Star Trek TOS Trivia #46

The second season episode 'Patterns Of Force' was aired only once on German TV after which it was prohibited to be broadcast by any German TV station again to this day, because of its Nazi thematics.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #45

William Shatner requested that his name in the opening credits be 10% larger in size than that of his co-stars, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #44

A regular "Star Trek" extra, the tall blond Eddie Paskey played a red-shirted crewman in almost every original series episode for all 3 seasons. He rarely spoke, and was even killed off in the episode "Obsession," but was regularly back on duty for the rest of the series.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #43

Gene Roddenberry created the transporter as an easier (and cheaper) way of getting Enterprise crew members onto a planet's surface, rather than landing the ship on the planet.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #42

Leonard Nimoy's father was a barber and ran a barbershop during the original run of Star Trek. In a mid-1960s interview with 16 Magazine, Nimoy revealed that kids often came in asking for a "Mr. Spock" haircut, not knowing that "Spock's dad" was cutting their hair.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #41

Lloyd Bridges was asked to play Capt. Pike in the original pilot but turned it down believing a science-fiction show would hurt his career. Jeffrey Hunter, who played Capt. Pike, was replaced after his salary demands were deemed to be too high.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #40

The first interracial kiss on television was between William Shatner (Capt. Kirk) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura). It appears in the 3rd season's episode 'Plato's Stepchildren'

which originally aired on November 22, 1968.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #39

Captain James T. Kirk became the youngest Starfleet captain at the age 34.

Star Trek TOS Triva #38

In the episode 'The Trouble With Tribbles,' Spock estimated that there were 1,771,561 tribbles on Space Station K7 at the time they all dropped out of the storage compartment onto Kirk's head.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #37

There are numerous instances where Kirk orders phasers fired, but the animation is shown to the viewer is that of the photon torpedoes being fired.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #36

James Doohan ('Scotty') lost his right middle finger during WWII. Most of his scenes are shot to hide it. In Scenes with a close-up view of Scotty's hands (operating the transporter for example) someone else's hands were always used.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #35

While Gene Roddenberry remained nominally in charge of the series as executive producer, he essentially removed himself from the daily production of the show in its third season.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #34

Martin Landau was originally offered the role of Spock, but declined. This led to the casting of Leonard Nimoy.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #33

Leonard Nimoy's makeup had a faint greenish hue to it, because of his green Vulcan blood. Because the makeup was hand-mixed, the amount of green varied slightly, and in many shots (even close-ups) it's not really visible.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #32

Walter Koenig became the first Star Trek actor to ever write a Star Trek story. It was a script written for 'Star Trek: The Animated Series.' The episode is entitled 'The Infinite Vulcan'.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #31

Two models of the Enterprise were used on the show. One is 3 feet long and the other is 11 feet long.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #30

In the hallways of the Enterprise there are tubes marked GNDN, these initials stand for goes nowhere does nothing.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #29

'Star Trek: The Original Series,' is ranked #1 in TV Guide's list of the '25 Top Cult Shows Ever!'

Star Trek TOS Trivia #28

Even though they played father and son. Mark Lenard (Sarek) was only six years older then Leonard Nimoy (Spock).

Star Trek TOS Trivia #27

The slanting crawlway that leads up to the warp-drive nacelles is referred to as a Jefferies tube. This is a reference to art director Walter M. Jefferies.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #26

Many guest voices were actually supplied by James Doohan, including those of Sargon (Return to Tomorrow), the M-5 and Commodore Enwright (The Ultimate Computer) and a radio announcer (A Piece of the Action).

