Birth of a Timeless Legacy

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Birth of a Timeless Legacy

2004

0h 24m

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William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy some nice thoughts in The Birth of a Timeless Legacy doc, which tells about the way Star Trek came to be.

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John D.F. Black

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Robert H. Justman

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D.C. Fontana

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Sergio Kato

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Gene Roddenberry

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Nichelle Nichols

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Leonard Nimoy

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William Shatner

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George Takei

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