write for a show that he didn't also create. Hosted by Earl Green & Ashley Thomas About Gene-ology Gene-ology explores Gene Roddenberry's early television scripts, including his lesser-known works before Star Trek using the Mission Log format popularized by Roddenberry Podcasts. We analyze the themes, writing style, and cultural impact of his scripts, and we even unearth stories from the Roddenberry archives that were never produced. Join us as we trace the roots of Gene's creative genius. In This Episode A breakdown of key moments and themes in "Queen Anne Killer Unidentified: The Michael Olds Story". Exploring Gene Roddenberry's evolving style and storytelling. How this episode ties into the broader TV landscape of the time and reflects the early seeds of Roddenberry's visionary work. Guest stars and unique production elements that bring this episode to life. Join the Conversation What did you think of this episode? Share your thoughts, theories, and favorite moments in the comments or reach out to us on social media or email us at missionlog@roddenberry.com Did you know Roddenberry Podcasts is on YouTube? Find the video versions of your favorite shows like Mission Log: Prodigy, Mission Log: The Orville, as well as exclusive content only available on YouTube. Subscribe now! https://www.youtube.com/@RoddenberryEntertainment?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Social Media: INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/roddenberrypodcasts BLUESKY https://bsky.app/profile/roddenberrypod.bsky.social THREADS https://www.threads.net/@roddenberrypodcasts FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MissionLogPod Our shows are part of the Roddenberry Entertainment family. For more great shows and to learn how we live the legacy of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, follow us here: RODDENBERRY PODCASTS https://www.instagram.com/RoddenberryPodcasts RODDENBERRY ENTERTAINMENT https://www.instagram.com/RoddenberryOfficial RODDENBERRY FOUNDATION https://www.instagram.com/TheRoddenberryFoundation Support the Show For as little as $1 a month, you can gain access to our Mission Log Discord Community! There, we continue the discussion with dedicated channels and a weekly video chat with the hosts. Become a member of our Patreon today! https://www.Patreon.com/MissionLog Subscribe and Stay Tuned Be sure to subscribe to Gene-ology for more deep dives into Gene Roddenberry's early works. New episodes are released regularly as we uncover more of Gene's television legacy. – Gene-ology is produced by Roddenberry Entertainment. Executive producer Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry. Visit https://Podcasts.Roddenberry.com for more great content. Edited by Earl Green.
The 160th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. This episode concludes the series’ seventh season.
The 69th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Grant Gustin (The Flash), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Katrina Law (Spartacus), and Marc Singer (V) guest star in the third season finale.
Silva Screen Records releases a CD of music from the 1960s Doctor Who story The Krotons, composed and performed by Brian Hodgson of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. A rare example of a pre-80s soundtrack scored entirely by the Workshop, The Krotons’ release catches fans off-guard as part of the label’s series of classic soundtrack releases celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who.
The 717th episode of Doctor Who (the 19th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Roger Lloyd Pack and Don Warrington guest star. The Cybermen become the second classic series enemy to appear in the modern series.
The 96th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN. Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis reprise their roles in a series finale that proves somewhat controversial within fandom. This is the final Star Trek production with Rick Berman as the executive producer.
The 143rd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star. Nathan Fillion (Firefly), David Boreanaz (Angel), and Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) guest star.
The 110th and final episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, and Alan Van Sprang. Robert Leeshock guest stars in the series finale.
The 181st episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Robert Patrick. Nicholas Lea and Annabeth Gish guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 22nd episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Hudson Leick guest stars as Callisto, and Ted Raimi (seaQuest DSV) makes his first appearance as Joxer.
Nintendo releases the role-playing game Super Mario RPG for the Super NES, a game developed with Square. With a bare minimum of references to the rest of the Super Mario franchise, this is the first attempt to move Mario into RPG territory.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 60th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Michael O’Hare guest stars as Jeffrey Sinclair, the original commander of Babylon 5, in a two-part story which clears up the mysteries left dangling at the end of the first season episode Babylon Squared.
The 43rd episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos.
The 24th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Jerry Hardin and William B. Davis guest star in the first season finale.
Fox airs the 26th episode of the sci-fi western, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, and Christian Clemenson. John Astin (The Addams Family) and football legend Terry Bradshaw guest star.
NBC airs the 73rd episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Bob Saget (Full House) and Amy Yasbeck (Wings) guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 96th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode introduces the Trill, a race frequently featured in future Star Trek spinoff Deep Space Nine.
The 20th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Dick Miller guest stars.
The 24th episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Doug McClure (Search, The Virginian) guest stars.
Soyuz T-5 lifts off from the Soviet Union, carrying its crew of two to the new Salyut 7 space station for a long-term stay. Cosmonauts Anatoli Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev become Salyut 7’s first occupants, remaining aboard the station for a record-setting 211 days (almost seven months), not returning until December 1982. During that time, the two cosmonauts host two other visiting crews and launch a small amateur radio communications satellite by ejecting it from a small airlock.
ABC airs the eighth episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Duncan Regehr (Wizards & Warriors) guest stars in the first season finale.
The 58th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. This is the final episode of the series, and in a rarity for 1970s TV, is written to wrap up Jaime’s story. Lindsay Wagner will reprise the role in a series of reunion movies with Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man) in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Atari introduces a new arcade game, Breakout, which takes the play mechanics of Pong, turns them on one side, and turns the game into a single-player endurance trial. Assigned to junior Atari employee Steve Jobs, Breakout is actually completed by Jobs’ friend Steve Wozniak, though the circuitry for the game is redesigned when Atari’s engineers can’t get their heads around Wozniak’s incredibly compact, efficient design, which reduces the number of logic circuits to a bare minimum. Jobs and Wozniak later approach Atari with a design for a personal computer, and are turned down; that design later becomes the first Apple Computer.
