Denise Crosby (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest-stars in Star Trek: Phase II‘s ‘Blood and Fire, Part 2,’ which I co-wrote with noted scifi author David Gerrold.
I was honored to learn that TrekMovie.com, the leading Star Trek movie news site, named the Star Trek: Phase II production of my screenplay, “Blood and Fire, Part 2” the best Star Trek fan production of 2009.
That, along with Joss Whedon telling Rolling Stone that “World Enough and Time,” the Star Trek: Phase II production I co-executive produced, inspired him to create Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog, made my year.
Rolling Stone, btw, named Phase II, which I wrote for and produced, one of their five must-watch Web series.
“Blood and Fire” is based on a script Gerrold originally authored for Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was never produced because its passing reference to a male couple aboard the Enterprise was considered too controversial by the producers.
I adapted the script for the original Trek series-based Phase II, expanding the story to include Captain Kirk’s nephew Peter as one part of the male couple. Interestingly, two decades later, that portrayal proved plenty controversial when “Blood and Fire, Part 1″ debuted a year ago.
Fortunately, Part 2′s release this past November was greeted by far fewer objections.
