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''[[Star Trek is...]]'', the very first series outline, listed a number of short ideas for episodes, some of which were later worked out. [[David Gerrold]] presents his case of failed story, outline or script submittals during his early attempts to write for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. These outlines were later presented in his book ''[[The Trouble with Tribbles]]''.
 
''[[Star Trek is...]]'', the very first series outline, listed a number of short ideas for episodes, some of which were later worked out. [[David Gerrold]] presents his case of failed story, outline or script submittals during his early attempts to write for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. These outlines were later presented in his book ''[[The Trouble with Tribbles]]''.
   
==Aladdin's Asteroid==
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=="Aladdin's Asteroid"==
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Step outline by [[Robert Barry]], dated {{d|22|May|1967}}. The story concerned a spaceship disguised as an asteroid. Although Barry's outline, according to the producers, was original and imaginative, it was deemed too expensive to produce. However, the concept was later reused in {{e|For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky}}. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two]]'', p. 461)
Step outline by [[Robert Barry]] dated {{d|22|May|1967}}.
 
   
==The Aurorals==
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=="Alien Spirit"==
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Story outline by [[Norman Katkov]], dated spring, {{y|1966}}. Inspired by the 1958 sci-fi film ''It: The Terror from Beyond Space'', the ''Enterprise'' is invaded by an invisible, powerful alien being, capable of smashing rooms and tossing crewmembers through the air. Roddenberry and his staff disliked the concept, deeming it too violent and too expensive. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', p. 356)
Story outlines by [[Frank Paris]] dated {{d|13|June|1968}} and {{d|20|June|1968}}.
 
   
==Bandi==
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=="The Aurorals"==
 
Story outlines by [[Frank Paris]], dated {{d|13|June|1968}} and {{d|20|June|1968}}.
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=="Bandi"==
 
"Bandi" was a story premise written by [[David Gerrold]] that he submitted in {{m|February|1967}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/bandi.htm]
 
"Bandi" was a story premise written by [[David Gerrold]] that he submitted in {{m|February|1967}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/bandi.htm]
   
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Though Gerrold later speculated that Kirk would instead temporarily take command of another starship to investigate reports of laxity, his outline primarily set it aboard the ''Enterprise''. Kirk discovers there's a mascot smuggled aboard by a crewmember; the creature, named Bandi, has an empathic ability to cause sympathy for it. Kirk wants it confined but Bandi always gets out by persuasive empathy to a crew member nearby. When a crewmember dies because of a distraction caused by Bandi, Kirk wants it off the ship; Bandi turns the crew against Kirk, but once Spock kills Bandi, the crew snaps out of it. This behavior by the crew led Gerrold to speculate Kirk temporarily commanding another ship where the problem happens. Gerrold also said if the outline sold, he'd come up with a better name than Bandi. Nevertheless, the name was [[Bandi|later reused]] for {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}, the pilot episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
 
Though Gerrold later speculated that Kirk would instead temporarily take command of another starship to investigate reports of laxity, his outline primarily set it aboard the ''Enterprise''. Kirk discovers there's a mascot smuggled aboard by a crewmember; the creature, named Bandi, has an empathic ability to cause sympathy for it. Kirk wants it confined but Bandi always gets out by persuasive empathy to a crew member nearby. When a crewmember dies because of a distraction caused by Bandi, Kirk wants it off the ship; Bandi turns the crew against Kirk, but once Spock kills Bandi, the crew snaps out of it. This behavior by the crew led Gerrold to speculate Kirk temporarily commanding another ship where the problem happens. Gerrold also said if the outline sold, he'd come up with a better name than Bandi. Nevertheless, the name was [[Bandi|later reused]] for {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}, the pilot episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
   
==The Beast==
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=="The Beast"==
Story outline by [[Marc Daniels]] dated {{d|1|July|1968}}.
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Story outline by [[Marc Daniels]], dated {{d|1|July|1968}}.
   
==Bem==
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=="Bem"==
Story outlines by [[David Gerrold]] dated {{d|14|March|1968}} and {{d|4|April|1968}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/unseen.htm] [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf5z09n9vr;query=Gene%20Roddenberry%20Star%20Trek%20Television%20Series%20Collection;style=oac4;view=dsc#c02-1.8.7.4.5] Additionally, in a period spanning from {{d|12|March|1967}} to {{d|17|April|1968}}, there was material correspondence between Gerrold and [[Gene Roddenberry]] about this proposed episode. [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf5z09n9vr;query=Gene%20Roddenberry%20Star%20Trek%20Television%20Series%20Collection;style=oac4;view=dsc#c02-1.8.7.4.5] The episode was intended to introduce the character of [[Ari bn Bem|Bem]]. The reason why Gerrold named both that alien and this episode "Bem", an oft-used acronym for "{{w|Bug-eyed monster|Bug Eyed Monster}}," was simply because he thought it would be fun to have a true bug-eyed monster on ''Star Trek'', even though the alien character was not intended to be one and (at least in Gerrold's opinion) there were never any bug-eyed monsters in the original ''Star Trek'' series. ({{e|Bem}} [[audio commentary]])
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Story outlines by [[David Gerrold]], dated {{d|14|March|1968}} and {{d|4|April|1968}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/unseen.htm] [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf5z09n9vr;query=Gene%20Roddenberry%20Star%20Trek%20Television%20Series%20Collection;style=oac4;view=dsc#c02-1.8.7.4.5] Additionally, in a period spanning from {{d|12|March|1967}} to {{d|17|April|1968}}, there was material correspondence between Gerrold and [[Gene Roddenberry]] about this proposed episode. [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf5z09n9vr;query=Gene%20Roddenberry%20Star%20Trek%20Television%20Series%20Collection;style=oac4;view=dsc#c02-1.8.7.4.5] The episode was intended to introduce the character of [[Ari bn Bem|Bem]]. The reason why Gerrold named both that alien and this episode "Bem", an oft-used acronym for "{{w|Bug-eyed monster|Bug Eyed Monster}}," was simply because he thought it would be fun to have a true bug-eyed monster on ''Star Trek'', even though the alien character was not intended to be one and (at least in Gerrold's opinion) there were never any bug-eyed monsters in the original ''Star Trek'' series. ({{e|Bem}} [[audio commentary]])
   
 
The story's premise was related to prejudice, which was inspired by the push for civil rights that was occurring at the time, as many people were talking about the nature of prejudice. David Gerrold recalled, "''People were saying that 'Prejudice isn't logical,' and I said, 'What would happen if you had a logical reason to be prejudiced?{{'}}''" {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}} Gerrold postulated the repercussions of having the very logical and emotionally-controlled Spock be the individual who became prejudiced. ("Bem" audio commentary) The question of what Spock might be prejudiced against, since there would have to be a logical reason for the reaction, then occurred to Gerrold. ({{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}}; "Bem" audio commentary) The writer reckoned that having the character become prejudiced against an alien would be interesting. {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}} Gerrold realized that the alien would have to be highly illogical and finally settled on the decision to make the alien a kind of practical joker. ("Bem" audio commentary; {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}}) Gerrold concluded, "''That was where 'Bem' started, with Spock having a logical reason to be prejudiced against Bem's bad behavior.''" {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}} Gene Roddenberry granted Gerrold a contract to write the episode. (''[[The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration]]'', p. 50)
 
The story's premise was related to prejudice, which was inspired by the push for civil rights that was occurring at the time, as many people were talking about the nature of prejudice. David Gerrold recalled, "''People were saying that 'Prejudice isn't logical,' and I said, 'What would happen if you had a logical reason to be prejudiced?{{'}}''" {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}} Gerrold postulated the repercussions of having the very logical and emotionally-controlled Spock be the individual who became prejudiced. ("Bem" audio commentary) The question of what Spock might be prejudiced against, since there would have to be a logical reason for the reaction, then occurred to Gerrold. ({{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}}; "Bem" audio commentary) The writer reckoned that having the character become prejudiced against an alien would be interesting. {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}} Gerrold realized that the alien would have to be highly illogical and finally settled on the decision to make the alien a kind of practical joker. ("Bem" audio commentary; {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}}) Gerrold concluded, "''That was where 'Bem' started, with Spock having a logical reason to be prejudiced against Bem's bad behavior.''" {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}} Gene Roddenberry granted Gerrold a contract to write the episode. (''[[The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration]]'', p. 50)
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Fred Freiberger was still unhappy with the narrative. (''The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration'', p. 54) Even though David Gerrold had submitted (together with the original outline) some sketches for the design of [[Pandronian|Bem's species]], Gerrold later remembered, "''We never got there because Gene left the show and Freddy Freiberger came in [....] I had the [revised] idea for 'Bem', but he said, 'I don't like that, either.{{'}}''" {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}} Gerrold elaborated, "''There were more important stories to tell [....] Even though Gene was interested in it, for the third season of ''Star Trek'', when he left and Fred Freiberger came in, there was a different storytelling agenda on the map.''" ("Bem" audio commentary) [[D.C. Fontana|Dorothy Fontana]] said of the story, "''We thought it could not be done well in live action.''" (''[[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 16]]'', p. 67) She clarified, "''It was impossible to do, in terms of production, at that time.''" (''[[Star Trek Vault: 40 Years From The Archives]]'', p. 32) The story outlines ended up in David Gerrold's possession and, at one point, he was storing them in his garage. [http://www.startrekanimated.com/tas_david_gerrold.html] Although never developed for TOS, the episode (along with {{e|More Tribbles, More Troubles}}, another story that David Gerrold unsuccessfully suggested for TOS) was ultimately developed for ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' (for more information, see {{e|Bem}}).
 
Fred Freiberger was still unhappy with the narrative. (''The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration'', p. 54) Even though David Gerrold had submitted (together with the original outline) some sketches for the design of [[Pandronian|Bem's species]], Gerrold later remembered, "''We never got there because Gene left the show and Freddy Freiberger came in [....] I had the [revised] idea for 'Bem', but he said, 'I don't like that, either.{{'}}''" {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}} Gerrold elaborated, "''There were more important stories to tell [....] Even though Gene was interested in it, for the third season of ''Star Trek'', when he left and Fred Freiberger came in, there was a different storytelling agenda on the map.''" ("Bem" audio commentary) [[D.C. Fontana|Dorothy Fontana]] said of the story, "''We thought it could not be done well in live action.''" (''[[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 16]]'', p. 67) She clarified, "''It was impossible to do, in terms of production, at that time.''" (''[[Star Trek Vault: 40 Years From The Archives]]'', p. 32) The story outlines ended up in David Gerrold's possession and, at one point, he was storing them in his garage. [http://www.startrekanimated.com/tas_david_gerrold.html] Although never developed for TOS, the episode (along with {{e|More Tribbles, More Troubles}}, another story that David Gerrold unsuccessfully suggested for TOS) was ultimately developed for ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' (for more information, see {{e|Bem}}).
   
==Beware of Gryptons Bearing Gifts==
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=="Beware of Gryptons Bearing Gifts"==
Story outline by [[David P. Harmon]] dated {{d|16|April|1968}}.
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Story outline by [[David P. Harmon]], dated {{d|16|April|1968}}.
   
