Whitfield and series creator Gene Roddenberry. As is often the case in television, the transporter was designed for narrative (and budget) convenience. The core premise of "Star Trek" has always ...

Mr. Spock referred to himself as "Second Officer" early in Star Trek: The Original Series, but there are reasons why this ...

But the truth is far more simple: Star Trek: The Original Series is really ... one of Star Trek‘s most reliable plot devices, a transporter malfunction. In this case, the malfunction creates ...