For the record, when NBC seemed to be on the verge of axing
Star Trek after a low-rated second season, the Trimbles devised a grassroots letter-writing campaign that saved the show and resulted in a third season. Though the network dropped
Star Trek after its lackluster third year, enough episodes had been shot for the show to enter syndication and, in syndication,
Star Trek emerged as such a phenomenon that it was resurrected as an animated series and, in 1979, a big-budget feature. And from there the franchise grew and grew, spanning from
Star Trek: The Next Generation and all the subsequent shows to
Star Trek (2009) and everything in between. So, truly, you might not be reading this now, and might not be on the boards debating the merits of this
Trek book or that
Trek game had the Trimbles not stepped up to the plate back in 1968.