How Lucille Ball Helped Star Trek Become a Cultural Icon
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 2:32 pm
https://www.startrek.com/news/how-lucil ... tural-iconThe journey to get Star Trek: The Original Series on television was a long and arduous one, but series creator Gene Roddenberry had help from an unlikely heroine. Without the help of this woman and her studio, the franchise may have stalled and never seen the light of day. And so, as we spare a thought today for “The Cage,” the original pilot for The Original Series shot on this day in 1964, we must also remember to think fondly of the incomparable Lucille Ball.