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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 CW airs the 98th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann. This is the premiere of the show’s seventh and final season.
The CW airs the 39th episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy. This is the premiere of the series’ third and final season.
The second crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital space capsule lifts off on a ten-minute parabolic trajectory. Of major interest to the press is the presence of Star Trek actor William Shatner aboard the flight, riding in a seat donated by Blue Origin. At 90 years old, Shatner replaces previous New Shepard passenger Wally Funk as the oldest human being in space, and returns from his trip visibly moved by the experience. Along with Shatner for the ride are Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s VP of mission and flight operations, former NASA engineer Chris Boshuizen, and Dassault Systèmes executive Glen de Vries. (The latter two each paid $250,000,000 for their seats.)
The CW airs the 17th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz and Victor Garber. Stephen Amell (Arrow) guest stars in the second season premiere.
The 25th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Victor Garber (Alias, Legends Of Tomorrow) and Teddy Sears (Masters Of Sex) guest star.
Cable channel Disney XD premieres the second episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga. Anthony Daniels (Star Wars) and Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure) guest star.
The 11th episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. James Marsters (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel) and Peter Wingfield (Highlander: The Series) guest star.
Varese Sarabande releases a limited edition CD of the soundtrack from the 1971 science fiction sequel Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, the third movie in the series and the second to be scored by Jerry Goldsmith (this time in an unexpectedly jazzy style). As it is also the only unreleased score from a Planet Of The Apes movie, it sells out quickly.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the ninth episode of Frank Spotnitz’ sci-fi/horror series Night Stalker, a re-imagining of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Previously cancelled by ABC with unaired episodes, this marks this episode’s premiere.
The second episode of the science fiction medical drama Mercy Point premieres on UPN, starring Joe Morton, Maria Del Mar, and Alexandra Wilson. Larry Cedar (Deadwood) and Matt Smith guest star. This is the second of only three episodes to air before the series is cancelled.
The 37th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) and Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 125th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode continues the unprecedented six-episode story arc of the Dominion War, and picks up the storyline of Worf’s son Alexander left over from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Gabrielle Union (Night Stalker) guest stars.
The fourth episode of Mark Verheiden’s science fiction series Timecop is broadcast on ABC, starring Ted King and Don Stark, loosely based on the 1994 movie of the same name (also co-written by Verheiden). John Kapelos guest stars.
The 17th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Robin Atkin Downes (Babylon 5) and Coby Bell (Burn Notice, The Gifted) guest star.
The 69th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Lane Davies, Terry Kiser, and Clive Revill (Wizards And Warriors, The Empire Strikes Back) guest star.
The 53rd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein) guest stars.
NASA’s Magellan space probe, orbiting Venus since 1990, is retired by entering the atmosphere of the planet whose surface it has mapped. With its power systems exhibiting signs of age and wear, Magellan has been intentionally dropped into an orbit low enough to allow its destruction in Venus’ dense atmosphere. Launched in 1989 via space shuttle, Magellan mapped the planet’s surface with cloud-penetrating radar, covering 98% of the Venusian surface, at least 1/5 of it with stereoscopic imaging allowing for accurate 3-D reconstruction of Venus’ surface features.
CBS airs the 13th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Illya Woloshyn (The Odyssey) guest stars.
The 25th episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers). Musetta Vander guest stars.
The 80th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Bill Mumy (Lost In Space, Babylon 5) guest stars.
The third episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, based very loosely on Bram Stoker’s literary vampire lore, starring Bernard Behrens (NPR’s Star Wars radio series), Geordie Johnson (Largo Winch, Copper), and Mia Kirshner (The L Word, Star Trek: Discovery, Defiance). Geraint Wyn Davies – who will later gain fame as a heroic vampire in the series Forever Knight – guest stars.
The 54th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard guest stars as Lex Luthor in an episode written by Mike Carlin and Andy Helfer.
The 512th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Co-written by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and producer Graham Williams under a pseudonym, this time-twisting story guest stars Julian Glover, Catherine Schell (Space: 1999) and Tom Chadbon, and features extensive location filming in Paris, a first for the series.
The 16th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Ned Romero guest stars.
The 39th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Ed Begley Jr., Roddy McDowall (Planet Of The Apes, The Fantastic Journey), and Gavid MacLeod (The Love Boat) guest star.
