Changes: Morgan Gendel

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Real world article
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Morgan Gendel (born 1952) has written several television episodes for the Star Trek franchise. He is from West Hartford in Connecticut.

His episode "The Inner Light", co-written with Peter Allan Fields, was his first successful sale to the Star Trek franchise, and ended up being the first to earn a Hugo Award for the series since Harlan Ellison's work over twenty years previously. He took the name from a George Harrison penned Beatles song: "'The Inner Light' was the B-side of 'Lady Madonna.' I thought it would be fun to give every Star Trek episode I wrote a title that's from a different, obscure Beatles song. I wanted to call "Starship Mine" 'Revolution,' but they had already used "Evolution". It was a little joke between me and me." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 248)

Other work

He has also worked on the hit television series Law & Order as a writer, co-executive producer and executive story editor, and has adapted The Dresden Files for television, and helped develop Spider-Man: The New Animated Series in the early 2000s.

Star Trek credits

TNG:
- "The Inner Light" (Season 5, teleplay with Peter Allan Fields, story)
- "Starship Mine" (Season 6)
DS9:
- "The Passenger" (Season 1, teleplay with Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Michael Piller, story)
- "Armageddon Game" (Season 2)

Star Trek award

Morgan Gendel received the following award:

Hugo Award

1993 Hugo Award in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation" as Teleplay Writer for the episode "The Inner Light", shared with Peter Allan Fields and Peter Lauritson

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-'''Morgan Gendel''' has written several television episodes for the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise. He has also worked on the hit television series [[lawandorder:Law & Order|''Law & Order'']] as a writer, co-executive producer and executive story editor.
+'''Morgan Gendel''' (born {{y|1952}}) has written several television episodes for the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise. He is from West Hartford in Connecticut.
+His episode {{e|The Inner Light}}, co-written with [[Peter Allan Fields]], was his first successful sale to the Star Trek franchise, and ended up being the first to earn a Hugo Award for the series since [[Harlan Ellison]]'s work over twenty years previously. He took the name from a George Harrison penned Beatles song: "''{{'}}{{w|The Inner Light (song)|The Inner Light}}' was the B-side of '{{w|Lady Madonna}}.' I thought it would be fun to give every ''Star Trek'' episode I wrote a title that's from a different, obscure [[The Beatles|Beatles]] song. I wanted to call {{e|Starship Mine}} 'Revolution,' but they had already used {{e|Evolution}}. It was a little joke between me and me.''" (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'', p. 248)
-== Writing credits ==
-*{{TNG}}
+==Other work==
-**[[TNG Season 5|Season 5]]:
+He has also worked on the hit television series [[lawandorder:Law & Order|''Law & Order'']] as a writer, co-executive producer and executive story editor, and has adapted ''The Dresden Files'' for television, and helped develop ''Spider-Man: The New Animated Series'' in the early 2000s.
-***{{e|The Inner Light}} (teleplay with [[Peter Allan Fields]], story)
-**[[TNG Season 6|Season 6]]:
+== ''Star Trek'' credits ==
-***{{e|Starship Mine}}
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-*{{DS9}}
+* {{TNG}}
-**[[DS9 Season 1|Season 1]]:
-***{{e|The Passenger}} (teleplay with [[Robert Hewitt Wolfe]] and [[Michael Piller]], story)
+** {{e|The Inner Light}} ([[TNG Season 5|Season 5]], teleplay with [[Peter Allan Fields]], story)
-**[[DS9 Season 2|Season 2]]:
+** {{e|Starship Mine}} ([[TNG Season 6|Season 6]])
-***{{e|Armageddon Game}}
+* {{DS9}}
+** {{e|The Passenger}} ([[DS9 Season 1|Season 1]], teleplay with [[Robert Hewitt Wolfe]] and [[Michael Piller]], story)
+** {{e|Armageddon Game}} ([[DS9 Season 2|Season 2]])
+</div>
+== ''Star Trek'' award ==
+Morgan Gendel received the following award:
+;Hugo Award
+* {{y|1993}} [[Hugo Award]] in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation" as Teleplay Writer for the episode {{e|The Inner Light}}, shared with [[Peter Allan Fields]] and [[Peter Lauritson]]
 == External links ==
 * {{Wikipedia}}
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+* {{TrekFM|earl-grey/167|Morgan Gendel interview|external}}
+* {{twitter|morgangendel||external}}
+* {{el|outerplaces.com/science/item/16700-mars-habitat-morgan-gendel|Morgan Gendel Unveils His Plans for a New Mars Habitat|outerplaces.com|OuterPlaces.com}}
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