Marc Scott Zicree with George Takei
Guest columnist Marc Scott Zicree shares his thoughts on Star Trek and his original Star Trek New Voyages webisode, "World Enough and Time," which recently won an Online Video Award from TV Guide.
When on September 8, 1966, the NBC network broadcast "The Man Trap" by George Clayton Johnson, the premiere episode of a new series called Star Trek, one thing was certain — television would never be the same.
And neither would I.
I was 11 years old that night, and that was, I think, the pivotal moment when I began the series of decisions that led to my becoming a writer-producer in television, and now a director. But I was hardly alone in being warped and altered (and, I believe, significantly improved) by Star Trek. In 40 years, that number has grown by many millions.
I want to share with you some of my journey from that evening to this one, and those of two o
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