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James Doohan helped develop the phonics for the Klingon language

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In ST II: The Wrath of Khan, Khan tells Chekov (Walter Koenig) that he remembers him despite Koenig not joining the cast until after Khan’s appearance and exile in the episode Space Seed.

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No idea if it’s actually true, but I was told TOS was written such that folks with radios, but not a tv, could listen to the show and follow along without the visuals.

Not sure if it’s true, but it feels true and I’ve repeated it several times.

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The final episode of Star Trek wasn’t broadcast because NBC was doing a memorial retrospective on Eisenhower

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The final episode of Star Trek wasn’t broadcast because NBC was doing a memorial retrospective on Eisenhower

I just did a search. A few months after Eisenhower had died.

I'm surprised NBC still exists. Company's been run by incompetents for most of its existence.

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They suits at NBC didn’t like working with Roddenberry and didn’t like spending so much money on the show.

Also, when pitched the name Lucille Ball thought it was a celebrity travel show.

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Mark Twain was nonchalantly friends with aliens, robots, and time-travellers. Just like Haruhi Suzumiya

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