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Gene Roddenberry

writer, creator

Star Trek (s01e04)

The Naked Time

by John D. F. Black, directed by Marc Daniels
After an alien spore infects the entire Enterprise crew with madness, it seems that the only available action to save the ship from a rapdidly decaying orbit is a cold restart of the engines.
— Michael Main
You know, Dr. McCoy said the same thing.
Star Trek (s01e04), “The Naked Time” by John D. F. Black, directed by Marc Daniels (NBC-TV, USA, 29 September 1966).

Star Trek (s01e19)

Tomorrow Is Yesterday

by D. C. Fontana, directed by Michael O’Herlihy
Darn those high-gravity black stars! Always accidentally throwing starships hither and yon through time. Although in this case, the crew of the Enterprise manages to correct all the problems they caused by beaming 1960s Air Force pilot Captain John Christopher on board.
— Michael Main
Spock: Fifty years to go. Forty. Thirty.
Kirk: Never mind, Mr. Spock.
Spock: [silence]
Star Trek (s01e19), “Tomorrow Is Yesterday” by D. C. Fontana, directed by Michael O’Herlihy (NBC-TV, USA, 26 January 1967).

Star Trek (s01e28)

The City on the Edge of Forever

by Harlan Ellison, directed by Joseph Pevney
After a delirious Bones hurtles through a time portal to the 1930s, Kirk and Spock follow to save him and stop dangerous changes to the timeline, no matter the cost.
— Michael Main
Star Trek (s01e28), “The City on the Edge of Forever” by Harlan Ellison, directed by Joseph Pevney (NBC-TV, USA, 6 April 1967).

Star Trek (s02e26)

Assignment: Earth

by Art Wallace, directed by Marc Daniels
The Enterprise and her crew make their first intentional trip back in time to study historical aspects of 1968 and the Cold War, but unexpectedly, they intercept a transporter beam that brings the mysterious Gary Seven and his feline from a faraway advanced planet.
— Michael Main
Humans of the 20th century do not go beaming around the Galaxy, Mr. Seven.
Star Trek (s02e26), “Assignment: Earth” by Art Wallace, directed by Marc Daniels (NBC-TV, USA, 29 March 1968).

Star Trek (s03e06)

Spectre of the Gun

by Gene L. Coon, directed by Vincent McEveety
After barging into the space of the reclusive Melkotians, Kirk and his crew find themselves facing the Earps and Doc Holliday in a second-rate simulation of the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
— Michael Main
History has been changed in the fact that Billy Claiborne didn’t die, but Chekov is lying there dead.
Star Trek (s03e06), “Spectre of the Gun” by Gene L. Coon, directed by Vincent McEveety (NBC-TV, USA, 25 October 1968).

Star Trek (s03e11)

Wink of an Eye

by Arthur Heinemann, directed by Jud Taylor
In an outer quadrant of the galaxy, the Enterprise is taken over by Deela and her subject Scalosians, who can accelerate their personal time frames to a point where everyone else seems frozen.
— Michael Main
They cannot hear you, Captain. To their ears, you sound like an insect.
Star Trek (s03e11), “Wink of an Eye” by Arthur Heinemann, directed by Jud Taylor (NBC-TV, USA, 29 November 1968).

Star Trek (s03e19)

Requiem for Methuselah

by Jerome Bixby, directed by Murray Golden
The seemingly all-powerful Flint lives with the brilliant young Raina, hangs unknown [tag-3791 | da Vinci[/ex] paintings on his walls, and provides Mr. Spock with a modern-day Brahms waltz. Could his riches be ill-got via time travel or is there a mundane explanation?
— Michael Main
Your collection of Leonardo da Vinci masterpieces, Mr. Flint—they appear to have been recently painted.
Star Trek (s03e19), Requiem for Methuselah by Jerome Bixby, directed by Murray Golden (NBC-TV, 14 February 1969).

Star Trek (s03e22)

The Savage Curtain

by Gene Roddenberry and Arthur Heinemann, directed by Herschel Daugherty
The critics agree that this episode lives in the bottom ten of all Star Trek episodes, but we kinda liked seeing Lincoln and Surak, even if Spock concludes that they were mere sims.
— Michael Main
Conjecture, Captain, rather than explanation: It would seem that we were held in the power of creatures able to control matter and to rearrange molecules in whatever fashion was desired, so they were able to create images of Sarak and Lincoln after scanning our minds and using their fellow creatures as source matter.
Star Trek (s03e22), “The Savage Curtain” by Gene Roddenberry and Arthur Heinemann, directed by Herschel Daugherty (NBC-TV, USA, 7 March 1969).

Star Trek (s03e23)

All Our Yesterdays

by Jean Lisette Aroeste, directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
The three principal Trekkers find themselves on a planet where everyone is being evacuated to the past to escape an impending supernova.
— Michael Main
Spock! You’re reverting into your ancestors, five thousand years before you were born!
Star Trek (s03e23), “All Our Yesterdays” by Jean Lisette Aroeste, directed by Marvin J. Chomsky (NBC-TV, USA, 14 March 1969).

