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Welcome to Gene-ology, a podcast by Roddenberry Entertainment that dives deep into the early TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry. Gene steps up to the pilot plate once again with a script closer to home than any of his westerns: a script about World War II with a former pilot who served in World War II. Despite writing what he knew, "A.P.O. 923" somehow fell short. You can watch the A.P.O. 923 pilot, recovered and preserved by Jeff "Sabucat" Joseph at his YouTube channel. Hosted by Earl Green & Ashley Thomas About Gene-ology Gene-ology explores Gene Roddenberry's early television scripts, including his lesser-known works before Star Trek using the Mission Log format popularized by Roddenberry Podcasts. We analyze the themes, writing style, and cultural impact of his scripts, and we even unearth stories from the Roddenberry archives that were never produced. Join us as we trace the roots of Gene's creative genius. In This Episode A breakdown of key moments and themes in A.P.O. 923. Exploring Gene Roddenberry's evolving style and storytelling. How this episode ties into the broader TV landscape of the time and reflects the early seeds of Roddenberry's visionary work. Guest stars and unique production elements that bring this episode to life. Special Segment: Dramatic Recreation Since this script is not available to the public, we've brought it to life with a dramatic recreation! Special guests Mike Richards and Alan Simonis perform a key section of the script. Listen in as they bring the story to life in this exclusive performance. Join the Conversation What did you think of this episode? Share your thoughts, theories, and favorite moments in the comments or reach out to us on social media or email us at missionlog@roddenberry.com Did you know Roddenberry Podcasts is on YouTube? Find the video versions of your favorite shows like Mission Log: Prodigy, Mission Log: The Orville, as well as exclusive content only available on YouTube. Subscribe now! https://www.youtube.com/@RoddenberryEntertainment?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Social Media: INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/roddenberrypodcasts BLUESKY https://bsky.app/profile/roddenberrypod.bsky.social THREADS https://www.threads.net/@roddenberrypodcasts FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MissionLogPod Our shows are part of the Roddenberry Entertainment family. For more great shows and to learn how we live the legacy of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, follow us here: RODDENBERRY PODCASTS https://www.instagram.com/RoddenberryPodcasts RODDENBERRY ENTERTAINMENT https://www.instagram.com/RoddenberryOfficial RODDENBERRY FOUNDATION https://www.instagram.com/TheRoddenberryFoundation Support the Show For as little as $1 a month, you can gain access to our Mission Log Discord Community! There, we continue the discussion with dedicated channels and a weekly video chat with the hosts. Become a member of our Patreon today! https://www.Patreon.com/MissionLog Subscribe and Stay Tuned Be sure to subscribe to Gene-ology for more deep dives into Gene Roddenberry's early works. New episodes are released regularly as we uncover more of Gene's television legacy. – Gene-ology is produced by Roddenberry Entertainment. Executive producer Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry. Visit https://Podcasts.Roddenberry.com for more great content. Edited by Earl Green.
Orchestral conductor, arranger and composer Louis Clark, best known for the chart-topping early ’80s mash-up Hooked On Classics, dies at the age of 73 after a period of illness. Aside from the Hooked On Classics single and album, Clark was the architect of the orchestral arrangements for Electric Light Orchestra during that band’s 1970s peak years, working in the albums Eldorado (1974), Face The Music (1975), A New World Record (1976), Out Of The Blue (1977), Discovery (1979), and ELO’s contributions to the Xanadu soundtrack (1980). He went on to become a full-time member of Electric Light Orchestra Part II (later renamed The Orchestra), creating that band’s orchestral arrangements as well as performing on stage, often playing the orchestral parts with synthesizers and samples. He also worked on numerous solo projects by members of ELO, including Kelly Groucutt’s Kelly album (1982), Roy Wood’s Starting Up (1987), and collaborating with Jeff Lynne on Roy Orbison’s Mystery Girl (1989). He also did orchestral arrangements for acts such as Asia, Renaissance, America, and Ozzy Osbourne.
Streaming service CBS All Access debuts the fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Alison Pill, and Evan Evagora. Jeri Ryan revives the character of Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager.
