Mission Log supplemental, Number 14.

The one with Richard Arnold. Outspoken, sometimes controversial, a wealth of Star Trek knowledge.

These are some of the words used to describe Richard Arnold,

the man who was Gene Roddenberry's assistant and archivist.

John and Ken got to sit down with Richard a few weeks back to talk over the original

series the next generation the animated series and his time working with Jean.

All right so we're with Richard Arnold and you need, I hesitate to say you need no introduction,

but I want to make sure we get the introduction right, because to me, you are Mr. Star Star Trek you're the guy that people see all

the time at conventions they know you by by seeing you and I think people don't necessarily understand your association with Star Trek,

your association particularly Jean Roddenberry.

So can you give us that sort of nutshell biographical sketch so we know?

Okay, I'll try to keep this sure.

Okay, when my parents began

separating and eventually divorcing

summer of 1966, sort of late spring early summer, I needed to escape from the

reality of being ripped out of our home and having to move and my dad

being shipped off and all that. So my mother had, you know, thank God, loads of

science fiction books in the house because I already read it through all of the

hardy boys and my sisters Nancy Drew so I needed something to read and I got through most of her science fiction

and it was adult stuff and I was 12 but in that

summer's fall preview guide for TV guide there was a blurb for a new science

vision series called Star Trek and I was already watching Lost in Space and Boys to the bottom of the sea so I was certainly ready for another science fiction series.

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