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The fictional character Dixon Hill was a 20th century detective who was the lead character in the Dixon Hill series of novels as well as their later film and holonovel adaptations.

Dixon Hill was a hero of Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the USS Enterprise-D, since he was a child. Fascinated by the two-fisted gumshoe, he programmed a holodeck simulation of the character. He was able to explore his fascination with Dixon Hill following the upgrade of the Enterprise-D holodecks in 2364. The adventures take place in San Francisco, California, 1941, where the user played the character of private investigator Dixon Hill. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")

According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, Dixon Hill was originally dubbed "Dixon Steele" by writer Tracy Tormé. The producers, who were worried about problems with similarities the name bore to Remington Steele, insisted that it be changed, and eventually settled on the name Dixon Hill. Tormé had patterned Hill/Steele after the Humphrey Bogart character in Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place.

External links

Dixon Hill at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-[[Image:Dixon Hill.jpg|thumb|Picard as Dixon Hill.]]
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-The character '''Dixon Hill''' was a [[20th Century]] [[detective]] who first appeared in the short story ''[[The Big Good-Bye]]'', published on [[Earth]] in the pulp magazine ''[[Amazing Detective Stories]]'' in [[1934]]. The second Dixon Hill story, ''[[The Long Dark Tunnel]]'' was published in [[1936]]. Additional stories include ''[[The National Sheriff]]'', ''[[The Listening Man]]'', ''[[The Parrot Claw]]'', and ''[[The Black Orchid]]''. These stories were written by author [[Tracy Tormé (author)|Tracy Tormé]] and published by [[Broht & Forrester]]. ''([[TNG]]: "[[The Big Goodbye]]", "[[The Emissary]]"; [[VOY]]: "[[Author, Author]]")''
+| imagecap      = Jean-Luc Picard as Dixon Hill
+| image2     = Tommygun-picard.jpg
+| imagecap2   = Dixon Hill in Chapter 13 of ''[[The Big Good-Bye]]''
+| gender           = Male
+| species          = [[Human]]
+| from             = The [[Dixon Hill series]]
+| creator          = {{dis|Tracy Tormé|author}}, [[Broht & Forrester]]
+| occupation       = [[Private Investigator]]
+| relative         = [[Gloria]] (Cousin)
+| character        = [[Jean-Luc Picard]]
+| actor            = [[Patrick Stewart]]
+}}
+The [[fictional characters|fictional character]] '''Dixon Hill''' was a [[20th century]] [[detective]] who was the lead character in the [[Dixon Hill series|Dixon Hill series of novels]] as well as their later [[Movie|film]] and [[Holographic novel|holonovel]] adaptations.
-Dixon Hill was a hero of [[Jean-Luc Picard]], [[captain]] of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise''-D]], since he was a child. Fascinated by the two-fisted gumshoe, he programmed a [[holodeck]] simulation of the character. He was able to explore his fascination with Dixon Hill following the upgrade of the ''Enterprise''-D holodecks in [[2364]]. The story takes place in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], [[1941]], where the user plays the character of private investigator Dixon Hill. ''([[TNG]]: "[[The Big Goodbye]]")''
+Dixon Hill was a hero of [[Jean-Luc Picard]], [[captain]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, since he was a child. Fascinated by the two-fisted gumshoe, he programmed a [[holodeck]] simulation of the character. He was able to explore his fascination with Dixon Hill following the upgrade of the ''Enterprise''-D holodecks in [[2364]]. The adventures take place in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], [[1941]], where the user played the character of private investigator Dixon Hill. ({{TNG|The Big Goodbye}})
+{{bginfo|According to the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', Dixon Hill was originally dubbed "Dixon Steele" by writer [[Tracy Tormé]]. The producers, who were worried about problems with similarities the name bore to ''{{w|Remington Steele}}'', insisted that it be changed, and eventually settled on the name Dixon Hill. Tormé had patterned Hill/Steele after the {{w|Humphrey Bogart}} character in {{w|Nicholas Ray}}'s ''{{w|In a Lonely Place}}''.}}
+===External links===
+* {{mbeta}}
-:''Dixon Hill appears to be an homage to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Spade Sam Spade].''
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+[[Category:The Dixon Hill Series|Hill, Dixon]]