The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.

I made a promise to myself that I would try to introduce something unexpected in every single episode of the series. It was largely to amuse myself as much as anything. I didn't ever want the audience to feel that they knew everything.

The people who could do most to improve the situation of so many women and children are in fact, men.

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have been entirely based on concepts raised by Star Trek.

The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.

Creating a believable world on the ship was very important, and technically they got better and better and better at showing the ship too.

Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world. It's been hard on me because flying the Enterprise for seven years in Star Trek and sitting in Cerebro in X-men has led people to believe that I know what I'm talking about. But I'm still trying to work out how to operate the air conditioning unit on my car.