The 14th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Jeffrey C. Robinson (Stargate Atlantis) guest stars.
The first episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer). Harry Lennix, Fran Kranz, and Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica) also star in the series premiere.
Ralph Baer, the inventor of home video games, receives the National Medal of Technology from President George W. Bush. While working for defense contractor Sanders & Associates in the 1960s, Baer pioneered the concept of interactive television programming, eventually gathering a hand-picked team to create a prototype called the Brown Box. Baer and his employer licensed the technology to Magnavox, which repackaged it and marketed it as the world’s first home video game console, the Odyssey. Baer also created other key video game innovations, such as the first light gun.
Actor Andreas Katsulas, known to SF fans as Babylon 5′s eloquent Ambassador G’Kar, dies of lung cancer at the age of 59. After making a mark with Star Trek fans as Next Generation’s feisty recurring Romulan, Commander Tomalok, he landed the part of Babylon 5′s resident Narn ambassador and stayed with it from the 1993 pilot movie through the most recent Babylon 5 project to date, the 2002 TV movie Legend Of The Rangers. He also made appearances in Max Headroom, Alien Nation, Star Trek: Enterprise, Millennium, NYPD Blue, and movies such as the big-screen adaptation of The Fugitive.
UPN broadcasts the 18th and final episode of the supernatural crime comedy series Special Unit 2, starring Michael Landes (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman) and Alexondra Lee (Party Of Five). Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Ben Cotton (Stargate Atlantis, Mars), and Sam Whipple (Seven Days) guest star; this is Smulders’ TV debut.
The 12th episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, airs on Fox. John Savage and Garry Chalk (Transformers) guest star.
The 92nd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Juliet Landau guest stars.
The 150th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. William B. Davis guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 60th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Wendy Robie (Friday The 13th: The Series) and Tracy Scoggins (Babylon 5, Crusade) guest star.
The week-long American syndication window opens for the 13th episode of Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi police series Space Precinct. Maryam D’Abo and Clive Merrison guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 13th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name.
The sixth episode of Chocky airs on Thames Television, adapting the novels of John Wyndham into a television serial starring Andrew Ellams and James Hazeldine. The concludes the first season; the story will pick up in 1985 under the title Chocky’s Children.
The week-long syndication window opens for the seventh episode of The Next Step Beyond, a revival of the 1950s/60s supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland.
The 53rd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Albert Salmi guest stars.
The 22nd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, and Jack Larson. Anthony Caruso and Paul Fix guest star.
Orchestral conductor, arranger and composer Louis Clark, best known for the chart-topping early ’80s mash-up Hooked On Classics, dies at the age of 73 after a period of illness. Aside from the Hooked On Classics single and album, Clark was the architect of the orchestral arrangements for Electric Light Orchestra during that band’s 1970s peak years, working in the albums Eldorado (1974), Face The Music (1975), A New World Record (1976), Out Of The Blue (1977), Discovery (1979), and ELO’s contributions to the Xanadu soundtrack (1980). He went on to become a full-time member of Electric Light Orchestra Part II (later renamed The Orchestra), creating that band’s orchestral arrangements as well as performing on stage, often playing the orchestral parts with synthesizers and samples. He also worked on numerous solo projects by members of ELO, including Kelly Groucutt’s Kelly album (1982), Roy Wood’s Starting Up (1987), and collaborating with Jeff Lynne on Roy Orbison’s Mystery Girl (1989). He also did orchestral arrangements for acts such as Asia, Renaissance, America, and Ozzy Osbourne.
Streaming service CBS All Access debuts the fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Alison Pill, and Evan Evagora. Jeri Ryan revives the character of Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager. 
The 14th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Jeffrey C. Robinson (Stargate Atlantis) guest stars.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 68th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Dean Stockwell (Quantum Leap) guest stars. 
The first episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer). Harry Lennix, Fran Kranz, and Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica) also star in the series premiere.
Cartoon Network airs the 18th episode of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. 
Cartoon Network airs the 17th episode of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. 
