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Let @trekfactcheck, @8bit_maurice and @ryantriddle be your guides through the production of the original STAR TREK and its place in TV history. We cite sources!
Jul 31, 2022 8 tweets 10 min read
#RIPNichelleNichols . Over the past years we've collected a ton of newspaper and magazine clippings about her life. In her memory we'll share some of those today. #nichellenichols #StarTrek @NichelleIsUhura #RIPNichelleNichols . Over the past years we've collected a ton of newspaper and magazine clippings about her life. In her memory we'll share some of those today. #nichellenichols #StarTrek @NichelleIsUhura
May 18, 2020 69 tweets 45 min read
WHAT IN THE FLYING A!? Over the years, many assumptions have been made about the various #Starfleet insignia worn on the original #StarTrek and beyond thru to #StarTrekSNW . Follow Us as we take a deep dive into the show’s most distinctive emblems and the intentions behind them. Image It begins with Gene #Roddenberry wanting #StarTrek to have a “distinctive emblem,” something immediately identifiable & also with merchandising potential. Here’s a memo he sent to art director Pato Guzman about the emblem on August 10, 1964 (during pre-production on pilot #1). Image