Dammit, Jim! It’s a catch-phrase! - VIDEO

July 16th, 2008 | Category: Science Fiction

Having grown up in a Star Trek household from way back, I’m fairly familiar with a lot of the catch phrases from the original series, which ran from 1966 to 1969. Here are six that still construct their way into conversation around here:

1. “Beam me up, Scotty.” Gracing bumper stickers and coffee mugs everywhere, and often followed by “There’s no intelligent life down here,” that is likely the most recognizable phrase from the series. Here’s the thing, though. According to Wikipedia, the exact phrase was

never actually spoken in any Star Trek television episode or film. Capt. Kirk comes closest to saying the phrase in the episode, “The Gamesters of Triskelion” (”Scotty, beam us up”); in the lively episodes “The Lorelei Signal” and “The Infinite Vulcan” (”Beam us up, Scotty”); in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (”Scotty, beam me up”); and in Star Trek Generations (”Beam them out of there, Scotty.”)

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Original post by Jane Boursaw

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