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The series has also had a profound impact on modern culture and media. Everyone with any exposure to Western pop culture has heard of the Starship ''Enterprise'', and the series predicted (and possibly inspired) the PC, tablet, automatic doors, cell phones, natural-language AI and more, decades before their invention. Not so incidentally, the first African-American woman in space was inspired to become an astronaut because of [[Nichelle Nichols]]' pioneering role. Also not so incidentally, the space shuttle ''Enterprise'' was named after the iconic starship, as is the first commercial spacecraft. |
The series has also had a profound impact on modern culture and media. Everyone with any exposure to Western pop culture has heard of the Starship ''Enterprise'', and the series predicted (and possibly inspired) the PC, tablet, automatic doors, cell phones, natural-language AI and more, decades before their invention. Not so incidentally, the first African-American woman in space was inspired to become an astronaut because of [[Nichelle Nichols]]' pioneering role. Also not so incidentally, the space shuttle ''Enterprise'' was named after the iconic starship, as is the first commercial spacecraft. |
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And finally, ''[[Star Trek]]'' also gave rise to [[Fandom]] as we know it: when ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' began to pick up steam in syndication, fans organized conventions, wrote fanfic, dressed in costume, and generally made enough noise to keep the franchise going for |
And finally, ''[[Star Trek]]'' also gave rise to [[Fandom]] as we know it: when ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' began to pick up steam in syndication, fans organized conventions, wrote fanfic, dressed in costume, and generally made enough noise to keep the franchise going for {{age|1966|9|8}} years. Every fandom since has grown from that original outpouring of fannish activity and devotion. |
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Television Series in the franchise include: |
Television Series in the franchise include: |
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