Mission Log: Gene-ology is a podcast hosted by Ashley Thomas, Norman C. Lao, and theLogBook.com’s Earl Green, exploring the early works of future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and trying to determine if his early television writing bore the same hallmarks of message-based storytelling for which his later creation became famous. This is not the official page for the podcast, but it was irresistible to put Gene-ology entries into theLogBook’s timeline to lend added context to Roddenberry’s formative years as a TV writer. What else was on the air? What else was happening in the world?
The podcast is recorded as a series of “box sets” gathering work on various projects; the following is a listing of Gene’s works – at least those with firm airdates or script dates – in chronological order as referenced in the timeline.
- Mr. District Attorney: Defense Plant Gambling April 22, 1954
- Mr. District Attorney: Wife Killer September 30, 1954
- Mr. District Attorney: Police Brutality July 8, 1955
- Highway Patrol: Reformed Criminal November 28, 1955
- Highway Patrol: Human Bomb February 27, 1956
- Stage 7: The Secret Weapon Of 117 March 6, 1956
- Highway Patrol: Mental Patient April 9, 1956
- Highway Patrol: Prospector June 18, 1956
- West Point: The Operator and the Martinet October 12, 1956
- West Point: Thicker Than Water November 2, 1956
- Highway Patrol: Oil Lease December 3, 1956
- West Point: Man Of Action December 7, 1956
- West Point: A Double Reverse December 28, 1956
- West Point: Jet Flight February 8, 1957
- West Point: The Command February 22, 1957
- West Point: The Manhunt March 29, 1957
- West Point: McKinley’s Challenge May 24, 1957
- West Point: The Drowning Of The Gun May 31, 1957
- Boots and Saddles: The Gatling Gun September 19, 1957
- Have Gun – Will Travel: The Great Mojave Chase September 28, 1957
- Boots and Saddles: The Prussian Farmer October 17, 1957
- Have Gun – Will Travel: The Yuma Treasure December 14, 1957
- Have Gun – Will Travel: The Hanging Cross December 21, 1957
- Boots and Saddles: The Marquis of Donnybrook December 26, 1957
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Helen of Abajinian December 28, 1957
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Ella West January 4, 1958
- Warrior: The Life of Sam Houston February 18, 1958
- Boots and Saddles: The Rescue of the Strangers March 6, 1958
- Jefferson Drum: Law & Order May 9, 1958
- Jefferson Drum: Madam Faro June 6, 1958
- Jefferson Drum: The Poet July 4, 1958
- Have Gun – Will Travel: The Hanging Of Roy Carter October 4, 1958
- Jefferson Drum: Stagecoach Episode October 10, 1958
- Have Gun – Will Travel: The Road To Wickenburg October 25, 1958
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Juliet January 31, 1959
- Have Gun – Will Travel: The Monster Of Moon Ridge February 28, 1959
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Maggie O’Bannion April 4, 1959
- Have Gun – Will Travel: The Return Of Roy Carter May 2, 1959
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Episode In Laredo September 19, 1959
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Les Girls September 26, 1959
- Have Gun – Will Travel: The Posse October 3, 1959
- Have Gun – Will Travel: The Golden Toad November 21, 1959
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Tiger November 28, 1959
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Charley Red Dog December 12, 1959
- The Detectives: Karate January 8, 1960
- Wrangler: Episode At The Bar-M August 4, 1960
- Wrangler: A Time For Hanging August 11, 1960
- Wrangler: Affair At The Trading Post August 18, 1960
- Wrangler: The Affair With Browning’s Woman August 25, 1960
- Wrangler: Incident At The Wide Loop September 1, 1960
- Wrangler: Encounter At Elephant Butte September 8, 1960
- Wrangler: A Crisis Named Wavelin September 15, 1960
- Have Gun – Will Travel: El Paso Stage April 15, 1961
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Alice March 17, 1962
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Taylor’s Woman September 22, 1962
- Have Gun – Will Travel: Marshal Of Sweetwater November 24, 1962
- The Lieutenant: A Million Miles From Clary September 14, 1963
- The Lieutenant: Cool Of The Evening September 21, 1963
- The Lieutenant: The Proud And The Angry September 28, 1963
- The Lieutenant: The Two-Star Giant October 5, 1963
- The Lieutenant: A Very Private Affair October 12, 1963
- The Lieutenant: To Take Up Serpents October 19, 1963
- The Lieutenant: A Touching Of Hands October 26, 1963
- The Lieutenant: Captain Thomson November 2, 1963
- The Lieutenant: Instant Wedding November 9, 1963
- The Lieutenant: A Troubled Image November 16, 1963
- The Lieutenant: Fall From A White Horse November 30, 1963
- The Lieutenant: Alert! December 14, 1963
- The Lieutenant: The Art Of Discipline December 21, 1963
- The Lieutenant: The Alien December 28, 1963
- The Lieutenant: O’Rourke January 4, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Gone The Sun January 18, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Between Music And Laughter January 25, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Interlude February 1, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Capp’s Lady February 8, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Green Water, Green Flag February 15, 1964
- The Lieutenant: To Set It Right February 22, 1964
- The Lieutenant: In The Highest Tradition February 29, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Tour Of Duty March 7, 1964
- Star Trek is… March 11, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Lament For A Dead Goldbrick March 14, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Man With An Edge March 21, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Operation: Actress March 28, 1964
- The Lieutenant: Mother Enemy April 4, 1964
- The Lieutenant: The War Called Peace April 11, 1964
- The Lieutenant: To Kill A Man April 18, 1964
- Star Trek: The Cage November 24, 1964
- Star Trek: the second pilot July 19, 1965
- Genesis II March 23, 1973
- The Questor Tapes January 23, 1974
- Planet Earth April 23, 1974
- Strange New World March 23, 1975
- Spectre May 21, 1977
- Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator, dies October 24, 1991
- From Battleground to Final Conflict September 2, 1996
To get the full benefit of theLogBook’s abundance of context where it related to Gene Roddenberry’s early work, a browse of the timeline is recommended, focusing on the following years.
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
Star Trek’s first season premiered in the fall of 1966.
Gene Roddenberry most frequently wrote for…
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Gene-ology was created by Earl Green and is a production of Roddenberry Entertainment. Visit the official website here.









