Editing Where no man has gone before (section)

{{about|the quotation from Star Trek|the Original Series episode|Where No Man Has Gone Before|the Next Generation episode|Where No One Has Gone Before}}
{{short description|Quotation from Star Trek}}
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[[File:Captain kirk publicity photo.jpg|thumb|The phrase was originally said by Captain [[James T. Kirk]] ([[William Shatner]]) in the original ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' series.]]
"'''Where no man has gone before'''" is a phrase made popular through its use in the [[title sequence]] of the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|original 1966–1969 ''Star Trek'']] [[Science fiction on television|science fiction television]] series, describing the mission of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|starship ''Enterprise'']]. The complete introductory speech, spoken by [[William Shatner]] as Captain [[James T. Kirk]] at the beginning of each episode, is:

{{quote|Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship ''Enterprise''. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before!}}This introduction began every episode of the series except the two [[Television pilot|pilot episodes]]: "[[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Cage]]" (which preceded Shatner's involvement) and "[[Where No Man Has Gone Before]]". This introduction was used for the beginning of each episode of the show ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', but with the phrase "five-year mission" changed to a more open-ended "continuing mission", and the final phrase changed to the [[Gender neutrality|gender-]] and species-neutral "'''where no one has gone before'''". The complete introduction, spoken by [[Patrick Stewart]] as Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]], is: {{quote|Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship ''Enterprise''. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before!}}

The series produced after ''The Next Generation'' would not use any form of introductory speeches, until the prequel series ''[[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]]''. The introduction, spoken by [[Anson Mount]] as Captain [[Christopher Pike (Star Trek)|Christopher Pike]], Kirk’s predecessor, leads the title sequence of every episode and combines Kirk’s version of the speech with the neutral final phrase.<ref>{{YouTube|OS2VhlkFmRQ}}</ref>