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Disliking arguments with Campbell over editorial decisions, after 1950 Sturgeon only published one story in ''Astounding''.<ref name="latham2009">{{Cite book |title=The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction |last=Latham |first=Rob |publisher=Routledge |year=2009 |isbn=9781135228361 |editor-last=Bould |editor-first=Mark |pages=80–89 |chapter=Fiction, 1950-1963 |editor-last2=Butler |editor-first2=Andrew M. |editor-last3=Roberts |editor-first3=Adam |editor-last4=Vint |editor-first4=Sherryl |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y7CNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA80}}</ref> Sturgeon wrote the screenplays for the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' episodes "[[Shore Leave (Star Trek)|Shore Leave]]" (1966) and "[[Amok Time]]" (1967, written up and published as a [[Bantam Books]] "Star Trek Fotonovel" in 1978).<ref name=isfdb/> The latter featured the first appearance of [[pon farr]], the [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcan]] mating ritual, the sentence "Live long and prosper"<ref name=IAS_67>Nimoy (1995), p. 67.</ref> and the [[Vulcan salute|Vulcan hand symbol]]. Sturgeon also wrote several ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' scripts that were never produced. One of these first introduced the [[Prime Directive]].
He also wrote an episode of the Saturday morning show ''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]'', "[[The Pylon Express]]", in 1975. Two of Sturgeon's stories were adapted for ''[[The New Twilight Zone]]''. One, "[[A Saucer of Loneliness]]", was broadcast in 1986 and was dedicated to his memory. Another short story, "Yesterday was Monday", was the inspiration for ''The New Twilight Zone'' episode "[[A Matter of Minutes]]". His 1944 novella "[[Killdozer! (story)|Killdozer!]]" was the inspiration for the
Sturgeon published the "first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, '[[The World Well Lost]]' [June 1953] and 'Affair With a Green Monkey' [May 1957]",<ref>Duncan, David D.(1979). [http://www.physics.emory.edu/faculty/weeks//misc/duncan.html "The Push from Within: The Extrapolative Ability of Theodore Sturgeon"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019010650/http://www.physics.emory.edu/faculty/weeks//misc/duncan.html |date=10-19-19}}. First published 1979, print. Retrieved 2020-03-20.<br> Quote: "first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, 'The World Well Lost' and 'Affair With a Green Monkey'"</ref> and sometimes put gay [[subtext]] in his work, such as the back-rub scene in "Shore Leave",<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hageman|first1=Andrew|title=A generic correspondence: Sturgeon–Roddenberry letters on sf, sex, sales and ''Star Trek''|journal=Science Fiction Film & Television|date=2016|volume=9|issue=3|pages=473–478|doi=10.3828/sfftv.2016.9.15|doi-access=free}}</ref> or in his Western story, "Scars".<ref name="UW pg. 203">{{cite book|first1=Eric|last1=Garber|first2=Lyn|last2=Paleo|title=Uranian Worlds: A Guide to Alternative Sexuality in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror|edition=2nd|page=[https://archive.org/details/uranianworldsgui0000garb/page/203/mode/2up?q=Scars 203]|url=https://archive.org/details/uranianworldsgui0000garb|url-access=registration|location=Boston|publisher=G K HallA|year=1990|isbn=0-8161-1832-9<!-- printed without leading 0-->}}</ref>
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