Star Trek TOS Trivia #25

In the original series, the 'arrowhead' badge worn by the crew of the Enterprise was meant to be an insignia for the Enterprise only. If you'll notice on any guest Starfleet character, they all wear different symbols on their uniforms.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #24

In 1968, Star Trek's most critically acclaimed episode, 'The City on the Edge of Forever,' written by Harlan Ellison, won the prestigious 'Writers Guild of America Award' for Best Original Teleplay.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #23

After the popularity of The Monkees, the producers decided to introduce Ensign Pavel Chekov in the second season in order to attract more teenage viewers, especially girls, to the show. Walter Koenig was selected due to his resemblance to Davy Jones.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #22

Sulu and Uhura didn't have first names in this series. Though, Sulu's was later established as Hikaru in 'Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.' Uhura's was never established in the TV series or on film. In the new prequel movie, 'Star Trek' (2009), Uhura's first name Nyota is finally made official.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #21

Grace Lee Whitney was supposed to be the lead female character, hence her prominent role as Yeoman Janice Rand in the first season. However, the producers let go of the character after the first season.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #20

The deck locations for Captain Kirk's quarters, transporter room, and sickbay vary (usually between decks 4-7) throughout the series.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #19

In several episodes, prop beverage bottles were modified from existing alcohol bottles. Aldeberan Whiskey bottles were Cuervo Gold 1800 Tequila bottles. Bottles used for Saurian Brandy were George Dickel Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey carafes.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #18

On at least two occasions (Miri & City on the Edge of Forever) the exterior Mayberry set from The Andy Griffith Show was used.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #17

The series running I'm a doctor, not a ... gag originated in the comedy film 'The Kennel Murder Case.' The coroner, played by Etienne Girardot, repeatedly claims to be a doctor not a reporter, detective, etc.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #16

The series was created during a time of Cold War politics, and the plots of its episodes occasionally reflected this with spacefaring civilizations, including the Klingons and the Romulans, used to symbolize the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #15

One of the writers, D.C. Fontana, was told to use the initials 'D.C.' by Gene Roddenberry because networks at the time generally wouldn't hire women writers. Her first name is Dorothy.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #14

Leonard Nimoy and Majel Barrett are the only actors to appear in both the first (The Cage) and last (Turnabout Intruder) episodes of the series.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #13

In the first season of 'Star Trek', only William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy had their names appear in the opening credits. It wasn't until the start of the second season that the opening credits were slightly extended to include DeForest Kelley as well.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #12

In many episodes, alien art work and wall hangings were in reality discarded protective Styrofoam shipping box liners from tape recorders used by fellow Desilu/Paramount show 'Mission: Impossible,' spray painted and arranged into various combined forms.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #11

At the time of NASA's first space shuttle launches, Nichelle Nichols was an official spokeswoman for the administration.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #10

The shimmer of the transporter beam was actually a film of aluminum powder being blown into the air by an industrial fan, under a bright spotlight.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #9

Spock's farewell remark 'Live long and prosper' was ranked #5 in TV Guide's list of 'TV's 20 Top Catchphrases.'

Star Trek TOS Trivia #8

Jack Lord was approached for the role of Capt. Kirk, but Lord demanded 50% ownership of the show and was turned down.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #7

According to official blueprints of the Enterprise, published in 1975, among features on the ship that were never mentioned on the TV series were two auxiliary bridges, a second sickbay area, a swimming pool, a garden, and a six-lane bowling alley.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #6

Contrary to popular belief, Captain Kirk never said, Beam me up, Scotty, in any episode.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #5

Scotty's full name is Montgomery Scott. The name was improvised on the spot by James Doohan and Gene Roddenberry: Scott because Roddenberry liked Doohans Scottish brogue, and Montgomery because its Doohans middle name.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #4

Leonard Nimoy (Spock) is the only actor to appear in every episode of the series.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #3

'Shore Leave' is the only episode in which the U.S.S. Enterprise is seen orbiting a planet from right to left.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #2

Chekov's heritage was made Russian to honor the fact that the Soviet Union was the first to enter space.

Star Trek TOS Trivia #1

Mark Lenard was the first actor to play a member of all three of the major alien races: Mark Lenard was the first actor to play a member of all three of the major alien races: vulcan (Spock's father), Romulan (TOS episode: 'Balance of Terror'), and Klingon (the commander of the Klingon attack group at the beginning of 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture'). Vulcan (Spock's father), Romulan (TOS episode: 'Balance of Terror'), and Klingon (the commander of the Klingon attack group at the beginning of 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture').