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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. To fans, they were the Great Bird of the Galaxy and the First Lady of Star Trek. To their friends and co-workers, Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry were, perhaps, slightly less mythic figures with their own very human quirks, but still beloved and admired. In this panel from the TrekTalks 5 telethon in support of the Hollywood Food Coalition, Gene and Majel are remembered by those who knew them. Podcast hosted by Earl Green & Ashley Thomas TrekTalks panel hosted by John Champion Panel guests: Fred Bronson, Denise Crosby, Ernie Over, Rod Roddenberry 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 Memories of Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry from those who knew and worked with them 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 865th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 166th episode since the series’ revival), starring Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, and John Bishop. This is the first episode of a six-episode, season-long storyline titled Flux; this season has been long-delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scottish actor Sean Connery, forever associated with originating the character of super-spy James Bond on film (in 1962’s Dr. No), dies at the age of 90. He played the role of Bond in six films from 1962 through 1971, relinquishing the role to Roger Moore so he could try to expand his career beyond the Bond character and franchise, though he returned to the role for a one-off 1983 film, Never Say Never Again, which was produced outside of the “official” Bond continuity and dared to acknowledge the character’s (and actor’s) advancing age. In the meantime, he had amassed a number of appearances in movies both well-regarded and otherwise, including the bizarre post-apocalyptic sci-fi film Zardoz (1974) and the sci-fi crime drama Outland (1981). In 1986, his appearance in Highlander saw the beginning of a number of films in which he played the mentor of a given movie’s nominal star, including The Untouchables (1987) and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989). His experiences in filming his final live-action film appearance, 2003’s League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, convinced him to retire from acting; family members said that he suffered from dementia in his final years.
The 822nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 123rd episode since the series’ revival), starring Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. Jemma Redgrave and Ingrid Oliver guest star in part one of a two-part story.
Virgin Galactica’s suborbital tourist spacecraft SpaceShip Two is launched on its first rocket-powered test since January 2014, this time using a modified rocket engine and a fuel mixture different from its previous test flights. Within seconds of its release and the firing of its engine, things go disastrously wrong: an explosion rips through the vehicle, which tumbles into the Mojave Desert from an altitude of 50,000 feet. One of SpaceShip Two’s pilots, Michael Alsbury, is killed on impact; the other pilot ejects from the vehicle and parachutes to the ground, though he is still severely injured. Virgin Galactic and the National Transportation Safety Board begin an investigation into the accident; though this first flightworthy SpaceShip Two model, the VSS Enterprise, is destroyed, another is under construction.
The fourth episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Susanna Thompson (Star Trek: Voyager) guest stars.
Cable channel AMC premieres the first episode of The Walking Dead, a series based on the popular zombie comic of the same name. The series quickly gains acclaim for its nail-biting tension and its gory makeup effects.
UK cable channel Disney XD airs a one-off “sneak preview” of the first episode of K-9. Filmed in Australia, this series is aimed at younger viewers, and is the brainchild of original K-9 co-creator Bob Baker, who has been trying to launch a K-9 series since the 1990s. Other than the character of K-9, the show has no other ties to the Doctor Who universe, since the BBC is not involved.
Big Finish Productions releases the 15th Dalek Empire audio drama, a Doctor Who audio spinoff starring Noel Clarke and Maureen O’Brien (though neither is reprising their existing Doctor Who characters).
Big Finish Productions releases the third I, Davros audio drama, a Doctor Who audio spinoff starring Terry Molloy, reprising his TV role as creator of the Daleks.
UPN broadcasts the 11th episode of the supernatural crime comedy series Special Unit 2, starring Michael Landes (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman) and Alexondra Lee (Party Of Five). John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Jonathan Togo (CSI: Miami), Pauley Perrette (NCIS), and Stefan Arngrim (Land Of The Giants) guest star in a Halloween-themed episode.
The fourth episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, airs on Fox. John Savage guest stars.
