Introduction and hosting by Leonard Nimoy

"Basically this theory stated that if life would develop on other planets it would be of a very similar nature to humans. Now, even though this theory was far fetched it did have a purpose. It allowed us to create stories where the aliens occurred human and we could use existing sets. By in large our viewers accepted this premise. But there was one episode that took the similar world theory to an unlikely extreme: The Omega Glory."

Dorothy Fontana states that show because it was science fiction themes could be tackled on the show which were not possible elsewhere.

Leonard remembers it was painful to play in "The Omega Glory" because it was so heavy handed. He was surprised that it came from Gene Roddenberry. Thinking of "spin offs" Leonard also summarizes that Star Trek had had successful ones. Of planned spin off never spun off: A brand of science fiction and with "The Man from UNCLE" and a little bit of "James Bond", called "Assignment Earth".

Dorothy Fontana shares that she wrote stories that went to the heart. They talk about friendship and loyalty, curiosity, reaching out, patriotism a. o.

Instead of the spin off the third season produced some of the best and the worst episodes of the Original Series. Recalling the unfortunate time slot at 10p.m. on Friday night and the cuttings of the budget Leonard talks about the closing of the Star Trek productions. Only a huge letter writing campaign made a come back possible.