==Dead Man's Shoes==
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=="Dead Man's Shoes"==
 
"Dead Man's Shoes" would have been about a planet of assassins. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
 
"Dead Man's Shoes" would have been about a planet of assassins. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
   
==The Deadliest Game==
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=="The Deadliest Game"==
 
"The Deadliest Game" was once described by [[Robert Justman]] as "playing aboard the ''{{w|Mary Celeste}}'' on a quest for {{w|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|the treasure of Sierra Madre}}, which is a fountain of youth located on a hell planet!" (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
 
"The Deadliest Game" was once described by [[Robert Justman]] as "playing aboard the ''{{w|Mary Celeste}}'' on a quest for {{w|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|the treasure of Sierra Madre}}, which is a fountain of youth located on a hell planet!" (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
   
==Deep Mudd==
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=="Deep Mudd"==
Following {{e|Mudd's Women}} and {{e|I, Mudd}}, a third TOS episode featuring the character of [[Harcourt Mudd|Harry Mudd]] was originally planned. Entitled "Deep Mudd", the story was written by regular Mudd writer [[Stephen Kandel]]. (''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'' issue #117, p. 44; ''[[The Star Trek Interview Book]]'', pp. 133 & 134)
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Following {{e|Mudd's Women}} and {{e|I, Mudd}}, a third TOS episode featuring the character of [[Harcourt Mudd|Harry Mudd]] was originally planned. Titled "Deep Mudd", the story was written by regular Mudd writer [[Stephen Kandel]]. (''[[Starlog (magazine)#Issue 117|Starlog Issue #117]]'', p. 44; ''[[The Star Trek Interview Book]]'', pp. 133 & 134)
   
 
The plot was conceived as a direct sequel to "I, Mudd", following Harry Mudd's entrapment on Planet [[Mudd]], amid [[Mudd androids|the androids]] there. "''{{'}}Deep Mudd' involves Mudd's escape from that world, after he tricked these particular robots into revealing to him the location of a cache of scientific equipment and weaponry left by their makers,''" explained Kandel. "''Suddenly Mudd found himself with very, very advanced armament, which he used to bribe a group of pirates into helping him escape. The problem was, of course, that he could control neither the weapons nor the real heavies he was supposed to be in control of, the pirates. They tangled with the ''Enterprise'', on a planet with a surface of molten, viscous mud. And it went on from there. That was basically it: bailing Harry Mudd out of his own problems, getting control of this weaponry they couldn't destroy, and sending it into a sun.''" (''[[The Star Trek Interview Book]]'', pp. 133-134)
 
The plot was conceived as a direct sequel to "I, Mudd", following Harry Mudd's entrapment on Planet [[Mudd]], amid [[Mudd androids|the androids]] there. "''{{'}}Deep Mudd' involves Mudd's escape from that world, after he tricked these particular robots into revealing to him the location of a cache of scientific equipment and weaponry left by their makers,''" explained Kandel. "''Suddenly Mudd found himself with very, very advanced armament, which he used to bribe a group of pirates into helping him escape. The problem was, of course, that he could control neither the weapons nor the real heavies he was supposed to be in control of, the pirates. They tangled with the ''Enterprise'', on a planet with a surface of molten, viscous mud. And it went on from there. That was basically it: bailing Harry Mudd out of his own problems, getting control of this weaponry they couldn't destroy, and sending it into a sun.''" (''[[The Star Trek Interview Book]]'', pp. 133-134)
   
The episode could not go ahead because Mudd actor [[Roger C. Carmel]] was unavailable at the time, busily involved with a film. (''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'' issue #117, p. 44) The story ended up in Kandel's possession who, in a {{y|1988}} interview, remarked, "''I still have the story somewhere.''" (''[[The Star Trek Interview Book]]'', p. 133)
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The episode could not go ahead because Mudd actor [[Roger C. Carmel]] was unavailable at the time, busily involved with a film. (''Starlog'' Issue #117, p. 44) The story ended up in Kandel's possession who, in a {{y|1988}} interview, remarked, "''I still have the story somewhere.''" (''[[The Star Trek Interview Book]]'', p. 133)
   
==Destination: Infinity==
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=="Destination: Infinity"==
Story outline by [[Robert Barry]] dated {{d|30|March|1967}}.
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Story outline by [[Robert Barry]], dated {{d|30|March|1967}}.
   
==For They Shall Inherit==
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=="For They Shall Inherit"==
 
Undated story outline by [[Jerome Bixby]].
 
Undated story outline by [[Jerome Bixby]].
   
==The Forbidden==
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=="The Forbidden"==
 
Undated story outline by science fiction writer [[Hank Stine]].
 
Undated story outline by science fiction writer [[Hank Stine]].
   
==The Forces==
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=="The Forces"==
 
Undated story outline by [[Charles Parker]].
 
Undated story outline by [[Charles Parker]].
   
==The Forseeable Future==
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=="The Foreseeable Future"==
Story outlines by [[Jean Lisette Aroeste]] dated {{d|22|August|1968}} and {{d|16|September|1968}}.
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Story outlines by [[Jean Lisette Aroeste]], dated {{d|22|August|1968}} and {{d|16|September|1968}}.
   
==From the First Day To The Last==
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=="From the First Day To The Last"==
 
Shelved envelope for "The Menagerie" by John D.F. Black, delivered 8/12/1966
 
Shelved envelope for "The Menagerie" by John D.F. Black, delivered 8/12/1966
   
==The Fuzzies==
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=="The Fuzzies"==
"The Fuzzies", later titled "A Fuzzy Thing Happened to Me...", was written by [[David Gerrold]] and submitted in {{m|February|1967}}. This episode would later evolve into {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/fuzzies.htm]
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"The Fuzzies", later titled "A Fuzzy Thing Happened to Me...", was written by [[David Gerrold]] and submitted in {{m|February|1967}}. This episode later evolved into {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/fuzzies.htm]
   
==The Godhead==
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=="The Godhead"==
"The Godhead" was written by [[John Meredyth Lucas]]. Outlines dated {{d|15|March|1968}}, {{d|17|April|1968}}, and {{d|7|November|1968}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/godhead.htm]
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"The Godhead" was written by [[John Meredyth Lucas]], with outlines dated {{d|15|March|1968}}, {{d|17|April|1968}}, and {{d|7|November|1968}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/godhead.htm]
   
==Happy Birthday to You==
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=="Happy Birthday to You"==
 
"Happy Birthday to You" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
 
"Happy Birthday to You" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
   
==He Walked Among Us==
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=="He Walked Among Us"==
"He Walked Among Us" was a script written by [[Gene L. Coon]] and [[Norman Spinrad]] for [[TOS Season 2]]. Story outlines dated {{d|12|May|1967}}, {{d|17|May|1967}}, and {{d|18|May|1967}}. The first draft was dated {{d|25|July|1967}}, and a later draft dated {{d|28|September|1967}}.
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"He Walked Among Us" was a script written by [[Gene L. Coon]] and [[Norman Spinrad]] for [[TOS Season 2]]. Story outlines were dated {{d|12|May|1967}}, {{d|17|May|1967}}, and {{d|18|May|1967}}. The first draft was dated {{d|25|July|1967}}, and a later draft dated {{d|28|September|1967}}.
   
 
The producers approached Spinrad with the task to write an episode to be a vehicle for [[Performers considered for Star Trek roles#Milton Berle|Milton Berle]], who expressed interest in appearing on ''Star Trek''. Also, since a tribal village set was available, they told him to write a story in which it could be used.
 
The producers approached Spinrad with the task to write an episode to be a vehicle for [[Performers considered for Star Trek roles#Milton Berle|Milton Berle]], who expressed interest in appearing on ''Star Trek''. Also, since a tribal village set was available, they told him to write a story in which it could be used.
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However, producer [[Gene L. Coon]] re-wrote the episode to become a comedy. The re-written story involved a Federation health food nut taking over a planet, so flagrantly breaking the [[Prime Directive]] that Kirk can't ignore him. He has set himself up as a god, refuses to depart from the planet when asked to and has so tightly woven himself into the planet's society that Kirk is unable to force him to leave without completely disrupting the society himself.
 
However, producer [[Gene L. Coon]] re-wrote the episode to become a comedy. The re-written story involved a Federation health food nut taking over a planet, so flagrantly breaking the [[Prime Directive]] that Kirk can't ignore him. He has set himself up as a god, refuses to depart from the planet when asked to and has so tightly woven himself into the planet's society that Kirk is unable to force him to leave without completely disrupting the society himself.
   
Unhappy with the result, Spinrad asked Gene Roddenberry to discard it, and "don't embarrass his show by shooting this piece of shit". He told Roddenberry to "read it and weep". Roddenberry agreed, and the episode was never produced. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 24) {{st.com|spinrads-long-lost-star-trek-script-found||article}} {{st.com|doomsday-more-with-norman-spinrad-part-2||article}}
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Unhappy with the result, Spinrad asked Gene Roddenberry to discard it, and "don't embarrass his show by shooting this piece of ----". He told Roddenberry to "read it and weep". Roddenberry agreed, and the episode was never produced. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 24) {{st.com|spinrads-long-lost-star-trek-script-found||article}} {{st.com|doomsday-more-with-norman-spinrad-part-2||article}}
   
==Image Of The Beast==
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=="Image Of The Beast"==
Story outline by science fiction writer [[Philip José Farmer]] dated {{d|27|March|1966}}. Though he may or may not have reworked the ''Star Trek'' proposal for this, Farmer would subsequently publish the dark erotic science fiction/horror novel also entitled ''Image of the Beast''.
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Story outline by science fiction writer [[Philip José Farmer]], dated {{d|27|March|1966}}. Though he may or may not have reworked the ''Star Trek'' proposal for this, Farmer subsequently published the dark erotic science fiction/horror novel also entitled ''Image of the Beast''.
   
==Joanna==
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=="Joanna"==
"Joanna" was written by [[Dorothy Fontana]], as the first episode to feature [[Joanna McCoy]], the daughter of [[Leonard McCoy]]. The outline was submitted {{d|27|August|1968}} and was later heavily rewritten to become {{e|The Way to Eden}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/joanna.htm] The original story featured Joanna coming aboard the ''Enterprise'' and having a romantic fling with Kirk, causing major conflict between Dr. McCoy and Kirk, and Dr. McCoy and his daughter. [https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37940560&postID=3749006025163588552]
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"Joanna" was written by [[Dorothy Fontana]] as the first episode to feature [[Joanna McCoy]], the daughter of [[Leonard McCoy]]. The outline was submitted {{d|27|August|1968}} and was later heavily rewritten to become {{e|The Way to Eden}}. [http://www.orionpressfanzines.com/articles/joanna.htm] The original story featured Joanna coming aboard the ''Enterprise'' and having a romantic fling with Kirk, causing major conflict between Dr. McCoy and Kirk, and Dr. McCoy and his daughter. [https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37940560&postID=3749006025163588552]
   
==Journey To Reolite==
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=="Journey To Reolite"==
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Story outline by [[Alfred Brenner]], dated {{d|18|April|1966}}. The ''Enterprise'' is transporting the leader of the planet Acrid for peace talks to their neighboring world Reolite. The Acrids are harsh and militaristic, while the Reolites are peace-loving democratic humanist. The Acrid leader and his mistress, Galatea carry a rare "life-giving drug" as a gift to the Reolites, which also works as an aphrodisiac. Although it went unproduced, this outline served as a basis for the third season episode {{e|Elaan of Troyius}}. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', p. 356)
Story outline by [[Alfred Brenner]] dated {{d|18|April|1966}}.
 
   
==The Joy Machine==
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=="The Joy Machine"==
Story outlines by [[Theodore Sturgeon]] dated {{d|16|May|1967}} and {{d|23|June|1967}}. First draft teleplay by [[Meyer Dolinsky]] dated {{d|21|October|1968}}. This script was later novelized under the same title, ''[[The Joy Machine]]'', by [[James Gunn]] in {{y|1996}}.
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Story outlines by [[Theodore Sturgeon]], dated {{d|16|May|1967}} and {{d|23|June|1967}}. First draft teleplay by [[Meyer Dolinsky]] dated {{d|21|October|1968}}. This script was later novelized under the same title, ''[[The Joy Machine]]'', by [[James Gunn]] in {{y|1996}}.
   
