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charonn0@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

For the unfamiliar: As the head of Desilu Productions, she was the one responsible for giving TOS a second pilot.

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Stamets@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Vigorously defended by Solow, and despite the fact that Star Trek series was already ordered by NBC, after the second pilot episode, “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, had been produced, virtually the entire Desilu Board of Directors voted to cancel Star Trek in February 1966 nevertheless, board member Bernard Weitzman being the sole exception. Yet, as Chairwoman of the Board, Lucille Ball had the power to override her board, and this she did with a mere nod of her head towards Solow. “That was all Star Trek needed,” as author Marc Cushman had succinctly put it, “A nod of Lucille Ball.” (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed, pp. 32, 94) One of the nay-sayers on the board, studio accountant Edwin “Ed” Holly, later conceded, “If it were not for Lucy, there would be no ‘Star Trek’ today.”

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- ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  They should name entire systems and fleets of ships to her name in the Trek universe
  
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  - SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    What class would the U.S.S. Ball be?
    
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    ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    “USS Désirée” would sound better … this is her middle name … and it wouldn’t matter what class, just make it a memorable ship that everyone references often just to keep everyone reminded of her contributions to Star Trek
    
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    jawsua@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Battleship, for sure
    
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