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Template:Realworld Numerous undeveloped Star Trek episodes were written for various Star Trek series that were submitted or developed for production, but for various reasons never aired, as was the case with several other undeveloped Star Trek projects.

Star Trek is..., the very first series outline, listed a number of short ideas for episodes, some of which were later worked out. David Gerrold presents his case of failed story, outline or script submittals during his early attempts to write for Star Trek: The Original Series. These outlines were later presented in his book The Trouble with Tribbles.

James Van Hise further explored in his 1992 book, Trek: The Unauthorized Behind-The-Scenes Story of The Next Generation, several other unfilmed or unproduced episodes written for Star Trek: The Next Generation, most notably the controversial episode, written by Gerrold, entitled "Blood and Fire".

In his introduction to the 1994 book Lost Voyages of Trek and The Next Generation (p. 3), Edward Gross commented, "Perhaps most surprising in the Star Trek mythos is the sheer quantity – and in many cases quality – of unfilmed adventures that have spanned from the original through various aborted attempts at revival throughout the 1970s and right in to The Next Generation. In many cases, these scripts and treatments were left unfilmed due to political reasons, studio indecisiveness or ego. In others, they just weren't up to snuff and probably wouldn't have made a decent episode of Lost in Space.

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 Numerous '''undeveloped ''Star Trek'' episodes''' were written for various ''[[Star Trek]]'' series that were submitted or developed for production, but for various reasons never aired, as was the case with several other [[undeveloped Star Trek projects|undeveloped ''Star Trek'' projects]].
-''[[Star Trek is...]]'', the very first series outline, listed a number of short ideas for episodes, some of which were later worked out. [[David Gerrold]] presents his case of failed story, outline or script submittals during his early attempts to write for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. These outlines were later presented in his book ''[[The Trouble With Tribbles]]''.
+''[[Star Trek is...]]'', the very first series outline, listed a number of short ideas for episodes, some of which were later worked out. [[David Gerrold]] presents his case of failed story, outline or script submittals during his early attempts to write for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. These outlines were later presented in his book ''[[The Trouble with Tribbles]]''.
-[[James Van Hise]] further explored in his book, ''[[Trek: The Unauthorized Behind-The-Scenes Story of The Next Generation]]'', several other unfilmed or unproduced episodes written for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', most notably the controversial episode, written by Gerrold, entitled "[[#Blood and Fire|Blood and Fire]]".
-Further episodes can be found at ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]''.
-==''The Original Series''==
-===Aladdin's Asteroid===
-Step outline by [[Robert Barry]] dated {{d|22|May|1967}}.
-===The Aurorals===
-Story outlines by [[Frank Paris]] dated {{d|13|June|1968}} and {{d|20|June|1968}}.
-===Bandi===
-"Bandi" was a story premise written by [[David Gerrold]] that he submitted in {{m|February|1967}}.  [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/bandi.htm]
-Gerrold adapted his story for the third volume of ''[[Star Trek: The Manga]]''.
-Though Gerrold later speculated that Kirk would instead temporarily take command of another starship to investigate reports of laxity, his outline primarily set it aboard the ''Enterprise''. Kirk discovers there's a mascot smuggled aboard by a crewmember; the creature, named Bandi, has an empathic ability to cause sympathy for it. Kirk wants it confined but Bandi always gets out by persuasive empathy to a crew member nearby. When a crewmember dies because of a distraction caused by Bandi, Kirk wants it off the ship; Bandi turns the crew against Kirk, but once Spock kills Bandi, the crew snaps out of it. This behavior by the crew led Gerrold to speculate Kirk temporarily commanding another ship where the problem happens. Gerrold also said if the outline sold, he'd come up with a better name than Bandi. Nevertheless, the name was [[Bandi|later reused]] for {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}, the pilot episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
-===The Beast===
-Story outline by [[Marc Daniels]] dated {{d|1|July|1968}}.
-===BEM===
-Story outlines by [[David Gerrold]] dated {{d|14|March|1968}} and {{d|4|April|1968}}.
-===Beware of Gryptons Bearing Gifts===
-Story outline by [[David P. Harmon]] dated {{d|16|April|1968}}.
-===Dead Man's Shoes===
-"Dead Man's Shoes" would have been about a planet of assassins. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
-===The Deadliest Game===
-"The Deadliest Game" was once described by [[Robert Justman]] as "playing aboard the ''{{w|Mary Celeste}}'' on a quest for {{w|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|the treasure of Sierra Madre}}, which is a fountain of youth located on a hell planet!" (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
-===Destination: Infinity===
-Story outline by [[Robert Barry]] dated {{d|30|March|1967}}.
-===For They Shall Inherit===
-Undated story outline by [[Jerome Bixby]].
-===The Forbidden===
-Undated story outline by science fiction writer [[Hank Stine]].
