Rename the Novelverse (in-universe)

[Dayton Ward]

The whole thing ends when, in 1964, Gene Roddenberry awakens from a fevered dream and decides that his idea for a science fiction TV show isn't viable, and he takes a job writing for Gunsmoke.

 

[Markonian]

I know that I mean the equivalent of Destiny the Borg in invading the Galactic commonwealth and Taurus pact sort of deal.

For the latter point I meant

That could constitute a story idea. You better erase it.

 

[RandyS]

The whole thing ends when, in 1964, Gene Roddenberry awakens from a fevered dream and decides that his idea for a science fiction TV show isn't viable, and he takes a job writing for Gunsmoke.

And after Gene tosses his notes, a young film maker named George Lucas finds them and thinks they'd make a decent movie so he spends the next decade trying to put the financing together.

 

[trampledamage]

That could constitute a story idea. You better erase it.

I'm not sure it's detailed enough to count as an actual story idea, but following the better to be safe than sorry approach, I'll mark it as a spoiler - story ideas don't need to be erased, just covered.

 

[DrCorby]

The whole thing ends when, in 1964, Gene Roddenberry awakens from a fevered dream and decides that his idea for a science fiction TV show isn't viable, and he takes a job writing for Gunsmoke.

Are you sure it was Gunsmoke? I thought it must have been Wagon Train (NOT to the Stars)...

In one script, a young Clint Eastwood gets his ears caught in a mechanical rice picker, but fortunately a passing missionary who was also a skilled plastic surgeon... What, you've heard this one?

 

[Christopher]

Are you sure it was Gunsmoke? I thought it must have been Wagon Train (NOT to the Stars)...

Wagon Train went off the air in '65, so it would've been a short run. And Clint Eastwood was in Rawhide.

 

[DrCorby]

Wagon Train went off the air in '65, so it would've been a short run. And Clint Eastwood was in Rawhide.

Obviously, I need to research my jokes better...