Author: Michael Goot / Source: Glens Falls Post-Star
However, for actor William Shatner — who portrayed James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise, in the Star Trek franchise — stepping on the bridge of the Star Trek: Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga was like coming home.
William Shatner talks about what it is like to set foot on the bridge of the replica Enterprise at the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour on Friday.
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“This set is exactly the way it was 50-odd years ago and it’s like coming back to a house that you might have been born in, and you go look around and you see it’s bigger and smaller than I remember and yet it’s the same,” he said. “If you’re interested in Star Trek, this is extraordinary.”
Shatner met with fans and signed autographs at the Captain on the Bridge event on Friday and Saturday.
Shatner recalled the laughs and mishaps on the set of the original television series “Star Trek,” which ran from 1966 to 1969 and continued onto a series of movies.
One such mishap involved the doors to the turbo lift, which was the futuristic elevator. On TV, they appeared to effortlessly swish open when people approached.
“He’d be so bored by the time the scene was over and I was going to make an exit, he’d either gone or fallen asleep and I’d hit the door,” he said.
William Shatner talks about how nobody would have thought people are still talking about Star Trek nearly 50 years after the original series cancellation. pic.twitter.com/BLCNappVOB
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“You would have been judged nuts,” he said.
Okuda said James Cawley, a Ticonderoga native and professional Elvis impersonator, did a meticulous job in using the blueprints to recreate the set of the original series. While some people may call the original…
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