David Gerrold is a magical name, both in the lists of television writers and among the authors of terrific science fiction. When those two worlds collide, you get some of the best Sci-Fi television episodes you could hope for. Gerrold started his career writing
Star Trek's "The Trouble With Tribbles" episode, and went on to work in shows like
Star Trek: Animated, Babylon 5, Sliders, The Real Ghostbusters, The New Twilight Zone, Logan's Run, and of course both versions of
The Land of the Lost.
It has been my privilege to be aquainted with Mr. Gerrold for roughly fifteen years, but I can't claim that I've ever taken the time to really talk to him about his career. Late last month saw the DVD release of
The Land of the Lost - The Complete 1st Season, a season that Gerrold both wrote for and was Story Editor on. With that release, and a film in-the-works for his multi-award-winning story
The Martian Child, it seemed like the perfect time for me to get to know him better.
TVShowsOnDVD invites you along while I (News Director David Lambert), talk to David Gerrold for several hours on many subjects covering his past, present, and future.
Land of the Lost fans are in for a real treat as the first part goes in-depth into his time working on the show.
Star Trek fans will find a lot of interesting things to read in all three parts. And fans of his science fiction novels will be overwhelmed at the time he takes explaining his background, and you get a feel for where he comes up with all this great stuff!
- Part 1 of the interview is available now!
In Part 1 of a 3-part interview, David Gerrold talks about why he doesn't write using his birth name, how his career got started on something called Star Trek, and tells us quite a bit about Land of the Lost.
- Part 2 will be posted on Wednesday, 7/28/2004.
In the 2nd part of our 3-part interview, David talks about his clash with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, his influences from Harlan Ellison & Theodore Sturgeon, and the adoption of his son Sean.
- Part 3 will be posted on Friday, 7/30/2004.
Our interview concludes as David discusses his television history, what REALLY happened to his participation on Star Trek: TNG, and we take a look at a library of DVDs that cover one TV writer's career.
Click here to read Part 1 of our David Gerrold Interview!
