Fans of Star Trek have found a significant error in the third episode of the original 60s series titled “Where No Man Has Gone Before“.
The episode, first aired in September 1966, features a mix-up with Captain James T. Kirk’s middle name, played by William Shatner.
In one scene, the gravestone prepared by Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood) for Kirk is inscribed as James R. Kirk, even though Kirk’s middle name is Tiberius.
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Many fans noticed this discrepancy and wondered why the mistake was never corrected. Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, offered an explanation, stating that Mitchell, though endowed with god-like powers, was still human and made an error.
This mistake is just one of many found within the franchise, which over the years has also had other slip-ups in series and films, such as the famous Starbucks cup in *Game of Thrones* and the inconsistency with Will Byers’ birthday in *Stranger Things*.
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