re: #235 Eclectic Cyborg

Correct, but they removed him from working on TNG day-to-day and gave him some other (mostly ceremonial) role at the same pay rate. He kept his EP credit for TNG, but was not actively involved with production from season 3 onwards.

Roddenberry would tell fans he was ‘protecting’ Star Trek from studio greed. But the reality was, he was only interested in it when it was making money for him. Otherwise it was on to other projects (one of which was actually intriguing… Spectre, starring Robert Culp).

I still remember him appearing at conventions and telling fans that he had to change Ellison’s script of City on the Edge of Forever because Ellison had Scotty dealing drugs. No, Ellison’s script did not have Scotty dealing drugs. It was more of Roddenberry ‘protecting’ Star Trek, in this case from something that never happened.

Great Bird of the Galaxy my ass.