-===The Forces===
-Undated story outline by [[Charles Parker]].
-===The Forseeable Future===
-Story outlines by [[Jean Lisette Aroeste]] dated {{d|22|August|1968}} and {{d|16|September|1968}}.
-===From the First Day To The Last===
-Undated draft outline by unknown author.
-===The Fuzzies===
-"The Fuzzies", later titled "A Fuzzy Thing Happened to Me...", was written by [[David Gerrold]] and submitted in {{m|February|1967}}. This episode would later evolve into {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/fuzzies.htm]
-===The Godhead===
-"The Godhead" was written by [[John Meredyth Lucas]]. Outlines dated {{d|15|March|1968}}, {{d|17|April|1968}}, and {{d|7|November|1968}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/godhead.htm]
-===Happy Birthday to You===
-"Happy Birthday to You" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
-===He Walked Among Us===
-"He Walked Among Us" was a script written by [[Gene L. Coon]] and [[Norman Spinrad]] for [[TOS Season 2]]. Story outlines dated {{d|12|May|1967}}, {{d|17|May|1967}}, and {{d|18|May|1967}}. The first draft was dated {{d|25|July|1967}}, and a later draft dated {{d|28|September|1967}}.
-The story involves a Federation health food nut taking over a planet, so flagrantly breaking the [[Prime Directive]] that Kirk can't ignore him. He has set himself up as a god, refuses to depart from the planet when asked to and has so tightly woven himself into the planet's society that Kirk is unable to force him to leave without completely disrupting the society himself.
-Norman Spinrad was originally asked to write the story as a vehicle for {{w|Milton Berle}}, who expressed interest in appearing on ''Star Trek''.The story was ultimately rewritten by Gene L. Coon. Unhappy with the result, Spinrad asked Gene Roddenberry to discard it. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 24)
-===Image Of The Beast===
-Story outline by science fiction writer [[Philip José Farmer]] dated {{d|27|March|1966}}. Though he may or may not have reworked the ''Star Trek'' proposal for this, Farmer would subsequently publish the dark erotic science fiction/horror novel also entitled ''Image of the Beast''.
-===Joanna===
-"Joanna" was written by [[Dorothy Fontana]], as the first episode to feature [[Joanna McCoy]], the daughter of [[Leonard McCoy]]. The outline was submitted {{d|27|August|1968}} and was later heavily rewritten to become {{e|The Way to Eden}}.  [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/joanna.htm]  The original story featured Joanna coming aboard the ''Enterprise'' and having a romantic fling with Kirk, causing major conflict between Dr. McCoy and Kirk, and Dr. McCoy and his daughter. [https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37940560&postID=3749006025163588552]
-===Journey To Reolite===
-Story outline by [[Alfred Brenner]] dated {{d|18|April|1966}}.
-===The Joy Machine===
-Story outlines by [[Theodore Sturgeon]] dated {{d|16|May|1967}} and {{d|23|June|1967}}. First draft teleplay by [[Meyer Dolinsky]] dated {{d|21|October|1968}}. This script was later novelized under the same title, ''[[The Joy Machine]]'', by [[James Gunn]] in {{y|1996}}.
-===The Land of Counter-Pain===
-"The Land of Counter-Pain" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
-===The Lost Star===
-"The Lost Star" was written by [[John Meredyth Lucas]]. It was outlined on {{d|24|June|1967}}.  [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/lost_star.htm]
-===Machines Are Better===
-Story outline by veteran science fiction writer [[A.E. Van Vogt]] dated {{d|29|March|1967}}.
-===The Machine That Went too Far===
-"The Machine That Went too Far" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 29)
-===Mere Shadows===
-Story outline by [[Philip Jose Farmer]] dated {{d|26|March|1966}}.
-===Miss Gulliver===
-"Miss Gulliver" was to have been about a woman who grew to gigantic proportions due to an accident related to an unsuccessful experiment in regrowing limbs. At the episode's conclusion, her lover also underwent the experiment, so that he too could undergo massive growth, and the couple were left to found a planet of giants. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 29)
-===Mission Into Chaos===
-"Mission Into Chaos" was written by [[David P. Harmon]] and [[Gene L. Coon]], with the first draft dated {{d|28|September|1967}}. This episode would be heavily rewritten to become {{TOS|A Piece of the Action}}.  [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/mission_into_chaos.htm]
-===Mother Tiger===
-Undated draft by Jerome Bixby
-===The Orchard People===
-Story outline by [[Catherine Turney]] and [[John Collier]] dated {{d|3|April|1967}}.
-===Pandora's Box===
-Story Outline {{d|29|August|1967}} by Daniel Louis Aubry.
