A Nixed Idea

Trent C Ganino & Eric Stillwell came up with another story after the success of Yesterday's Enterprise which involved using the Guardian of Forever when Surak, the founder of Vulcan Logic was found murdered. Captain Picard was to convince Sarek to travel back in time to take Surak's place. Michael Piller nixed the idea, calling it a gimmick from Star Trek: The Original Series.