==The Land of Counter-Pain==
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=="The Land of Counter-Pain"==
 
"The Land of Counter-Pain" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
 
"The Land of Counter-Pain" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
   
==The Lost Star==
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=="The Lost Star"==
 
"The Lost Star" was written by [[John Meredyth Lucas]]. It was outlined on {{d|24|June|1967}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/lost_star.htm]
 
"The Lost Star" was written by [[John Meredyth Lucas]]. It was outlined on {{d|24|June|1967}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/lost_star.htm]
   
==Machines Are Better==
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=="Machines Are Better"==
Story outline by veteran science fiction writer [[A.E. van Vogt]] dated {{d|29|March|1967}}.
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Story outline by veteran science fiction writer [[A.E. van Vogt]], dated {{d|29|March|1967}}.
   
==The Machine That Went too Far==
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=="The Machine That Went too Far"==
"The Machine That Went too Far" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 29) The story outline by A.E. vanVogt and Jack Williamson was delivered on 4/5/1966, and a revised version was delivered by the same writers on 4/20/1966. Story cut-off was exercised on 4/27/1966.
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"The Machine That Went too Far" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 29) The story outline by A.E. vanVogt and Jack Williamson was delivered on {{d|5|April|1966}}, and a revised version was delivered by the same writers on {{d|20|April|1966}}. Story cut-off was exercised on {{d|27|April|1966}}.
   
==The Magicks of Megas-Tu==
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=="The Magicks of Megas-Tu"==
According to [[Larry Brody]]'s book "Turning Points in Television" (p. 129), one particular story was written by him in {{y|1969}} for the third season of TOS – as he had been disappointed with previous installments of that season – and was sent to NBC by Brody's agent at the time, Sylvia Hirsch. In the book, Brody cryptically refers to third season producer [[Fred Freiberger]] as "Howie Horowitz" (perhaps confusing him with Howie Horwitz, producer of the 1960s ''Batman'' and ''77 Sunset Strip'' as well as the Gene Roddenberry pilot ''The Questor Tapes'') and relates about the plot idea, "''The subject matter was as true to me as the egotism of thinking I could show Howie H. how the show should be [....] Howie Horowitz passed on buying the script, and on meeting with me.''" [[1972 productions|Three years later]], Brody successfully pitched the same story, which involved the ''Enterprise'' encountering God in space, to Gene Roddenberry for the [[Star Trek: The Animated Series|animated ''Star Trek'' series]] (for more information, see {{e|The Magicks of Megas-Tu}}).
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According to [[Larry Brody]]'s book ''Turning Points in Television'' (p. 129), one particular story was written by him in {{y|1969}} for the third season of TOS – as he had been disappointed with previous installments of that season – and was sent to NBC by Brody's agent at the time, Sylvia Hirsch. In the book, Brody cryptically refers to third season producer [[Fred Freiberger]] as "Howie Horowitz" (perhaps confusing him with Howie Horwitz, producer of the 1960s ''Batman'' and ''77 Sunset Strip'' as well as the Gene Roddenberry pilot ''The Questor Tapes'') and relates about the plot idea, "''The subject matter was as true to me as the egotism of thinking I could show Howie H. how the show should be [....] Howie Horowitz passed on buying the script, and on meeting with me.''" [[1972 productions|Three years later]], Brody successfully pitched the same story, which involved the ''Enterprise'' encountering God in space, to Gene Roddenberry for the [[Star Trek: The Animated Series|animated ''Star Trek'' series]] (for more information, see {{e|The Magicks of Megas-Tu}}).
   
==Mere Shadows==
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=="Mere Shadows"==
Story outline by [[Philip Jose Farmer]] dated {{d|26|March|1966}}.
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Story outline by [[Philip Jose Farmer]], dated {{d|26|March|1966}}.
   
==Miss Gulliver==
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=="Miss Gulliver"==
"Miss Gulliver" was to have been about a woman who grew to gigantic proportions due to an accident related to an unsuccessful experiment in regrowing limbs. At the episode's conclusion, her lover also underwent the experiment, so that he too could undergo massive growth, and the couple were left to found a planet of giants. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 29)
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"Miss Gulliver" by [[A.E. van Vogt]] was to have been about a woman who grew to gigantic proportions due to an accident related to an unsuccessful experiment in regrowing limbs. At the episode's conclusion, her lover also underwent the experiment, so that he too could undergo massive growth, and the couple were left to found a planet of giants. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 29)
   
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Robert Justman commented that it "''bears a striking resemblance to {{e|Who Mourns for Adonais?}} -- namely that someone grows larger and larger and larger. After that, it bears no resemblance to anything whatsoever that we would be able to depict on film...''" (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two]]'', p. 459)
==Mission Into Chaos==
 
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=="Mission Into Chaos"==
 
"Mission Into Chaos" was written by [[David P. Harmon]] and [[Gene L. Coon]], with the first draft dated {{d|28|September|1967}}. This episode was heavily rewritten to become {{TOS|A Piece of the Action}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/mission_into_chaos.htm]
 
"Mission Into Chaos" was written by [[David P. Harmon]] and [[Gene L. Coon]], with the first draft dated {{d|28|September|1967}}. This episode was heavily rewritten to become {{TOS|A Piece of the Action}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/mission_into_chaos.htm]
   
==More Tribbles, More Troubles==
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=="More Tribbles, More Troubles"==
 
Meant as a sequel to {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}, "More Tribbles, More Troubles" began development as an episode for the [[TOS Season 3|third season]] of TOS. The year was {{y|1968}} and [[David Gerrold]], the writer of both tribble-related outings, was twenty-four years old. (''[[The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration]]'', p. 50)
 
Meant as a sequel to {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}, "More Tribbles, More Troubles" began development as an episode for the [[TOS Season 3|third season]] of TOS. The year was {{y|1968}} and [[David Gerrold]], the writer of both tribble-related outings, was twenty-four years old. (''[[The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration]]'', p. 50)
   
After [[Fred Freiberger]] (the producer of TOS Season 3) watched "The Trouble with Tribbles" on the morning before he first met David Gerrold and decided that he hated the episode's comedic tone, Gerrold consequently realized that Freiberger – who had essentially replaced Gene Roddenberry as showrunner – would not want a tribble-related sequel. (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'', p. 97; episode [[audio commentary]]) Gerrold recalled, "''I knew right then that – even though Gene had promised we were gonna do another tribble episode, in ''Star Trek''{{'}}s third season – I knew that it was dead.''" (episode [[audio commentary]]) Additionally, Gerrold remembered, "''I said, 'Well, Gene said he wanted a sequel,' and [Freddy Freiberger] said that he had no interest.''" (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'', p. 97) Gerrold concluded, "''He killed the second Tribble episode for the third season.''" {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}}
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After [[Fred Freiberger]] (the producer of TOS Season 3) watched "The Trouble with Tribbles" on the morning before he first met David Gerrold and decided that he hated the episode's comedic tone, Gerrold consequently realized that Freiberger – who had essentially replaced Gene Roddenberry as showrunner – would not want a tribble-related sequel. (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'', p. 97; episode [[audio commentary]]) Gerrold recalled, "''I knew right then that – even though Gene had promised we were gonna do another tribble episode, in ''Star Trek''{{'}}s third season – I knew that it was dead.''" (episode [[audio commentary]]) Additionally, Gerrold remembered, "''I said, 'Well, Gene said he wanted a sequel,' and [Freddy Freiberger] said that he had no interest.''" (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'', p. 97) Gerrold concluded, "''He killed the second tribble episode for the third season.''" {{st.com|david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem||article}}
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Together with David Gerrold's {{e|Bem}}, this tribble-centric installment was one of two episode ideas that, despite never undergoing development for TOS, were successfully resurrected for ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' (for more information, see {{e|More Tribbles, More Troubles}}). Following the first broadcast of the episode's animated form, an adolescent, male ''Star Trek'' fan accused Gerrold of having plagiarized his idea for a tribbles-related sequel but Gene Roddenberry – in the knowledge that Gerrold had pitched the episode idea for the third season of TOS – simply asked Gerrold to "please handle" it. A reply letter that the writer sent to his accuser included the fact that he had planned the original tribble sequel for TOS' third season. ("More Tribbles, More Troubles" audio commentary)
   
 
=="Mother Tiger"==
Together with David Gerrold's {{e|Bem}}, this tribble-centric installment was one of two episode ideas that, despite never undergoing development for TOS, were successfully resurrected for ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' (for more information, see {{e|More Tribbles, More Troubles}}.) Following the first broadcast of the episode's animated form, an adolescent, male ''Star Trek'' fan accused Gerrold of having plagiarized his idea for a tribbles-related sequel but Gene Roddenberry – in the knowledge that Gerrold had pitched the episode idea for the third season of TOS – simply asked Gerrold to "please handle" it. A reply letter that the writer sent to his accuser included the fact that he had planned the original tribble sequel for TOS' third season. ("More Tribbles, More Troubles" audio commentary)
 
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Undated draft by Jerome Bixby. {{incite}} The script of "Mother Tiger" was written by Bixby in about four days. He later remembered the plot; "''It was [...] about an alien in space in suspended animation. Her race had long since perished, but they had sent her forth as a racial mother, hoping she would be resuscitated on some planet, and restore her race. The ''Enterprise'' picks her up, and ends up leaving her on a planet after she creates all kinds of mischief aboard ship; she's very powerful and intelligent.''"
   
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The reason "Mother Tiger" wasn't produced was that doing so was considered too expensive. Nonetheless, the script had several aftereffects and was very well received by the TOS creative staff. Recalled Jerome Bixby, "''They flipped over it, but said, 'We don't usually put $7 million into a ''Star Trek'' episode' [....] While they couldn't use it, they said I had an uncunny feel for the show and made me one of their regulars [....] Several later episodes seemed to reflect elements of ['Mother Tiger'], namely '[[The Devil in the Dark (episode)|Devil in the Dark]]', with a racial mother, the [[Horta|rock creature]].''" (''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'', issue #164, p. 48)
==Mother Tiger==
 
Undated draft by Jerome Bixby
 
   
==The Orchard People==
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=="The Orchard People"==
Story outline by [[Catherine Turney]] and [[John Collier]] dated {{d|3|April|1967}}.
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Story outline by [[Catherine Turney]] and [[John Collier]], dated {{d|3|April|1967}}.
   
==Pandora's Box==
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=="Pandora's Box"==
Story Outline {{d|29|August|1967}} by Daniel Louis Aubry.
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Story outline by Daniel Louis Aubry, dated {{d|29|August|1967}}.
   
==The Pastel Terror==
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=="The Pastel Terror"==
"The Pastel Terror" written by [[Larry Niven]]. This story was never submitted
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"The Pastel Terror" was written by [[Larry Niven]]. This story was never submitted but was published in the fanzine ''Apa-L'' in 1971 and in the fanzine ''[[T-Negative]]'' #17 in 1972. [http://www.larryniven.org/stories/pastel.shtml]
but would be published in the fanzine Apa-L in 1971 and in the fanzine [[T-Negative]] 17 in 1972. [http://www.larryniven.org/stories/pastel.shtml]
 
   
==Perchance To Dream==
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=="Perchance To Dream"==
 
"Perchance To Dream" was written by [[J.M. Winston]], outlined {{d|28|June|1969}}.
 
"Perchance To Dream" was written by [[J.M. Winston]], outlined {{d|28|June|1969}}.
   
