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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. One sweltering day in Hell's Kitchen in the 1930s. One policeman. Five wanted men. Five bullets left. And no one in the crowd who wants to help call for backup. Gene Roddenberry collaborated on a single episode of the anthology series G.E. True in 1962, and it's a half-hour powderkeg of true-crime dramatic tension. 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 "V Victor 5". 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. Special Segment: Dramatic Recreation Since this script is not available to the public, we've brought it to life with a dramatic recreation! Special guests Ashley Thomas, Jason Smith, Kevin Ibbotson and Dominic Nigro perform a key section of the script. Listen in as they bring the story to life in this exclusive performance. The original G.E. True episode can be seen on YouTube. 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.
Disney+ streams the fourth episode of the Marvel series Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac (Dune, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Ethan Hawke, and May Calamawy.
Having already visited and returned from the International Space Station in a successful uncrewed test flight, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is set up for a critical ground test of its launch abort system, utilizing the capsule’s built-in SuperDraco engines – and explodes. While no injuries result from the explosion, the major setback results in delays to the Crew Dragon program, which would have flown the first astronauts from American soil since 2011 by the end of 2019 if all had gone as planned. SpaceX does not publicly discuss the specifics of the incident for well over a week until a company spokesman is repeatedly asked by the press about it at a publicity event for an uncrewed Falcon rocket launch.
The 796th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 98th episode since the series’ revival). The Ice Warriors make their first television appearance since the early 1970s. Dougray Scott and Jessica Raine guest star.
After four years orbiting the enormous ringed planet Saturn and flying past its dozens of moons, NASA’s unmanned Cassini probe still hasn’t seen it all. The four successful years thus far included releasing the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe to make the first ever landing on the large moon Titan, discovering (and flying through) water geysers over another moon, and exploring other moons that have puzzled scientists since they were first viewed up close in the early 1980s by the Voyager probes. The mission extension – called the Cassini Equinox Mission – gives Cassini an added two-year lease of life, with a $160 million price tag (the mission so far has cost both NASA and ESA a combined total of $3.3 billion).
The 205th episode of Stargate SG-1 airs on the Sci-Fi Channel, starring Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black, Beau Bridges, and Michael Shanks.
Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 15th episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Anthony Zerbe (The Omega Man, Star Trek: Insurrection) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 142nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode introduces the character of holodeck nightclub singer Vic Fontaine, played by actor/director/singer James Darren (who, ironically, co-starred with William Shatner in the cop show T.J. Hooker).
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 65th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) guest stars.
The 93rd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Darin Morgan guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the ninth episode of Babylon 5. Sarah Douglas (Superman II, Falcon Crest) and Robin Curtis (Star Trek III: The Search For Spock) guest star.
NBC airs the 94th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Cowboy Bebop, Digimon, Star Wars: Rebels) guest stars.
The 74th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard guest stars in and directs this episode.
Soyuz T-8 lifts off from the Soviet Union, intended to dock with space station Salyut 7. Cosmonauts Vladimir Titov, Gennady Strekalov and Aleksandr Serebrov are due to take up residence on the station, but discover that the ejection of the nose cone of the Soyuz rocket – which protects the non-aerodynamic Soyuz vehicle during launch – has caused critical damage to the vehicle’s communication equipment. The mission is called off for safety reasons, and the crew returns to Earth after only two days.
ABC airs the 26th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. This episode concludes the first season.
The 203rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the departure of Deborah Watling as the Doctor’s companion, Victoria Waterfield. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
The recently-rechristened Environmental Sciences Service Administration launches, with the help of NASA, ESSA-5, the latest in a constellation of weather satellites operated by the former U.S. Weather Bureau. Though suffering from a few technical glitches and system failures, ESSA-5 remains in service until late 1968.
NASA’s robotic explorer Surveyor 3 touches down safely on the moon, snapping pictures and – with an extendable scoop arm – gathering and analyzing samples of lunar soil. Its landing site, a lunar plain called the Ocean of Storms, becomes the site of a unique long-term experiment: in two years, Surveyor 3 will become the first (and, to date, only) unmanned spacecraft to be personally inspected by humans after its landing.
Disney+ streams the fourth episode of the Marvel series Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac (Dune, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Ethan Hawke, and May Calamawy.
Having already visited and returned from the International Space Station in a successful uncrewed test flight, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is set up for a critical ground test of its launch abort system, utilizing the capsule’s built-in SuperDraco engines – and explodes. While no injuries result from the explosion, the major setback results in delays to the Crew Dragon program, which would have flown the first astronauts from American soil since 2011 by the end of 2019 if all had gone as planned. SpaceX does not publicly discuss the specifics of the incident for well over a week until a company spokesman is repeatedly asked by the press about it at a publicity event for an uncrewed Falcon rocket launch.
