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Read NBC’s promo booklet for its new show

Sulu gets to override Kirk. The Enterprise serves crappy coffee. And pointed ears? What pointed ears?
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Look to 1950s sci-fi to appreciate the genius of Gene Roddenberry

A Clifford D. Simak story from the decade before The Cage shows how much Star Trek differed from popular tales of the time.
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Enjoy vintage 1960s commercials

Rewind to the TV promos that helped launch Star Trek — and wonder why NBC showed The Man Trap on Sept. 8 but called Sept. 15 the show’s premiere.
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The script said Lincoln bounced down the cliff. Matt Jefferies was all in

The death scene we saw on TV was fairly tame. Check out the original idea.
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The best part of The Enemy Within came from Roddenberry

Richard Matheson’s story was good. Gene Roddenberry made it great.
