The accessory itself also seemed to fade away until it went under the hammer in 2013. The resulting footage has fueled viewers’ anticipation for the upcoming sci-fi series – and sparked a mystery.Īfter “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, the weapon disappeared from the series. Additionally, in 1966, months before the premiere of STAR TREK, network publicists held a photoshoot with Shatner, Nimoy, Grace Lee Whitney, and, unwittingly, the phaser rifle. The episode’s action – illustrated and amplified by the phaser rifle – helped NBC commit to STAR TREK as a series. Kirk used it to weaken his old divine friend, Gary Mitchell, and then to knock over rocks that buried Mitchell in a grave intended for Kirk. In 1965, Klamer designed / created the phaser rifle that Kirk wielded in STAR TREK’s second pilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. However, there is another crucial character, a man rarely mentioned in the same breath as the headliners above, who deserves to be recognized. Gene Roddenberry, Matt Jefferies and Wah Chang take the lion’s share for creating the STAR TREK look and inventing its iconic accessories.
Extract Star Trek – A CelebrationĪfter appearing in the second pilot, one of STAR TREK’s most memorable props faded from view for almost 60 years. Klamer gave, it’s one of the last, and I’m so grateful that we got him and were able to let him comment on his place in the Star phenomenon. He was in poor health, but one good day a few months ago his assistant called me and said he could talk to me. It took me several old-fashioned sleuth weeks to track him down earlier this year. Klamer had it for decades, and he auctioned it off for a small fortune a few years ago. Then the prop was never seen again on the show and it seemed to disappear in a real world setting as well. Klamer’s prop really and really helped convince NBC that Star Trek could provide action in addition to thought-provoking ideas, and so they bet on the show’s resumption. “The story of the phaser rifle fascinated me and I wanted to make sure we included it in TOS – A Celebration. A message from the co-authorĬo-author Ian Spelling said this about the Chapter and Reuben Klamer: We previewed the book last month and today we have a exclusive chapter devoted to the iconic phaser rifle designed by legendary game designer Reuben Klamer, who passed away last week.
Today, Hero Collector is released Star Trek – A Celebration, their new book on the making of Star Trek: The Original Series.
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