The crew of Soyuz TM-31 spends Halloween in orbit, lifting off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on the first long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. Cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev and American astronaut William Shepherd are the first crew to take up residence on the ISS, staying aboard for 136 days. During that stay, they will be visited by the crews of three space shuttles (Endeavour, Atlantis and Discovery), all bringing new hardware modules to the station. This crew returns to Earth aboard Discovery, leaving the Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft as a return vehicle for the next ISS crew.
The sixth episode of Highlander: The Raven, starring Amanda Gracen and Paul Johannson, airs in syndication; the series is a spinoff from Highlander: The Series.
The 30th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Allan Royal (Night Heat) guest stars.
The seventh episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Tracy Scoggins (Babylon 5), John Shea (Mutant X), and Michael Cavanaugh (V) guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fifth episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name.
ABC premieres the sixth episode of Starman, a series based upon and continuing the story of John Carpenter’s 1984 movie of the same name. Robert Hays, C.B. Barnes, and Michael Kavanaugh star.
A&M Records releases David Shire’s soundtrack from the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Available only briefly – the label doesn’t keep the title in print after the movie proves not to be a blockbuster – the soundtrack has yet to be reissued in any form and is an exceedingly rare collectors’ item. The album includes a version of the theme tune by Andy Summers of The Police.
NBC airs the fourth episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Michael Durrell (V) guest stars as Harry Houdini. A young Shannen Doherty (Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210) makes one of her earliest TV appearances.
NBC airs the eighth episode of the Marvel animated series Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, starring the voices of Dan Gilvezan (Transformers), Kathy Garver (Family Affair), and Frank Welker (Scooby-Doo, Transformers, The Smurfs).
Namco releases the arcade video game King & Balloon, a shooter game with cute characters and a medieval setting, with early speech synthesis. Though the game becomes a staple of the company’s later arcade compilations on home consoles over a decade later, it does not gain a wide following in arcades.
The second episode of Nigel Kneale’s revived science fiction series Quatermass airs on London Weekend Television, starring John Mills and Simon MacCorkindale (Manimal). Toyah Willcox guest stars.
Ballantine Books publishes the second book in a trilogy of original novels based on the Star Wars characters Han Solo and Chewbacca, Han Solo’s Revenge by Brian Daley. All three books chronicle the misadventures of everyone’s favorite Corellian smuggler and his Wookiee sidekick – and avoids clashing with the upcoming sequel The Empire Strikes Back by setting these events before Star Wars itself.
The 63rd episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Lindsay Wagner and John Houseman guest star in the continuation of a story that was started in the previous week’s episode of The Bionic Woman, and will be concluded in the next episode of The Bionic Woman.
The 26th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. William Windom (My World And Welcome To It) and Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still) guest star.
The 38th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Cyril Delevanti guest stars.
The 43rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC, kicking off the series’ second season. This is part one of the story now collectively known as Planet Of Giants.
The fifth episode of the British science fiction series A For Andromeda, created and written by John Elliot and astronomer Fred Hoyle, is broadcast on the BBC, starring Esmond Knight and Julie Christie. Despite being considered a seminal early British science fiction series, much of A For Andromeda, including this episode, no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.
The 54th episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series, Tales Of Tomorrow, airs on ABC. Much of the second season is missing, including this episode.
The 865th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 166th episode since the series’ revival), starring Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, and John Bishop. This is the first episode of a six-episode, season-long storyline titled Flux; this season has been long-delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scottish actor Sean Connery, forever associated with originating the character of super-spy James Bond on film (in 1962’s Dr. No), dies at the age of 90. He played the role of Bond in six films from 1962 through 1971, relinquishing the role to Roger Moore so he could try to expand his career beyond the Bond character and franchise, though he returned to the role for a one-off 1983 film, Never Say Never Again, which was produced outside of the “official” Bond continuity and dared to acknowledge the character’s (and actor’s) advancing age. In the meantime, he had amassed a number of appearances in movies both well-regarded and otherwise, including the bizarre post-apocalyptic sci-fi film Zardoz (1974) and the sci-fi crime drama Outland (1981). In 1986, his appearance in Highlander saw the beginning of a number of films in which he played the mentor of a given movie’s nominal star, including The Untouchables (1987) and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989). His experiences in filming his final live-action film appearance, 2003’s League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, convinced him to retire from acting; family members said that he suffered from dementia in his final years.
