 There are incalculable web sites
dedicated to Star Trek, packed with numerous images,
facts and er, stuff all about the stars, the show and
even the starship Enterprise.I can not even attempt to
compete with such dedication and I can only say that to
me, Star Tek is the ultimate in science fiction campness.
To parody Star Trek would be futile ( strength is
irrelevant! ) as it had its own distinct sense of humour
anyway.
 The show
also boasted some ground breaking drama for a science
fiction show, the first televised inter racial kiss by
Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura was thought very
provocative even in the so-called swinging sixties. There
wear also some very interesting parables in the various
episodes, dealing with such diverse things as racial
stereotypes, ( for the aliens ), intense drama and, as
stated before, camp humour.
The show in reality, derives much of its strength
for the use of archetypes. The crew of the Enterprise are
like a futuristic saga of heroism from the ancient myths
of the Odyssey or the Argonauts. As the viewer got to
know more about the complexities of there crew, one
obtain an empathy with their characteristics.
The crew encountered bizarre aliens, strange worlds,
beautiful women, in a sense it had everything. OK so the
scripts may a bit corny by today's standards and the sets
and props looked like they were made in some old blokes
garage, ( heck, they probably were! ) but 'Trek remains
to this one day one of the most fanatically adored piece
of twentieth century fiction.
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