Editing David Gerrold (section)

====Other ''Trek'' involvement====
Gerrold had wanted to appear onscreen in an episode of ''Star Trek'', particularly "The Trouble with Tribbles". The character of Ensign Freeman, who appears in the bar scene with the Klingons, was originally intended by Gerrold to be a walk-on part for himself, however another actor took the role since Gerrold was deemed too thin at the time. He also had an [[in-joke]] cameo of sorts in ''[[Star Trek The Animated Series]]'': "More Tribbles, More Troubles" where a very thin Ensign is told to seal off the transporter room area by Kirk. Gerrold also provided the voice for alien Em/3/Green in "The Jihad". While Gerrold appeared as a crewman extra with other Trek fandom notables in ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'', he did not appear in a Trek series until ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', when he played a security guard in "[[Trials and Tribble-ations (DS9 episode)|Trials and Tribble-ations]]", set during the timeframe of his original episode.

Gerrold wrote a novelization of the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' series premiere "[[Encounter at Farpoint]]", published in 1987, and an original ''Star Trek'' novel titled ''The Galactic Whirlpool'', published in 1980, which was based on his story outline "Tomorrow Was Yesterday". In 2006, for the 40th anniversary of ''Star Trek,'' he co-edited, with [[Robert J. Sawyer]], an essay collection titled ''Boarding the "Enterprise"''.

Gerrold acted as a series consultant for fan-produced series ''Star Trek: New Voyages'' and ''Star Trek: Phase II'' starting in 2006. In June 2013 he was named [[showrunner]] of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/?p=3443|title=Startreknewvoyages.com}}</ref>