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'Star Trek': 25 Enterprise Milestones

From William Shatner's suave debut to Tribblemania, Ricardo Montalban to Whoopi Goldberg, a look at the franchise's 43-year space odyssey
By Adam B. Vary Updated May 06, 2009 at 08:50 PM EDT
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Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, ... | ''A Wagon Train to the stars.'' That's how Gene Roddenberry pitched Star Trek to TV execs in 1964. But though his hero, Capt. James T.…
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''A Wagon Train to the stars.'' That's how Gene Roddenberry pitched Star Trek to TV execs in 1964. But though his hero, Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner), was a classic space cowboy it was clear right away that Roddenberry had more on his mind than laser shoot-outs. Set in the 23rd century, Trek dared to imagine a future in which the human race had evolved in perfect harmony. Such optimism had obvious appeal in an era of anxiety and unrest. But Trek wasn't just about escapism — it gave viewers a fresh perspective on their own world, with morality plays that were thinly veiled versions of 20th-century Earth problems. Echoes of Trek can be found in every corner of our culture: Witness NASA naming a space shuttle Enterprise. Star Trek didn't just show us the future — it fashioned our future in its image.

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Ricardo Montalban | STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982) Credited with saving the Star Trek film series and beginning the odd-number curse (the idea that, generally,…
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