We discuss “The City on the Edge of Forever,” including the controversial script changes, the real-life inspiration for Edith Keeler, and why the episode is so loved…even if Harlan Ellison thought Roddenberry’s changes were “dopey utopian bullshit.”
Hosts: Jarrah, Andi, Sue
Editor: Sue
Transcription: Peter
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Additional Resources:
- These are the Voyages, Volume 1 by Marc Cushman with Susan Osborn (includes reference to the “dopey utopian BS” quote
- “The City on the Edge of Forever” at Memory Alpha
- “The Incredible Disappearing Evangelist” at Smithsonian Magazine
- Aimee Semple McPherson at Britanica
- “Scandalous” at the Internet Broadway Database