David Gerrold

David Gerrold is a science fiction writer who contributed to The Real Ghostbusters. He wrote two episodes of the series, "The Hole in the Wall Gang" and "Adventures in Slime and Space", and later recorded an introduction for one episode that appears on The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection DVD box set.

Work on The Real Ghostbusters

Both of Gerrold's episodes aired during the show's second season in 1987. They carry the writing influences he was known for, leaning on horror and science fiction touchstones rather than straightforward monster-of-the-week plots.

"Adventures in Slime and Space" first aired on September 15, 1987. After Slimer passes through one of Egon's inventions, he splits into thousands of tiny Slimers that coat New York City in green goo, and the Ghostbusters' attempt to reverse the process produces a single giant, hostile Slimer. In the DVD commentary, Gerrold noted he drew inspiration for the episode from "More Tribbles, More Troubles," an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series that he also wrote.

"The Hole in the Wall Gang" first aired on October 21, 1987. The Ghostbusters take a case at the mansion of cheese magnate Charles Von Limburger, where every hole in a wall becomes an opening for a ghost, and the bigger the hole, the bigger the ghost.¹ In his episode introduction on the Complete Collection set, Gerrold said the episode was inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and folds in many references to Lovecraft's work; the case is set in Arkham, the fictional Massachusetts town from the Lovecraft Country mythos.