SIX MILLION DEGREES OF STAR TREK SEPARATION
John firmly believes that The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman are simply bridge shows between the original Star Trek series and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Shake an episode of either series and a Star Trek actor, writer, director, or producer falls out. Lee Majors is so close to Patrick Stewart he can touch his nose. Don't believe it? Here's the roll call of such notable people who have connections to both shows. This list will be updated as we move through the series on Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast.
SMDM: various episodes as Rudy Wells TNG: "Rightful Heir" DS9: "The Jem'Hedar" Voyager: "Rise"
SMDM: "Pilot Error" Star Trek: "The Man Trap"
SMDM: "The Last of the Fourth of Julys" Star Trek: "Amok Time"
SMDM: pilot movie Star Trek: "Conscience of the King"
SMDM: "The Price of Liberty" Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, David McCoy
SMDM: "The Coward" Star Trek: stunts "The Cage", actor "Charlie X", "The Savage Curtain"
SMDM: "Outrage in Balinderry" Star Trek: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
SMDM: writer, "The Rescue of Athena One", "Straight on Til Morning" Star Trek: writer various episodes of Classic, TNG, and DS9
SMDM: "Operation: Firefly" BW: "Motorcycle Boogie," "The Dejon Caper" Star Trek: "Wink of an Eye"
SMDM: "The Coward" Star Trek: "Elaan of Troyius"
SMDM: "Eyewitness to Murder," "Steve Austin, Fugitive" BW: "The Night Demon" The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man & The Bionic Woman Star Trek: "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
SMDM: "Outrage in Balinderry" BW: "The Pyramid" VOY: "Caretaker"
SMDM: "Run, Steve, Run" TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds"
SMDM: "The Coward" Star Trek: as Hikaru Sulu in the original series, the animated series, and six movies. Voyager: "Flashback"
SMDM: pilot movie BW: "Claws" TNG: "Man of the People"
SMDM: "Act of Piracy" Star Trek: "The Menagerie", "Courtmartial"
SMDM: writer, "Day of the Robot" Star Trek: The Motion Picture, writer
SMDM: executive producer, seasons 1-4 BW: executive producer, seasons 1-2 producer of Star Trek II-VI
SMDM: "The Solid Gold Kidnapping" BW: "Which One is Jaime?" Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
SMDM: "The Midas Touch" Star Trek II: stunts
SMDM: "The Rescue of Athena One" TNG: "Suspicions"
SMDM: "Act of Piracy" TNG: "A Fistful of Datas"
SMDM: "Operation: Firefly," "Lost Love" BW: "Jamie and the King" Star Trek: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" TNG: Insurrection DS9: "The House of Quark", "Improbable Cause", "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places" Voy: "Gravity" Enterprise: "Broken Bow"
SMDM: writer "The Last Kamikaze," "The Wolf Boy," "The Most Dangerous Enemy," "To Catch an Eagle" Star Trek: writer "The Tholian Web"
SMDM: "The Coward" Star Trek: stunts Star Trek III, Star Trek: First Contact
SMDM: "The Last of the Fourth of Julys" Voyager: "11:59"
SMDM: "Day of the Robot" (uncredited), "The Midas Touch" (uncredited), "Walk a Deadly Wing" Star Trek: various episodes in the three year run, uncredited
SMDM: "The Bionic Woman" Star Trek: "The Menagerie" TNG: "Unification"
SMDM: writer "Taneha" BW: writer "The Pyramid" Star Trek: writer "The Gamesters of Triskelion," "The Cloundminders," "The Paradise Syndrome" TAS: writer "The Ambigris Element," "The Lorelei Signal"
SMDM: "Straight on 'til Morning" DS9: "The Muse"