The third episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Anne Francis, Dick Van Patten and Bobby Van guest star. Following on from the ratings success of the introductory TV movie and two one-off specials before it, this is the beginning of the first season proper.
The seventh episode of the British-German science fiction series Star Maidens premieres on ITV in the UK. Dawn Addams guest stars. (Not all regional ITV affiliates carry the show at a specific time; this episode guide reflects the dates for the broadcast premieres of each episode on Scottish TV.)
NBC airs the sixth episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. Steve Forrest and William Windom guest star. (This series will be retitled Circle Of Fear in 1973.)
ITV airs the 26th episode of Ace Of Wands, starring Michael McKenzie, Tony Selby and Judy Loe. Oscar Quitak (Brazil) guest stars in the second season finale, which also marks the departure of cast members Selby and Loe. This episode, like the rest of the series’ first two seasons, is now missing from the archives.
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 8, intended to be the passive partner in a space rendezvous and docking with Soyuz 7 (launched the previous day), as the already-launched Soyuz 6 films the docking. When the rendezvous radar gear aboard all three Soyuz vehicles fail to function properly, the docking is aborted; the only history made by the near-simultaneous trio of Soyuz craft is the largest number of humans in orbit at the same time to date (seven). Cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov and Alexei Yeliseyev – both veterans of the docking missions of Soyuz 4 and 5 earlier in the year – return to Earth after nearly five days in space.
BBC2 airs the 14th episode of science fiction anthology series Out Of The Unknown. Written by Hugh Whitmore, the story stars Bernard Archard. This episode no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.
The 16th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who, Knights Of God) and Iain Cuthbertson (Children Of The Stones) guest star in the first season finale.
The CW airs the 98th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann. This is the premiere of the show’s seventh and final season.
The CW airs the 39th episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy. This is the premiere of the series’ third and final season.
The second crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital space capsule lifts off on a ten-minute parabolic trajectory. Of major interest to the press is the presence of Star Trek actor William Shatner aboard the flight, riding in a seat donated by Blue Origin. At 90 years old, Shatner replaces previous New Shepard passenger Wally Funk as the oldest human being in space, and returns from his trip visibly moved by the experience. Along with Shatner for the ride are Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s VP of mission and flight operations, former NASA engineer Chris Boshuizen, and Dassault Systèmes executive Glen de Vries. (The latter two each paid $250,000,000 for their seats.)
The 65th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on UK cable/satellite comedy channel Dave. Stephen Critchlow guest stars. 
The 25th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Victor Garber (Alias, Legends Of Tomorrow) and Teddy Sears (Masters Of Sex) guest star.
Cable channel Disney XD premieres the second episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga. Anthony Daniels (Star Wars) and Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure) guest star. 
The 11th episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. James Marsters (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel) and Peter Wingfield (Highlander: The Series) guest star. 
Varese Sarabande releases a limited edition CD of the soundtrack from the 1971 science fiction sequel Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, the third movie in the series and the second to be scored by Jerry Goldsmith (this time in an unexpectedly jazzy style). As it is also the only unreleased score from a Planet Of The Apes movie, it sells out quickly. 
The 15th episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures airs CBBC, starring Elisabeth Sladen (Doctor Who). 
Sci-Fi channel airs the 36th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Dean Stockwell (Quantum Leap) and Richard Hatch guest star. 
Sci-Fi Channel airs the ninth episode of Frank Spotnitz’ sci-fi/horror series Night Stalker, a re-imagining of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Previously cancelled by ABC with unaired episodes, this marks this episode’s premiere. 
ABC airs the third episode of Frank Spotnitz’ sci-fi/horror series Night Stalker, a re-imagining of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). 
Mute Records releases Depeche Mode‘s 11th album, Playing The Angel, featuring the singles “john The Revelator” and “Suffer Well”. 
UPN airs the 123rd episode of Star Trek: Voyager. 
The second episode of the science fiction medical drama Mercy Point premieres on UPN, starring Joe Morton, Maria Del Mar, and Alexandra Wilson. Larry Cedar (Deadwood) and Matt Smith guest star. This is the second of only three episodes to air before the series is cancelled. 
The 37th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) and Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 125th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode continues the unprecedented six-episode story arc of the Dominion War, and picks up the storyline of Worf’s son Alexander left over from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Gabrielle Union (Night Stalker) guest stars. 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 49th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Kevin Smith and Charles Mesure (V) guest star. 
The national syndication window opens for the second episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. 
