While it in fact just a collection of sets, the Enterprise in Star Trek seems like another character. It's probably because creator Gene Roddenberry wanted that feeling to come across. He wanted the Enterprise to be something special and other writers picked up on that idea and carried it forward in future episodes.
This week co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto talk about the Enterprise and how it influenced the entire Star Trek universe.
Designer Matt Jefferies wasn't given much guidance when Roddenberry said he needed a starship. The only guidance he was given was what NOT to do. But his eventual design helped make Star Trek an iconic show and contributed to its rebirth in the 1970s.