BBC2 airs the 19th episode of Russell T. Davies’ science fiction series Torchwood, a more adult-themed spinoff of Doctor Who. Freema Agyeman reprises her Doctor Who role as Martha Jones, and Alan Dale (24, Star Trek: Nemesis, Lost, Once Upon A Time) guest stars. 
BBC2 airs the 18th episode of Russell T. Davies’ science fiction series Torchwood, a more adult-themed spinoff of Doctor Who. 
Big Finish Productions releases the tenth episode of the new Eighth Doctor Who audio dramas, starring Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith. 
Ralph Baer, the inventor of home video games, receives the National Medal of Technology from President George W. Bush. While working for defense contractor Sanders & Associates in the 1960s, Baer pioneered the concept of interactive television programming, eventually gathering a hand-picked team to create a prototype called the Brown Box. Baer and his employer licensed the technology to Magnavox, which repackaged it and marketed it as the world’s first home video game console, the Odyssey. Baer also created other key video game innovations, such as the first light gun.
Actor Andreas Katsulas, known to SF fans as Babylon 5′s eloquent Ambassador G’Kar, dies of lung cancer at the age of 59. After making a mark with Star Trek fans as Next Generation’s feisty recurring Romulan, Commander Tomalok, he landed the part of Babylon 5′s resident Narn ambassador and stayed with it from the 1993 pilot movie through the most recent Babylon 5 project to date, the 2002 TV movie Legend Of The Rangers. He also made appearances in Max Headroom, Alien Nation, Star Trek: Enterprise, Millennium, NYPD Blue, and movies such as the big-screen adaptation of The Fugitive.
The 148th episode of Stargate SG-1 airs on the Sci-Fi Channel, starring Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, and Christopher Judge.
The 15th episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. 
UPN broadcasts the 18th and final episode of the supernatural crime comedy series Special Unit 2, starring Michael Landes (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman) and Alexondra Lee (Party Of Five). Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Ben Cotton (Stargate Atlantis, Mars), and Sam Whipple (Seven Days) guest star; this is Smulders’ TV debut.
UPN airs the 160th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Robin Sachs (Babylon 5) and Jonathan del Arco (Star Trek: TNG) guest star. 
The 12th episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, airs on Fox. John Savage and Garry Chalk (Transformers) guest star.
The 92nd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Juliet Landau guest stars.
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 26th episode of Lexx. Nigel Bennett (Forever Knight) guest stars as Prince. 
The 150th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. William B. Davis guest stars.
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 18th episode of Stargate SG-1. 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 60th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Wendy Robie (Friday The 13th: The Series) and Tracy Scoggins (Babylon 5, Crusade) guest star. 
UPN airs the fifth episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Judy Geeson guest stars. 
The week-long American syndication window opens for the 13th episode of Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi police series Space Precinct. Maryam D’Abo and Clive Merrison guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 13th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 34th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. 
The 11th episode of Black Adder airs on the BBC, starring Rowan Atkinson. Hugh Laurie (House M.D.) guest stars. 
The sixth episode of Chocky airs on Thames Television, adapting the novels of John Wyndham into a television serial starring Andrew Ellams and James Hazeldine. The concludes the first season; the story will pick up in 1985 under the title Chocky’s Children. 
The first episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles. 
BBC1 premieres the 19th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. John Savident and Peter Miles guest star. This continues a story arc concerning Blake’s search for the Federation’s central control facility. 
BBC1 premieres the seventh episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. John Leeson (Doctor Who) and Barry Jackson guest star. 
The 97th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Linda Dano guest stars.
The week-long syndication window opens for the seventh episode of The Next Step Beyond, a revival of the 1950s/60s supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland.
The 285th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Roger Delgado appears again as the Master. Michael Sheard guest stars.
The 53rd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Albert Salmi guest stars.
The 58th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part one of the story now collectively known as The Web Planet. 
The 48th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Herb Vigran guest stars.
The 69th episode of the science fiction anthology series Tales Of Tomorrow airs on ABC, starring Leslie Nielsen.