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Originally Posted by timun
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At first it was only Shatner and Nimoy who received credits in the opening titles. DeForest Kelley's credit as Dr. McCoy was added in the second season.
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But yeah, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei and Walter Koenig's credits only appeared at the end, under a "featuring" or "with" title card and listed among the episode's guest performers. And they didn't get credit in episodes they didn't appear in. (Nor did Kelley in the handful of first-season episodes he didn't appear in.) Doohan and Nichols were in most of them save about 10-15, Takei missed a bunch in the second season due to leaving to film The Green Berets, and Koenig obviously didn't join the cast until the second season but was only in about 3/4 of the episodes from that point onward. Majel Barrett received the same level of credit for her performances as Chapel (for a couple dozen episodes), as did Grace Lee Whitney in the few episodes she appeared in at the beginning of the series (before her character was unceremoniously written out of the show).
We tend to remember the show being more of an ensemble cast, and it still was I think, but Shatner, Nimoy and Kelley were the only "starring" regulars.
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Could you imagine if everyone in this thread just got together and rented out a Bar for a Star Trek Trivia Night?
Serving Romulan Ale and Klingon Blood wine?
They would shut us down.
"Sorry boys (because like there would be any women) but sorry boys, this is just...this is too much. Move along."
I dont know who 'they' might be, whether its the Police or some independent service our wives hired, but 'they' would shut us right the hell down.