The Star Trek Scene That Almost Got The Show Canceled

Request Denied

Jeff Kravitz

The original script of Harlon Ellison’s “City on the edge of forever” involved a drug-dealing crewman and wild manners from the rest of the cast, but when Roddenberry got his hands on the script, he changed parts he didn’t like and finished the final version with a story editor after several unacceptable rewrites with Ellison. 

When Ellison requested he be recognized in the credits, he was outright denied!

In order to protect the privacy of those depicted, some names, locations, and identifying characteristics have been changed and are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblances to actual events, places, or persons, living or dead, are entirely coincidental.

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