==The Protracted Man==
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=="The Protracted Man"==
"The Protracted Man" was written by [[David Gerrold]] and submitted {{m|February|1967}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/protracted_man.htm]
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"The Protracted Man" was written by [[David Gerrold]] and submitted {{m|February|1967}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/protracted_man.htm]
   
Although warp drive allows speedy travel, it still involves travel over immense distances; Starfleet is participating in a test of a space warp corridor that will take seconds to cross several light years. The ''Enterprise'' will wait at the exit point to recover the shuttlecraft being piloted through. However, something goes wrong, the shuttle can't exit, and the pilot is beamed out from within the warp corridor. The pilot, however, is protracted: three visual representations - each of a different color (e.g. blue, red, yellow) - move a fraction of a second apart when the man is moving; his voice is similarly garbled by a separation in time; the pilot is drawing energy from the Enterprise to maintain himself. The protraction keeps increasing, particularly when the ship tries to move at warp speed to get to a point in space where all power can be shut down briefly to try to restore the pilot to normal. The transporter is used to reintegrate the man by dematerializing the multiple images then overlaying them.
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Although warp drive allows speedy travel, it still involves travel over immense distances; Starfleet is participating in a test of a space warp corridor that will take seconds to cross several light years. The ''Enterprise'' will wait at the exit point to recover the shuttlecraft being piloted through. However, something goes wrong, the shuttle can't exit, and the pilot is beamed out from within the warp corridor. The pilot, however, is protracted: three visual representations - each of a different color (e.g. blue, red, yellow) - move a fraction of a second apart when the man is moving; his voice is similarly garbled by a separation in time; the pilot is drawing energy from the ''Enterprise'' to maintain himself. The protraction keeps increasing, particularly when the ship tries to move at warp speed to get to a point in space where all power can be shut down briefly to try to restore the pilot to normal. The transporter is used to reintegrate the man by dematerializing the multiple images then overlaying them.
   
Gerrold was inspired by a "protraction"-type sequence in the film ''West Side Story'' (which was directed by [[Robert Wise]]), wondering what the effect would suggest, then writing the script outline. In the movie, the teens go to a dance, with the teens appearing in a similar way, though the walls of buildings stay solid and grim-looking, by combining the film colours out of synchronization.
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Gerrold was inspired by a "protraction"-type sequence in the film ''West Side Story'' (which was directed by [[Robert Wise]]), wondering what the effect would suggest, then writing the script outline. In the movie, the teens go to a dance, with the teens appearing in a similar way, though the walls of buildings stay solid and grim-looking, by combining the film colors out of synchronization.
   
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A similar story appeared in {{VOY|Threshold}}.
==Return To Eden==
 
Story outlines by [[Alvin Boretz]] dated {{d|9|May|1966}} and {{d|23|May|1966}}.
 
   
==Rites Of Fertility==
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=="The Rebels Unthawed"==
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"The Rebels Unthawed" was a story outline written by [[Philip José Farmer]]. The ''Enterprise'' and its crew encounter a derelict space ship, abandoned and floating in space. Inside the craft, they find twelve passengers who are [[cryogenics|frozen]] in [[stasis|suspended animation]]. Once they are revived, it is revealed they were [[Alien abduction|abducted]] from [[Earth]] by [[alien]]s, during the [[American Civil War]]. Adjusting to the future time period in which they have been awoken turns out to be considerably difficult for the newcomers. Farmer later wrote the ''[[Star Trek]]'' story treatment into a short story. [http://www.pjfarmer.com/ss.htm#rebels]
Story outline by [[Robert Sheckley]] dated {{d|6|May|1966}}.
 
   
==Rock-A-Bye Baby, Or Die!==
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=="Return To Eden"==
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Story outlines by [[Alvin Boretz]], dated {{d|9|May|1966}} and {{d|23|May|1966}}. The ''Enterprise'' comes across a planet with automated people, where everything is "perfected": no crime, no hunger, no illness, no choice. But the society is completely sterile and the people are automated zombies of a computerized society. [[Robert Justman]] thought the story was awful. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', p. 357) This story also highly resembles Roddenberry's {{e|The Return of the Archons}}, which was probably another reason why it was not purchased.
Story outline by [[George Clayton Johnson]] dated {{d|2|August|1966}}, concerning a newborn interstellar entity coming to life, aging and dying within the ''Enterprise'''s computer and circuitry. The outline is collected in a hardcover omnibus of Johnson's writings, ''[[All of Us Are Dying and Other Stories]]'', published by Subterranean Press in {{y|1999}}. [http://www.sfsite.com/07b/all61.htm]
 
   
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=="Rites Of Fertility"==
==The Search For Eternity==
 
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Story outline by [[Robert Sheckley]], dated {{d|6|May|1966}}. An ''Enterprise'' crewman becomes infected with a strange "disease": his skin begins to harden, his nails grow into leafs, slowly transforming him into a living, thinking vegetable. The transformation soon affects the entire crew, with only Spock remaining immune. Searching for an antidote, Spock beams down to a nearby planet inhabited by a primitive Indian-like race, who worships trees and longs to one day become one with their gods. They are reluctant to share the cure with him, until Spock explains to them that Earth people do not consider turning into a plant an acceptable form of immortality.
Story outline by [[A.E. van Vogt]] dated {{d|11|April|1967}}.
 
   
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The potential costs of Sheckley's outline were deemed to be far beyond the budget of a weekly television series, hence it went unproduced. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', p. 357)
==The Shadow of Space ==
 
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=="Rock-A-Bye Baby, Or Die!"==
 
Story outline by [[George Clayton Johnson]], dated {{d|2|August|1966}}, concerning a newborn interstellar entity coming to life, aging, and dying within the ''Enterprise'''s computer and circuitry. The outline is collected in a hardcover omnibus of Johnson's writings, ''[[All of Us Are Dying and Other Stories]]'', published by Subterranean Press in {{y|1999}}. [http://www.sfsite.com/07b/all61.htm] A similar premise was the basis for {{TNG|Emergence}}.
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=="The Search For Eternity"==
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Story outline by [[A.E. van Vogt]], dated {{d|11|April|1967}}. In the story, the ''Enterprise'' crew awakens to find themselves in a state of amnesia regarding the past few hours. It turns out that during this time, Kirk apparently ordered the destruction of a populated planet, whose inhabitants now blame him with genocide, backed up by evidence such as recordings of the destruction and a missing photon torpedo from the ''Enterprise''. A Federation Admiral soon arrives on his own starship, and orders Kirk to be executed by a firing squad. However, it turns out all is, in reality, a ploy, devised by a reptilian-looking species, faking events and posing as Starfleet members (including the Admiral), so they could get control of the ''Enterprise'' and wage a war on the Federation. The story bears a resemblance to {{TNG|Conundrum}} and {{ENT|Shockwave}}.
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=="The Shadow of Space"==
 
"The Shadow of Space" was written by [[Philip José Farmer]] in {{y|1966}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/shadow_of_space.htm] The story involved the ''Enterprise'' traveling outside the universe. Farmer published a prose adaptation of the idea, under the same title, but with names changed from the ''Star Trek'' version for copyright reasons. The story first appeared in the science fiction magazine ''Worlds of If'' and subsequently in single author collection of Farmer's short fiction.
 
"The Shadow of Space" was written by [[Philip José Farmer]] in {{y|1966}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/shadow_of_space.htm] The story involved the ''Enterprise'' traveling outside the universe. Farmer published a prose adaptation of the idea, under the same title, but with names changed from the ''Star Trek'' version for copyright reasons. The story first appeared in the science fiction magazine ''Worlds of If'' and subsequently in single author collection of Farmer's short fiction.
   
==Shol==
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=="Shol"==
Story outlines by [[Darlene Hartman]] dated {{d|24|June|1967}}, {{d|15|July|1967}}, and {{d|24|July|1967}}. First draft teleplay dated {{d|23|August|1967}}.
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Story outlines by [[Darlene Hartman]], dated {{d|24|June|1967}}, {{d|15|July|1967}}, and {{d|24|July|1967}}. First draft teleplay dated {{d|23|August|1967}}. Hartman's story dealt with the ''Enterprise'' finding a primitive civilization living in a "Garden of Eden"-type environment, discovered to be controlled by a giant computer named "Shol", which the natives consider to be a god. After "Shol" begins to "absorb" the ''Enterprise'' crewmembers into itself as well, Kirk and Spock are forced to destroy it. Suddenly, the natives are left without their "god" and has to accept their loneliness, being without a deity, from then on.
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This story went through several revisions, mostly because [[Gene Coon]] saw a potential talent in Hartman, and because both Coon and [[Gene Roddenberry]] thought it has a strong poetic quality. However, when [[Max Ehrlich]]'s similar story, {{e|The Apple}} went into production, "Shol" was shelved. Coon still wanted to develop the story further, eventually assigning Hartman to write a teleplay, but after Coon's departure from the series the new producer [[John Meredyth Lucas]] ultimately scrapped it. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two]]'')
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=="Shore Leave II"==
 
Story outline by [[Theodore Sturgeon]], dated {{d|24|April|1968}}.
   
==Shore Leave II==
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=="Sister In Space"==
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Story outline by [[Robert Sheckley]], dated {{d|14|June|1966}}. Sheckley's second attempt after the failed "Rites of Fertility" outline dealt with the ''Enterprise'' discovering a long-lost Starfleet vessel, the USS ''Yorktown'' dead in space. Kirk, Scotty, Sulu, Rand and a few "redshirts" beam aboard and discover that an unknown, very much lethal alien creature killed the ''Yorktown'' crew. Soon the creature attacks one of the "redshirts", ripping him limb from limb. Aside its enormous strength, the alien monster is also a "chameleon", capable of blending into backgrounds, making it hard to detect.
Story outline by [[Theodore Sturgeon]] dated {{d|24|April|1968}}.
 
   
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The outline - which almost gave [[Robert Justman]] a heart attack - was deemed much too expensive to be produced within ''Star Trek''{{'}}s budget, so Sheckley was turned down once again. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', pp. 357-358) The story seems similar to the later ''{{w|Alien (franchise)|Alien}}'' and ''{{w|Predator (franchise)|Predator}}'' film franchises.
==Sister In Space==
 
Story outline by [[Robert Sheckley]] dated {{d|14|June|1966}}.
 
   
==Skal==
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=="Skal"==
 
Undated outline by [[Jerome Bixby]].
 
Undated outline by [[Jerome Bixby]].
   
==Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind ==
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=="Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind"==
"Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind" was written by [[Philip José Farmer]] in {{y|1966}}. As with his another proposal, "The Shadow of Space", Farmer later used the idea as the basis of a published short story, though in this case he removed all vestiges of its ''Star Trek'' origin. According to Farmer, Roddenberry found the idea too sophisticated for a general audience. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/sketches.htm]
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"Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind" was written by [[Philip José Farmer]] in {{y|1966}}. As with another proposal of his, "The Shadow of Space", Farmer later used the idea as the basis of a published short story, though in this case he removed all vestiges of its ''Star Trek'' origin. According to Farmer, Roddenberry found the idea too sophisticated for a general audience. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/sketches.htm]
   
==Sleeping Beauty==
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=="Sleeping Beauty"==
 
Undated outline by [[Robert Bloch]].
 
Undated outline by [[Robert Bloch]].
   
==Space Moby Dick==
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=="Space Moby Dick"==
 
"Space Moby Dick" would have involved the crew hunting a space-borne deadly monster through the galaxy. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28) Obviously, the episode's name was most likely a working title, owing to its use of the name [[Moby Dick]].
 
"Space Moby Dick" would have involved the crew hunting a space-borne deadly monster through the galaxy. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28) Obviously, the episode's name was most likely a working title, owing to its use of the name [[Moby Dick]].
   
==The Squaw==
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==Spock's leg story==
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At one point, [[Gene Roddenberry]] planned to do an episode – set before the original ''[[Star Trek]]'' pilot, {{e|The Cage}} – in which [[Spock]] injured one of his [[legs. As a way to set the story up, Roddenberry asked [[Leonard Nimoy]] to limp during "The Cage", an instruction Nimoy complied with. "''But we never did an episode on Spock's leg!''" Nimoy stated at {{y|2001}} Slanted Fedora [[Star Trek convention|convention]] in [[Las Vegas]], where Nimoy also revealed the origins of Spock's limp in "The Cage". {{brokenlink|http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/120585.html}}
Step outline by [[Shimon Wincelberg]] dated {{d|15|July|1966}}, revised outline dated {{d|28|July|1966}}.
 
