Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Mar 26

Just watched #StarTrek's original pilot, with Capt Pike.

Very interesting, for its time: psychology, sociology, philisophy, fantasy, space all rolled into one. 🤔

Oh, and truly *terrible* makeup & costumes! 🫠

It seems clear to me that Number One (Majel Barrett) was the model for Rebecca Romijn's character, Una Chin-Riley, in SNW.

Majel Barret was synonymous with the franchise: as #1, Nurse Chapel, ship's computer, Lwaxana Troi, & more.

(NBC requested a 2nd pilot, without a female #1. 😲)

Show threadBill Mason 🖖 🎶 📖 🥅Mar 26
@deborahh Number One and Una Chin-Riley are the same character. It just took a few decades before she got an actual name. 🤯
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Mar 26

@billmason no way!
But of course! 🤦‍♀️ I lost track of the timeline.
Thanks!

I have always wondered about Una's stern character.

And: #1 was clearly human (that's why the aluens snatched her), and Una is something else (I forget what). Guess the SNW writers hoped nobody remembered that first pilot!

Show threadBill Mason 🖖 🎶 📖 🥅Mar 26
@deborahh I haven't read all the works involved, but I gather than her name and that she's an Illyrian were suggested in assorted novels, so I guess they decided to build off those to flesh out her background.
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Mar 26
@billmason do you know: did the books precede the pilot? (I always assumed they were derived from the tv series).
Show threadBill Mason 🖖 🎶 📖 🥅
@deborahh They would have come after the pilot. After the whole of TOS was aired and done, for that matter.
Mar 26 at 9:38pmWeb