"Dillon Pyron"  wrote in message 
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> Thus spake "JKconey"  :
>
>>   Wasn't it Roddenberry's wonderful vision of a positive future that made
>>Trek different?
>
> Trek was originally supposed to be a "Wagon Train to the Stars" type
> of show, according to a number of sources, including his biography and
> the official history.
>
> I don't remember why he changed the premise.  But the WTttS concept
> has always stuck in my head.


  He was just using a current hit TV show to explain to the critics what it 
would be like. His vison of a future where there was equality of sex and 
creed, and elimination of crime, was a new concept for sci-fi.


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