In September of [[1953]], Russell wrote his last official ''Star Trek'' story. Titled "[[Deep Space Nine]]," the story was a spinoffspin-off centering around a [[space station]] commander of [[Africa]]n descent. That issue ceased publication and most were pulled from the shelves by [[Douglas Pabst]], for fear of a backlash of [[racism]] at the magazine. (''[[DS9]]'' [[episode]]: "[[Far Beyond the Stars]]")

After suffering from a nervous breakdown, Russell continued writing ''Star Trek'' stories while incarcaratedincarcerated in a [[mental institution]]. These unpublished stories include:

In [[1964]], television writer [[Gene Roddenberry]] met time travellerstravelers [[J. R. Rasmussen|J. R.]] and [[Berlinghoff Rasmussen]], who shared with him knowledge of the future. He used this to write the [[television]] incarnation of ''Star Trek''.

J. R. and Berlinghoff Rasmussen later traveled to the [[1980s]], and used their future knowledge to provide [[Paramount]] executives with material for three ''Star Trek'' spinoffsspin-offs well into the [[1990s]]. Some time after Berlinghoff's death in [[1999]], J. R. left the television ''Star Trek'' franchise. ({{ss|DS9|Research}})

During filming of an episode titled "[[The Omega Glory]]," ''Star Trek'' actors [[William Shatner]], [[Leonard Nimoy]] and [[DeForest Kelley]] were somehow transposed through space and time to [[2268]], onto the real {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}. Kirk, [[Spock]] and [[Leonard H. McCoy]] were likewise transposed onto the ''Star Trek'' soundstage in Burbank. After the incident, the three actors told Roddenberry of their adventure ({{ss|TOS|Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited}})

''Star Trek'' was a novel by a 23rd century author named [[Gene Roddenberry (23rd century)|Gene Roddenberry]]. It was based on the [[V'Ger]] Incident, and written at the request of [[Rear Admiral]] [[James T. Kirk]]. (''[[TOS]]'' [[novelization]]: ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'')

The ''Star Trek'' franchise was a favorite of [[United States Army]] pilot [[Kevin Howard]], and ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' was his favorite movie. Kevin passed his love of the show to his young son, [[Breandán Howard|Breandán]], and gave him several action figures of the original series' crew. When Kevin was sent to [[Iraq]] during the [[Iraq War|war]] with that nation in [[2003]], he told his young son Captain Kirk was sending him to fly shuttlecraft. Following his father's death, Breandán withdrew into his imagination, where Captain Kirk lead a search party for his lost father. ({{ss|TOS|Make-Believe}})