   
==The Stars of Sargasso==
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=="The Squaw"==
 
Step outline by [[Shimon Wincelberg]], dated {{d|15|July|1966}}, revised outline dated {{d|28|July|1966}}.
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"The Squaw" was written by Wincelberg as a "compensation" by Roddenberry for re-writing his script for {{e|Dagger of the Mind}} (he also got to work on {{e|The Galileo Seven}} for the same reason). The story featured a lost distant colony of humans living in an [[Ancient West]]-type environment, which developed as an accident, as the descendants of the colonists used a third-rate pulp [[Western]] novel, left there by one of their ancestors, as a guide for their civilization, including all the rules and clichés of the genre. The planet is also inhabited by a long-lost race of [[Vulcan]]s, living in a primitive, tribal way, and behaving aggressively towards the human population. However, it turns out, the Vulcans were peaceful, until the humans arrived and began to harass and hunt them, as the Old West characters did with the Indians in the book. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', p. 361)
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The story remained unproduced, however a lot of its elements surfaced in later ''Star Trek'' productions. A book mistakenly serving as the basis for a civilization appeared in {{e|A Piece of the Action}}, and later, in another way, {{TNG|The Royale}}. A very similar story premise was produced almost forty years later, as {{ENT|North Star}}.
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=="The Stars of Sargasso"==
 
"The Stars of Sargasso" was written by [[Dorothy Fontana]]. It had a draft date of {{d|14|May|1969}} and was intended for the undeveloped TOS Season 4. It was the second attempt to introduce [[Joanna McCoy]].
 
"The Stars of Sargasso" was written by [[Dorothy Fontana]]. It had a draft date of {{d|14|May|1969}} and was intended for the undeveloped TOS Season 4. It was the second attempt to introduce [[Joanna McCoy]].
   
==The Surrender Of Planet X==
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=="The Surrender Of Planet X"==
 
Undated outline by [[Don Masselink]].
 
Undated outline by [[Don Masselink]].
   
==The Takeover==
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=="The Takeover"==
 
"The Takeover" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
 
"The Takeover" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
   
==Tomorrow the Universe==
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=="Tomorrow the Universe"==
"Tomorrow the Universe" was written by [[Paul Schneider]]. The first draft was dated {{d|1|March|1967}} and was intended for [[TOS Season 2]].
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"Tomorrow the Universe" was written by [[Paul Schneider]]. The first draft was dated {{d|1|March|1967}} and was intended for [[TOS Season 2]]. The story dealt with a planet adopting [[Nazi|Nazism]] - complete with swastikas and uniforms - after being culturally contaminated by a Federation visitor. Schneider's story bore a striking resemblance to [[John Meredyth Lucas]]' {{e|Patterns of Force}}. Despite being submitted much later, Lucas' script deemed to be much better and more developed, hence Schneider's version was abandoned in favor of it. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two]]'')
   
==Tomorrow Was Yesterday==
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=="Tomorrow Was Yesterday"==
 
"Tomorrow Was Yesterday" was a sixty page outline written by [[David Gerrold]] in {{y|1966}}, intended to be a two-part episode. Gerrold stated that he wrote the story as a two-parter for two reasons: a) "for more money" for him, and b) "it would have meant a greater spread of money in the budget for sets, costumes and actors."
 
"Tomorrow Was Yesterday" was a sixty page outline written by [[David Gerrold]] in {{y|1966}}, intended to be a two-part episode. Gerrold stated that he wrote the story as a two-parter for two reasons: a) "for more money" for him, and b) "it would have meant a greater spread of money in the budget for sets, costumes and actors."
   
 
According to [[Gene Coon]], "''Mr. Gerrold's outline was by no means inadequate. It is, as a matter of fact, very adequate.''" He further stated despite this, "''to film the two-part story outlined here would probably cost $6-700,000''" and that it was "''too elaborate for television. What he has written is a good motion picture treatment for ideally a $2-3,000,000 picture.''"
 
According to [[Gene Coon]], "''Mr. Gerrold's outline was by no means inadequate. It is, as a matter of fact, very adequate.''" He further stated despite this, "''to film the two-part story outlined here would probably cost $6-700,000''" and that it was "''too elaborate for television. What he has written is a good motion picture treatment for ideally a $2-3,000,000 picture.''"
   
Gerrold attempted to turn the outline in to a novel during the late 1960s, but he took the story into a different direction, retitling the manuscript as "Yesterday's Children," which was later published by Dell Books in July 1972, and later renamed "Starhunt." In {{y|1980}} he revisited his original story in the novel ''[[The Galactic Whirlpool]]''. This story was completely unrelated to {{TOS|Tomorrow is Yesterday}}.
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Gerrold attempted to turn the outline in to a novel during the late 1960s, but he took the story into a different direction, retitling the manuscript as ''Yesterday's Children'', which was later published by Dell Books in July 1972, and later renamed ''Starhunt''. In {{y|1980}} he revisited his original story in the novel ''[[The Galactic Whirlpool]]''. This story was completely unrelated to {{TOS|Tomorrow is Yesterday}}.
   
 
The ''Enterprise'' comes upon a relic, a generation ship launched from Earth and long forgotten; the people on the ship have forgotten why they are aboard or that there is anything outside the ship's walls. There are two factions aboard fighting each other.
 
The ''Enterprise'' comes upon a relic, a generation ship launched from Earth and long forgotten; the people on the ship have forgotten why they are aboard or that there is anything outside the ship's walls. There are two factions aboard fighting each other.
   
==The Uncoiler==
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=="The Uncoiler"==
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Story outlines by [[Philip Jose Farmer]], dated {{d|1|April|1966}} and {{d|5|April|1966}}. This was Farmer's third attempt to pitch a ''Star Trek'' story. The crew responds to a distress call from an uninhabited planet, finding a ragged old man with long beard living inside a jungle. They also find the ruins of an ancient city, complete with a statue of a god probably worshiped by a long-dead alien species. Returning to the ''Enterprise'', the crew begins to experience memory lapses and behave strangely. Kirk and Spock finally develop "on-again-off-again" amnesia. It turns out that the Zaltons, the extinct alien race preserved their minds in the statue, and are now trying to take over the bodies of the ''Enterprise'' crew, who they lured to their planet. Finally Kirk and Spock (writing notes to each other whenever they get an idea, before they forget it) find a way to exorcise the aliens from the crew.
Story outlines by [[Philip Jose Farmer]] dated {{d|1|April|1966}} and {{d|5|April|1966}}.
 
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Both [[Gene Roddenberry]] and [[John D.F. Black]] deemed the outlines not interesting enough. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', p. 362) The story is similar to {{TOS|The Lights of Zetar}}, {{DS9|Dramatis Personae}}, and {{VOY|Memorial}} in certain aspects.
   
 
==Untitled==
 
==Untitled==
 
''[[The World of Star Trek]]'' revealed a story premise that [[DeForest Kelley]] had always wanted to see, featuring himself and [[Nichelle Nichols]], described as "''something where the two of us were thrown onto a planet where there was a great racial problem, only reversed. The fact that I am a Southerner and she is black, and that we're trapped on this planet together.''"
 
''[[The World of Star Trek]]'' revealed a story premise that [[DeForest Kelley]] had always wanted to see, featuring himself and [[Nichelle Nichols]], described as "''something where the two of us were thrown onto a planet where there was a great racial problem, only reversed. The fact that I am a Southerner and she is black, and that we're trapped on this planet together.''"
   
[[Stephen Kandel]] described the story as "a show with a very militaristic planet being discovered, and the inhabitants were black. The only one they would talk to was Uhura, and they regarded the others as nothing.''" (''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'' issue #117, p. 44)
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[[Stephen Kandel]] described the story as "a show with a very militaristic planet being discovered, and the inhabitants were black. The only one they would talk to was Uhura, and they regarded the others as nothing.''" (''[[Starlog (magazine)#Issue 117|Starlog Issue #117]]'', p. 44)
   
 
In ''The World of Star Trek'', David Gerrold added a footnote to DeForest Kelley's premise, stating, "''As a matter of fact, the idea was one that very definitely ''had'' been considered. A script version had even been written. And rewritten. And rewritten. The story involved a planet where blacks were the masters and whites were the slaves, but either the premise was too touchy for television or nobody could quite make it work. The script never reached a form where Roddenberry or Coon wanted to put it into production.''"
 
In ''The World of Star Trek'', David Gerrold added a footnote to DeForest Kelley's premise, stating, "''As a matter of fact, the idea was one that very definitely ''had'' been considered. A script version had even been written. And rewritten. And rewritten. The story involved a planet where blacks were the masters and whites were the slaves, but either the premise was too touchy for television or nobody could quite make it work. The script never reached a form where Roddenberry or Coon wanted to put it into production.''"
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The basis of this episode was probably a story premise in Roddenberry's 1964 proposal ''[[Star Trek is...]]'', entitled ''Kongo'', about a planet with the "Ole Plantation days" with reversed roles of blacks and whites.
 
The basis of this episode was probably a story premise in Roddenberry's 1964 proposal ''[[Star Trek is...]]'', entitled ''Kongo'', about a planet with the "Ole Plantation days" with reversed roles of blacks and whites.
   
Stephen Kandel referred to the fact that the story was not given the go-ahead as "unfortunate" and went on to say, "''I would love to have done it.''" (''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'' issue #117, p. 44)
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Stephen Kandel referred to the fact that the story was not given the go-ahead as "unfortunate" and went on to say, "''I would love to have done it.''" (''Starlog'' Issue #117, p. 44)
   
 
==Untitled Klingon two-parter==
 
==Untitled Klingon two-parter==
 
In a serialized essay across five volumes of {{y|2006}} trade paperback reprints of [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s ''[[Star Trek Logs]]'', adaptations of ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'', the author explains that the original chapters he added to the adaptation of ''[[The Counter-Clock Incident (episode)|The Counter-Clock Incident]]'' ''([[Star Trek Log 7]])'', at the request of publisher [[Judy-Lynn del Rey]], were first proposed as a two-part episode for the third live-action season, and held over for a potential fourth season. This tale features a [[Klingon]] commander named Kumara, whom Kirk first met during a [[Starfleet Academy]] exchange program. [http://therinofandor.blogspot.com.au/2006/09/getting-animated-again-ballantinedel.html]
 
In a serialized essay across five volumes of {{y|2006}} trade paperback reprints of [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s ''[[Star Trek Logs]]'', adaptations of ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'', the author explains that the original chapters he added to the adaptation of ''[[The Counter-Clock Incident (episode)|The Counter-Clock Incident]]'' ''([[Star Trek Log 7]])'', at the request of publisher [[Judy-Lynn del Rey]], were first proposed as a two-part episode for the third live-action season, and held over for a potential fourth season. This tale features a [[Klingon]] commander named Kumara, whom Kirk first met during a [[Starfleet Academy]] exchange program. [http://therinofandor.blogspot.com.au/2006/09/getting-animated-again-ballantinedel.html]
   
==The V.I.P.s==
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Undated story outline by [[Gene Lasser]] and [[Malachi Throne]].
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Undated story outline by [[Gene Lasser]] and [[Malachi Throne]]. {{incite}} Throne pitched the idea to [[Gene Roddenberry]]. ({{STM|180|46}})
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=="Warrior's World"==
 
Story outlines by [[Stephen Kandel]], dated {{d|22|April|1965}}, {{d|28|April|1965}}, and {{d|7|May|1965}}.
   
