“Contagion,” like many episodes of Star Trek episodes, had two different writers. One of them was Steve Gerber, and while this was his only Trek writing credit, he also wrote episodes for iconic ‘80s TV shows like Transformers and G.I. Joe.
Oh, and he is also the creator of Howard the Duck, so you can either credit or blame the late, great Gerber for the existence of that truly “fowl” ‘80s movie adaptation.
While Gerber only wrote “Contagion,” he was at least known for writing plenty of episodes outside of Gene Roddenberry’s amazing franchise. Arguably, the more interesting writer for this episode is Beth Woods, someone whose day job involved working on the office computers for TNG.
This wasn’t her big pivot into a screenwriting career or anything: to this day, her only writing credits are this 1989 episode and a 1996 episode of Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys.
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