Do you find writing Science Fiction more satisfying than other kinds of drama?

Writing science fiction is satisfying in that it gives you an opportunity to take contemporary ideas and provocative issues, and just turn them on their ear a little bit to look at them differently. It allows us to deal with issues on shows, without making it preachy, whilst being provocative enough to allow the audience to think a little bit about whatever specific issue or idea that show is about. We've always had a lot of fun.

Writing science fiction, you're open to so many different things. So many ideas come along during the course of a series that can be dealt with in the show, just because of the fantasy and the magical qualities that can become part of science fiction. Although we try to keep Star Trek much more technically correct so we tend to stay away from the fantasy. We still can stretch that a great deal and find a lot of interesting themes to work with.