From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net   
   Subject: Re: Turnabout Intruder: my review   
      
      
      
   "Marcovaldo"  wrote in message    
   news:e9fc14a3-e6ab-4cda-9459-9be083feca84@d19g2000prh.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On Apr 28, 6:51aam, SparkoHeaps  wrote:   
   > > > did post about who this officer was and what episode, a simple   
   > > > straight-forward question because I want an answer.   
   > >   
   > > The episode was "'The Menagerie". Majel Barrett's character, "Number   
   > > One", is the officer in question. The actual name of the character   
   > > escapes me this morning...   
   >   
   > As far as I know, she is only identified as Number One. I just home   
   > slang expressions had changed by the time of TOS. It would be a bit   
   > awkward to say "I have to go number one".   
      
   On the off-chance you're not being funny,   
   "Number One" used to be the term used in the British Navy to denote the    
   executive officer.   
      
   I guess that's where Roddenberry got it from, Horatio Hornblower being    
   his model for ship captains.   
      
      
      
      
   -- Steven L.   
      
      
      
      
      
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