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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Well, I've read that Harlan was about as famous for being a difficult PITA as he was for being a writer...And his stories don't particularly lend themselves to be made into TV shows easily. There was a quote about him in "The Outer Limits" book- "What can you do w/a Genius ? You have to wait for him to "gene"..."
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Harlan's original screenplay has the Star Trek crew doing recreational drugs, which was against both the TV standards of the day, and inconceivable under Roddenberry's vision of his world; and there were scenes of Earth under an alternate future, with essentially a Nazi society. Also Spock's reconstruction of a Framestore for the Tricorder involved a contemporary scientist who was enthralled by this glimpse of a bight future. Some of that was instead added to Collin's character. The story would have been two hours long and require a film's budget. The Nazi idea WAS used in another episode but was changed enough to avoid Guild fines. Likewise the "enthralled by the future" concept was used in a story where the Enterprise goes back to 1960's Earth. For "Outer Limits" Ellison did "The Glass Hand" which was filmed quite close to his conception.