Star Trek: The Original Series
One ofStar Trek : The Original Series ' earliest episode bizarrely statesCaptain James T. Kirk ’s ( William Shatner ) name as"James R. Kirk"on his gravestone . Star Trekpremiered on NBC in 1966 with " The Man Trap , " with the second pilot episode produced forStar Trek , " Where No Man Has go Before , " becoming the third episode aired . This was after NBC rejected " The coop , " the first pilot produced forStar Trek , and commission a second with almost an exclusively new cast , led byCaptain Kirk put back Jeffrey Hunter ’s Captain Christopher Pike .
InStar Trek ’s " Where No Man Has Gone Before , " theStarship Enterprise passes through the galactic barrierbordering the known galaxy . Strange vigor within transform Lt . Commander Gary Mitchell ( Gary Lockwood ) and Dr. Elizabeth Dehner ( Sally Kellerman ) into brawny and dangerous psychical beings . Mitchell ’s rapid evolution turns him into a threat , and Captain Kirk decide to trap Gary and Elizabeth on Delta Vega . When Mitchell battles Kirk , he uses his powers to make theCaptain of the Enterprise ’s grave , double-dyed witha tombstone that reads,“James R. Kirk . "
Star Trek Season 1’s Tombstone Was A Production Error
Gene Roddenberry Gave An Explanation For “James R. Kirk”
" James R. Kirk"was simply an early mistake byStar Trek ’s set and airscrew department . " Where No Man Has live Before " was only the second hour ofStar Trekproduced , and Mr. Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) was the onlyStar Trekactor from the original pilot , " The Cage , " to return . Captain Kirk himself was a newfangled case at this decimal point , andthe error of"James R. Kirk"is indicative ofStar Trekfinding its means in its other days . Star Trekwriter and fib editor program D.C. Fontanalater offer an account , as seen inMemory Alpha :
According to D.C. Fontana in the introduction for Star Trek : The Classic Episodes 1 , when the fault was discovered , Gene Roddenberry decide that if pressed for an resolution on the variance , the response was to be " Gary Mitchell had godlike tycoon , but at fundament he was Human . He made a misapprehension . "
Star Trek ’s Laputan creator Gene Roddenberrywaves off"James R. Kirk"as an object lesson of Lt . Commander Gary Mitchell ’s blemished humanity , in - universe . Roddenberry ’s explanation is also fascinating since Mitchell ’s evolution was an influx of psychic power . Yet Gary was still susceptible to human error , such as being false about the middle initial of his best friend , Captain James T. Kirk .
Early Star Trek Episodes Had Many Canon Inconsistencies
Star Trek Was Still Finding Itself In Season 1
When watchingStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 1 , fans must be unforced to assume several errors and mutual exclusiveness in what afterward became establishedStar Trekcanon . Much ofStar Treksprang fully formed from Gene Roddenberry ’s imagination from the get - go , butnumerous facet ofStar Trekwere get and added as the series continued on NBC . For example , Leonard Nimoy gradually invented Spock and the Vulcans ' coherent behavior , and Spock was markedly more excited before Nimoy interlock into Vulcan culture .
Star Trek : The Original Series farm some of the best science fiction TV of all sentence , and the best episodes still arrest up well .
Starfleet uniforms inStar Trek ’s " Where No Man Has Gone Before " are noticeably different , which have its placement as the third episode aired visually awkward . " Starfleet " also was n’t the original name for the Starship Enterprise ’s governing physical structure , and it was referred to by many name like " Space Fleet " and even " United Earth Space Probe Agency . " It was producer Gene L. Coon who create the United Federation of Planets and the Klingons , among numerous other tropes , when he joinedStar Trek .
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Captain Kirk’s Middle Name Was Confirmed In Star Trek VI
Star Trek: The Animated Series Coined “Tiberius”
Captain James T. Kirk ’s middle name was made prescribed canon inStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Countrywhen"James Tiberius Kirk"was spoken aloud by General Chang ( Christopher Plummer ) during Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy ’s ( DeForest Kelley ) Klingon trial . Star Trek : The Animated Seriesoriginally coined " Tiberius " as Kirk ’s halfway name , butStar Trek VIis what made " Tiberius " stick .
Gene Roddenberry count the Saturday morningStar Trekcartoon apocryphal , and " Tiberius " remained unofficial untilStar Trek VIfinalized Kirk ’s midway name .
Star Trek : The Original Seriesseason 2 , episode 8 , " The Changeling " has a subtle nod to"James R. Kirk . “In " The Changeling , " the golem investigation Nomad confuses Captain Kirk with its Divine , Jackson Roykirk ( Marc Daniels ) . The law of similarity between"James R. Kirk"and"Jackson Roykirk"is an ersatz cover for one ofStar Trek : The Original Series ' early visual mistakes .
Kirk’s First Enemy Gary Mitchell Can Return To Star Trek
Will Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Bring Back Gary Mitchell?
Star Trek : Strange New Worldsintroducing the youngerLieutenant James T. Kirk ( Paul Wesley)also mean character from his yesteryear can re-emerge played by someone new , including Gary Mitchell . Star Trek ’s " Where No Man Has Gone Before " establishedKirk and Mitchell were close-fitting protagonist since Starfleet Academy . Kirk making the choice to pop his mentally ill and dangerous psychical ally to save the Starship Enterprise and his own life was the Captain ’s firstStar Trektragedy .
Star Trek : The Original Series introduce several reference from Captain Kirk ’s past , & Strange New Worlds can offer more perceptivity into their stories .
However , Star Trek : Strange New Worldscan re-introduce Gary Mitchell in happy times years before his psychic translation . Perhaps Mitchell is stationed on the USS Farragut , where Kirk is now First Officer . This can set the stage for Kirk bringing Mitchell aboard the enterprisingness when he becomes Captain . Star Trek : Strange New Worldscan also tease apart Mitchell not love or slip about Kirk ’s halfway name being Tiberius , which would set up why he created a"James R. Kirk"tombstone inStar Trek : The Original Series .
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