-===The Pastel Terror===
-"The Pastel Terror" written by [[Larry Niven]]. This story was never submitted
-but would be published in the fanzine Apa-L in 1971 and in the fanzine [[T-Negative]] 17 in 1972.  [http://www.larryniven.org/stories/pastel.shtml]
-===Perchance To Dream===
-"Perchance To Dream" was written by [[J.M. Winston]], outlined {{d|28|June|1969}}.
-===The Protracted Man===
-"The Protracted Man" was written by [[David Gerrold]] and submitted {{m|February|1967}}.  [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/protracted_man.htm]
-Although warp drive allows speedy travel, it still involves travel over immense distances; Starfleet is participating in a test of a space warp corridor that will take seconds to cross several light years. The ''Enterprise'' will wait at the exit point to recover the shuttlecraft being piloted through. However, something goes wrong, the shuttle can't exit, and the pilot is beamed out from within the warp corridor. The pilot, however, is protracted: three visual representations - each of a different color (e.g. blue, red, yellow) - move a fraction of a second apart when the man is moving; his voice is similarly garbled by a separation in time; the pilot is drawing energy from the Enterprise to maintain himself. The protraction keeps increasing, particularly when the ship tries to move at warp speed to get to a point in space where all power can be shut down briefly to try to restore the pilot to normal. The transporter is used to reintegrate the man by dematerializing the multiple images then overlaying them.
-Gerrold was inspired by a "protraction"-type sequence in West Side Story's theatrical release, wondering what the effect would suggest, then writing the script outline. In the West Side movie, the teens go to a dance, with the teens appearing in a similar way, though the walls of buildings stay solid and grim-looking, by combining the film colours out of synchronization.
-===Return To Eden===
-Story outlines by [[Alvin Boretz]] dated {{d|9|May|1966}} and {{d|23|May|1966}}.
-===Rites Of Fertility===
-Story outline by [[Robert Sheckley]] dated {{d|6|May|1966}}.
-===Rock-A-Bye Baby, Or Die!===
-Story outline by [[George Clayton Johnson]] dated {{d|2|August|1966}}.
-===The Search For Eternity===
-Story outline by [[A.E. Van Vogt]] dated {{d|11|April|1967}}.
-===The Shadow of Space ===
-"The Shadow of Space" was written by [[Philip José Farmer]] in {{y|1966}}. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/shadow_of_space.htm] The story involved the ''Enterprise'' shrinking in size. Farmer published a prose adaptation of the idea, under the same title, but with names changed from the ''Star Trek'' version for copyright reasons. The story first appeared in the science fiction magazine ''Worlds of If'' and subsequently in single author collection of Farmer's short fiction.
-===Shol===
-Story outlines by [[Darlene Hartman]] dated {{d|24|June|1967}}, {{d|15|July|1967}}, and {{d|24|July|1967}}. First draft teleplay dated {{d|23|August|1967}}.
-===Shore Leave II===
-Story outline by [[Theodore Sturgeon]] dated {{d|24|April|1968}}.
-===Sister In Space===
-Story outline by [[Robert Sheckley]] dated {{d|14|June|1966}}.
-===Skal===
-Undated outline by [[Jerome Bixby]].
-===Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind ===
-"Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind" was written by [[Philip José Farmer]] in {{y|1966}}. As with his another proposal, "The Shadow of Space", Farmer later used the idea as the basis of a published short story, though in this case he removed all vestiges of its ''Star Trek'' origin. According to Farmer, Roddenberry found the idea too sophisticated for a general audience. [http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/sketches.htm]
-===Sleeping Beauty===
-Undated outline by [[Robert Bloch]].
-===Space Moby Dick===
-"Space Moby Dick" would have involved the crew hunting a space-borne deadly monster through the galaxy. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28) Obviously, the episode's name was most likely a working title, owing to its use of the name [[Moby Dick]].
-===The Squaw===
-Step outline by [[Shimon Wincelberg]] dated {{d|15|July|1966}}, revised outline dated {{d|28|July|1966}}.
-===The Stars of Sargasso===
-"The Stars of Sargasso" was written by [[Dorothy Fontana]]. It had a draft date of {{d|14|May|1969}} and was intended for the undeveloped TOS Season 4. It was the second attempt to introduce [[Joanna McCoy]].
-===The Surrender Of Planet X===
-Undated outline by [[Don Masselink]].
-===The Takeover===
-"The Takeover" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
-===Tomorrow the Universe===
-"Tomorrow the Universe" was written by [[Paul Schneider]]. The first draft was dated {{d|1|March|1967}} and was intended for [[TOS Season 2]].
-===Tomorrow Was Yesterday===
-"Tomorrow Was Yesterday" was a sixty page outline written by [[David Gerrold]] in {{y|1966}}, intended to be a two-part episode. Gerrold stated that he wrote the story as a two-parter for two reasons: a) "for more money" for him, and b) "it would have meant a greater spread of money in the budget for sets, costumes and actors."
