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April 21st 2015

10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About… Star Trek!

Calling all you Star Trek fans!! We've just drummed up a little treat for you to get stuck into!

Like many fans in the land, we LOVE getting to dig our way into the weird and wonderful worlds of some of our very favourite movies and TV shows which is why we've been busting out some amazing 10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About… posts over our long and varied blogging career.

Well! Inspired by some of our very latest Star Trek T-Shirts, we decided to crack on with some serious research and share some of our latest discoveries of this iconic series with you guys.

Sit back and enjoy our 10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About… Star Trek!

1 - The late Leonard Nimoy is the only actor to appear in all 80s episodes (including the pilot!) of the original series. Legend!

2 - The actor who played "Scotty" James Doohan took part in D-Day during WW2....and was shot six times by 'friendly' fire! Although often covered, you can sometimes spot his missing finger which was a sad result of his wounds.

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