How well do you know Roddenberry? Can you answer these 4 questions?

James Van Hise's biography Roddenberry: The Man who Created Star Trek is filled with hundreds of fascinating facts about the Great Bird of the Galaxy and answers many questions that have long puzzled fans.  Here are four examples.

1. What TOS episode was so far behind, Gene Roddenberry write its final scenes sitting in a camper on the set as it was being filmed?
2. What world famous character did Gene Roddenberry desert Star Trek to write a movie about during TOS’ final season?
3. What did Gene Roddenberry do that made his Star Trek: The Motion Picture co-writer Harold Livingston quit the film in a fury three times?
4. Even though he was only ten minutes away, which actor didn't attend the ceremony when Roddenberry became the first writer to receive a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?

 You will find the answers just below the cover.

What TOS episode was so far behind, Gene Roddenberry write its final scenes sitting in a camper on the set as it was being filmed?

“I recall that on one of the shows, 'Shore Leave,' I was rewriting the show sitting in a camper while the actors were acting it. That was a pretty exciting and harrowing and nervous thing.” (Chap. 4)

What world famous character did Gene Roddenberry desert Star Trek to write a movie about during TOS’ final season?

“In 1968, at the behest of producer Sy Weintraub, Gene thought about a Tarzan motion picture, and considered the problems of a new … theatrical motion picture treatment of the lord of the jungle.” (Chap. 5)

What did Gene Roddenberry do that made his Star Trek: The Motion Picture co-writer Harold Livingston quit the film in a fury three times?

“Although Livingston was being paid $10,000 a week by Paramount, he quit three times over Gene's constant interference [with the script]. Each time Livingston would be talked into returning by either Robert Wise or Jeffrey Katzenberg.” (Chap. 8)

Even though he was only ten minutes away, which actor didn't attend the ceremony when Roddenberry became the first writer to receive a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?

“Due to work commitments, William Shatner was unable to attend. He was ten minutes away at the Burbank Studios lot filming T.J. Hooker. Most of the Star Trek actors have received stars on the Walk of Fame, but to date the only ceremony Shatner appeared at was his own.” (Chap. 9)

You will find the answers to these and hundreds of more questions about Gene Roddenberry in journalist James Van Hise's fascinating biography Roddenberry: The Man who Created Star Trek.

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