NBC airs the 42nd episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Dean Stockwell and Sally Field guest star.
The 162nd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode sees Ben and Polly leave the TARDIS to remain on modern-day Earth; the TARDIS is then stolen, leading directly into the next story. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
The 14th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.
theLogBook.com releases the 15th episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the week of November 22nd, 1971:
The CW airs the 66th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe. 
The 160th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. This episode concludes the series’ seventh season.
The 834th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 135th episode since the series’ revival). Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, and Matt Lucas star. 
Silva Screen Records releases a CD of music from the 1960s Doctor Who story The Krotons, composed and performed by Brian Hodgson of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. A rare example of a pre-80s soundtrack scored entirely by the Workshop, The Krotons’ release catches fans off-guard as part of the label’s series of classic soundtrack releases celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who. 
The 717th episode of Doctor Who (the 19th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Roger Lloyd Pack and Don Warrington guest star. The Cybermen become the second classic series enemy to appear in the modern series. 
The 96th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN. Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis reprise their roles in a series finale that proves somewhat controversial within fandom. This is the final Star Trek production with Rick Berman as the executive producer. 
The 95th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN. Peter Weller (RoboCop, Odyssey 5) guest stars. 
The 143rd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star. Nathan Fillion (Firefly), David Boreanaz (Angel), and Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) guest star.
The 110th and final episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, and Alan Van Sprang. Robert Leeshock guest stars in the series finale.
The 181st episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Robert Patrick. Nicholas Lea and Annabeth Gish guest star.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 93rd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Jeffrey Combs makes his first appearance in the recurring role of Weyoun. 
The 24th episode of Lawrence Hertzog’s paranoid spy-fi thriller Nowhere Man, starring Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek), airs on UPN. 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 22nd episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Hudson Leick guest stars as Callisto, and Ted Raimi (seaQuest DSV) makes his first appearance as Joxer. 
UPN airs the 40th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. 
EMI Records releases the career-spanning compilation Back To The Story, collecting Idle Race‘s complete recorded output, along with material from Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders (before a change of personnel resulted in a change to the name of the band). 
Nintendo releases the role-playing game Super Mario RPG for the Super NES, a game developed with Square. With a bare minimum of references to the rest of the Super Mario franchise, this is the first attempt to move Mario into RPG territory. 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 60th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Michael O’Hare guest stars as Jeffrey Sinclair, the original commander of Babylon 5, in a two-part story which clears up the mysteries left dangling at the end of the first season episode Babylon Squared. 
Pocket Books releases the non-fiction book Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, by Herbert F. Solow (former Desilu production executive) and Robert H. Justman (former Star Trek co-producer), a memoir of both men’s roles in the making of the original series, and their dealings with the cast and with series creator Gene Roddenberry. 
The 43rd episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. 
Fox airs the 26th episode of the sci-fi western, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, and Christian Clemenson. John Astin (The Addams Family) and football legend Terry Bradshaw guest star.
NBC airs the 73rd episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Bob Saget (Full House) and Amy Yasbeck (Wings) guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 96th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode introduces the Trill, a race frequently featured in future Star Trek spinoff Deep Space Nine. 
The 20th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Dick Miller guest stars.
The 24th episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Doug McClure (Search, The Virginian) guest stars.
ITV airs the 113th and final episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Chaim Topol guest stars in the series finale.
Soyuz T-5 lifts off from the Soviet Union, carrying its crew of two to the new Salyut 7 space station for a long-term stay. Cosmonauts Anatoli Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev become Salyut 7’s first occupants, remaining aboard the station for a record-setting 211 days (almost seven months), not returning until December 1982. During that time, the two cosmonauts host two other visiting crews and launch a small amateur radio communications satellite by ejecting it from a small airlock.
ITV premieres the first episode of the HTV West-produced children’s fantasy series Into The Labyrinth, co-created by Bob Baker (Sky, Doctor Who, K-9) and starring Ron Moody and Pamela Salem. 
ABC airs the eighth episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Duncan Regehr (Wizards & Warriors) guest stars in the first season finale.
The 58th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. This is the final episode of the series, and in a rarity for 1970s TV, is written to wrap up Jaime’s story. Lindsay Wagner will reprise the role in a series of reunion movies with Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man) in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Atari introduces a new arcade game, Breakout, which takes the play mechanics of Pong, turns them on one side, and turns the game into a single-player endurance trial. Assigned to junior Atari employee Steve Jobs, Breakout is actually completed by Jobs’ friend Steve Wozniak, though the circuitry for the game is redesigned when Atari’s engineers can’t get their heads around Wozniak’s incredibly compact, efficient design, which reduces the number of logic circuits to a bare minimum. Jobs and Wozniak later approach Atari with a design for a personal computer, and are turned down; that design later becomes the first Apple Computer. 
NBC airs the 42nd episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Dean Stockwell and Sally Field guest star.
The 323rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Garrick Hagon (Star Wars) and John Hollis (The Empire Strikes Back) guest star.
The 162nd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode sees Ben and Polly leave the TARDIS to remain on modern-day Earth; the TARDIS is then stolen, leading directly into the next story. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
The 14th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.
The 31st episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. George Grizzard and John McIntire star.