Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore "Ted" Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo) was a prolific science fiction author. He made his mark in the Star Trek universe, crafting the backstory for Spock and the Vulcans in, an episode that garnered him a Hugo Award nomination.

Sturgeon wrote two Star Trek: The Original Series episodes, and. He also wrote two unproduced story outlines: "The Joy Machine", which was later developed into a first draft teleplay by Meyer Dolinsky, then into a novel by James Gunn, published by Pocket Books, and "Shore Leave II", an intended sequel to "Shore Leave".

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, the character Sturgeon from was named after him. Sturgeon was also referred to in dialogue in, and thus has a namesake in the Star Trek universe.