Today is the 57th anniversary of the broadcast of "The Man Trap," the first regular episode of "Star Trek." In this archival @c11fa870 story, Professor Stephen Benedict Dyson looked at the show's troubled journey to the screen, including a botched pitch by Gene Roddenberry, a rejected pilot, script problems and high production costs.

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