American novelist and screenwriter (1917–1997) who wrote Star Trek's second pilot, Where No Man Has Gone Before, and the first animated episode, Beyond the Farthest Star.
Samuel A. Peeples was an American writer, born in 1917, who made his name with western novels and television westerns. A collector of science fiction, he let Gene Roddenberry consult his library while Star Trek was being planned.
When NBC asked for a second pilot, Peeples's script Where No Man Has Gone Before was chosen for production. It introduced James Kirk as captain and told of Gary Mitchell's transformation at the edge of the galaxy, and its title later became part of the series' opening narration.
Peeples returned to write Beyond the Farthest Star (1973), the first episode of the animated series shown. He died in 1997.