Here's the TV series idea: Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon, Matt Jeffries, and possibly other select writers from TOS were actually the survivors from the crew of a mid-25th century civilian student research ship that, by way of an accident, ended up damaged and stranded on Earth in the year 1943. (In particular, the computers containing informational databases were utterly destroyed, along with the bridge.) They were recovered by the U.S. military, and being civilians, not seeing any way to get home, and not feeling particularly bound by the Prime Directive, they spilled the beans on anything and everything the military asked them about - including enough information to pre-empt WWIII and the Eugenics Wars. The information they revealed took the world off the rails that led to their future, irrevocably, and ultimately, they knew it.
Shortly after the end of WWII, the government decided they had gotten everything they could get out of them, swore them to secrecy and made them promise to keep themselves available for any further questions, and set them up with paperwork, civilian backgrounds and lives. Eventually, the restrictions on them were eased enough to allow them to use some of their actual knowledge to try to gain fame and fortune by creating a TV show - Star Trek. (Leading to some quotes about getting around the censors that were frequently misunderstood by the general public.
) Their input and notes led to TNG, DS9, Enterprise, and even parts of Voyager.
Fast forward to now: The U.S. government has managed to reverse engineer enough of the research ship to build an advanced base on the far side of the moon, a system of early warning sensors and telescopic platforms throughout our planetary system. And their own low-warp-capable ship, the U.S.S. Alcubierre. They are training a crew to man her... when they detect a ship approaching Earth from outside the system*. The decision is made, the ship will be launched to intercept the incoming vessel, but one of the heads of the program detects one distinct lack in the crew: all of their training to this point has been in ship's operations, zero-g training, etc. The notes on known alien civilizations and such have not been reviewed. So while the final preparations are made, he recruits several members of TrekBBS, and has them flown in for the launch!
I see this as a hour-long dramedy, with real character development and action, but also with a tongue-in-cheek, kinda-self-aware nature to some parts of it.
*I envision these as being Klingons, who have come to investigate broadcasts that seemingly depict them. After an initial encounter that goes badly, the Alcubierre escapes to go seek help, which of course leads into the first story arc of the series. The Klingons decide to take over Earth, since they're here, anyway - which turns out to not be as easy as they probably thought. This could lead to a lot of very serious, and also some very amusing, Earth-based scenes as a B-plot for the series, which would be a cost savings during that first vital "proving" season.
Well? Whatya think?
Shortly after the end of WWII, the government decided they had gotten everything they could get out of them, swore them to secrecy and made them promise to keep themselves available for any further questions, and set them up with paperwork, civilian backgrounds and lives. Eventually, the restrictions on them were eased enough to allow them to use some of their actual knowledge to try to gain fame and fortune by creating a TV show - Star Trek. (Leading to some quotes about getting around the censors that were frequently misunderstood by the general public.
) Their input and notes led to TNG, DS9, Enterprise, and even parts of Voyager.Fast forward to now: The U.S. government has managed to reverse engineer enough of the research ship to build an advanced base on the far side of the moon, a system of early warning sensors and telescopic platforms throughout our planetary system. And their own low-warp-capable ship, the U.S.S. Alcubierre. They are training a crew to man her... when they detect a ship approaching Earth from outside the system*. The decision is made, the ship will be launched to intercept the incoming vessel, but one of the heads of the program detects one distinct lack in the crew: all of their training to this point has been in ship's operations, zero-g training, etc. The notes on known alien civilizations and such have not been reviewed. So while the final preparations are made, he recruits several members of TrekBBS, and has them flown in for the launch!
I see this as a hour-long dramedy, with real character development and action, but also with a tongue-in-cheek, kinda-self-aware nature to some parts of it.
*I envision these as being Klingons, who have come to investigate broadcasts that seemingly depict them. After an initial encounter that goes badly, the Alcubierre escapes to go seek help, which of course leads into the first story arc of the series. The Klingons decide to take over Earth, since they're here, anyway - which turns out to not be as easy as they probably thought. This could lead to a lot of very serious, and also some very amusing, Earth-based scenes as a B-plot for the series, which would be a cost savings during that first vital "proving" season.
Well? Whatya think?
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