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The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast 2-17 Wesley Crusher memos - November 1986

The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast 2-17 Wesley Crusher memos - November 1986

In that early development period on The Next Generation, the group of assembled producers and writers struggled with ways to make the first underaged regular Star Trek character believable. Should…

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November 20, 201816m 1s

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In that early development period on The Next Generation, the group of assembled producers and writers struggled with ways to make the first underaged regular Star Trek character believable. Should he be a genius? Should he have a brain implant? Should he be promoted to Commander? Three memos reveal the thoughts behind bringing Wesley to life on this week's The Trek Files.

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