Michael Taylor (screenwriter)
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Michael Taylor is best known for his work as a writer for both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
and Star Trek: Voyager
. His DS9 credits include the celebrated episode "The Visitor"
, "Things Past"
, "Resurrection"
and "In the Pale Moonlight
", which was controversial for challenging some of Star Trek's utopia
n ideas.
In the third season of Ronald D. Moore
's re-working of Battlestar Galactica he joined the crew as a supervising producer and writer.
Taylor also worked as a producer and writer on the USA Channel series The Dead Zone
. In 2002, Michael Taylor was nominated for a Nebula Award
, which is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
, for writing a Dead Zone episode entitled "Unreasonable Doubt".
His Voyager credits include:
His Caprica credits include:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
and Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
. His DS9 credits include the celebrated episode "The Visitor"
The Visitor (DS9 episode)
"The Visitor" is an episode from the fourth season of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The episode is rated 4.8/5 on the official Star Trek Website.-Plot :...
, "Things Past"
Things Past (DS9 episode)
"Things Past" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the eighth episode of the fifth season.-Plot:Sisko, Odo, Dax and Garak find themselves on Terok Nor during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor after encountering an anomaly on their runabout...
, "Resurrection"
Resurrection (DS9 episode)
"Resurrection" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the science-fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.- Plot :The Mirror Universe version of Vedek Bareil arrives on DS9 as he flees from the Alliance. His real reason for being in the canon universe is to steal the Bajoran Orb...
and "In the Pale Moonlight
In the Pale Moonlight
"In the Pale Moonlight" is the 19th episode of the sixth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The episode has an average rating of 4.8/5 on the official Star Trek website , one of the highest rated episodes out of all of the Star Trek series on the website.Sick of the losses the Federation is...
", which was controversial for challenging some of Star Trek's utopia
Utopia
Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt...
n ideas.
In the third season of Ronald D. Moore
Ronald D. Moore
Ronald Dowl Moore is an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his work on Star Trek and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, for which he won a Peabody Award for creative excellence in 2005 and an Emmy Award in 2008.-Early life and...
's re-working of Battlestar Galactica he joined the crew as a supervising producer and writer.
Taylor also worked as a producer and writer on the USA Channel series The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone (TV series)
The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma...
. In 2002, Michael Taylor was nominated for a Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
, which is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, or SFWA is a nonprofit association of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. It was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America, Inc. and it retains the acronym SFWA after a very brief use of the SFFWA...
, for writing a Dead Zone episode entitled "Unreasonable Doubt".
His Voyager credits include:
- "The Fight"
- "Dragon's Teeth"Dragon's Teeth (Voyager episode)"Dragon's Teeth" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the seventh episode of the sixth season. The episode has an average rating of 3.6/5 on the official Star Trek website ....
- "Blink of an Eye"Blink of an Eye (Voyager episode)"Blink of an Eye" is the twelfth episode from the sixth season of Star Trek: Voyager. This episode, well regarded among fans, is believed to have been inspired by the 1980 novel Dragon's Egg....
- "Body and Soul"Body and Soul (Voyager episode)"Body and Soul" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the seventh episode of the seventh season.-Plot:The Delta Flyer, occupied by Seven of Nine, The Doctor, and Ensign Harry Kim, flies by a comet that contains primitive DNA. The Doctor beams a small sample of it on board. Unbeknownst to them, they...
- "Bride of Chaotica!"Bride of Chaotica (Voyager episode)"Bride of Chaotica!" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 12th episode of the fifth season. The episode has an average rating of 4.6/5 on the official Star Trek website...
- "The Disease"
- "Think Tank"
- "Someone to Watch Over Me"Someone to Watch over Me (Voyager episode)"Someone to Watch Over Me" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 22nd episode of the fifth season. The main plot is about The Doctor and Seven of Nine, a hologram and an ex-Borg, learning to deal with romance...
- "Relativity"Relativity (Voyager episode)"Relativity" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 24th episode of the fifth season. The episode has an average rating of 4.6/5 on the official Star Trek website .- Plot :...
- "Warhead"Warhead (Voyager episode)"Warhead" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 25th and penultimate episode of the fifth season. The episode has an average rating of 3.3/5 on the official Star Trek website .-Plot:...
- "Alice"
- "One Small Step"
- "Collective"
- "Fury"
- "Shattered"Shattered (Voyager episode)"Shattered" is an episode of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager, the eleventh episode of the seventh season-Plot:Chakotay encounters Icheb and Naomi Wildman in Cargo Bay 2. Naomi is enjoying the puzzle they are playing with, as Icheb misunderstands it as a teaching tool. Chakotay tells Icheb of his...
- "Workforce, Part II"Workforce (Voyager episode)Workforce is a two-part episode from the seventh and final season of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager. Part one was directed by Allan Kroeker, and part two by Roxann Dawson.-Part I:...
- "Once Upon a Time"
- "Counterpoint"Counterpoint (Voyager episode)"Counterpoint" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the tenth episode of the fifth season. The episode has an average rating of 4.4/5 on the official Star Trek website...
- "Drive"
- "Friendship One"
His Caprica credits include: