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Star Trek: The True Story
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Star Trek: The True Story

2013-01-05 · 44 min · ★ 1.0

Documentary · History · Fantasy

Documentary covering the current state of both the theoretical and practical development of the various scientific basic principles that served, as per Gene Roddenberry's dictum, as a believable basis at the time for The Original Series. Several real-world scientists are interviewed, not a few of them unabashedly admitting they went into their chosen field of profession because of Star Trek: The Original Series.

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Phil Stebbing
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Leonard NimoyLeonard NimoySelf
Eugene RoddenberryEugene RoddenberrySelf
Herbert F. SolowHerbert F. SolowSelf
André BormanisAndré BormanisSelf
Ed CampionSelf
David Allen BatchelorSelf
Jeffrey S. HangstSelf
David HayesSelf
Bjo TrimbleSelf
Michael O'ConnorSelf
John TrimbleSelf
Anthony AtalaSelf
Lynn McCaneSelf
Jonathan WolpawSelf
Bruce DuncanSelf

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