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Let Michael Kmet, Maurice Molyneaux, & associates be your guides to the production of the original STAR TREK and its place in TV history. We. Cite. Sources!

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FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· 3d

More serious business at #STLV.

Fan costumed as Apollo’s starship-grabbing hand.

Fans dressed as Kirk and Spock in Star Trek I, each with an inflatable humpback.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· 4d

#STLV Fact Trekker Maurice w/@davidtilotta.bsky.social … again. 🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻

Maurice Molyneaux of Fact Trek w/David Tilotta at the Rio in Vegas for the STLV convention.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· 5d

#STLV August 5. 1. Fact Trekker Maurice w/ @davidtilotta.bsky.social 2. The OG U.S.S. Enterprise built by Richard Datin. 3. Meeting a very "expendable" redshirt. 4. Maurice is an Old Fashioned kinda guy.

Maurice Molyneaux of Fact Trek with David Tilotta, co-author of Star Trek Lost Scenes and Star Trek Lost History, at STLV 2026.

The OG Enterprise model by Richard Datin, at STLV 2026.

Meeting a very expendable redshirt at STLV 2026.

Maurice is an Old Fashioned guy, at STLV 2026.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· 10d

DID YOU KNOW the iconic Klingon emblem was envisaged by Matt Jefferies as the Klingon Fleet emblem, and pointed to the side rather than up? It appears that way in "Elaan of Troyius" and on the battlecruiser miniature. #StarTrek60

Matt Jefferies' drawing of the "Klingon Fleet emblem," ca. 1968.

The "Klingon Fleet emblem" makes its first clear appearance in "Elaan of Troyius," in its original right-facing orientation.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Jun 17

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle… Images: kustomrama.com/wiki/Reactor

The Reactor show car visits a strange new world with a strangely dressed woman.

The Reactor appeared in several television series. In 1967 it appeared as the Reactor Mach II in a Bewitched episode called "Supercar".

William Shatner in Captain Kirk garb seated on a front wheel of the Reactor, ca. 1967.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Jun 17

Take a memo… Top of the first page of a memo from Gene Roddenberry to Fred Freiberger, ccing Bob Justman and Arthur Singer, on the subject of the script for "The Last Gunfight" (renamed "Spectre of the Gun") by Lee Cronin (pseudonym of Gene L. Coon), dated May 15, 1968.

Top of the first page of a memo from Gene Roddenberry to Fred Freiberger, ccing Bob Justman and Arthur Singer, on the subject of the script for "The Last Gunfight" (renamed "Spectre of the Gun") by Lee Cronin (pseudonym of Gene L. Coon), dated May 15, 1968.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· May 31

Tonight’s Fact Trek bedtime reading material from 1959.

Cover of the 1959 “Occasional Paper” titled “Taste and the Censor In Television” by Charles Winick.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· May 31

Be glad it never got beyond the "springboard" phase.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· May 29

From the July 18, 1968 De Forest Research report on "In Essence—Nothing" aka "The Tholian Web". "Sigh" indeed! #StarTrekExcerpt

Excerpt from de Forest Research report, July 18, 1968 on “IN ESSENCE--NOTHING” BY JUDY BURNS AND CHET RICHARDS.
PAGE 57, SCENE 108, COMMENT: EXOBIOLOGY LAB - de Forest Research has fought for this word on several occasions but each time it has been changed to Astrobiology. Must now recommend change to Astrobiology for consistency. (damn)

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Apr 30

Page 3 The Nov-Dec 1977 issues of the Star Trektennial News (aka Inside Star Trek) newsletter where the in-development series is called "Star Trek II". Check out the set photos! #StarTrek

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Apr 27

#OTD 49 years ago, actor/writer Stanley Adams died. Here's an In Memoriam about him from the Inside Star Trek/Star Trek Trektennial News, Vol. III, No. 22- July-August, 1977. If you or someone you know is struggling, in the US call or text the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. #StarTrek

