Subj : Re: Star Trek TV is 39 years old today!
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos,alt.startrek
From : ToolPackinMama
Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 23:57:31

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

The Merry Piper wrote:

> And yet, Spock is the favorite character of many fans of the show.

He was my favorite character (at that time), and IMHO most original 
Trekkies loved him the best.  There was (as I recall) a huge and very 
vocal SPOCK fan base, that eclipsed fandoms for the other characters at 
that time - and it caused some anxiety among other TOS castmembers, 
particularly Shatner, who understandably saw himself as the proper star 
of the show.

Nobody forsaw or could have predicted the Spock phenomenon, but that guy 
really struck a chord at the time.  We were all effected by it.  It was 
HUGE.

Now that some time has mellowed us all, Spock takes his proper place as 
a member of the crew, as originally intended.  BUT at the time when it 
was all new, he loomed especially large.  That effect has passed, but 
his historical prominence during that era must be remembered if we are 
to remember ST's initial impact properly.

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