Why Captain Kirk's Tombstone Said "James R. Kirk" In Star Trek Season 1

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One of Star Trek: The Original Series' earliest episodes bizarrely states Captain James T. Kirk's (William Shatner) name as "James R. Kirk" on his tombstone. Star Trek premiered on NBC in 1966 with "The Man Trap," with the second pilot episode produced for Star Trek, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," becoming the third episode aired. This was after NBC rejected "The Cage," the first pilot produced for Star Trek, and commissioned a second with almost an entirely new cast, led by Captain Kirk replacing Jeffrey Hunter's Captain Christopher Pike.
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