A rebooted Questor could be bigger than Star Trek
Star Trek fans know that creator Gene Roddenberry had lots of ideas for other sci-fi shows, including one called The Questor Tapes, about an android who searches for his creator to fill in the gaps in his memory tapes.
The proposed series never made it to TV except as a 1974 television movie/pilot co-written by original Trek producer Gene L. Coon and starring Robert Foxworth, but it was widely believed to have been the inspiration for the character of Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Well, now comes news that Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Television is partnering with the company run by Roddenberry's son, Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr., to develop Questor again as a TV show, with Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Firefly/Dollhouse producer Tim Minear.
"My father always felt that Questor was the one that got away," Rod Roddenberry said in the official announcement. "He believed that the show had the potential to be bigger than Star Trek."
Official announcement continues here:
http://scifiwire.com/2010/01/questor...medium=twitter
Star Trek fans know that creator Gene Roddenberry had lots of ideas for other sci-fi shows, including one called The Questor Tapes, about an android who searches for his creator to fill in the gaps in his memory tapes.
The proposed series never made it to TV except as a 1974 television movie/pilot co-written by original Trek producer Gene L. Coon and starring Robert Foxworth, but it was widely believed to have been the inspiration for the character of Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Well, now comes news that Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Television is partnering with the company run by Roddenberry's son, Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr., to develop Questor again as a TV show, with Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Firefly/Dollhouse producer Tim Minear.
"My father always felt that Questor was the one that got away," Rod Roddenberry said in the official announcement. "He believed that the show had the potential to be bigger than Star Trek."
Official announcement continues here:
http://scifiwire.com/2010/01/questor...medium=twitter
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