Thursday, October 08, 2015

So It Begins

October 8, 1966, the first episode of Star Trek is aired on NBC


Starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)


8 comments:

Blue Witch said...

How many of that original crew line up are still alive?

la peregrina said...

Only three: Captain Kirk (William Shatner); Chief Communications Officer, Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols); and helmsman, Lt. Sulu (George Takei).

Blue Witch said...

Gosh. Did you know that are did you have to look it up?

la peregrina said...

I knew Shanter, Nichols and Takei were alive but had to check on the others.

Shanter does Priceline.com TV commericals:
https://youtu.be/o5-XidvLF_Y

Nichols just flew in sub-space
http://www.themarysue.com/nichols-in-spaaaace/

And Takei is big on facebook with 9,011,606 likes:
https://www.facebook.com/georgehtakei

Blue Witch said...

You can't have your 'I'm a Star Trekkie' badge quite yet then :)

Ah, the future after Star Trek.

Fresca said...

Walter Koenig (Chekov) is still alive too!

[Hi--we haven't met--I'm just a fan of Star Trek (and many other things) leapfrogging around Blogger.)

Fresca said...

P.S. Oh, yes---and I walked to Santiago too (twice, actually---in 2001 and 2011). Ultreia!

la peregrina said...

Hi, Fresca, I did not know Walter Koenig was alive. I guess I haven't earned my Star Trek badge. ;)

Congratulations on walking the Camino twice. I was there in 2001, too, and I envy you since I dream of going back.