Scotty has been beamed up

James Doohan, 1920-2005

One of my fondest childhood memories is of spending evenings with my dad watching the original Star Trek series, on betamax no less It was not often that I got to spend one-on-one time with my father, so I really looked forward to our Star Trek evenings. We watched every single episode and when were were done, we watched them again. I was pretty young, so I only have a few memories of the actual shows (tribbles, the salt monster), but among the things I do remember is Scotty. I can still hear him saying “Captain, I’m giving it all I’ve got!” in his Scottish accent. I think my love of science fiction (and of Scottish accents for that matter) can probably be traced back those evenings with my dad.