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Did Captain Kirk Ever Actually Say “Beam Me Up, Scotty” in ‘Star Trek’?
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (265+ words) Way back in 1964, when writer Gene Roddenberry penned his first draft for a new television science fiction series, he could not have imagined the success it would eventually have, nor that, over 60 years later, the Star Trek franchise would still…...