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Leslie Stevens (3 February 1924—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 McCloud, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Gemini Man.
Stevens is probably best known for his work on the 1963-65 science fiction anthology series, The Outer Limits, which he wrote and produced under Daystar Productions, an independent company that he created.
Prior to Battlestar Galactica[edit]
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."[1]
In addition to his later work in the 1960s on Outer Limits, Stevens also wrote 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[edit]
According to Alan J. Levi, Stevens "wrote the 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."[2]
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."[3]
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.[4]
Notable Works[edit]
Plays[edit]
= Books[edit]
- est: The Steersman Handbook, 1970 CE
References[edit]
- ↑ Altman, Mark A.; Gross, Edward (2018). So Say We All: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Battlestar Galactica. Tor Books. ISBN 9781250128942, p. 48.
- ↑ Paxton, Susan J.. Battlestar zone interview with Alan J. Levi (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 30 April 2008.
- ↑ Altman, Mark A.; Gross, Edward (2018). So Say We All: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Battlestar Galactica. Tor Books. ISBN 9781250128942, p. 47.
- ↑ Ibid., 48
- ↑ Champagne Complex: A Light-headed Farce in Three Acts (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 11 October 2020.
- ↑ The Lovers: A Play in Three Acts (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 11 October 2020.
- ↑ The Marriage-Go-Round (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). (11 October 2020).