This episode, Jeff and Greg are tackling the (in)famous 'Roddenberry Rules' - the show rules creator Gene Roddenberry instituted and famously held to strictly. Though many trek fans seems to know of these rules, most of it's through heresy and legend, so we attempt to sift through it all.
SHOW NOTES
documents mentioned:
Next Generation Writers Guide
Original Series Writers Guide
3 Must haves:
Action/Adventure/Drama - Entertainment
Involve the ship & crew
Capture the audience attention/relate to todays challenges
Believability!
13 Must Nots:
Stories that do not feature our main cast
No mysterious psychic powers
Not "galaxy's policemen"
not stories about "old" characters
not writing fantasy - based on a scientific fact/theory
no swords & sorcery
treat space travel like minor thing - distance traveled a thing
Not melodrama - believable people
No stories about warfare w/Klingons or Romulans and no Vulcan stories - new alien species
Prime Directive - not space meddlers
Specific characters, not whole civilizations
No mad scientist/science as bad guys
no characters intentionally doing something stupid, or bad tech
Music by Charles Michelfrom Pixabay
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