5 Fun Facts about Star Trek's Spock
1. Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry and first aired in the United States in 1966. At the time, it wasn't greatly popular, and it was expensive to make, so the studio cancelled it after only 3 seasons. It was brought back in 1979 for one of the worst Star Trek movies ever to be made. The actual worst Star Trek Movie is, of course, Star Trek 5, The Final Frontier. It was directed by William-My-Captain-My-Captain-Shatner, which kinda explains why it was rubbish. Sorry, Just had to get that off my chest. Back to the Spock fact: NBC, the studio which made Star Trek, actually told its creator, Gene Roddenberry, to get rid of the pointy-eared guy. Roddenberry refused and the pointy-eared guy became the icon we know as Spock. 2. The Vulcan hand gesture made famous by Spock, used as a greeting much like humans would shake hands, and also whenever Spock said, "Live long and prosper," or, "Have you seen my ...