>I've always felt the "Wagon Train to the Stars" sales pitch was
>more due to the culture of the time (Westerns were still big money)
>than any intent on the creative staff's part to crib from that genre.

Well, yes, hence "sold to the network". It was all about making the suits at NBC believe they'd make money off it.

>There was always a more Age of Sail feel to the series, with more than
>one comparison of Kirk to Hornblower. That became even more evident
>with Wrath of Khan, which could have been moved to such a
>setting without losing much of the story.

... I'm not sure what C.S. Forester's narrative equivalent of the Genesis device would have been, but apart from that, sure. :)

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