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The outline was based on a story idea featured in Roddenberry's original series proposal, entitled "Camelot Revisited", and dealt with an alien civilization (described as sort of a "modern-day [[Roman Empire]]"), based on chivalry and a strict honor code, against which the smallest breach results in serious consequences. Roddenberry thought this was an episode full of action-adventure, but it would be too expensive to produce, and assigned Kandel to develop another of his story ideas, "The Women", which ended up as {{e|Mudd's Women}}. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', pp. 69-70.) A similar story concept ended up as {{TNG|Code of Honor}}. A modern-day Roman Empire was featured in {{e|Bread and Circuses}}.
==Warrior's World==
 
Story outlines by [[Stephen Kandel]] dated {{d|22|April|1965}}, {{d|28|April|1965}}, and {{d|7|May|1965}}.
 
   
==The Web of Death==
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=="The Web of Death"==
 
"The Web of Death" was an undeveloped story outline, written by [[William Shatner]] in {{m|April|1966}}. The four-page outline was dated {{d|29|April|1966}}.
 
"The Web of Death" was an undeveloped story outline, written by [[William Shatner]] in {{m|April|1966}}. The four-page outline was dated {{d|29|April|1966}}.
   
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The outline was written before [[DeForest Kelley]] was cast as [[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] and the ship's doctor remains unnamed throughout it.
 
The outline was written before [[DeForest Kelley]] was cast as [[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] and the ship's doctor remains unnamed throughout it.
   
In a TV Guide article, [[Gene Roddenberry]] mentioned that Shatner delivered him a story outline written by him, and that he found it quite good, having a "good flow", despite his fears of it being terrible. The story was unproduced through, probably because the series' budget couldn't allow the special effects it would've needed. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/web_of_death.htm]
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In a ''TV Guide'' article, [[Gene Roddenberry]] mentioned that Shatner delivered him a story outline written by him, and that he found it quite good, having a "good flow", despite his fears of it being terrible. The story was unproduced through, probably because the series' budget couldn't allow the special effects it would've needed. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/web_of_death.htm]
   
==The Well of Death==
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=="The Well of Death"==
 
"The Well of Death" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
 
"The Well of Death" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
   

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Numerous undeveloped Star Trek episodes were written for Star Trek: The Original Series. These stories were submitted or developed for production, but for various reasons never aired.

Star Trek is..., the very first series outline, listed a number of short ideas for episodes, some of which were later worked out. David Gerrold presents his case of failed story, outline or script submittals during his early attempts to write for Star Trek: The Original Series. These outlines were later presented in his book The Trouble with Tribbles.

"Aladdin's Asteroid"

Step outline by Robert Barry, dated 22 May 1967. The story concerned a spaceship disguised as an asteroid. Although Barry's outline, according to the producers, was original and imaginative, it was deemed too expensive to produce. However, the concept was later reused in "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky". (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two, p. 461)

"Alien Spirit"

Story outline by Norman Katkov, dated spring, 1966. Inspired by the 1958 sci-fi film It: The Terror from Beyond Space, the Enterprise is invaded by an invisible, powerful alien being, capable of smashing rooms and tossing crewmembers through the air. Roddenberry and his staff disliked the concept, deeming it too violent and too expensive. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, p. 356)

"The Aurorals"

Story outlines by Frank Paris, dated 13 June 1968 and 20 June 1968.

"Bandi"

"Bandi" was a story premise written by David Gerrold that he submitted in February 1967. [1]

Gerrold adapted his story for the third volume of Star Trek: The Manga.

Though Gerrold later speculated that Kirk would instead temporarily take command of another starship to investigate reports of laxity, his outline primarily set it aboard the Enterprise. Kirk discovers there's a mascot smuggled aboard by a crewmember; the creature, named Bandi, has an empathic ability to cause sympathy for it. Kirk wants it confined but Bandi always gets out by persuasive empathy to a crew member nearby. When a crewmember dies because of a distraction caused by Bandi, Kirk wants it off the ship; Bandi turns the crew against Kirk, but once Spock kills Bandi, the crew snaps out of it. This behavior by the crew led Gerrold to speculate Kirk temporarily commanding another ship where the problem happens. Gerrold also said if the outline sold, he'd come up with a better name than Bandi. Nevertheless, the name was later reused for "Encounter at Farpoint", the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

"The Beast"

Story outline by Marc Daniels, dated 1 July 1968.

"Bem"

Story outlines by David Gerrold, dated 14 March 1968 and 4 April 1968. [2] [3] Additionally, in a period spanning from 12 March 1967 to 17 April 1968, there was material correspondence between Gerrold and Gene Roddenberry about this proposed episode. [4] The episode was intended to introduce the character of Bem. The reason why Gerrold named both that alien and this episode "Bem", an oft-used acronym for "Bug Eyed Monster," was simply because he thought it would be fun to have a true bug-eyed monster on Star Trek, even though the alien character was not intended to be one and (at least in Gerrold's opinion) there were never any bug-eyed monsters in the original Star Trek series. ("Bem" audio commentary)

The story's premise was related to prejudice, which was inspired by the push for civil rights that was occurring at the time, as many people were talking about the nature of prejudice. David Gerrold recalled, "People were saying that 'Prejudice isn't logical,' and I said, 'What would happen if you had a logical reason to be prejudiced?'" Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes Gerrold postulated the repercussions of having the very logical and emotionally-controlled Spock be the individual who became prejudiced. ("Bem" audio commentary) The question of what Spock might be prejudiced against, since there would have to be a logical reason for the reaction, then occurred to Gerrold. (Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes; "Bem" audio commentary) The writer reckoned that having the character become prejudiced against an alien would be interesting. Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes Gerrold realized that the alien would have to be highly illogical and finally settled on the decision to make the alien a kind of practical joker. ("Bem" audio commentary; Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes) Gerrold concluded, "That was where 'Bem' started, with Spock having a logical reason to be prejudiced against Bem's bad behavior." Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes Gene Roddenberry granted Gerrold a contract to write the episode. (The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration, p. 50)

The first of the story outlines involved the Enterprise struggling to courier a small team of scientists from a dismantling planet in the Zeta Omicron system to a position where they could observe their sun go nova. As well as Bem himself, this episode also featured the once-only character of Dr. Isaacson – the leader of the scientists and an absent-minded, glasses-wearing professor type. The outline included a reference to Christopher Pike and culminated in Spock, having been specifically targeted for Bem's practical jokes on the ship's crew, being irradiated by the nova (causing his skin to turn green with radiation burns) but Bem using his limbs, which could operate while detached from the rest of his body, to rescue Spock. In a tag set in sickbay, it was revealed that the reasoning for all of Bem's joke-playing on the crew was that Bem, unaware of the discomfort it had been causing Spock, had been expecting a practical joke to be played back on him, as a sign of acceptance. Spock obliged, giving Bem a hot-foot. (The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration, pp. 51-52)

The book The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration (p. 51), in which an essay examines the details of the two story outlines, comments that the character of Dr. Isaacson was "obviously based" on Isaac Asimov.

David Gerrold admitted that this plot had problems, mainly centering around making Bem more responsible for the difficulties on the planet (rather than naturally-occurring problems due to the planet's break-up, such as earthquakes and storms) and writing Kirk as being more definite in the story's climax. Following the changeover of show-runner from Gene Roddenberry to Fred Freiberger, Gerrold was called in (by Freiberger) to rewrite "Bem". Roddenberry spoke to Gerrold about the story, and the narrative's writer liked some of Roddenberry's ideas. Wanting to take advantage of the opportunity, Gerrold compromised and agreed to write a revised version of the plot, in hopes of it satisfying both of them. (The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration, p. 52)

The second version had Bem sabotaging a mission to determine whether the ape-like creatures of Zeta Beta II were civilized. It involved Bem trapping Kirk and Spock on the planet and fooling the rest of the Enterprise crew that the two senior officers were actually dead (as such, the outline included talk of the Enterprise returning to base, Kirk being buried on Earth and Spock on Vulcan). In this case, the episode's resolution involved Kirk and Spock (the natives having come to regard Kirk, because he showed them how to make tools, as a god) managing to capture Bem, a landing party from the Enterprise beaming to their location and Bem finally explaining that he was actually a psycho-sociologist who had been trying to conduct an experiment. In the outline's conclusion, Spock wondered – back aboard the Enterprise, as the ship departed the planet – whether the natives would use the concept of tools to construct tools or weapons and the creatures confirming, for the reader, that the former was true. (The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration, pp. 52-54)

Fred Freiberger was still unhappy with the narrative. (The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration, p. 54) Even though David Gerrold had submitted (together with the original outline) some sketches for the design of Bem's species, Gerrold later remembered, "We never got there because Gene left the show and Freddy Freiberger came in [....] I had the [revised] idea for 'Bem', but he said, 'I don't like that, either.'" Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes Gerrold elaborated, "There were more important stories to tell [....] Even though Gene was interested in it, for the third season of Star Trek, when he left and Fred Freiberger came in, there was a different storytelling agenda on the map." ("Bem" audio commentary) Dorothy Fontana said of the story, "We thought it could not be done well in live action." (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 16, p. 67) She clarified, "It was impossible to do, in terms of production, at that time." (Star Trek Vault: 40 Years From The Archives, p. 32) The story outlines ended up in David Gerrold's possession and, at one point, he was storing them in his garage. [5] Although never developed for TOS, the episode (along with "More Tribbles, More Troubles", another story that David Gerrold unsuccessfully suggested for TOS) was ultimately developed for Star Trek: The Animated Series (for more information, see "Bem").

"Beware of Gryptons Bearing Gifts"

Story outline by David P. Harmon, dated 16 April 1968.

"Dead Man's Shoes"

"Dead Man's Shoes" would have been about a planet of assassins. (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 28)

"The Deadliest Game"

"The Deadliest Game" was once described by Robert Justman as "playing aboard the Mary Celeste on a quest for the treasure of Sierra Madre, which is a fountain of youth located on a hell planet!" (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 28)

"Deep Mudd"

Following "Mudd's Women" and "I, Mudd", a third TOS episode featuring the character of Harry Mudd was originally planned. Titled "Deep Mudd", the story was written by regular Mudd writer Stephen Kandel. (Starlog Issue #117, p. 44; The Star Trek Interview Book, pp. 133 & 134)

The plot was conceived as a direct sequel to "I, Mudd", following Harry Mudd's entrapment on Planet Mudd, amid the androids there. "'Deep Mudd' involves Mudd's escape from that world, after he tricked these particular robots into revealing to him the location of a cache of scientific equipment and weaponry left by their makers," explained Kandel. "Suddenly Mudd found himself with very, very advanced armament, which he used to bribe a group of pirates into helping him escape. The problem was, of course, that he could control neither the weapons nor the real heavies he was supposed to be in control of, the pirates. They tangled with the Enterprise, on a planet with a surface of molten, viscous mud. And it went on from there. That was basically it: bailing Harry Mudd out of his own problems, getting control of this weaponry they couldn't destroy, and sending it into a sun." (The Star Trek Interview Book, pp. 133-134)

The episode could not go ahead because Mudd actor Roger C. Carmel was unavailable at the time, busily involved with a film. (Starlog Issue #117, p. 44) The story ended up in Kandel's possession who, in a 1988 interview, remarked, "I still have the story somewhere." (The Star Trek Interview Book, p. 133)

"Destination: Infinity"

Story outline by Robert Barry, dated 30 March 1967.

"For They Shall Inherit"

Undated story outline by Jerome Bixby.

"The Forbidden"

Undated story outline by science fiction writer Hank Stine.

"The Forces"

Undated story outline by Charles Parker.

"The Foreseeable Future"

Story outlines by Jean Lisette Aroeste, dated 22 August 1968 and 16 September 1968.