Scanned page from Inside Star Trek/Star Trek Trektennial News, July–August 1977, page 8. The page is titled “IN MEMORIAM” and features a small black-and-white portrait of actor Stanley Adams above the caption “Stanley Adams 1915–1977.” The article notes Adams, remembered by Star Trek fans as Cyrano Jones in “The Trouble With Tribbles,” died April 27, 1977, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The text summarizes his career as a writer and character actor in film, television, and radio, lists several film credits, notes his membership in industry guilds, and mentions surviving family members. A quote from David Gerrold at STARCON ’77 closes the tribute. Red overlay text at the top adds a modern note about the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Apr 26

@williamshatner.bsky.social #WilliamShatner #StarTrek #Batman

Altered title card from the Alexander the Great TV pilot showing the word “ALEXANDER” in large stylized letters over a battlefield scene; the original subtitle is crossed out in red and replaced with “THE PRETTY-GOOD.” A “Shared by Fact Trek” watermark appears in the upper right, with “Altered Screenshot” text at the bottom.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Apr 26

AlexShatner the Great? A big-budget pilot starring William Shatner, Adam West, devised by the creator of Combat! How could that miss? Had it sold, we might never have gotten both actors in the roles that defined their careers. Read the full piece ➡️ www.facttrek.com/blog/alexander

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Apr 2

"It's a faaaake!" AI fuckery fakery is everywhere, like this image we found on an article. Such photo-real nonsense confuses the historical record — caveat emptor. #StarTrek

AI-generated take photo depicting William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy bracketing Lucille Ball. Tells of fakery include Lucy's too small head, Nimoy's face, and incorrect costume details.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Feb 27

#OTD 59 years ago, Broadcasting magazine printed this Sid Hix cartoon playing on the name Uncle Sam & former hit, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which was fading in the ratings & would vanish in less than a year. #StarTrek was a candidate to fill its 1967–68 timeslot, but NBC put Laugh-In there instead.

A Sid Hix cartoon showing a man carrying a briefcase labeled Internal Revenue Dept. speaking to a receptionist at a TV station office. The receptionist looks startled, while in the office the station manager watches nervously from behind his desk. The caption reads, “Just tell him it’s the man from uncle!” Text at bottom right identifies the source as BROADCASTING, February 27, 1967 p116.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Feb 2

When Lt. Uhura appeared in the #StarTrek 1966 debut, she was boldly going where no Black woman had gone before—as a continuing network TV character in an aspirational future where skin color didn’t matter. Learn how this. happened & why it matters ➡️ www.facttrek.com/blog/uhura #BlackHistoryMonth

Nichelle Nichols in a Star Trek publicity photo circa 1966

Charles Washburn and Nichelle Nichols on the Star Trek set circa 1967

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Jan 27

"Mister Spock here. We're intercepting a follow-up message, sir. There are crash survivors on Talos." The gooseneck viewers from the first pilot resemble the 1964 AT&T Picturephone 1, as encountered by the Fact Trek landing party at #SFO. More ➡️ www.facttrek.com/blog/fliptop

"Gooseneck" viewer in the first Star Trek pilot compared to the AT&T Picturephone 1. At over $100 per 10 minutes in inflation-adjusted US Dollars, let’s hope Picturephone rates dropped by the time Spock used it to call Captain Pike.

AT&T Picturephone 1 on display at San Francisco International Airport on January 27, 2026. Photo by Maurice Molyneaux

AT&T Picturephone 1 & 2 on display at San Francisco International Airport on January 27, 2026. Photo by Maurice Molyneaux

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Jan 13

Speaking of #Batman…before it or #StarTrek, #AdamWest played co-star to #WilliamShatner in the very expen$ive TV pilot ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Pencilled into the fall 1964 schedule but dropped in favor of "The Greatest Show On Earth." You can watch the pilot here ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Crc...

Adam West's credit in the title sequence for the 1963-filmed pilot, Alexander the Great.

Show title in the title sequence for the 1963-filmed pilot, Alexander the Great.

Nov. 6, 1963 Variety report of Shatner's on-set injury while filming the 1963-filmed pilot, Alexander the Great.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Dec 25

Have we mentioned that Robert H. "Bob" Justman hated what we now call "small galaxy syndrome"? Well, Dorothy Fontana hated small galaxy syndrome too. From a 1967-06-30 Fontana-penned memo about Sturgeon's "He Walked Among Us"

Typed text excerpt discusses a seemingly small galaxy with fewer than 50 people, noting that Kirk and Spock recognize everyone. Reads: "Scene 31. It is a small galaxy, populated by not more than 50 people. I know this because wherever we go, Kirk and Spock always recognize everybody they meet. If, indeed, they are to recognize Theodore Bayne, we must know why. If we do it this way, we should establish at this point that Bayne, a skilled surgeon, is still quite a bit of a visionary, and something of a crackpot who is know for his wild theories or whatever you will have."

