VM>Those elements appeared in TNg mainly because of Gerrold
VM>and his work.  Although Roddenberry screwed him over later,
VM>Gerrold is responsible for the early drafts of the TNG
VM>series bible.  If you can get ahold of a copy you'll
VM>recognize Gerrold's writing style even thoug his name
VM>appears nowhere in it.
        GR was pretty tough on people who knew what Trek was about in
the early going of TNG.
        I have heard that GR and Gerrold had a falling out, but I have
never heard specifically about what.  I heard a rumor that Gerrold
wanted to establish an openly gay character on the Enterprise, but that
GR and others refused to take things that far.  Was the the center of
the problem or what?
JPH>         Some times sort of arch, but always posts intelligently...OOPS
JPH> sorry.
VM>Hmmmmm....
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