Just don't call them Trekkies. Many fans of the original “Star Trek” series prefer to be called Trekkers, and they know everything about its intricacies. From the shape-shifting creature featured in the first TV episode on Sept. 
8, 1966, to the last episode on June 3, 1969, when Capt. James Tiberius Kirk loses his consciousness to a woman determined to kill him, “Star Trek” has taken its viewers “where no man has gone before” — over and over and over again. Forty-six years after Gene Roddenberry created the original series, here's an update on the original cast members from a franchise now worth billions/Calvin Lawrence Jr., ABC News. More here. (This undated AP/Paramount file photo shows “Star Trek” actors, from left, Leonard Nimoy as Commander Spock, William Shatner as Captain Kirk, DeForest Kelley as Doctor McCoy and James Doohan as Commander Scott)
Question: Are/were you a Trekkie/Trekker?
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