Toronto Star Photographs on the Star Trek Set

On Tuesday, September 6, 1966, Star Trek had its 'world premiere' on Canada's CTV network, and on the following Thursday the series debuted on its home network, NBC.

Before the series hit the airwaves....

Reg Innell was a photographer who worked for the Toronto Star. His assignment in June of 1966 was to visit Desilu Studios stages 9 and 10 (now Paramount 31 and 32) and cover two Canadian actors who were starring in a new science fiction dramatic television series. William Shatner and James Doohan were busy actors before that time and space, but it was Trek that shot them to some fame.

After Innell's death in 2018 his negatives were donated to the paper, and were rediscovered by Toronto Star video producer Kelsey Wilson.

As was the case with anybody who visited the Star Trek stages before the show had even aired, they had no idea what would become of the show in the years to come.

The episode in production when Mr Innell visited Desilu's Stage 10: "The Man Trap"

They're Canadian, eh?