The Original Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series turns 60 this year. I have admired the show since the early 1970s, having attended Star Trek's Creation Con at that time in the Statler Hilton (also known as the Hotel Pennsylvania). During one convention I rode in an elevator with James Doohan, who played Scotty in the show, and when someone in the elevator murmured "bridge," we all cracked up. During the Saturday…