Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than a redo, that second pilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” was a recalibration. Gene Roddenberry and his team took a ...

A sexist mandate from NBC in 1965 forced Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry to drop the character of Number One, a female first officer played by Majel Barrett, from the original pilot. This change ...

To offer a little history: back in 1964, Gene Roddenberry sent a long pitch packet to Desilu — the studio founded by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz — explaining exactly what "Star Trek" was to be. The ...

In television, failure is usually final. A pilot doesn't connect, a network loses confidence and a project quietly disappears. But in 1965, something highly unusual happened to Star Trek. After ...