From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: tanakasan@hushmail.com   
   Subject: Re: Turnabout Intruder: my review   
      
   On Apr 29, 9:47aam, "Steven L."  wrote:   
   > "Marcovaldo"  wrote in message   
   >   
   >   
   > 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.   
   Yes, I know that Number One refers to the executive officer.   
   I believe that, in Roddenberry's original conception, the character   
   was to be known only as "Number One", unlike in TNG in which the   
   Captain calls his first officer Number One, but the character does   
   have a name (Will Riker). That was my point. Although the joke was   
   pretty good too, right?   
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