What made you a big fan?

Gene�s vision of the future � see what I love about Star Trek is that it�s about inclusion. It�s about diversity and inclusion. Star Trek says there is an infinite number of life forms that exist out there in � in the cosmos and they all have value. Every single one of them.

That is the basis of the prime directive, you know. We are explorers, we�re out there seeking out new life and new civilisations, but when we make contact with them, it is essential that we don�t interrupt their natural process of evolution. Why? Because we have respect for that process.

Gene was a visionary. Gene was one of those rare souls who, in spite of the culture in which he was indoctrinated, and Gene was a cop and a pilot - he had the soul of a poet.

The interesting thing about Gene was he was an agnostic and one of the things that so many people, myself included, have always found comforted in Star Trek are the spiritual messages, the spirituality that Star Trek seems to express.

It was astounding, to me, to meet Gene and � and discover that none of that stuff was there by design. People do interpret them in the work, but I was amazed to discover that as an agnostic, Gene never wanted to deal with any sort of issues of deity or spirituality in Star Trek at all.