The CW airs the 73rd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.
The CW airs the 37th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Brandon Routh, Franz Drameh, and Victor Garber. 
Virgin Galactica’s suborbital tourist spacecraft SpaceShip Two is launched on its first rocket-powered test since January 2014, this time using a modified rocket engine and a fuel mixture different from its previous test flights. Within seconds of its release and the firing of its engine, things go disastrously wrong: an explosion rips through the vehicle, which tumbles into the Mojave Desert from an altitude of 50,000 feet. One of SpaceShip Two’s pilots, Michael Alsbury, is killed on impact; the other pilot ejects from the vehicle and parachutes to the ground, though he is still severely injured. Virgin Galactic and the National Transportation Safety Board begin an investigation into the accident; though this first flightworthy SpaceShip Two model, the VSS Enterprise, is destroyed, another is under construction.
The fourth episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Susanna Thompson (Star Trek: Voyager) guest stars.
Big Finish Productions releases the 153rd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Paul McGann and Julie Cox. 
Cable channel AMC premieres the first episode of The Walking Dead, a series based on the popular zombie comic of the same name. The series quickly gains acclaim for its nail-biting tension and its gory makeup effects. 
Big Finish Productions releases the 29th episode of the new Eighth Doctor Who audio dramas, starring Paul McGann. 
UK cable channel Disney XD airs a one-off “sneak preview” of the first episode of K-9. Filmed in Australia, this series is aimed at younger viewers, and is the brainchild of original K-9 co-creator Bob Baker, who has been trying to launch a K-9 series since the 1990s. Other than the character of K-9, the show has no other ties to the Doctor Who universe, since the BBC is not involved. 
Big Finish Productions releases the 24th episode of the new Eighth Doctor Who audio dramas, starring Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith. 
Big Finish Productions releases the 114th Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton. 
Big Finish Productions releases the 15th Dalek Empire audio drama, a Doctor Who audio spinoff starring Noel Clarke and Maureen O’Brien (though neither is reprising their existing Doctor Who characters). 
Big Finish Productions releases the fifth Doctor Who audio drama in its Companion Chronicles range (short stories performed audiobook style with one or two actors). Peter Purves and Tony Millan star. 
Big Finish Productions releases the 101st Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Paul McGann and India Fisher. 
Big Finish Productions releases the third I, Davros audio drama, a Doctor Who audio spinoff starring Terry Molloy, reprising his TV role as creator of the Daleks. 
Big Finish Productions releases the 88th Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Paul McGann and India Fisher. 
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 24th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s post-apocalyptic series Jeremiah. 
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 23rd episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s post-apocalyptic series Jeremiah. 
Big Finish Productions releases the fourth Sarah Jane Smith audio drama, a Doctor Who audio spinoff starring Elisabeth Sladen, reprising her TV role. 
The sixth episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. Jeffrey Combs (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) makes his first appearance as Shran. 
UPN broadcasts the 11th episode of the supernatural crime comedy series Special Unit 2, starring Michael Landes (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman) and Alexondra Lee (Party Of Five). John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Jonathan Togo (CSI: Miami), Pauley Perrette (NCIS), and Stefan Arngrim (Land Of The Giants) guest star in a Halloween-themed episode.
The fourth episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, airs on Fox. John Savage guest stars.
