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From: recko@haydn.DEC (Tim Recko LTN1-2/B17, 617/486-6220  DTN 229)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: ST pilots
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 11:28:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 11:28:26 1985
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>Subject: Re: ST pilots
>Posted: Tue Aug  6 09:03:50 1985
> 
> When I saw Roddenberry in St. Louis (~ 9 yrs. ago), he showed a b&w print
> of "The Cage", explaining that the original color print had been destroyed.
> 
> He also said that he had planned to have the characters of Number One
> and Spock in the series; but that the NBC execs told him, in effect, that
> he couldn't have both an alien AND a woman as major characters in the show!! 
> Consequently, he bestowed Number One's rank and personality traits on Spock.
> 
>---
>  K. Bellar   WB0SJP		Teltone Corp.
>  uw-beaver!tikal!kirk		Kirkland, Wa. USA  (206) 827-9626

when i saw gene r., he mentioned that since he could not hold on to both
characters, he decided to save spock, and marry Majel Barrett, the actress
who played number one; obviously something he could not do the other
way around!

	tr (tim recko, DEC-Littleton, MA)


Posted:	Mon 12-Aug-1985 11:25 EDT
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