I'd been an Army bomber pilot and fascinated by the Navy and, particularly, the story of the Enterprise, which at Midway really turned the tide in the whole war in our favor. I'd always been proud of that ship and wanted to use the name.
When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three-dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that.
These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission... to boldly go where no man has gone before.
To cast Mr. Spock, I made a phone call to Leonard, and he came in. That was it.
When they put out the sales brochure when we eventually went to series, they carefully rounded Spock's ears and made him look human so he wouldn't scare off potential advertisers.
No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids - human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard.