For Record Store Day 2017, Silva Screen Records releases the soundtrack from the 1970s BBC series The Changes, featuring music by Paddy Kingsland and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. 
The 796th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 98th episode since the series’ revival). The Ice Warriors make their first television appearance since the early 1970s. Dougray Scott and Jessica Raine guest star. 
ABC airs the eighth episode of a modern-day remake of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi series V, starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Morena Baccarin (Firefly). Michael Trucco (Battlestar Galactica), Nicholas Lea and Lexa Doig (Andromeda) guest star. 
La-La Land Records releases a 2-CD set of David Arnold’s complete score from the 1996 science fiction blockbuster Independence Day.
After four years orbiting the enormous ringed planet Saturn and flying past its dozens of moons, NASA’s unmanned Cassini probe still hasn’t seen it all. The four successful years thus far included releasing the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe to make the first ever landing on the large moon Titan, discovering (and flying through) water geysers over another moon, and exploring other moons that have puzzled scientists since they were first viewed up close in the early 1980s by the Voyager probes. The mission extension – called the Cassini Equinox Mission – gives Cassini an added two-year lease of life, with a $160 million price tag (the mission so far has cost both NASA and ESA a combined total of $3.3 billion).
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 52nd episode of Stargate Atlantis. Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files) guest stars. 
The 205th episode of Stargate SG-1 airs on the Sci-Fi Channel, starring Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black, Beau Bridges, and Michael Shanks. 
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 50th episode of Farscape. 
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 134th episode of The Outer Limits.
Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 15th episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Anthony Zerbe (The Omega Man, Star Trek: Insurrection) guest stars.
Touch And Go Records releases the fifth Man…Or Astroman? album, EEVIAC: Operational Index and Reference Guide Including Other Modern Computational Devices. 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 142nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode introduces the character of holodeck nightclub singer Vic Fontaine, played by actor/director/singer James Darren (who, ironically, co-starred with William Shatner in the cop show T.J. Hooker). 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 65th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) guest stars. 
The national syndication window opens for the 18th episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. 
The 93rd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Darin Morgan guest stars.
Virgin Publishing releases the ninth Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures novel, Dancing The Code by Paul Leonard, featuring the TARDIS team of the third Doctor, Jo Grant, and U.N.I.T. 
Virgin Publishing releases the 36th book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, Sanctuary by David A. McIntee. 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the ninth episode of Babylon 5. Sarah Douglas (Superman II, Falcon Crest) and Robin Curtis (Star Trek III: The Search For Spock) guest star. 
NBC airs the 94th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Cowboy Bebop, Digimon, Star Wars: Rebels) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 119th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Majel Barrett Roddenberry guest stars. 
The 74th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard guest stars in and directs this episode.
Soyuz T-8 lifts off from the Soviet Union, intended to dock with space station Salyut 7. Cosmonauts Vladimir Titov, Gennady Strekalov and Aleksandr Serebrov are due to take up residence on the station, but discover that the ejection of the nose cone of the Soyuz rocket – which protects the non-aerodynamic Soyuz vehicle during launch – has caused critical damage to the vehicle’s communication equipment. The mission is called off for safety reasons, and the crew returns to Earth after only two days.
The eighth episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the show’s 29th episode) premieres on ABC. Wolfman Jack guest stars. 
The 34th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Martine Beswick guest stars.
The 374th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This a sequel to 1972’s The Curse Of Peladon, with many cast members returning to reprise their roles.
ABC airs the 26th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. This episode concludes the first season.
The 203rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the departure of Deborah Watling as the Doctor’s companion, Victoria Waterfield. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
The recently-rechristened Environmental Sciences Service Administration launches, with the help of NASA, ESSA-5, the latest in a constellation of weather satellites operated by the former U.S. Weather Bureau. Though suffering from a few technical glitches and system failures, ESSA-5 remains in service until late 1968.
NASA’s robotic explorer Surveyor 3 touches down safely on the moon, snapping pictures and – with an extendable scoop arm – gathering and analyzing samples of lunar soil. Its landing site, a lunar plain called the Ocean of Storms, becomes the site of a unique long-term experiment: in two years, Surveyor 3 will become the first (and, to date, only) unmanned spacecraft to be personally inspected by humans after its landing.
The 28th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.
The 29th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Roddy McDowall (Planet Of The Apes, The Fantastic Journey) guest stars as the Bookworm. 
ABC airs the 30th episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. George Macready, Rudy Solari, and Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) star.
The 96th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Joseph Schildkraut and Noah Keen star in an episode written by Serling.
The 28th episode of the science fiction drama series Men Into Space airs on CBS, starring William Lundigan.