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Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, explores the morals, meanings, and messages in every episode of Star Trek.

Nov 9, 2023

It's 1955, and Gene, still writing as Robert Wesley, returns to the police drama with "Reformed Criminal", an early episode of the '50s TV mainstay Highway Patrol.

Guest starring Mark Pracht as Detective Dan Mathews and Scott Martin as...


Nov 2, 2023

So what was Gene Roddenberry's first produced piece of television science fiction?  This week, Earl and Norm field-strip The Secret Weapon of 117 and find, logically enough, some very familiar concepts.

Guest starring James Kerwin as Alfred Mark and Charlynn Schmeidt as Kamala Mark.

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Oct 26, 2023

Gene-ology's survey of the early television writing of Gene Roddenberry arrives at the earliest instance of Gene writing in the genre for which he would become most famous.  Step into "The Transporter" - a story that was never produced.

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Oct 19, 2023

It's Gene's last script for the 1950s series Mr. District Attorney... has he devised the DA's most cunning foil yet?  And what about the alarming accusations of "Police Brutality"?

Guest starring Sean Darr as Officer Richards, Glenn Rigberg as Captain Delaney, and John Kirkorian as District Attorney Paul Garrett


Oct 12, 2023

Crime knows no bounds, taking to land and sea, with Mr. District Attorney in hot pursuit.  This week, Gene-ology checks the "Patrol Boat" episode to see if it's seaworthy.

Guest starring Shawn McDaniel as Henry Higgins and Ria Papageorgiou as Paula Higgins..

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