how old were you when you started watching star trek and which show
what show did you start watching star trek
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The first Star Trek I have vague memories of was TMP. I was about 4 years old, and I slept through a lot of it - but I vividly remember seeing Spock in the thruster suit.
I first starting watching Trek in repeats when I was in 5th grade - 1985. Definitely TOS, and the first episode may have been "Spectre of the Gun", but I'm not positive. It's likely that Dad watched a few episodes with me in the room not really paying attention (I liked to draw a lot) before one grabbed me.
I first starting watching Trek in repeats when I was in 5th grade - 1985. Definitely TOS, and the first episode may have been "Spectre of the Gun", but I'm not positive. It's likely that Dad watched a few episodes with me in the room not really paying attention (I liked to draw a lot) before one grabbed me.
I got hooked as a kid, watching the original series on NBC. If I'm doing the math right, I would have been around seven or eight at the time. I remember that it was a big deal that Dad let me stay up past my bedtime to watch this new show called STAR TREK with him.
Later, of course, the show was rerun constantly in syndication the whole time I was growing up, so that I pretty much knew it by heart by the time I was out of grade school.
Later, of course, the show was rerun constantly in syndication the whole time I was growing up, so that I pretty much knew it by heart by the time I was out of grade school.
That wasn't due to age.
Eight years old. TOS, because that's all there was in 1966.
Oh, believe me - I've definitely figured that out in the meantime. Star Trek: The Motionless Picture.
I vaguely remember seeing it on TV when I was not quite 3 in 1969 on a black and white set. I was aware of it growing up but it was the second and third movies that really got my interested. Did they come out in 1982 and '84? I would have been in secondary school by then. The fourth movie was the one that really drew me in.
I watched Star Trek (2009) last year as preparation for J. J. Abrams's upcoming Star Wars film, I wanted to get a taste of his work. A few months later, it came on TV, and my dad, brother and I all sat down and watched it. Dad was a big TOS fan growing up I learned that day, and so we watched Into Darkness the next day.
The first show I really got into was The Original Series though. Started it eight months ago, and I haven't looked back since.
The first show I really got into was The Original Series though. Started it eight months ago, and I haven't looked back since.
I was aware of TOS in first run but I wasn't able to watch it. I got hooked on the reruns in the early 70s, when I was 11 or 12.
Middle school age, TNG.
I started watching when The Next Generation started....I was 10. During the run of season 1, I had only seen some episodes so I was behind so I waited until the reruns came after the season finished so can watch in order.
I was about five or six when my mom had me watch reruns of the original series, this was about two years before TNG premiered.
The first episode I remember watchin' was 'Journey to Babel', though I must have seen I a few before then, since I was excited to see Spock's dad.
The first episode I remember watchin' was 'Journey to Babel', though I must have seen I a few before then, since I was excited to see Spock's dad.
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