| Where No Man Has Gone Before |
Article Index for Where No |
Articles about Where No Man Has Gone Before |
Website Links For Where |
Information AboutWhere No Man Has Gone Before |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE | |
| star trek sayings | |
| english phrases | |
| mottos | |
| film and television opening sequences | |
|
USAGE IN STAR TREK See Also: Star Trek: The Original Series The term was also the name of ''Star Trek'' In '''' in which Captain Kirk uses both versions of the phrase, following a story that dealt with cross-species Racism . An Episode early in ''TNG'' USAGE IN POPULAR CULTURE The phrase has become popular outside the Star Trek franchise, having been adopted by NASA Interestingly, one commentator, Dwayne A. Day [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/506/1 has suggested the phrase may have been adopted from a White House publication of March 1958 "Introduction to Outer Space" [http://www.fas.org/spp/guide/usa/intro1958.html] which contained the lines :the compelling urge of man to explore and to discover, the thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no one has gone before. This booklet was produced in an effort to garner support for the national space programme and potentially read by Gene Roddenberry as part of his research for Star Trek. Also of interest as noted by Dwayne, if the phrase was the inspiration, Gene Roddenberry changed the wording from no one, to no man. However the inclusions of several reference to man shows the White House publication to be no more gender neutral. The Split Infinitive phrase that precedes it, "To boldly go" has been both ridiculed and praised. British humorist and science-fiction author Douglas Adams parodied it in his series '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy '', describing a long-lost heroic age when bold adventurers dared "to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before". Cleverly enough, said split infinitive was deftly avoided by Dr. Cochrane himself in his ''Enterprise'' appearance by declaring how his engine would allow the human race to go boldly, rather than boldly go. There is an entire '' Futurama '' episode involving Star Trek called " Where No Fan Has Gone Before ". A futuristic level in the videogame '''' is called "Where No Turtle Has Gone Before". SEE ALSO
|
|
|