♦ September 8, 1966:
The day Star Trek premiered on television. Star Trek is an American science
fiction entertainment franchise which was created by Gene Roddenberry and was a
way for him to comment on contemporary issues. This TV series, pegged as the
“original series,” ran for three seasons on NBC. It followed the adventures of
James T. Kirk and the crew of the starship, Enterprise, an exploration vessel
of a 23rd century interstellar “United Federation of Planets.”
Roddenberry’s inspiration for Star Trek was the Westerns, such as Wagon Train,
Horatio Hornblower, and Gulliver’s Travels.
- en.wikipedia.org
♦ One-piece spandex:
The Next Generation’s Uniforms. In the first two seasons of Star Trek, the Next
Generation, the uniforms worn are extremely tight, and in fact, were made of
one-piece spandex. To make matters worse, the suits were intentionally sized
too small so that they’d stretch extremely tightly over the actor’s bodies and
not have any wrinkles. The actor’s despised them, and eventually, Patrick
Stewart’s chiropractor told him that if he kept wearing the uniform, it would
cause real and possibly permanent damage to his spine. This is why in season
three, the uniforms were switched to being two-piece, less form fitting, and
made of wool. However, some still stuck with the normal uniform choice.
- todayifoundout.com
♦ Spock: The
character who went through some changes to land on his final persona.
Originally, Gene Roddenberry and friends wanted Spock’s skin to be a dark red,
or (at least) have a red tint. This idea was abandoned when they realized that
on black-and-white TVs, his skin would look black instead of red. Eventually, a
decision was made to make Spock’s skin a yellow-tint. Not only was Spock’s skin
color a change, but also the way he ate. Spock was originally not supposed to
eat or drink anything. Instead, he had a plate in the middle of his stomach,
and he fed off any energy that struck this special plate.
- io9.com
♦ PADDs: The
wafer-thin computers known as Personal Access Display Devices. Star Trek
inspired many of the big names of Silicon Valley, who were fascinated by how
the computers aboard the Enterprise worked. These PADDs were handheld and later
went on to inspire the palm-top computer and also the iPad. These PADDs aboard
the Enterprise came in various sizes. Also, the invention of flip phones was
influenced by Captain Kirk’s communicator.
- scifilists.com
♦ “Beam me up,
Scotty”: The infamous phrase “supposedly” said by Captain Kirk. This popular
quote was, in fact, never said by Kirk, and is one of today’s most popular Star
Trek phrases. However, Kirk says many similar lines throughout the series –
“Scotty, beam us up,” “Beam me up,” “Scotty, beam me up,” “Beam them out of
there, Scotty,” etc. The closest to the infamous saying came during the
animated spin-off Star Trek: The Animated
Series: The Lorelei Signal, when Kirk said “Beam us up, Scotty.”
- imdb.com
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