From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net   
   Subject: Re: Turnabout Intruder: my review   
      
      
      
   "Marcovaldo"  wrote in message    
   news:2e4abf6e-3943-48e4-ab85-7a15e0b29e1d@s16g2000prf.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On Apr 29, 9:47aam, "Steven L."  wrote:   
   > > "Marcovaldo"  wrote in message   
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   > > 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).   
      
   I'm sure that if TOS had been greenlighted with the original cast,    
   eventually Roddenberry would have had to write some kind of backstory    
   for Number One that would have included her real name.   
      
   In fact, I'll bet that the Number One-centric episode would have been    
   something like "Journey to Babel":  Kirk and we get to see Number One's    
   family.   
      
      
      
   -- Steven L.   
      
      
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