As a recovering Trekker (at least until the new movie comes out next summer when I am sure to relapse), I find it worth noting that Star Trek, the classic science fiction television show now known as “The Original Series”, first aired on NBC on September 8, 1966, forty-two years ago today. The show lasted only three seasons and seventy-nine episodes, but its popularity with fans spawned five more television series (including the animated one), eleven feature films, hundreds of novels, and countless merchandise.
Live long and prosper, indeed.
Link: Gizmodo