The fourth episode of Mark Verheiden’s science fiction series Timecop is broadcast on ABC, starring Ted King and Don Stark, loosely based on the 1994 movie of the same name (also co-written by Verheiden). John Kapelos guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 86th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Carolyn Seymour (Survivors) guest stars. 
The 69th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Lane Davies, Terry Kiser, and Clive Revill (Wizards And Warriors, The Empire Strikes Back) guest star.
The 53rd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein) guest stars.
NASA’s Magellan space probe, orbiting Venus since 1990, is retired by entering the atmosphere of the planet whose surface it has mapped. With its power systems exhibiting signs of age and wear, Magellan has been intentionally dropped into an orbit low enough to allow its destruction in Venus’ dense atmosphere. Launched in 1989 via space shuttle, Magellan mapped the planet’s surface with cloud-penetrating radar, covering 98% of the Venusian surface, at least 1/5 of it with stereoscopic imaging allowing for accurate 3-D reconstruction of Venus’ surface features.
CBS airs the 13th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Illya Woloshyn (The Odyssey) guest stars.
The 25th episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers). Musetta Vander guest stars.
The 80th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Bill Mumy (Lost In Space, Babylon 5) guest stars.
The third episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, based very loosely on Bram Stoker’s literary vampire lore, starring Bernard Behrens (NPR’s Star Wars radio series), Geordie Johnson (Largo Winch, Copper), and Mia Kirshner (The L Word, Star Trek: Discovery, Defiance). Geraint Wyn Davies – who will later gain fame as a heroic vampire in the series Forever Knight – guest stars.
The 28th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. 
The 47th episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, airs in syndication across the U.S. 
The 512th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Co-written by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and producer Graham Williams under a pseudonym, this time-twisting story guest stars Julian Glover, Catherine Schell (Space: 1999) and Tom Chadbon, and features extensive location filming in Paris, a first for the series.
The 16th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Ned Romero guest stars.
The 39th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Ed Begley Jr., Roddy McDowall (Planet Of The Apes, The Fantastic Journey), and Gavid MacLeod (The Love Boat) guest star.
The second episode of the science fiction series Man From Atlantis airs on NBC, starring Patrick Duffy and Belinda J. Montgomery. Victor Buono (Batman) guest stars. 
The third episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Anne Francis, Dick Van Patten and Bobby Van guest star. Following on from the ratings success of the introductory TV movie and two one-off specials before it, this is the beginning of the first season proper. 
The seventh episode of the British-German science fiction series Star Maidens premieres on ITV in the UK. Dawn Addams guest stars. (Not all regional ITV affiliates carry the show at a specific time; this episode guide reflects the dates for the broadcast premieres of each episode on Scottish TV.) 
The fourth episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Pisces, premieres. 
The sixth episode of the animated Star Trek series premieres on NBC. 
NBC airs the sixth episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. Steve Forrest and William Windom guest star. (This series will be retitled Circle Of Fear in 1973.)
ITV airs the 26th episode of Ace Of Wands, starring Michael McKenzie, Tony Selby and Judy Loe. Oscar Quitak (Brazil) guest stars in the second season finale, which also marks the departure of cast members Selby and Loe. This episode, like the rest of the series’ first two seasons, is now missing from the archives.
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 8, intended to be the passive partner in a space rendezvous and docking with Soyuz 7 (launched the previous day), as the already-launched Soyuz 6 films the docking. When the rendezvous radar gear aboard all three Soyuz vehicles fail to function properly, the docking is aborted; the only history made by the near-simultaneous trio of Soyuz craft is the largest number of humans in orbit at the same time to date (seven). Cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov and Alexei Yeliseyev – both veterans of the docking missions of Soyuz 4 and 5 earlier in the year – return to Earth after nearly five days in space.
The 34th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Once again, the Enterprise crew dismantles a machine maintaining a superstitious belief system on a backward world. David Soul (Starsky & Hutch) guest stars. 
BBC2 airs the 14th episode of science fiction anthology series Out Of The Unknown. Written by Hugh Whitmore, the story stars Bernard Archard. This episode no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.
The sixth episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Roger C. Carmel guest stars as interplanetary rogue Harry Mudd in the character’s first live action appearance. 
The 16th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who, Knights Of God) and Iain Cuthbertson (Children Of The Stones) guest star in the first season finale.
The fifth episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. 