"From the First Day To The Last"

Shelved envelope for "The Menagerie" by John D.F. Black, delivered 8/12/1966

"The Fuzzies"

"The Fuzzies", later titled "A Fuzzy Thing Happened to Me...", was written by David Gerrold and submitted in February 1967. This episode later evolved into "The Trouble with Tribbles". [6]

"The Godhead"

"The Godhead" was written by John Meredyth Lucas, with outlines dated 15 March 1968, 17 April 1968, and 7 November 1968. [7]

"Happy Birthday to You"

"Happy Birthday to You" was an abandoned Star Trek episode. (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 28)

"He Walked Among Us"

"He Walked Among Us" was a script written by Gene L. Coon and Norman Spinrad for TOS Season 2. Story outlines were dated 12 May 1967, 17 May 1967, and 18 May 1967. The first draft was dated 25 July 1967, and a later draft dated 28 September 1967.

The producers approached Spinrad with the task to write an episode to be a vehicle for Milton Berle, who expressed interest in appearing on Star Trek. Also, since a tribal village set was available, they told him to write a story in which it could be used.

The original story by Spinrad was about a primitive race called the Jugali, inexplicably employing technology well beyond their capacities, as a result of interference by Byrne, a Federation sociologist, who only wanted to do good, but it eventually resulted in terrible consequences.

However, producer Gene L. Coon re-wrote the episode to become a comedy. The re-written story involved a Federation health food nut taking over a planet, so flagrantly breaking the Prime Directive that Kirk can't ignore him. He has set himself up as a god, refuses to depart from the planet when asked to and has so tightly woven himself into the planet's society that Kirk is unable to force him to leave without completely disrupting the society himself.

Unhappy with the result, Spinrad asked Gene Roddenberry to discard it, and "don't embarrass his show by shooting this piece of ----". He told Roddenberry to "read it and weep". Roddenberry agreed, and the episode was never produced. (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 24) Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes

"Image Of The Beast"

Story outline by science fiction writer Philip José Farmer, dated 27 March 1966. Though he may or may not have reworked the Star Trek proposal for this, Farmer subsequently published the dark erotic science fiction/horror novel also entitled Image of the Beast.

"Joanna"

"Joanna" was written by Dorothy Fontana as the first episode to feature Joanna McCoy, the daughter of Leonard McCoy. The outline was submitted 27 August 1968 and was later heavily rewritten to become "The Way to Eden". [8] The original story featured Joanna coming aboard the Enterprise and having a romantic fling with Kirk, causing major conflict between Dr. McCoy and Kirk, and Dr. McCoy and his daughter. [9]

"Journey To Reolite"

Story outline by Alfred Brenner, dated 18 April 1966. The Enterprise is transporting the leader of the planet Acrid for peace talks to their neighboring world Reolite. The Acrids are harsh and militaristic, while the Reolites are peace-loving democratic humanist. The Acrid leader and his mistress, Galatea carry a rare "life-giving drug" as a gift to the Reolites, which also works as an aphrodisiac. Although it went unproduced, this outline served as a basis for the third season episode "Elaan of Troyius". (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, p. 356)

"The Joy Machine"

Story outlines by Theodore Sturgeon, dated 16 May 1967 and 23 June 1967. First draft teleplay by Meyer Dolinsky dated 21 October 1968. This script was later novelized under the same title, The Joy Machine, by James Gunn in 1996.

"The Land of Counter-Pain"

"The Land of Counter-Pain" was an abandoned Star Trek episode. (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 28)

"The Lost Star"

"The Lost Star" was written by John Meredyth Lucas. It was outlined on 24 June 1967. [10]

"Machines Are Better"

Story outline by veteran science fiction writer A.E. van Vogt, dated 29 March 1967.

"The Machine That Went too Far"

"The Machine That Went too Far" was an abandoned Star Trek episode. (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 29) The story outline by A.E. vanVogt and Jack Williamson was delivered on 5 April 1966, and a revised version was delivered by the same writers on 20 April 1966. Story cut-off was exercised on 27 April 1966.

"The Magicks of Megas-Tu"

According to Larry Brody's book Turning Points in Television (p. 129), one particular story was written by him in 1969 for the third season of TOS – as he had been disappointed with previous installments of that season – and was sent to NBC by Brody's agent at the time, Sylvia Hirsch. In the book, Brody cryptically refers to third season producer Fred Freiberger as "Howie Horowitz" (perhaps confusing him with Howie Horwitz, producer of the 1960s Batman and 77 Sunset Strip as well as the Gene Roddenberry pilot The Questor Tapes) and relates about the plot idea, "The subject matter was as true to me as the egotism of thinking I could show Howie H. how the show should be [....] Howie Horowitz passed on buying the script, and on meeting with me." Three years later, Brody successfully pitched the same story, which involved the Enterprise encountering God in space, to Gene Roddenberry for the animated Star Trek series (for more information, see "The Magicks of Megas-Tu").

"Mere Shadows"

Story outline by Philip Jose Farmer, dated 26 March 1966.

"Miss Gulliver"

"Miss Gulliver" by A.E. van Vogt was to have been about a woman who grew to gigantic proportions due to an accident related to an unsuccessful experiment in regrowing limbs. At the episode's conclusion, her lover also underwent the experiment, so that he too could undergo massive growth, and the couple were left to found a planet of giants. (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 29)

Robert Justman commented that it "bears a striking resemblance to "Who Mourns for Adonais?" -- namely that someone grows larger and larger and larger. After that, it bears no resemblance to anything whatsoever that we would be able to depict on film..." (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two, p. 459)

"Mission Into Chaos"

"Mission Into Chaos" was written by David P. Harmon and Gene L. Coon, with the first draft dated 28 September 1967. This episode was heavily rewritten to become TOS: "A Piece of the Action". [11]

"More Tribbles, More Troubles"

Meant as a sequel to "The Trouble with Tribbles", "More Tribbles, More Troubles" began development as an episode for the third season of TOS. The year was 1968 and David Gerrold, the writer of both tribble-related outings, was twenty-four years old. (The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration, p. 50)

After Fred Freiberger (the producer of TOS Season 3) watched "The Trouble with Tribbles" on the morning before he first met David Gerrold and decided that he hated the episode's comedic tone, Gerrold consequently realized that Freiberger – who had essentially replaced Gene Roddenberry as showrunner – would not want a tribble-related sequel. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 97; episode audio commentary) Gerrold recalled, "I knew right then that – even though Gene had promised we were gonna do another tribble episode, in Star Trek's third season – I knew that it was dead." (episode audio commentary) Additionally, Gerrold remembered, "I said, 'Well, Gene said he wanted a sequel,' and [Freddy Freiberger] said that he had no interest." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 97) Gerrold concluded, "He killed the second tribble episode for the third season." Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes

Together with David Gerrold's "Bem", this tribble-centric installment was one of two episode ideas that, despite never undergoing development for TOS, were successfully resurrected for Star Trek: The Animated Series (for more information, see "More Tribbles, More Troubles"). Following the first broadcast of the episode's animated form, an adolescent, male Star Trek fan accused Gerrold of having plagiarized his idea for a tribbles-related sequel but Gene Roddenberry – in the knowledge that Gerrold had pitched the episode idea for the third season of TOS – simply asked Gerrold to "please handle" it. A reply letter that the writer sent to his accuser included the fact that he had planned the original tribble sequel for TOS' third season. ("More Tribbles, More Troubles" audio commentary)

"Mother Tiger"

Undated draft by Jerome Bixby. (citation needededit) The script of "Mother Tiger" was written by Bixby in about four days. He later remembered the plot; "It was [...] about an alien in space in suspended animation. Her race had long since perished, but they had sent her forth as a racial mother, hoping she would be resuscitated on some planet, and restore her race. The Enterprise picks her up, and ends up leaving her on a planet after she creates all kinds of mischief aboard ship; she's very powerful and intelligent."

The reason "Mother Tiger" wasn't produced was that doing so was considered too expensive. Nonetheless, the script had several aftereffects and was very well received by the TOS creative staff. Recalled Jerome Bixby, "They flipped over it, but said, 'We don't usually put $7 million into a Star Trek episode' [....] While they couldn't use it, they said I had an uncunny feel for the show and made me one of their regulars [....] Several later episodes seemed to reflect elements of ['Mother Tiger'], namely 'Devil in the Dark', with a racial mother, the rock creature." (Starlog, issue #164, p. 48)

"The Orchard People"

Story outline by Catherine Turney and John Collier, dated 3 April 1967.

"Pandora's Box"

Story outline by Daniel Louis Aubry, dated 29 August 1967.

"The Pastel Terror"

"The Pastel Terror" was written by Larry Niven. This story was never submitted but was published in the fanzine Apa-L in 1971 and in the fanzine T-Negative #17 in 1972. [12]

"Perchance To Dream"

"Perchance To Dream" was written by J.M. Winston, outlined 28 June 1969.

"The Protracted Man"

"The Protracted Man" was written by David Gerrold and submitted February 1967. [13]

Although warp drive allows speedy travel, it still involves travel over immense distances; Starfleet is participating in a test of a space warp corridor that will take seconds to cross several light years. The Enterprise will wait at the exit point to recover the shuttlecraft being piloted through. However, something goes wrong, the shuttle can't exit, and the pilot is beamed out from within the warp corridor. The pilot, however, is protracted: three visual representations - each of a different color (e.g. blue, red, yellow) - move a fraction of a second apart when the man is moving; his voice is similarly garbled by a separation in time; the pilot is drawing energy from the Enterprise to maintain himself. The protraction keeps increasing, particularly when the ship tries to move at warp speed to get to a point in space where all power can be shut down briefly to try to restore the pilot to normal. The transporter is used to reintegrate the man by dematerializing the multiple images then overlaying them.

Gerrold was inspired by a "protraction"-type sequence in the film West Side Story (which was directed by Robert Wise), wondering what the effect would suggest, then writing the script outline. In the movie, the teens go to a dance, with the teens appearing in a similar way, though the walls of buildings stay solid and grim-looking, by combining the film colors out of synchronization.

A similar story appeared in VOY: "Threshold".

"The Rebels Unthawed"

"The Rebels Unthawed" was a story outline written by Philip José Farmer. The Enterprise and its crew encounter a derelict space ship, abandoned and floating in space. Inside the craft, they find twelve passengers who are frozen in suspended animation. Once they are revived, it is revealed they were abducted from Earth by aliens, during the American Civil War. Adjusting to the future time period in which they have been awoken turns out to be considerably difficult for the newcomers. Farmer later wrote the Star Trek story treatment into a short story. [14]

"Return To Eden"

Story outlines by Alvin Boretz, dated 9 May 1966 and 23 May 1966. The Enterprise comes across a planet with automated people, where everything is "perfected": no crime, no hunger, no illness, no choice. But the society is completely sterile and the people are automated zombies of a computerized society. Robert Justman thought the story was awful. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, p. 357) This story also highly resembles Roddenberry's "The Return of the Archons", which was probably another reason why it was not purchased.

"Rites Of Fertility"

Story outline by Robert Sheckley, dated 6 May 1966. An Enterprise crewman becomes infected with a strange "disease": his skin begins to harden, his nails grow into leafs, slowly transforming him into a living, thinking vegetable. The transformation soon affects the entire crew, with only Spock remaining immune. Searching for an antidote, Spock beams down to a nearby planet inhabited by a primitive Indian-like race, who worships trees and longs to one day become one with their gods. They are reluctant to share the cure with him, until Spock explains to them that Earth people do not consider turning into a plant an acceptable form of immortality.

The potential costs of Sheckley's outline were deemed to be far beyond the budget of a weekly television series, hence it went unproduced. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, p. 357)

"Rock-A-Bye Baby, Or Die!"

Story outline by George Clayton Johnson, dated 2 August 1966, concerning a newborn interstellar entity coming to life, aging, and dying within the Enterprise's computer and circuitry. The outline is collected in a hardcover omnibus of Johnson's writings, All of Us Are Dying and Other Stories, published by Subterranean Press in 1999. [15] A similar premise was the basis for TNG: "Emergence".

