TO GO BOLDLY...

A missionary would not be entirely out of place on the starship, Enterprise.

The Enterprise, as part of a fleet of starships from the federation of planets was under the command of Captain James Kirk (W. Shatner). In the 60's, Kirk, together with Spock (L. Nimoy), his vulcan science officer and "Bones" (De Forrest Kelly), the ship's doctor were the main characters of the science fiction TV series Star Trek.

Star Trek ran for only 3 seasons  before it was cancelled. My appreciation for Star Trek grew over a period of time as I slowly worked through all the episodes from the 3 seasons in Bolivia. Many of the episodes were absolute gems. Some were tolerable and the rest were above average.

Although the TV series came to an end, the mythology of the show lived on through re-runs, conventions and numerous requests for a movie and the return of the show. Studio moguls and producers must have seen the commercial value of a remake of the series. Star Trek was then brought to life in the 80s and 90's. A host of movies together with a new TV series Star Trek: The New Generation which spawned other TV shows, Deep Space Nine and Voyager etc kept the Star Trek franchise alive. Recently, a new run of movies chronicling the adventures of the young captain Kirk is underway!

Every episode from the original series opened with the hypnotic words (you tube clip in this post) of Kirk:

 Space..the last frontier...these are the voyages of the star ship Enterprise, its 5 year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. 

And missionaries boldly go where no man has gone before!