Star TrekIV

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

by Steve Meerson et al. , directed by Leonard Nimoy
As the brave crew of the Enterprise are returning to Earth on a Klingon Bird of Prey to stand trial for the events of the previous movie, Spock determines that Earth’s demise is imminent unless they can return to 1986 and retrieve a humpback whale (which they proceed to do).

I saw this in the theater with Deb Baker and Jon Shultis during a winter trip to Pittsburgh for a small computer science education conference.

— Michael Main
McCoy: You realize that by giving him the formula you’re altering the future.
Scotty: Why? How do we know he didn’t invent the thing?
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home by Steve Meerson et al. , directed by Leonard Nimoy (at movie theaters, Canada, 21 November 1986).

Star Trek: The Next Generation (s01e06)

Where No One Has Gone Before

by Diane Duane and Michael Reaves
Yes, we see minor time phenomena when Picard and other members of the crew vividly experience moments and beings from their pasts, possibly created by their thoughts, but the real import of the episode is the introduction of The Traveler, who among other things is able to alter spacetime and is always on the lookout for promising individuals such as Wesley Crusher.
— Michael Main
The Traveler to Picard about Wesley: In such musical geniuses I saw in one of your ship’s libraries—one called Mozart, who as a small child wrote astonishing symphonies, a genius who made music not only to be heard, but seen and felt beyond the understanding, the ability of others. Wesley is such a person, not with music, but with the equally lovely intricacies of time, energy, propulsion, and the instruments of this vessel, which allow all that to be played . . .
Star Trek: The Next Generation (s01e06), “Where No One Has Gone Before” by Diane Duane and Michael Reaves (Paramount Domestic Television, USA, 24 October 1987) [syndicated].

Star Trek: The Next Generation (s01e01-02)

Encounter at Farpoint

by D. C. Fontana
As the new captain of the Enterprise and other new members of his crew become acquainted with their galaxy class starship and its capabilities, they travel to a curious city on Deneb IV and also encounter a powerful being from the Q who, among other things, exhibits a possible power over time itself.
— Michael Main
Troi: Captain, sir, this is not an illusion of a dream.
Picard: But these courts belong in the past.
Troi:I don’t understand either, but this is real.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (s01e01-02), “Encounter at Farpoint” by D. C. Fontana (Paramount Domestic Television, USA, 28 September 1987) [syndicated].

Star Trek: The Next Generation (s03e15)

Yesterday’s Enterprise

by Ira Steven Behr et al., directed by David Carson
Star Trek: The Next Generation (s03e15), “Yesterday’s Enterprise” by Ira Steven Behr et al., directed by David Carson (Paramount Domestic Television, USA, 19 February 1993) [syndicated].

Star Trek Generations

by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, directed by David Carson
Star Trek Generations by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, directed by David Carson (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 17 November 1994).

Star Trek VIII

Star Trek: First Contact

by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore, directed by Jonathan Frakes
Picard and the Enterprise travel back to 2063 to stop the Borg from preventing Zefram Cochrane’s invention of the warp drive.
— Michael Main
Assimilate this!
Star Trek: First Contact by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore, directed by Jonathan Frakes (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 18 November 1996).

Star Trek XI

Star Trek

by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, directed by J. J. Abrams
Young Kirk and Spock meet future Ambassador Spock who has come back in time to stop Nero from destroying Vulcan.

Tim and I saw this reboot in the theater on opening day.

— Michael Main
You know, coming back in time, changing history . . . that’s cheating.
Star Trek by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, directed by J. J. Abrams (Fantastic Fest, Austin, Texas, 6 April 2009).

Star Trek XII

Star Trek: Into Darkness

by Roberto Orci, directed by J. J. Abrams
There’s a little-known rule that says that any time Spock Prime gets to talk to new Spock, the movie is counted as possessing time travel under a grandfather clause, even if said movie contained no actual new time travel.

For me, the dark aspects of the movie were nothing but forced melodrama, although it did have great special effects, terrific casting of the principles, and fun Trekker jokes. Those positives, though, weren’t enough to cover up the plot holes and Kirk’s questionable decisions. Good grief, just blast the bad guy with a photon torpedo rather than blasting your way through a bunch of Klingons (who never harmed you) to give the guy a fair trial. And if you don’t do that, at least blast him to bits on the bridge of that dreadnaught.

— Michael Main
As you know, I have made a vow never to give you information that could potentially alter your destiny. Your path is yours to walk and yours alone.
Star Trek: Into Darkness by Roberto Orci, directed by J. J. Abrams (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Sydney, 23 April 2013).

Star Trek Beyond

by Simon Pegg et al. , directed by Justin Lin
Star Trek Beyond by Simon Pegg et al. , directed by Justin Lin (at movie theaters, Indonesia and elsewhere, 20 July 2016).

Star Trek: Picard, Season 2

by multiple writers and directors
After a catastrophic start to Season 2, Q steps in to pluck Picard’s crew and the Borg Queen from certain death only to insert them into a dystopian timeline that Q himself had created via a small change in 2024.
— Michael Main
Time? Of course, that’s how he did it. This is not another reality—this is our reality. He went back in time and changed the present.
Star Trek: Picard, Season 2 by multiple writers and directors (Paramount+, 3 March 2022 to 5 May 2022).
as of 7:40 p.m. MDT, 5 May 2024
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