Jon Povill (born August 29, 1946) is an American scriptwriter and television producer. He wrote the first two drafts of the screenplay for Total Recall in the 1970s, and then took up a position on the attempted Star Trek: Phase II, becoming story editor, and penning the episode "The Child", which would later be remade as a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. He was ultimately credited as associate producer on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
He worked as a script consultant and producer on Sliders (writing the episodes "Luck of the Draw", "El Sid" and "Obsession") and penned an episode of The Outer Limits in 1998.
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Alien weapon is a form of plasma energy, captain. Exact composition unknown. Guidance system unknown. All decks, brace for impact. Engineering, status report. Systems overloading, captain. [ screams ] <i>[ screaming continues ]</i> Medic. Medics are coming. [ alarm continues, stops ] [ scotty on radio ] engineering to bridge. Cannot hold full power on force fields. Deflector power is down 70 percent. Divert auxiliary power to deflectors. Oh, good. Christine, it's chekov. Medic. <i>I can stop his pain.</i> Thank you.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film | |||
| 1979 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Associate producer | |
| 1990 | Total Recall | Story | |
| 2012 | Total Recall | Story | |
| 2017 | Fatal Rhapsody | Script consultant | Short film |
| TBA | Meridiem | Supervising writer Consulting producer |
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| Television and web | |||
| 1981 | A Step in Time | Screenwriter | TV Movie |
| 1988 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Screenwriter in episode 'The Child' | |
| 1995-1996 | Sliders | Screenwriter in 3 episodes Executive script consultant in 8 episodes Producer in 13 episodes |
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| 1998 | The Outer Limits | Story in episode 'In the Zone' | |
| 1999 | Total Recall 2070 | Source material in 22 episodes | |
| 2012 | Star Trek: New Voyages | Director and screenwriter in episode 'The Child' | Fan-series |
| 2014 | The Nature of Things | Story editor in episode 'How to Be a Wild Elephant' | Documentary series |
| 2015 | Diabolical Women | Producer in 3 episodes | |
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