Talk:Seddie/@comment-24134478-20140226012409/@comment-14284535-20140302193602

@Berserker Eric - Sure.

The ones I know the most about are Ian Levine and John Peel from Doctor Who. They were advisors to the early John Nathan-Turner era. They had such pull that the series became more and more dependent on its past and to their tastes; it led to the most derivative stories ever in the series' history. When it returned from hiatus, the producer broke with them and his script editor. It led to a renaissance in the series while these guys became the lead "JNT bashers." But when "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" came out, JN-T got his revenge by having the Whizzkid character created to parody them.

Another fan from the era was reputed to have been trying too hard with hitting on one of the lead actresses. She and he only became real friends after his actual GF at the time died in a mountaineering accident.

Many old-time fans of Star Trek - including long-time SF fans and writers - wound up on Gene Roddenberry's hate list when they supported Harlan Ellison's release of his first and last scripts for "The City on the Edge of Forever." Allegedly, one BNF's religion was satirised in "Code of Honor" and "Where No One Has Gone Before."