Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (19 August 1921 - 24 October 1991) was the creator of Star Trek universe, and an executive producer on Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, until his death in 1991.
His voice is heard over the bridge intercom from the TOS episode: "Charlie X", when the Enterprise food galley has its meatloaf replaced with turkey.
His hand was filmed as Apollo's for the original special-effect in the TOS episode: "Who Mourns for Adonais?".
Gene Roddenberry also wrote several episodes of the series, as well as writing the novelization for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, based upon Alan Dean Foster's screenplay.
In Fiction
Roddenberry was visited in 1964 by time-traveler J. R. Rasmussen, who offered ideas for a new television show, an idea he'd already been mulling over-after finding the unpublished story "Far Beyond The Stars." (Amalgamation of DS9 novelization: Far Beyond the Stars and TOS - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Research")
On his deathbed in 1991, Roddenberry was visited by three familiar figures, who offered to take him to the future, an offer he accepted. (TOS - Strange New Worlds I short story: "The Man Who Sold the Sky")
- Roddenberry's name is never actually used in either of these two stories, but his identity is clear in context.
- In addition, Roddenberry's name has also appeared on numerous Okudagrams and starship dedication plaques. His face is also used as that of Captain Robert April in The Star Trek Encyclopedia.
External links
- Gene Roddenberry article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Gene Roddenberry article at Star Trek Online Wiki.