eighth episode season american animated science fiction television series star trek animated series aired nbc october written originally pitched idea season star trek original series according dialogue written series creator set 23rd century series follows adventures captain voiced crew starfleet starship enterprise episode exploring center galaxy crew enterprise transported planet alien named magic normal crew placed trial inhabitants response original pitch featured god devil changed idea rejected nbc executives critics written positively episode praising design work magical effects compared original series episode thought improvement following broadcast novelization created released variety home media formats plot exploring near center galaxy federation starship uss enterprise caught inside energy matter vortex computer systems fail named voiced appears bridge repairs ship systems takes crew explore planet planet magic normal species time lived earth responsible legends time enterprise crew begin experiment magic voiced beautiful woman voiced creates vulcan chess game guide warns crew experiments draw unwanted attention late crew transported location planet appears salem middle witch trial determined humanity enterprise crew trial humans people salem witch trials bringing comes support life says killing like humans punishment condemned bringing humans world states humanity progressed infinitely ignore words end trial offers life save impressed captain gesture spare tell enterprise welcome future human visits planet return enterprise proper universe revealed production writer pitched number story ideas season star trek original series unsure far stories ideas taken production team series creator seen ideas plot later years later invited producer pitch ideas episode star trek animated series arrived pitch instead room star trek creator pleased idea saying tried magic based episode second season original series effects budgetary constraints point plot concerned crew enterprise coming god space previously wanted include original series turned executives thought idea daytime executives instead felt episode work better animated form asked work script returned home started work script immediately wanting improve far point developed pitched original series took god idea nbc executives concerned flash light representing god rejected inclusion god production crew realized needed episode direction magic religion wrote story include devil instead god script went writes meeting discuss changes requested later regretted speaking directly times didn understand changes asked aware controversial content episode later said people felt dealt devil believed good following submission script wrote dialogue extent didn recognise received final version remained credited invited attend cast recording session episode met actors including episodes animated series previously pitched live action star trek troubles later wrote episode tattoo second season star trek voyager reception home media release broadcast nbc october book trek navigator consider best animated episodes explained ambitious saturday morning children program appropriate star trek able pull successfully compared episode live action star trek episode crew gain saying better episode pleads humanity case highlighted episode depicts successfully defending noting fall prey legendary end episode following successful defense gave episode stars column trek mind official star trek website published december described episode beautiful look episode franchise said magical battle prosecutor compared scene having trapped inside giant thought revelation devil ending episode repeated modern television january writing said best episode animated series said opened number questions evil creature existence deserve rights individual added action sequence captain fires lightning hands cool march review described episode bad thought fans watched play drinking games following review planned return pretending terrible existed episode expanded novel star trek log alongside episodes planet passion released laserdisc series set release star trek animated series dvd fan productions official dvd release november united_states single release containing episodes seasons television
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