It was 45 years ago today...
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| NBC promo art by Doc Savage artist James Bama |
...that
Star Trek debuted on NBC with the
fifth episode filmed "The Man Trap", chosen by NBC execs because it had a "monster"!
(These were the same network executives who rejected the first pilot "The Cage", because it was "too cerebral"!)
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| "Too cerebral?" Let's watch LOST IN SPACE! |
With five spin-off tv series, eleven movies (and a twelfth in pre-production), innumerable books, comics, toys, and other paraphernalia,
and a still-dedicated (some say
obsessed) fanbase (one of the largest in science fiction/fantasy),
Trek has become a permanent part of pop culture.
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