Star Trek started this trend. Then it was Star Wars and we were off. There seems to be no end to the fascination we earthlings have with space travel, exploration, and all things extraterrestrial.
Most of our astronauts say their interest in space exploration was whetted by the television show “Star Trek,” either the original with William Shatner (Captain Kirk) or the “next generation” bunch.
A writer for a more recent televised version of these explorers who “go where no one has ever gone before” has let us in on inside information which I find fascinating.
Over forty years, the six TV series of Star Trek comprise 726 episodes. For the 198 episodes in the series this writer was part of, they employed a total of 155 writers, a staggering number when you stop to think about it. So much for continuity, uniformity, theme development, character consistency.
The fact that some people soak up episode after episode and live and die by this stuff I find amazing. And more than a little depressing.