The crew of Soyuz TM-31 spends Halloween in orbit, lifting off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on the first long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. Cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev and American astronaut William Shepherd are the first crew to take up residence on the ISS, staying aboard for 136 days. During that stay, they will be visited by the crews of three space shuttles (Endeavour, Atlantis and Discovery), all bringing new hardware modules to the station. This crew returns to Earth aboard Discovery, leaving the Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft as a return vehicle for the next ISS crew.
The sixth episode of Highlander: The Raven, starring Amanda Gracen and Paul Johannson, airs in syndication; the series is a spinoff from Highlander: The Series.
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 14th episode of Stargate SG-1. 
Westwood Studios releases a CD of Frank Klepacki‘s soundtrack from the Westwood computer game Command & Conquer: Red Alert. 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 51st episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 
The week-long American syndication window opens for the fifth episode of Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi police series Space Precinct. David Baxt guest stars. 
The 30th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Allan Royal (Night Heat) guest stars.
The seventh episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Tracy Scoggins (Babylon 5), John Shea (Mutant X), and Michael Cavanaugh (V) guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fifth episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name.
Capitol Records releases the Duran Duran compilation album Decade, marking ten years since the band’s formation with highlights from their first five albums. 
ABC premieres the sixth episode of Starman, a series based upon and continuing the story of John Carpenter’s 1984 movie of the same name. Robert Hays, C.B. Barnes, and Michael Kavanaugh star. 
A&M Records releases David Shire’s soundtrack from the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Available only briefly – the label doesn’t keep the title in print after the movie proves not to be a blockbuster – the soundtrack has yet to be reissued in any form and is an exceedingly rare collectors’ item. The album includes a version of the theme tune by Andy Summers of The Police. 
NBC airs the fourth episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Michael Durrell (V) guest stars as Harry Houdini. A young Shannen Doherty (Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210) makes one of her earliest TV appearances.
NBC airs the eighth episode of the Marvel animated series Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, starring the voices of Dan Gilvezan (Transformers), Kathy Garver (Family Affair), and Frank Welker (Scooby-Doo, Transformers, The Smurfs).
Namco releases the arcade video game King & Balloon, a shooter game with cute characters and a medieval setting, with early speech synthesis. Though the game becomes a staple of the company’s later arcade compilations on home consoles over a decade later, it does not gain a wide following in arcades. 
The second episode of Nigel Kneale’s revived science fiction series Quatermass airs on London Weekend Television, starring John Mills and Simon MacCorkindale (Manimal). Toyah Willcox guest stars.
Ballantine Books publishes the second book in a trilogy of original novels based on the Star Wars characters Han Solo and Chewbacca, Han Solo’s Revenge by Brian Daley. All three books chronicle the misadventures of everyone’s favorite Corellian smuggler and his Wookiee sidekick – and avoids clashing with the upcoming sequel The Empire Strikes Back by setting these events before Star Wars itself.
CBS airs the sixth episode of the TV adaptation of Logan’s Run. Kim Cattrall guest stars. 
The 63rd episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Lindsay Wagner and John Houseman guest star in the continuation of a story that was started in the previous week’s episode of The Bionic Woman, and will be concluded in the next episode of The Bionic Woman.
The 26th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. William Windom (My World And Welcome To It) and Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still) guest star.
The 38th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Cyril Delevanti guest stars.
ABC airs the 39th episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Adam West (Batman) stars in an episode written by Jerry Sohl.
The 43rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC, kicking off the series’ second season. This is part one of the story now collectively known as Planet Of Giants. 
The fifth episode of the British science fiction series A For Andromeda, created and written by John Elliot and astronomer Fred Hoyle, is broadcast on the BBC, starring Esmond Knight and Julie Christie. Despite being considered a seminal early British science fiction series, much of A For Andromeda, including this episode, no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.
The 33rd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Leon Askin guest stars.
The 54th episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series, Tales Of Tomorrow, airs on ABC. Much of the second season is missing, including this episode.