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Matt Furguson

Philippe Drullet’s “A Thought for the Future.”

Chris Moore.

Yuliya Zabelina

Now, time to sit back and see how many people I pissed off with this update.

The horned, antennaed “space spaniel” from “The Enemy Within.” 

A lot of people point to Lucille Ball as the godmother of Star Trek, but that’s really, really overstating her role and ahistorical. Yes, she approved Trek’s pilot, but she didn’t get involved in production, and in any case, her time with Trek was extremely limited: Desilu was bought out by Gulf + Western production only a short time after Trek began. There are no photos, anecdotes or stories or her visiting the set or reading scripts. Neither Bob Justman or Gene Roddenberry have any stories about Lucille Ball’s involvement or input, no correspondence exists, except for one story: Bob Justman said that Lucille Ball, who was cheated on by her ex-husband Desi Arnaz, had a “morality clause” built into all productions. When Ball found out that the actress who played the first officer from the pilot, Majel Lee Hudec (later Majel Roddenberry) had an affair with the married Gene Roddenberry, she demanded they get rid of her. They were able to sneak Majel back in with a different hair color later on as Christine Chapel, however…and the fact they got away with this shows how involved she really was.

When Dr. Smith met Mr. Spock. Jonathan Harris and Leonard Nimoy. This photo was reportedly taken at the Christmas Parade on Hollywood Boulevard in 1966.

requested by @the-far-bright-center ↳ The Citadel // Twilight Of The Apprentice parallels

Disneyland 1958, via Gorillas Don’t Blog

Just the thought of space is crazy…