Sci-Fi Visionaries

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Sci-Fi Visionaries

2004

0h 16m

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Documentary which discusses Star Trek's great science fiction writers

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5 members

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William Shatner

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Gene Roddenberry

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Robert H. Justman

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D.C. Fontana

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John D.F. Black

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