-According to [[Gene Coon]], "''Mr. Gerrold's outline was by no means inadequate. It is, as a matter of fact, very adequate.''" He further stated despite this, "''to film the two-part story outlined here would probably cost $6-700,000''" and that it was "''too elaborate for television. What he has written is a good motion picture treatment for ideally a $2-3,000,000 picture.''"
-Gerrold attempted to turn the outline in to a novel during the late 1960s, but he took the story into a different direction, retitling the manuscript as "Yesterday's Children," which was later published by Dell Books in July 1972, and later renamed "Starhunt." In {{y|1980}} he revisited his original story in the novel ''[[The Galactic Whirlpool]]''. This story was completely unrelated to {{TOS|Tomorrow is Yesterday}}.
-The ''Enterprise'' comes upon a relic, a generation ship launched from Earth and long forgotten; the people on the ship have forgotten why they are aboard or that there is anything outside the ship's walls. There are two factions aboard fighting each other.
-===The Uncoiler===
-Story outlines by [[Philip Jose Farmer]] dated {{d|1|April|1966}} and {{d|5|April|1966}}.
-===Untitled===
-''The World of Star Trek'' revealed a story premise that [[DeForest Kelley]] had always wanted to see, featuring himself and [[Nichelle Nichols]], described as "''something where the two of us were thrown onto a planet where there was a great racial problem, only reversed. The fact that I am a Southerner and she is black, and that we're trapped on this planet together.''"
-Gerrold added a footnote to Kelly's premise, stating: "''As a matter of fact, the idea was one that very definitely ''had'' been considered. A script version had even been written. And rewritten. And rewritten. The story involved a planet where blacks were the masters and whites were the slaves, but either the premise was too touchy for television or nobody could quite make it work. The script never reached a form where Roddenberry or Coon wanted to put it into production.''"
-The basis of this episode was probably a story premise in Roddenberry's 1964 proposal ''[[Star Trek is...]]'', entitled ''Kongo'', about a planet with the "Ole Plantation days" with reversed roles of blacks and whites.
-===The V.I.P.s===
-Undated story outline by [[Gene Lasser]] and [[Malachi Throne]].
-===Warrior's World===
-Story outlines by [[Stephen Kandel]] dated {{d|22|April|1965}}, {{d|28|April|1965}}, and {{d|7|May|1965}}.
-===The Well of Death===
-"The Well of Death" was an abandoned ''Star Trek'' episode. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 28)
-==''The Next Generation''==
-===Blood and Fire===
-"{{w|Blood and Fire (Star Trek)|Blood and Fire}}" was a controversial episode written by [[David Gerrold]] which involved allegedly gay characters and an allegory on AIDS. The rejection of this episode is what ultimately led to Gerrold leaving TNG. [http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/tng_9.php]
-Gerrold later adapted and directed the script for the [[fan fiction|fan series]] ''Star Trek: Phase II''.  The episode also featured [[Denise Crosby]].
-===Blood and Ice===
-"Blood and Ice" was [[Herb Wright]]'s second draft of Gerrold's "Blood and Fire". Wright kept the same basic adventure, but removed the allegedly gay characters and the AIDS allegory, replacing them with zombie crewmen. Despite the rewrite, this version remained unfilmed as well.
-===The Bonding===
-"The Bonding" was written by [[Lee Maddux]], draft dated {{d|9|October|1987}}. It was completely unrelated to {{TNG|The Bonding}}.
-===Children of the Light===
-"Children of the Light" was written by [[Michael Okuda]]
-===The Crystal Skull===
-"The Crystal Skull" was written by [[Patrick Barry]]
-===Dead On My Feet===
-"Dead On My Feet" was written by [[Richard Krzemien]], draft date {{d|19|November|1987}}. (''[[The Making of the Next Generation From Script to Screen - Part Two]]'')
-===Deadworld===
-"Deadworld" was written by [[James Van Hise]] in {{y|1987}}. According to Van Hise:
-:"''I wrote the story in 1987 at the behest of a mutual friend of [[Gerd Oswald]]. Oswald had directed a couple of ''[[TOS|Star Trek]]'' episodes in the sixties (''{{e|The Conscience of the King}}, {{e|The Alternative Factor}}'') and I'd spoken to him while he was directing an episode of the new Twilight Zone for [[CBS Paramount Television|CBS]] when I visited that studio in 1986. Oswald was looking for a story he could take to [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] for ''The Next Generation'' which he could attach himself to as the director. He read this outline but rejected it as being "too depressing." I told my friend that Gerd, who was then in his seventies, was obviously a man who had never come to terms with his own mortality. Gerd Oswald died two years later of cancer.''"
