
NBC executives, however, demanded the character be cut because they said audience members could not relate to such a powerful woman character. Gene Roddenberry initially cast girlfriend (and later wife) Majel Barrett as Captain Pike’s “Number One” (first officer) in the series first pilot.The Star Trek franchise includes six series: T he Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise, totaling 726 episodes.The film has earned high critical praise and has grossed more revenue than all previous Star Trek films.
CHRISTOPHER PIKE MIND MELD SPOCK MOVIE
The popular 2009 Star Trek (“Reboot”) movie is the eleventh film in the Star Trek franchise.Star Trek: TNG had the highest ratings of any Star Trek series.Scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory wore “Spock ears” while monitoring the Mariner V on its October 1967 fly-by of Venus.The show was a way for its creator Eugene Wesley “Gene” Roddenbery (1921-1991) to comment on contemporary issues through the guise of science fiction.d

Star Trek: TOS aired from September 8, 1966, to September 2, 1969.The original Star Trek series was originally marketed as “Wagon Train to the Stars,” after the popular 1957 western, "Wagon Train.".

It then gained immense popularity in syndication. The series was finally canceled in its third season, after 79 episodes.

