[1] Wilber wrote the original story for, and co-wrote the teleplay of, the Star Trek episode "Space Seed".
During the conception and writing of the episode, numerous changes were made, as producer Bob Justman felt that it would be too expensive to film.
Despite this, and due to the support of NBC executives, Justman gave a series of notes to Wilber for him to redraft the proposal.
These revisions include the marooning of the criminals at the end of the episode, and the change of the primary villain from a Nordic character to a Sikh.
Roddenberry attempted to claim the primary writing credit for "Space Seed", a request that was turned down by the Writers Guild of America.