-===Ferengi Gold===
-"Ferengi Gold" was a [[TNG Season 2|second season]] two-parter written by Gene Roddenberry. The story would have involved a combination of some of Roddenberry's favorite themes: alien worlds developing civilizations very similar to those of Earth, aliens (in this case, the Ferengi) utilizing superior technology to appear godly, attractive women appearing for no good reason, and the moral perfection of the Federation. The concept of Ferengi posing as gods would be used, years later, in {{e|False Profits}}. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 27)
-===The Hands of Time===
-"The Hands of Time" was written by [[Ken Glidin]].
-===The Immunity Syndrome===
-"The Immunity Syndrome" was written by [[J.D. Kurtz]]. It was completely unrelated to {{TOS|The Immunity Syndrome}}.
-===The Legacy===
-"The Legacy" was written by [[Paul Aratow]]. It was completely unrelated to {{TNG|Legacy}}.
-===The Lost and the Lurking===
-"The Lost and the Lurking" was written by [[Gene Roddenberry|Robert Wesley]].
-===Maxa Junda===
-"Maxa Junda" was written by [[Kevin L. Hing]], draft dated {{d|25|November|1991}}.
-===The May Fly===
-"The May Fly" was written by [[Richard Krzemien]], draft date {{d|1|October|1987}}. (''[[The Making of the Next Generation From Script to Screen - Part Two]]'')
-===The Neutral Zone===
-An unproduced Romulan story, also featuring aspects that made their way into {{e|Too Short a Season}}, was entitled "The Neutral Zone". It was completely unrelated to the later {{e|The Neutral Zone}}. Scripted by [[Greg Strangis]], the story featured famous Starfleet security expert Billings, who, confined to a wheelchair and clearly distant and lonely, had led the mission which had rescued [[Natasha Yar]] from her brutal home world. Yet in spite of Yar's efforts to better make his acquaintance, he is completely oblivious to her attempts. Billings' mission is revealed in short order: the ''Enterprise'' is to take part in a trade negotiation which will involve, for the first time, the [[Romulan Empire]]. Picard's mission will be to get the Romulan delegates there, and Billings is on hand to assure that all goes well.
-To implement this, he compiles a list of all ''Enterprise'' personnel who have had contact with Romulans, and orders that they be dropped off at a starbase for the duration of this sensitive mission. Ironically, this group includes inveterate Romulan-hater Worf, who Picard defends; Worf manages to remain on board, where he becomes involved in the obligatory Wesley subplot. Meanwhile, Beverly proposes an operation involving fluid drawn from Data's spine to help Billings who brusquely declines.
-Romulan commander Gar, obviously against the accord he has been assigned to promote, beams aboard and dissension ensues. Matters grow complicated when the transporter malfunctions while the rest of the Romulan delegation is beaming over; after some tense moments, they are safely returned to their own ship, but Gar is less than pleased, especially when Data discovers a sabotaging device inside the transporter controls console.
-Unfortunately for Wesley and Worf, their separate subplot took them, without authorization, into the [[transporter room]]; this does not bode well for them until Tasha turns up with security tapes, showing Gar inserting the device. The Romulan remains insouciant, claiming that the negotiations were leading to disaster anyway and that his actions were merely getting the problem out of the way quicker. With all this sorted out, Billings consents to Dr. Crusher's proposed operation, and is able to walk. (''[[Trek: The Unauthorized Behind-The-Scenes Story of The Next Generation]]'')
-It is interesting to note that a passing reference by Picard to an engagement with a Romulan ship sometime in his career is inconsistent with the history of Romulan isolation as described in the actual episode.
-===The One and Lonely===
-"The One and Lonely" was written by [[Richard Krzemien]], draft date {{d|18|June|1987}}. (''[[The Making of the Next Generation From Script to Screen - Part Two]]'')
-===Q Makes Two===
-During the [[TNG Season 5|fifth]] and early [[TNG Season 6|sixth]] season of ''The Next Generation'', the writing staff struggled with two premises using [[Q]] that were both ultimately rejected, leading to an unintentional season-long absence of the recurring antagonist.
-In "Q Makes Two", Q would have duplicated the ''Enterprise'' and the crew according to some uniform characteristic. [[Brannon Braga]] recalled, "''There was a sense of doom from the moment we started 'Q Makes Two.' I think we broke it three times. [[René Echevarria|René]] wrote two drafts and it was ultimately abandoned. It's an interesting notion that Q comes onboard and Picard's saying people are inherently good and we have managed to get rid of our darker elements in the 24th century and we're better people. Q says, 'So you don't think you have dark components and you think you're better without them, well I'm going to show you a thing or two,' and so he extracts the darker components and puts them into doubles. The clean, good components suffer and so do the darker components and neither functions without the other. We see that dramatically, but for some reason we made it more complex than it needed to be. It's a show that could still work. The image in my mind that we never really got to was the two ''Enterprises'' shooting at each other, that's what you want to see.''"