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Dec 16

Additional data point from The Houston Chronicle, September 18, 1967, page 15, mentioning the Spock spoofage.

Excerpt from The Houston Chronicle, September 18, 1967, page 15. Reads: Carol Burnett [COLOR] (9 p.m., Ch. 11) Liza Minelli and busy Sid Caesar help Carol out tonight. Liza sparkles in a medley on time tune and solos; Caesar does a standup bit on growing up, joins Miss Carol in a Ziegfeld Follies take-off, and a spoof on Star Trek and the popular Mr. Spock; and a drowsy Carol tries to stay awake for a sudden interview after taking sleeping pills in the weekly husband-wife routine.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Dec 15

Star Trek's "Turnabout Intruder" was the only first-run episode to air on a Tuesday night. It was summer re-run season. Here's a peek at the Nielsens confirming this.

Clip from the 1968–1969 Nielsen Pocket Pieces showing "Turnabout Intruder" airing on Tuesday, Jan 3, 1969.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Dec 12

We honestly have no idea who made this, but as retro-guys, we decided it was too good not to share. Someone told us it was seen on Threads. If you know who made it or where it was originally posted, let us know! We'd love to give credit where it's due. #StarTrek #AppleII

Altered screenshot from the original Star Trek episode "The Apple" bearing the title "The Apple II" in the series font. Features characters facing a huge Apple II computer with two floppy drives and a monitor standing in for the Vaal "god" computer.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Dec 8

🐋🐋 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was released on VHS home video in the USA just 10 months after its theatrical release, whereas today it can be as little as two from theaters to home. 🏠 📼 And that $29.95 price? It'd be about $85–$90 today! 💸 #StarTrek #VHS #HomeVideo

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Dec 8

#OTD 1979. The Day After TMP's premiere… 1979-12-08, Saturday, Pages A1 & A5 of the Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana. #StarTrek #STTMP

Clipping of the first part of the article. Star Date: 12-7-79, 'Star Trek' arrives by Carolyn Beaver. 1979-12-08, Saturday, page A1 of the Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana.

Clipping of the conclusion of the article, Star Date: 12-7-79, 'Star Trek' arrives by Carolyn Beaver. 1979-12-08, Saturday, page A5 of the Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Nov 28

I still see it on this end, at least on the recommended list, alongside a video.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Nov 25

Introduce yourself with four spaceships. Technically five…

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Nov 4

2️⃣ 📅 On Oct 21, 2025, Supervisor Chan led the SF Board of Supervisors in declaring Oct 22 as Internet Archive Day — a citywide salute to saving the web & preserving knowledge for generations.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Sep 29

#OTD 40 years ago, #MacGyver premiered on ABC-TV. The first episode—"Pilot"— featured a #StarTrek connection, as series star & a guest star made their way through a control room set that is actually a redress of the Star Trek 2/3 torpedo deck (TMP Klingon bridge). #MacGyverDay

Star Trek TMP Klingon bridge/ST2 & 3 torpedo deck sections repurposed for MacGyver. This photo looking up and aft.

Star Trek TMP Klingon bridge/ST2 & 3 torpedo deck sections repurposed for MacGyver. This photo is looking through what had been the lower screen in TMP and the torpedo hatch in the other two films.

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Sep 9

Pamelyn Ferdin shared this photo of the guest cast of "And the Children Shall Lead" on her Facebook page a few weeks ago. Looks like even the Friendly Angel got ice cream that day. SOURCE: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #StarTrekDay #StarTrek @steveshives.bsky.social

FACT TREK 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻@facttrek· Sep 8

59 years ago today Star Trek made its NBC-TV debut. Here are three newspaper clippings from that date. One brief review mentions the paucity of roles for Blacks on TV that season. #StarTrekDay #StarTrek