Editing Leslie Stevens

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'''Leslie Stevens''' (3 February 1924&mdash;24 April 1998) was the supervising producer for the [[Original Series]].

In addition to producing, he was also a director and writer for various series, among them ''[[w:McCloud|McCloud]]'', ''[[buckwiki:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', ''[[w:Gemini Man|Gemini Man]]''. 

Stevens is probably best known for his work on the 1963-65 science fiction anthology series, ''[[w:The Outer Limits|The Outer Limits]]'', which he wrote and produced under Daystar Productions, an independent company that he created. 

== Prior to ''Battlestar Galactica'' ==

Stevens wrote a few plays in 1950s, such as ''Bullfight'' and ''The Lovers''. While reflecting upon ''Bullfight,'' [[Richard Colla]] remarked that "he had a lovely poetry and a lovely sense of human value."<ref>{{cite book/sswa|48}}</ref>

In addition to his later work in the 1960s on ''Outer Limits'', Stevens also wrote ''[[w:est: The Steersman Handbook|est: The Steersman Handbook]]'', a science fiction novel written as a non-fictional study that described a future society that arose as a result of "est people." Such "est people," with "est" meaning "Electronic Social Transformation," were described as technically minded, eclectic, and computer literate.
 
== ''Battlestar Galactica'' ==

According to [[Alan J. Levi]], Stevens "wrote the [[Saga of a Star World|original script]]. Leslie was one of my best friends. I do know that Leslie had told me at one time way before he ever got into the script that he had this great idea for a script that he was going to take to [[Glen Larson]] and talk about. Now whether in a court of law that would mean that Leslie came up with it and took it to Glen and Glen said, ‘Fine, we’re going to co-do it’ or not, I can’t tell you. I wasn’t there."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.ws/sjpaxton/ajl.html|title=Battlestar zone interview with Alan J. Levi|date=|accessdate=30 April 2008|last=Paxton|first=Susan J.|format=|language=}}</ref> 

Additional interviews conducted for the ''[[So Say We All: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Battlestar Galactica]]'' lead to elaboration by Levi on the above point: "The one thing about Glen [Larson] is that Glen was always the star. There was a little bit of tension between the two of them because Leslie always felt that he had made more of a contribution towards the original ''Galactica'' being done than what he had been given credit for."<ref>{{cite book/sswa|47}}</ref>

It is known that Stevens wrote the never-to-be-produced two-hour episode, "[[The Beta Pirates]]."

Additionally, Stevens was one of two people responsible for recruiting [[Richard Colla]] as director for "[[Saga of a Star World]]," even though Colla believed that the story never rose above being "a comic book" as it pertained to the depth of story telling and characterization.<ref>{{ibid|48}}</ref>

== Notable Works ==

=== Plays ===

* ''Champagne Complex'', 1955 CE<ref>{{cite_web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BEribohfC5EC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Champagne Complex: A Light-headed Farce in Three Acts
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* ''The Lovers'', 1956 CE<ref>{{cite_web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Lovers.html?id=OqfPAAAAMAAJ|title=The Lovers: A Play in Three Acts
|date=|accessdate=11 October 2020|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
* ''Bullfight'', 1958 CE<ref>{{cite_web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qilO-rqPL2kC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Marriage-Go-Round|date=11 October 2020|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

=== Books ===

* ''[[w:est: The Steersman Handbook|est: The Steersman Handbook]]'', 1970 CE

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