-[[Jeri Taylor]] added, "''{{'}}Q Makes Two' was a debacle and it plunged us into a nightmare of having to get {{e|Man of the People}} ready.''" (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'')
-According to Taylor, the idea of splitting a starship in two would later inspire the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode {{e|Deadlock}}. (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'')
-===I.Q. Test===
-In the other scrapped premise, entitled "I.Q. Test", Q would have had a wager against another member of the [[Q Continuum]] that would have led to a deadly contest between the crew and the Zaa-Naar, a dangerous alien race. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 27) In fact, Q would have used the crew in a sort of Olympics against the other Q, and the Zaa-Naar would have been the other Q's chosen race of supermen. {{AOLchat|Ronald D. Moore|ron103|1998}} The episode was based on a story by a new writer and involved input from [[Herbert J. Wright]]. (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 26]]'', p. 27) However, the story was scrapped on account of [[Michael Piller]]. [[Ronald D. Moore]] later remarked, "''In defense of Michael, the Q-Olympics story was ludicrous and needed to be deep-sixed.''" {{AOLchat|Ronald D. Moore|ron103|1998}}
-Despite rumors that {{w|Arnold Schwarzenegger}} would have appeared in the episode, Ronald D. Moore clarified, "''There was never -- ever -- any chance that Arnold was going to appear on the show." {{AOLchat|Ronald D. Moore|ron103|1998}}
-===Shattered Time===
-"Shattered Time" was written by [[Eric A. Stillwell]], first draft dated {{d|8|August|1988}}.
-===See Spot Run===
-"See Spot Run" was written by [[Michael Halperin]].
-===Somewhen===
-"Somewhen" was written by [[Vanna Bonta]].
-The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} received a distress call from the transport ship ''Pleides'' which got caught in the Docleic-Triangle, a space version of the Bermuda Triangle. The ''Enterprise'' followed the distress call and went into this area of space, filled by several energy rings. While passing each energy ring, a different time continuum was created. The changes during these leaps in time include a living [[Jack Crusher]] who served as first officer to a beard wearing [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] and a different [[Geordi La Forge]], who can see, has a wife and three children, and never joined Starfleet.
-[[Data]] is the only crewmember who realized all these changes and convinced Captain Picard that the ''Enterprise'' should leave this area of space because of a nearby ion storm. Aboard the ''Pleides'' no one answered the hailings. While travelling back through the leaps of time, [[Doctor]] [[Beverly Crusher]] decided to stay in one of the created alternate timelines and following [[Wesley Crusher]] was never born. The ''Enterprise'' went back to the timeline and Captain Picard convinced Dr. Crusher to return with the crew. (''Das Star Trek Universum, Band 2'')
-===Terminus===
-"Terminus" was a story written by [[Philip Price|Philip]] and [[Eugene Price]], revised by [[Robert Lewin]] and [[Dorothy Fontana]]. It featured a character that was later re-conceived as [[Lore]].
-===Two Yuffs Two Many===
-"Two Yuffs Two Many" was written by [[Richard Krzemien]], draft date {{d|9|July|1992}}. (''[[The Making of the Next Generation From Script to Screen - Part Two]]'')
-===Untitled environmental story===
-Following his work on {{e|Transfigurations}}, [[René Echevarria]] was asked by [[Michael Piller]] to work on an environmental story for the show. Echevarria recalled, "''I came up with something for which I wrote many, many drafts, but it never got off the ground. Towards the end of that process, he said he had a script that he wanted me to write. It involved every environmental story that people had done and seemed fairly obvious. They in fact commissioned a teleplay that was literally smokestacks, and it would have been very obvious to the audience that it was the cause of the blindness and mutations in a tribe that was kept on a little island called the Island of Tears. They were kept there, hidden from view, in order for the rest of the society to be able to maintain its mode of production, which was highly exploitive and environmentally unsound. The audience would have guessed at the end of the first act what was going on. What I came up with was a Federation colony that mined dilithium and they're natives to the planet. The twist was that what was causing the problems were these organisms that had evolved in the presence of electromagnetic fields of dilithium. Its removal was creating mutations.''" (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'')
-==''Deep Space Nine''==
-===Day at Quark's===
-[[Ronald D. Moore]] pitched an episode that would have revolved around an entire day at [[Quark's]]. {{AOLchat|Ronald D. Moore|ron129|1999}}
-===Dysfunctional===
-Ezri secretly arranges to have the [[Dax (symbiont)|Dax symbiont]] removed. (''SFX: The Essential Guide to Deep Space Nine'') [http://www.well.com/~sjroby/lcars/1998.html]
-===Klingon Hell===
-Ron Moore's original concept for {{DS9|Soldiers of the Empire}} was for [[Worf]] and the crew of the ''[[Rotarran]]'' to enter ''[[Gre'thor]]''. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]''). While ultimately unused in DS9, this concept was later developed into {{VOY|Barge of the Dead}}. {{AOLchat|Ronald D. Moore|ron129|1999}}
-==''Enterprise''==
-===Pulp-fiction-like story===
-According to [[Linda Park]] in ''[[Star Trek: Communicator]]'' [[issue 147]] [[Connor Trinneer]] pitched a story similar to ''{{w|Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction}}'' told from the POV of aliens. The {{EnterpriseNX}} crew would speak gibberish until they found a way to communicate.
