American television writer (1923–2008) who created the Romulans in Balance of Terror and the playful, all-powerful Trelane in The Squire of Gothos.
Paul Schneider was an American television writer, born in 1923, who contributed two of the most influential scripts of Star Trek's first season.
Balance of Terror (1966), modelled on submarine warfare films, introduced the Romulans, their kinship with the Vulcans, the Neutral Zone and the cloaking device, and gave the series one of its most sympathetic enemy commanders. The Squire of Gothos (1967) presented Trelane, a seemingly omnipotent being who treats the crew as toys and proves to be a child.
Schneider later wrote The Terratin Incident (1973) for the animated series, in which the Enterprise crew are shrunk to a tiny size. He died in 2008.