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1-22 David Gerrold memo - No Tribbles At All - November 2, 1986

Jun 19, 2018

As Star Trek: The Next Generation was in its earliest days of development, one writer pitched the idea to return to a formula - and a character descendant - that had worked well for TOS. How would audiences in the '80s react to "Albania Jones"? What if he was played by Robin Williams? David Gerrold suggested one of their stronger comedy writers take a crack at it... himself!

See the original document: David Gerrold memo - No Tribbles At All - November 2, 1986

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