A Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Was Meant To Launch A 20th Century-Based Spin-Off
Gene Roddenberry originally wrote this episode as a pilot script for another show. When it became a Star Trek episode, he hoped it could become a spin-off.
In the final episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, "Assignment: Earth", the crew of the Enterprise encountered a man named Gary Seven and his cat, Isis. Seven was on a mission to alter the course of 20th-century history, which led to conflict with the Starfleet crew. These characters were intended to star in a spin-off series set in the 20th century, but this never materialized.
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, created a pilot script for this spin-off two years before the season 2 finale aired, but it was not connected to Star Trek and was intended as a standalone story. After the lower-than-expected ratings for Star Trek, Roddenberry tried to launch a new series using this pilot, but it ultimately did not come to fruition.
Despite this, Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln appeared in various Star Trek novels, comic books, and a five-issue comic series called "Assignment: Earth".
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