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40 More Star ek Trivia More Star T Tr rek Trivia 40 MORE STAR TREK sickbay area, a swimming pool, a garden, and a Leonard Nimoy and Majel Barrett are the only MORE STAR TREK actors to appear in both the first ("The Cage") six-lane bowling alley. This last item, no doubt TRIVIA! included in the blueprints as a joke, is the and last ("Turnabout Intruder") episodes of the TRIVIA! earliest known case of humor creeping into the series. Both pilots for "Star Trek" (1966) - "The Cage" background of the show's designs; this would and "Where No Man Has Gone Before" - were become commonplace in the other "Star Trek" The uniforms were color coded to show what the only episodes not filmed at the current-day TV series of the '80s and '90s. division of the ship that the crew member was Paramount Studio lot in Hollywood. They were assigned to. The colors were: gold - command, filmed at the present-day Sony Pictures Culver According to the Hollywood Entertainment navigation, and weaponry; red - engineering, Studios in Culver City, California. Museum, as of fall 2003 only a few pieces of security, and ship's services; and blue - science the original 1960s bridge survive. The museum, and medicine. In practice, the gold uniforms Jerry Goldsmith was Gene Roddenberry's first on Hollywood Blvd., incorporates two original often appeared apple green, which some have choice to write the theme for this series. Years turboshaft doors into its Star Trek display, while attributed to local interference with television later, Goldsmith wrote the theme to Star Trek: a Los Angeles bookstore reportedly owns the signals. However, what actually occurred was The Motion Picture (1979), which later was original captain's chair. that the peculiar green tunic was green, but used for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" under the lights on the set it appeared gold in (1987). After viewing the popularity of characters such most lighting conditions. However, the true as Robin on the _"Batman" (1966/II)_ series color can be seen in Kirk's special "wrap- Victor Lundin appeared in the show "Errand of and shows like "The Monkees" (1966), the around" tunic and to some extent in the special Mercy". Although he did not have a speaking producers decided to introduce Ensign Pavel occasion "dress" uniforms, both of which were part, he was the first Klingon to appear in the Chekov in the second season in order to attract made out of different materials which reflected original series. more teenage viewers, especially girls, to the the light differently. The uniforms were dry- show. 'Walter Koenig' was selected due to his cleaned, but the velour tended to shrink, so they In the hallways of the Enterprise there are tubes resemblance to Davy Jones. had to constantly be altered which is why they marked "GNDN", these initials stand for "goes often looked short on the actors. nowhere does nothing". A bowling alley aboard the USS Enterprise, as shown in the 1975 blueprints, was actually Each starship and starbase had its own insignia, The series' opening credits has lyrics that were mentioned in the episode "The Naked Time. " which was worn on the left breast of the never used (although they were published in the In that episode, Lt. Riley declares that "a formal uniform. The Enterprise's insignia was the now book "The Making of Star Trek", by Stephen J. dance will be held in the bowling alley at 1900 well known boomerang-shaped device. Whitfield). They were written by Gene hours tonight." However, he was also quite Roddenberry so that he would receive a residual delusional, so it's not certain that the bowling Gene Roddenberry originally conceived for the theme's use alongside the theme's alley he spoke of actually existed. Spock's skin color to be red, which would have composer, Alexander Courage. meant extra hours in make-up for Leonard Mr. Spock was played as much more emotional Nimoy. Fortunately for him, an early make-up Actor Mark Lenard, best known for his role as and "human" in the original rejected pilot, "The test showed that the red color merely appeared Sarek, Spock's father, was the first actor to play Cage". This is very noticeable during the as black on black-and-white televisions. Since a member of all three of the major alien races: flashback sequences of the two-part episode, most televisions in the '60s were still black-and- Romulan, Vulcan, and Klingon (he is the "The Menagerie". The flashbacks were simply white, the idea was dropped. commander of the Klingon attack group at the scenes from the original pilot, re-edited into the beginning of Star Trek: The Motion Picture new episodes. According to William Shatner's Star Trek TV (1979). memoirs, DeForest Kelley was the first one Ranked #1 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Top considered for the role of Spock. The slanting crawlway that leads up to the Cult Shows Ever!" (30 May 2004 issue). warp-drive nacelles is referred to as a "Jefferies Two models of the Enterprise were used on the tube." This is a reference to art director Walter The Star Trek Crews from all the "Star Trek" show. One is 3 feet long and the other is 11 feet M. Jefferies. series were ranked #2 in TV Guide's list of the long. "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (1 August 2004 When NBC was promoting "Star Trek" (1966) issue). The creature called the Mugato got its name in magazines, all shots of Spock's pointed because DeForest Kelley kept mispronouncing eyebrows and ears where airbrushed out of the Spock's farewell remark "Live long and its real name, Gumato. pictures because NBC thought that no one prosper" was ranked #5 in TV Guide's list of would watch the show due to Spock's "TV's 20 Top Catchphrases" (21-27 August Leonard Nimoy modeled Spock after George resemblance to the Devil. 2005 issue). Burns and his cigar. George's amused and unflustered acceptances of Gracie Allen's On at least two occasions ("Miri" & "City on the Scotty's full name is Montgomery Scott. The ramblings influenced Spock's interactions with Edge of Forever") the exterior Mayberry set name was improvised on the spot by James Dr. McCoy. from "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960) was Doohan and Gene Roddenberry: 'Scott' because used. In "City," as Kirk walks Edith home, they Roddenberry liked Doohan's Scottish brogue, Leonard Nimoy's makeup had a faint greenish pass by the easily recognizable courthouse, and 'Montgomery' because it's Doohan's middle hue to it, because of his green Vulcan blood. Floyd's barbershop, Emmett's repair shop, and name. Because the makeup was hand-mixed, the the grocery. amount of green varied slightly, and in many The legend that Gene Roddenberry was holding shots (even close-ups) it's not really visible. In several episodes, prop beverage bottles were the sketch of the Enterprise he approved upside- modified from existing alcohol bottles. down is untrue - he was far too involved in the Many "guest" voices were actually supplied by Aldeberan Whiskey bottles were Cuervo Gold design process to make such a mistake. This James Doohan, including those of Sargon 1800 Tequila bottles. Bottles used for Saurian legend likely came to be because on the first run (Return to Tomorrow), the M-5 and Brandy were George Dickel Tennessee Sour of the first TV Guide cover to feature this show, Commodore Enwright (The Ultimate Mash Whiskey carafes. the Enterprise was pictured upside down Computer), Providers 2 and 3 (The Gamesters because of a confused cover editor. of Triskelion), a NASA technician (Assignment: According to official blueprints of the Earth) and a radio announcer (A Piece of the Enterprise, published in 1975, among features Leonard Nimoy (Spock) is the only actor to Action). on the ship that were never mentioned on the appear in every episode of the series. TV series were two auxiliary bridges, a second More StarTrek Trivia in tne next ‘X’ Chronicles