-===William Shatner two-parter===
-During the [[ENT Season 4|fourth season]] there were efforts to put [[William Shatner]] in an episode. (''Inside the Mirror Episodes'', [[ENT Season 4 DVD]] special features). At the Grand Slam XIII [[Star Trek convention|''Star Trek'' convention]] in March 2005, executive producer [[Manny Coto]] recalled, "''We had talked about doing a mirror universe episode ever since we got into Season 4. But then we had the possibility of getting William Shatner. Coincidentally, the Reeves-Stevens <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Judith Reeves-Stevens|Judith]] and [[Garfield Reeves-Stevens]], who had worked with Shatner on several ''Star Trek'' novels] were a pair of writers whom I desperately wanted to bring on the show. And they, it turned out, had an idea for a mirror universe two-parter which would feature the return of William Shatner.''" Shatner himself pitched the story concept to executive producers Manny Coto, [[Brannon Braga]] and [[Rick Berman]] over lunch. At the convention, Garfield Reeves-Stevens explained, "''The idea was that the [[Tantalus field]] was not a disintegrator, it was a humane way of dealing with prisoners, by sending them back in time to a sealed [[penal colony]]. ''Enterprise'' (NX-01) comes upon the colony &ndash; and Tiberius [mirror-Kirk] is there. Tiberius thinks, 'Finally, a ship with a transporter &ndash; I can get back to my own universe, my own time.' He basically goes on the NX-01, gets to the transporter, sets it to go back to the mirror universe &ndash; the mirror universe doesn't exist.''" "''It hasn't been created yet,''" Judith Reeves-Stevens added. Garfield continued, "''So Tiberius and Archer work together to figure out where the division point is between the universes, what point that one split off into the other. And as it turns out, Tiberius and Archer together are responsible for the creation of the mirror universe.''" The story idea was well received by Coto, Berman and Braga. However, Berman then pitched an alternative concept, this one having been devised by Mike Sussman. The idea was totally unrelated to the mirror universe and involved Shatner playing ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[Chef (Enterprise NX-01)|Chef]]. As Shatner and Paramount were unable to reach an agreement, the plans to have him included in the series were discarded. [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10226.html]. However, the desire to visit the mirror universe remained, and resulted in the production {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly}}.
-==Enterprise season 5 ideas==
-As ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' was officially canceled on {{d|2|February|2005}}, its fifth season was never produced. The series' producers, however, had already devised plans for future seasons, which could have begun to air by [[September 2005]]. Most information is based on comments by producer [[Manny Coto]].
-At the 2009 VegasCon, Coto suggested that two story arcs of the season would have been to show "origins of the Federation" and "whispers of the [[Earth-Romulan War|Romulan war]]". Consequently, the Romulans would be the major villains of the season, although other species may have appeared in the mini-arcs. [[Brannon Braga]] noted that he and [[Rick Berman]] had considered making "[[Future Guy]]" a Romulan. [http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/10/vegascon09-braga-coto-talk-enterprise-season-5-star-trek-2009-more/]
-[[Manny Coto]] has also said, had the series been given a fifth season, the recurring character of [[Thy'lek Shran|Shran]] may have joined the ''Enterprise'' as an "auxiliary or an advisor" [http://www.trektoday.com/news/271105_01.shtml] [http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/10/vegascon09-braga-coto-talk-enterprise-season-5-star-trek-2009-more/]
-===Kzinti story===
-[[File:Kzinti vessel c2150s.jpg|thumb|Proposed design of a [[22nd century]] Kzinti starship]]
-A [[Kzinti]] episode had been suggested which would have served as a prequel to {{TAS|The Slaver Weapon}}. The concept progressed as far as a "rough rendering" of a Kzinti [[starship]] which writer [[Jimmy Diggs]] commissioned. The story was provisionally titled "Kilkenny Cats." [http://www.glitchwerk.com/gallery/startrek.htm]
-===First starbase===
-Plans existed for an episode showing the construction of the first [[starbase]], most likely in the [[Berengaria system]]. Foreshadowing as to this had already given in {{e|Bound}}. [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9549.html]
-===Stratos story===
-[[File:Stratos remastered.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise'' was due to visit [[Stratos]], showing the split-up of its society as it is depicted in {{TOS|The Cloud Minders}}]]
-''Enterprise'' was due to revisit (or actually previsit) the cloud city [[Stratos]] on [[Ardana]]. The episode would have shown the formation of the two castes seen in {{TOS|The Cloud Minders}}. [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9549.html]
-===Mirror Universe story===
-[[File:Hoshi Sato, mirror Empress.jpg|thumb|Revisiting the [[mirror universe]] and possibly featuring [[Hoshi Sato (mirror)|Hoshi Sato]] as [[Empress]] of the [[Terran Empire]] was discussed for Season 5.]]
