William Shatner's View of the Prime Directive Is Pure Kirk

William Shatner's View of the Prime Directive Is Pure Kirk

Speaking at a recent 'Star Trek' convention, the star argued that the franchise's most fundamental rule is made to be broken.

William Shatner’s View of the Prime Directive Is Pure Kirk

Starfleet General Order One—better known as the Prime Directive, the rule that Federation members cannot interfere with the development of pre-warp civilizations in a way that would expose them to the galaxy of societies beyond their worlds—is one of the most defining rules of Star Trek, metatextually or otherwise. But, more often than not, Star Trek‘s heroes treat this purportedly most sacred of all rules as less of a guiding point and more of …

William Shatner: Without Violating The Prime Directive On Star Trek, There’s “No Show”

Bill took a rare dip into Star Trek philosophy at ST: CHI.