On This Day In History...... 1966... Fascinating!

ToraToraTora | 08:08 Fri 08th Sep 2023 | Film, Media & TV

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The first episode of Star Trek was aired on US TV.
Did you know? Kirk was not in the pilot, the Capt was Christopher Pike, played by Jeffrey Hunter, also famous for playing Jesus in King of Kings (1961).
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The Builder

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There's a site in Iowa marked by a plaque ........ "Future birthplace of Captain James T Kirk March 22, 2228"

12:26 Fri 08th Sep 2023

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ClareTG0ld

A fun piece of trivia that builds on this is that the first episode to air, "The Man Trap", was neither the pilot with Captain Pike ("The Cage"), nor the second pilot with Kirk ("Where No Man Has Gone Before"). That second pilot became the third episode to air (on September 22nd), while "The Cage" was only available in full from the mid 1980s (1986 on VHS, 1988 on TV). Much of that episode did get released earlier, in the two-parter "The Menagerie" on November 17th/24th 1966, but as I say wasn't available in full for another 20 years.

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further... originally No1 was Majel Barrett later Nurse Chapell and Lwaxana Troi in STNG and also the voice of the computer in both TOS and STNG! When Spock became no 1 he was never referred to as such.

Mozz71

And now, of course, Christopher Pike is the captain of the Enterprise in the new Star Trek series, Strange New Worlds.

And it's really good.

bednobs

is that still just on paramount mozz?

Mozz71

I think so Bebnobs. I stream it on a different site though, called Solar Movies.

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After the Pilot GR thought that the whole No1 and Spock dynamic didn't really work. Nimoy talks about this is his book (I am spock)...after much soul searching GR said "I promoted Spock and married no 1!" Later Majel of course became Nurse Chapel.

dave50

Did you notice that spok was a very emotional character on that first episode?

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Yes dave that was another change that nimoy talks about in his book. At this stage GR was still refining the characters and decided that Spock would be better as we know him today mainly unemotional but occasionally beset with emotional episodes as in "Amok Time".

Dagman

In the original Halloween movie, Michael Myers mask was a William Shatner ( captain Kirk) mask!

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Yes Dagman I was aware of that very interesting.

Dagman

If memory serves, I think the interracial kiss, between Kirk and Uhura was the first ever televised?

The Builder

There's a site in Iowa marked by a plaque ........

"Future birthplace of Captain James T Kirk March 22, 2228"

naomi24

^That's brilliant, builder. Love it. :o)

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Dagman, no, that is a common belief (Plato's Children) but there was one in a scene on the Ed sullivan show in 1958 when, Ironically it was William Shatner who kissed France Nuyen in a Scene from the world of Suzie Wong.

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Builder, no, I didn't know that, fantastic.