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The Questor Tapes, the Glossary

The Questor Tapes is a 1974 American made-for-television sci-fi drama film about an android (portrayed by Robert Foxworth) with incomplete memory tapes who is searching for his creator and his purpose.^[1]

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1974 science fiction films
Films directed by Richard A. Colla
Films produced by Gene Roddenberry
Films with screenplays by Gene Roddenberry

Akashic Books

Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent publisher, formed in 1997.

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Android (robot)

An android is a humanoid robot or other artificial being often made from a flesh-like material.

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Ark II

Ark II is an American live-action science fiction television series, aimed at children, that aired on CBS from September 11 to December 18, 1976, (with reruns continuing through November 13, 1977 and reruns returning from September 16, 1978, through August 25, 1979) as part of its weekend line-up.

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Art Wallace

Art Wallace was an American television writer best known for his work on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows.

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Assignment: Earth

"Assignment: Earth" is the twenty-sixth and final episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. The Questor Tapes and Assignment: Earth are television pilots not picked up as a series.

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Bjo Trimble

Betty JoAnne Trimble (née Conway; born August 15, 1933), known as Bjo, is an American science fiction fan and writer, initially entering fandom in the early 1950s.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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D. C. Fontana

Dorothy Catherine Fontana (March 25, 1939 – December 2, 2019) was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek series.

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Dana Wynter

Dana Wynter (born Dagmar Winter; 8 June 19315 May 2011) was a German-born British actress, who was raised in the United Kingdom and southern Africa.

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Data (Star Trek)

Data is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise.

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Drama (film and television)

In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone.

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DVD

The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.

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Ellen Weston

Ellen Weston (born Ellen Weinstein) is an American actress, producer, and writer.

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Frankenstein: The True Story

Frankenstein: The True Story is a 1973 British made-for-television film loosely based on the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley.

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Fred Sadoff

Frederick Edward Sadoff (October 21, 1926 – May 6, 1994) was an American film, stage and television actor.

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Friday night death slot

The "Friday night death slot" or "Friday evening death slot" is a perceived graveyard slot in American television.

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Gary Seven

Gary Seven is the major character in the last episode of the second season of the original Star Trek television series, "Assignment: Earth".

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Gene L. Coon

Eugene Lee Coon (January 7, 1924 – July 8, 1973) was an American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist.

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Gene Roddenberry

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction franchise Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer.

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Genesis II (film)

Genesis II is a 1973 American made-for-television science fiction film created and produced by Gene Roddenberry and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. The Questor Tapes and Genesis II (film) are American science fiction television films, English-language science fiction films, films produced by Gene Roddenberry, films with screenplays by Gene Roddenberry, television films as pilots and television pilots not picked up as a series.

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Gil Mellé

Gilbert John Mellé (31 December 1931 – 28 October 2004) was an American artist, jazz musician and film composer.

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Herbert Wright (producer)

Herbert J. Wright (November 9, 1946 – August 24, 2005) was a science fiction author and television director and producer.

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Howie Horwitz

Howard Santly Horwitz (May 22, 1918 – June 25, 1976) was an American television producer, remembered as the producer of 77 Sunset Strip between 1958 and 1964 and the Batman television series between 1966 and 1968.

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Hugo Award

The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members.

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Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is given each year for theatrical films, television episodes, or other dramatized works related to science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year.

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Imagine Entertainment

Imagine Entertainment, formerly Imagine Films Entertainment, also known simply as Imagine, is an American film and television production company founded in November 1985 by producer Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard.

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In-joke

An in-joke, also known as an inside joke or a private joke, is a joke with humour that is understandable only to members of an ingroup; that is, people who are in a particular social group, occupation, or other community of shared interest.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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J. Terry Williams

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James Shigeta

James Saburo Shigeta (繁田三郎; June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor and singer of Japanese descent.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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John Vernon

John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor.

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season.

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Lanham, Maryland

Lanham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland.

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Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famed for playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise for almost 50 years.

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Lew Ayres

Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years.

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List of American films of 1974

This is a list of American films released in 1974.

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Logan's Run (film)

Logan's Run is a 1976 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, and Peter Ustinov.

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Logan's Run (TV series)

Logan's Run is an American science fiction television series, a spin-off from the 1976 film of the same name.

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Majel Barrett

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born Majel Leigh Hudec; February 23, 1932 – December 18, 2008) was an American actress.

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.

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Mike Farrell

Michael Joseph Farrell Jr. (born February 6, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H (1975–83).

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Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat (Ararat) or Masis (Մասիս) also known as Mount Agirî (Kurdish: Çiyayê Agirî) and Mount Ağrı (Turkish: Ağrı Dağı), is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in Eastern Turkey.

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My Sweet Charlie

My Sweet Charlie is a 1970 American made-for-television drama film directed by Lamont Johnson. The Questor Tapes and my Sweet Charlie are NBC original films.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark (תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: Tevat Noaḥ)The word "ark" in modern English comes from Old English aerca, meaning a chest or box. The Questor Tapes and Noah's Ark are Mount Ararat.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset; Nobelprisen) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year before he died.

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Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is an American mass media, publishing, and information services company based in Los Angeles and New York City.

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Planet Earth (film)

Planet Earth is a 1974 American made-for-television science fiction film that was created by Gene Roddenberry, written by Roddenberry and Juanita Bartlett (from a story by Roddenberry). The Questor Tapes and Planet Earth (film) are 1974 films, 1974 science fiction films, 1974 television films, American science fiction television films, films produced by Gene Roddenberry, films with screenplays by Gene Roddenberry, television films as pilots and television pilots not picked up as a series.

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Prime Directive

In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Prime Directive (also known as "Starfleet General Order 1", and the "non-interference directive") is a guiding principle of Starfleet that prohibits its members from interfering with the natural development of alien civilizations.

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Richard A. Colla

Richard Anthony Colla (April 18, 1936 – December 24, 2021), sometimes credited as Dick Colla, was an American film and television director and actor.

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Robert Douglas (actor)

Robert Douglas Finlayson (9 November 1909 – 11 January 1999), known professionally as Robert Douglas, was an English stage and film actor, a television director and producer.

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Robert Foxworth

Robert Foxworth is an American film, stage, and television actor.

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Robert Wise

Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American filmmaker.

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Rowman & Littlefield

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass.

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Science fiction film

Science fiction (or sci-fi or SF) is a film genre that uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, mutants, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies.

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Spectre (1977 film)

Spectre is a 1977 British made-for-television horror film produced by Gene Roddenberry. The Questor Tapes and Spectre (1977 film) are films produced by Gene Roddenberry, films with screenplays by Gene Roddenberry, television films as pilots and television pilots not picked up as a series.

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Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise. The Questor Tapes and Star Trek: The Motion Picture are films produced by Gene Roddenberry.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry.

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Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew.

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Strange New World (film)

Strange New World is an American made-for-television science fiction film which first aired on July 13, 1975 on ABC. The Questor Tapes and Strange New World (film) are American science fiction television films, television films as pilots and television pilots not picked up as a series.

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Sunnyvale, California

Sunnyvale is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California.

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Technicolor

Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades.

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Television film

A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats.

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Television pilot

A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) in United Kingdom and United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distributor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Questor_Tapes

Also known as Project Questor, Questor Tapes, Questor Tapes (TV series), The Questor Tapes (TV series).

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See also

1974 science fiction films

Films directed by Richard A. Colla

Films produced by Gene Roddenberry

Films with screenplays by Gene Roddenberry

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