Star Trek Facts- 1. Spock and Uhura were supposed to have the first interracial kiss on U.S. television. The series will forever go down in history for having the first interracial kiss on American television in 1968. The kiss was between Captain Kirk and Lt. Uhura, but originally the kiss was supposed to be with Spock! But once William Shatner got a whiff that history was going to be made without him, he immediately got it changed.
“Bill Shatner saw what was going on,” Nichelle Nichols said, according to Blastr, “and he said, ‘Woah, if anybody is gonna get to kiss Lieutenant Uhura it’s gonna be me.’ He had the whole thing changed so the first interracial kiss was with Lt. Uhura and Capt. Kirk.” After that it seemed like he was really nervous and wanted to make the scene perfect.
“Bill wanted to rehearse all the time,” continued Nichols. “He said he wanted to get this right! I said to him, ‘It’s right, it’s right.
2. Spock’s skin was originally going to be red
Gene Roddenberry pictured Spock with not only high eyebrows and tapered ears, but also red skin, according to Trek FM. This plan however fell through after screen tests showed that the red came off as jet black with the black and white television. They then made the switch to yellow, which came off as green on the screen.
3. Eddie Murphy turned down a Star Trek role
Paramount offered Murphy a contract to star in a Star Trek movie after his success on Saturday Night Live. Murphy was open about wanting to be a part of the franchise so multiple scripts were drafted, but he wasn’t impressed with what they came up with. He instead starred in The Golden Child, and the writers switched the movie’s tone to be more serious and wrote Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
4. Stephen Hawking is the only person to play himself on Star Trek
The appearance happens in the episode, “Descent” where Data, Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, and Stephen Hawking are playing poker. Hawking is pretty much the jokster while Newton is a total buzz kill.
5. William Shatner has never watched the series
The star of the hit show hasn’t bothered to watch one episode of his work. “I never watched Star Trek,“ the actor said in an interview. “I have not even seen any of the Star Trek movies. I don’t watch myself. When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck.”
6. Gay story lines were reportedly blocked
The sci-fi show repeatedly pushed the envelope on society’s prejudices because the show is supposed to take place in a utopia. However one thing they dropped the ball on was featuring gay characters. This however wasn’t because there wasn’t a demand. Fans did ask for these characters. But executive producer Rick Berman reportedly blocked these stories after they were pitched by writers.
“Berman was ultimately responsible for killing almost every pitch for gay characters,” claimed openly gay writer Andy Mangels, according to Logo, “And in interviews, was mealy-mouthed and waffling about the need for GLBT representation. At the very least, he was gutless and didn’t care about GLBT representation.
7. Zachary Quinto couldn’t do the Vulcan salute
Everyone knows the iconic Vulcan salute, but the latest actor to take on the role just couldn’t really nail it without some tricks. “Zach could do the salute some of the time,” an insider said according to Daily Mail, “but only after he’d positioned his fingers the right way off-camera. They ended up using skin-protective superglue, like they use in hospitals, to stick his fingers together. It was the only way they could make it work.”
8. James Doohan (Scotty) created the Klingon language
The show is notorious for creating an entire language for its fictional Klingon alien species. How this came about was Doohan made the grammar and vocabulary for the language. They then brought in a linguist Mark Okrand to finish up the language.
9. There was a disagreement on set about Vulcans and chest hair
When you create a whole species, you might want to give them specific attributes. Gene Roddenberry decided Vulcans don’t have chest hair so actors would have to manscape. This however was against what was in style at the time so Lawrence Montaigne put up a fight when he got the role for Stonn.
10. Leonard Nimoy created the Vulcan pinch and salute
Not only was the actor the first to bring this character to pop culture, but he also created some of the most iconic aspects of Spock. “The episode was ‘The Enemy Within.’ Kirk was split into two personalities and his evil side was attempting to kill his good side,” Nimoy told Star Trek. “Spock was supposed to sneak up behind the bad guy and hit him on the back of the head with a phaser … Not very Vulcan. So I invented the nerve pinch. The mind meld was a Gene Roddenberry creation, and I added the Vulcan hand salute from my own background.”
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