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Series of star trek8/6/2023 ![]() Number One was supposed to be calm, cool, mysterious and almost emotionless (traits that got passed along to the show’s eventual First Officer) with a knowledge of the ship’s workings that surpassed that of her captain’s. Roddenberry wrote the part of Number One, the ship’s Executive Officer, for his then-mistress (and later wife) Majel Barrett. Subscribe The First Officer: from Number One and Mr. April, described by the producer as “lean and capable both mentally and physically” and a “colorfully complex personality … capable of action and decision which can verge on the heroic.” Yet Roddenberry’s commanding officer was also fighting “a continual battle with self-doubt and the loneliness of command.” ![]() Roddenberry’s first captain of the Yorktown was named Robert M. And, of course, the name Yorktown was changed to Enterprise - although ships called the Yorktown were part of Trek shows for years after that (and, most recently, appeared as a starbase in Star Trek Beyond). Read more: Everything You Need to Know About Star Trek: Discovery Season 3Īs the show progressed closer to production, some of those figures changed: the crew complement expanded to more than double the original number (around 430, give or take a couple), while the craft itself was enlarged to a Constitution or “heavy cruiser”/starship class, able to travel at multiple “warps” that took it well past the speed of light. 73 light years per hour and manned by a crew of 203. Roddenberry’s 23 rd century version was described as a 190,000-ton “cruiser class” ship, capable of traveling. ![]() Yorktown, a name that goes as far back as 1839 in the United States Navy. The space-faring vessel in Roddenberry’s original pitch was called the U.S.S. And it all started with Desilu Productions - and a forward-thinking exec named Herb Solow - giving Roddenberry a production deal to develop his show in April of 1964. How much of that first proposal changed and/or made it to the screen by the time premiere episode “The Man Trap” aired that first week of September 1966? Let’s take a look at some of the major elements… The Ship: from the U.S.S. This brief written proposal was the basis of all that would follow over the five decades since.
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