-Revisits to the [[mirror universe]] and [[Hoshi Sato (mirror)|Hoshi Sato]], now [[Empress]] of the [[Terran Empire]], had also been discussed. At the 2009 VegasCon, Coto revealed that one idea was to spread four or five episodes through the season, as a kind of "mini-series inside a series". He said that it was his "big regret" that he had not managed to follow through on the idea. [http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/10/vegascon09-braga-coto-talk-enterprise-season-5-star-trek-2009-more/]
-===Borg Queen origin story===
-[[Judith Reeves-Stevens|Judith]] and [[Garfield Reeves-Stevens]] pitched a story with [[Alice Krige]] as a Starfleet [[medical technician]] who makes contact with the Borg from Season 2 ({{e|Regeneration}}) and becomes the [[Borg Queen]]. [http://trekmovie.com/2007/09/22/interview-gar-judy-reeves-stevens-talk-mars-and-enterprise/#more-1048]
-===T'Pol's father===
-Writer/producer [[Mike Sussman]] hoped to have T'Pol finally meet her father, and reveal to the audience that he was in fact a [[Romulan]] agent who had posed as a Vulcan officer prior to faking his own death. The suggestion that T'Pol was half-Romulan would have shed light on her affinity for Humans as well as her interest in experimenting with emotions. ''(Information provided by [[User:Mdsussman|Mike Sussman]])''
-===Flint story===
-According to ''Entertainment Weekly'', a there was an episode "on the drawing board" to reportedly have featured [[Flint]], under a previous alias, coming into contact with the crew of the ''Enterprise''.  The episode never made it to a script write, but initial storyboard ideas suggested a confirmation of Flint's alias of Abramson as a famous Earth scientist with possible connections to Flint knowing either (or both) [[Henry Archer]] and [[Zefram Cochrane]].  The episode would have ended with some type of discovery of Flint's nature by [[Phlox]], leading to Flint's negative views on discussing his background with anyone, thus avoiding the "disaster of intervention" that he mentioned later in the [[Requiem for Methuselah (episode)|TOS episode]].
-===Other ideas===
-In a 2009 interview, Welsh writer/producer Russell T Davies, showrunner of the British series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', said that he had considered proposing a crossover between ''Doctor Who'' and ''Star Trek'', but that the latter was canceled before the idea could be pursued.[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6022914.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2]
-A design for a fifth season refit of the ''Enterprise'' is planned for inclusion in the 2011 [[Star Trek: Ships of the Line]] Calendar.[http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/plans-for-nx-01-refit-completed/]
+[[James Van Hise]] further explored in his {{y|1992}} book, ''[[Trek: The Unauthorized Behind-The-Scenes Story of The Next Generation]]'', several other unfilmed or unproduced episodes written for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', most notably the controversial episode, written by Gerrold, entitled "[[Undeveloped Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes#Blood and Fire|Blood and Fire]]".
+In his introduction to the {{y|1994}} book ''[[Lost Voyages of Trek and The Next Generation]]'' (p. 3), [[Edward Gross]] commented, "''Perhaps most surprising in the ''Star Trek'' mythos is the sheer quantity &ndash; and in many cases quality &ndash; of unfilmed adventures that have spanned from [[Star Trek: The Original Series|the original]] through various aborted attempts at revival throughout the [[1970s]] and right in to ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]]''. In many cases, these scripts and treatments were left unfilmed due to political reasons, studio indecisiveness or ego. In others, they just weren't up to snuff and probably wouldn't have made a decent episode of ''Lost in Space''.
+* [[Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes|Undeveloped ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' episodes]]
+* [[Undeveloped Star Trek: The Animated Series episodes|Undeveloped ''Star Trek: The Animated Series'' episodes]]
+* [[Undeveloped Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes|Undeveloped ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episodes]]
+* [[Undeveloped Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes|Undeveloped ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episodes]]
+* [[Undeveloped Star Trek: Voyager episodes|Undeveloped ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episodes]]
+* [[Undeveloped Star Trek: Enterprise episodes|Undeveloped ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episodes]]
+=== See also ===
+* ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]''
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