Kirk, (and more importantly, the Shatner!) and his two best friends: Dr. Now the OG Enterprise crew may not have delivered the best drama with every one of their original 79 missions, but they inspired a generation with their Comic-Con friendly adventures, challenged the way networks can bring science fiction to the masses just as NASA was taking men to the moon, addressed Civil Rights issues with tact, challenged the Vietnam-sensitive time without preaching and laid pop-culture bedrock in the process. In 1966, Gene Roddenberry's warp-fueled vision set the standard for sci-fi TV: Fill your shiny, iconic spaceship with a diverse and complex crew and boldly go on "missions of the week," with some serialized elements. Trek is the reason why so many ship-based sci-fi shows exist.
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