"The Search For Eternity"

Story outline by A.E. van Vogt, dated 11 April 1967. In the story, the Enterprise crew awakens to find themselves in a state of amnesia regarding the past few hours. It turns out that during this time, Kirk apparently ordered the destruction of a populated planet, whose inhabitants now blame him with genocide, backed up by evidence such as recordings of the destruction and a missing photon torpedo from the Enterprise. A Federation Admiral soon arrives on his own starship, and orders Kirk to be executed by a firing squad. However, it turns out all is, in reality, a ploy, devised by a reptilian-looking species, faking events and posing as Starfleet members (including the Admiral), so they could get control of the Enterprise and wage a war on the Federation. The story bears a resemblance to TNG: "Conundrum" and ENT: "Shockwave".

"The Shadow of Space"

"The Shadow of Space" was written by Philip José Farmer in 1966. [16] The story involved the Enterprise traveling outside the universe. Farmer published a prose adaptation of the idea, under the same title, but with names changed from the Star Trek version for copyright reasons. The story first appeared in the science fiction magazine Worlds of If and subsequently in single author collection of Farmer's short fiction.

"Shol"

Story outlines by Darlene Hartman, dated 24 June 1967, 15 July 1967, and 24 July 1967. First draft teleplay dated 23 August 1967. Hartman's story dealt with the Enterprise finding a primitive civilization living in a "Garden of Eden"-type environment, discovered to be controlled by a giant computer named "Shol", which the natives consider to be a god. After "Shol" begins to "absorb" the Enterprise crewmembers into itself as well, Kirk and Spock are forced to destroy it. Suddenly, the natives are left without their "god" and has to accept their loneliness, being without a deity, from then on.

This story went through several revisions, mostly because Gene Coon saw a potential talent in Hartman, and because both Coon and Gene Roddenberry thought it has a strong poetic quality. However, when Max Ehrlich's similar story, "The Apple" went into production, "Shol" was shelved. Coon still wanted to develop the story further, eventually assigning Hartman to write a teleplay, but after Coon's departure from the series the new producer John Meredyth Lucas ultimately scrapped it. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two)

"Shore Leave II"

Story outline by Theodore Sturgeon, dated 24 April 1968.

"Sister In Space"

Story outline by Robert Sheckley, dated 14 June 1966. Sheckley's second attempt after the failed "Rites of Fertility" outline dealt with the Enterprise discovering a long-lost Starfleet vessel, the USS Yorktown dead in space. Kirk, Scotty, Sulu, Rand and a few "redshirts" beam aboard and discover that an unknown, very much lethal alien creature killed the Yorktown crew. Soon the creature attacks one of the "redshirts", ripping him limb from limb. Aside its enormous strength, the alien monster is also a "chameleon", capable of blending into backgrounds, making it hard to detect.

The outline - which almost gave Robert Justman a heart attack - was deemed much too expensive to be produced within Star Trek's budget, so Sheckley was turned down once again. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, pp. 357-358) The story seems similar to the later Alien and Predator film franchises.

"Skal"

Undated outline by Jerome Bixby.

"Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind"

"Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind" was written by Philip José Farmer in 1966. As with another proposal of his, "The Shadow of Space", Farmer later used the idea as the basis of a published short story, though in this case he removed all vestiges of its Star Trek origin. According to Farmer, Roddenberry found the idea too sophisticated for a general audience. [17]

"Sleeping Beauty"

Undated outline by Robert Bloch.

"Space Moby Dick"

"Space Moby Dick" would have involved the crew hunting a space-borne deadly monster through the galaxy. (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 28) Obviously, the episode's name was most likely a working title, owing to its use of the name Moby Dick.

Spock's leg story

At one point, Gene Roddenberry planned to do an episode – set before the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage" – in which Spock injured one of his [[legs. As a way to set the story up, Roddenberry asked Leonard Nimoy to limp during "The Cage", an instruction Nimoy complied with. "But we never did an episode on Spock's leg!" Nimoy stated at 2001 Slanted Fedora convention in Las Vegas, where Nimoy also revealed the origins of Spock's limp in "The Cage". Template:Brokenlink

"The Squaw"

Step outline by Shimon Wincelberg, dated 15 July 1966, revised outline dated 28 July 1966.

"The Squaw" was written by Wincelberg as a "compensation" by Roddenberry for re-writing his script for "Dagger of the Mind" (he also got to work on "The Galileo Seven" for the same reason). The story featured a lost distant colony of humans living in an Ancient West-type environment, which developed as an accident, as the descendants of the colonists used a third-rate pulp Western novel, left there by one of their ancestors, as a guide for their civilization, including all the rules and clichés of the genre. The planet is also inhabited by a long-lost race of Vulcans, living in a primitive, tribal way, and behaving aggressively towards the human population. However, it turns out, the Vulcans were peaceful, until the humans arrived and began to harass and hunt them, as the Old West characters did with the Indians in the book. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, p. 361)

The story remained unproduced, however a lot of its elements surfaced in later Star Trek productions. A book mistakenly serving as the basis for a civilization appeared in "A Piece of the Action", and later, in another way, TNG: "The Royale". A very similar story premise was produced almost forty years later, as ENT: "North Star".

"The Stars of Sargasso"

"The Stars of Sargasso" was written by Dorothy Fontana. It had a draft date of 14 May 1969 and was intended for the undeveloped TOS Season 4. It was the second attempt to introduce Joanna McCoy.

"The Surrender Of Planet X"

Undated outline by Don Masselink.

"The Takeover"

"The Takeover" was an abandoned Star Trek episode. (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 28)

"Tomorrow the Universe"

"Tomorrow the Universe" was written by Paul Schneider. The first draft was dated 1 March 1967 and was intended for TOS Season 2. The story dealt with a planet adopting Nazism - complete with swastikas and uniforms - after being culturally contaminated by a Federation visitor. Schneider's story bore a striking resemblance to John Meredyth Lucas' "Patterns of Force". Despite being submitted much later, Lucas' script deemed to be much better and more developed, hence Schneider's version was abandoned in favor of it. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two)

"Tomorrow Was Yesterday"

"Tomorrow Was Yesterday" was a sixty page outline written by David Gerrold in 1966, intended to be a two-part episode. Gerrold stated that he wrote the story as a two-parter for two reasons: a) "for more money" for him, and b) "it would have meant a greater spread of money in the budget for sets, costumes and actors."

According to Gene Coon, "Mr. Gerrold's outline was by no means inadequate. It is, as a matter of fact, very adequate." He further stated despite this, "to film the two-part story outlined here would probably cost $6-700,000" and that it was "too elaborate for television. What he has written is a good motion picture treatment for ideally a $2-3,000,000 picture."

Gerrold attempted to turn the outline in to a novel during the late 1960s, but he took the story into a different direction, retitling the manuscript as Yesterday's Children, which was later published by Dell Books in July 1972, and later renamed Starhunt. In 1980 he revisited his original story in the novel The Galactic Whirlpool. This story was completely unrelated to TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday".

The Enterprise comes upon a relic, a generation ship launched from Earth and long forgotten; the people on the ship have forgotten why they are aboard or that there is anything outside the ship's walls. There are two factions aboard fighting each other.

"The Uncoiler"

Story outlines by Philip Jose Farmer, dated 1 April 1966 and 5 April 1966. This was Farmer's third attempt to pitch a Star Trek story. The crew responds to a distress call from an uninhabited planet, finding a ragged old man with long beard living inside a jungle. They also find the ruins of an ancient city, complete with a statue of a god probably worshiped by a long-dead alien species. Returning to the Enterprise, the crew begins to experience memory lapses and behave strangely. Kirk and Spock finally develop "on-again-off-again" amnesia. It turns out that the Zaltons, the extinct alien race preserved their minds in the statue, and are now trying to take over the bodies of the Enterprise crew, who they lured to their planet. Finally Kirk and Spock (writing notes to each other whenever they get an idea, before they forget it) find a way to exorcise the aliens from the crew.

Both Gene Roddenberry and John D.F. Black deemed the outlines not interesting enough. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, p. 362) The story is similar to TOS: "The Lights of Zetar", DS9: "Dramatis Personae", and VOY: "Memorial" in certain aspects.

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The World of Star Trek revealed a story premise that DeForest Kelley had always wanted to see, featuring himself and Nichelle Nichols, described as "something where the two of us were thrown onto a planet where there was a great racial problem, only reversed. The fact that I am a Southerner and she is black, and that we're trapped on this planet together."

Stephen Kandel described the story as "a show with a very militaristic planet being discovered, and the inhabitants were black. The only one they would talk to was Uhura, and they regarded the others as nothing." (Starlog Issue #117, p. 44)

In The World of Star Trek, David Gerrold added a footnote to DeForest Kelley's premise, stating, "As a matter of fact, the idea was one that very definitely had been considered. A script version had even been written. And rewritten. And rewritten. The story involved a planet where blacks were the masters and whites were the slaves, but either the premise was too touchy for television or nobody could quite make it work. The script never reached a form where Roddenberry or Coon wanted to put it into production."

The basis of this episode was probably a story premise in Roddenberry's 1964 proposal Star Trek is..., entitled Kongo, about a planet with the "Ole Plantation days" with reversed roles of blacks and whites.

Stephen Kandel referred to the fact that the story was not given the go-ahead as "unfortunate" and went on to say, "I would love to have done it." (Starlog Issue #117, p. 44)

Untitled Klingon two-parter

In a serialized essay across five volumes of 2006 trade paperback reprints of Alan Dean Foster's Star Trek Logs, adaptations of Star Trek: The Animated Series, the author explains that the original chapters he added to the adaptation of The Counter-Clock Incident (Star Trek Log 7), at the request of publisher Judy-Lynn del Rey, were first proposed as a two-part episode for the third live-action season, and held over for a potential fourth season. This tale features a Klingon commander named Kumara, whom Kirk first met during a Starfleet Academy exchange program. [18]

"The V.I.P.s"

Undated story outline by Gene Lasser and Malachi Throne. (citation needededit) Throne pitched the idea to Gene Roddenberry. (Star Trek Magazine issue 180, p. 46)

"Warrior's World"

Story outlines by Stephen Kandel, dated 22 April 1965, 28 April 1965, and 7 May 1965.

The outline was based on a story idea featured in Roddenberry's original series proposal, entitled "Camelot Revisited", and dealt with an alien civilization (described as sort of a "modern-day Roman Empire"), based on chivalry and a strict honor code, against which the smallest breach results in serious consequences. Roddenberry thought this was an episode full of action-adventure, but it would be too expensive to produce, and assigned Kandel to develop another of his story ideas, "The Women", which ended up as "Mudd's Women". (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, pp. 69-70.) A similar story concept ended up as TNG: "Code of Honor". A modern-day Roman Empire was featured in "Bread and Circuses".

"The Web of Death"

"The Web of Death" was an undeveloped story outline, written by William Shatner in April 1966. The four-page outline was dated 29 April 1966.

The Enterprise discovers its sister ship, the missing USS Momentous near planet Urus III, trapped in the cocoon of a giant insect. The creature also begins to cover the Enterprise in the same white substance, without much means of escape. Finally, Kirk and the crew manages to distract the creature into attacking the "dead" Momentous, and rescue its crew and themselves.

The outline was written before DeForest Kelley was cast as Doctor McCoy and the ship's doctor remains unnamed throughout it.

In a TV Guide article, Gene Roddenberry mentioned that Shatner delivered him a story outline written by him, and that he found it quite good, having a "good flow", despite his fears of it being terrible. The story was unproduced through, probably because the series' budget couldn't allow the special effects it would've needed. [19]

"The Well of Death"

"The Well of Death" was an abandoned Star Trek episode. (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 28)

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