Editing Robert April (section)

==Development and casting==
A prison chaplain named "Robert April" appears in two episodes of ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]'' (1957–63), for which ''Star Trek'' creator [[Gene Roddenberry]] wrote.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Seibold |first=Witney |date=May 5, 2022 |title=The Enterprise's First Captain: Admiral Robert April Explained - /Film |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/843101/the-enterprises-first-captain-admiral-robert-april-explained/ |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=SlashFilm.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The name stuck with Roddenberry, and "Robert M. April" commanded the starship ''Yorktown'' in his 1964 ''Star Trek'' proposal to CBS.<ref name=":1" /> The captain's name was changed to "Christopher Pike" when NBC accepted the ''Star Trek'' project later that year.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitfield|first1=Stephen E.|first2=Gene|last2=Roddenberry|authorlink2=Gene Roddenberry|title=The Making of Star Trek |publisher=Ballantine |year=1968 |isbn=0-345-24691-8}}</ref><!---isbn number as taken from 1975 reprint before standarization of the number-->

[[Fred Bronson]] (writing as John Culver) came up with the idea of the ''Enterprise'' having a captain who preceded Pike for "The Counter-Clock Incident". He selected the name "Robert April" from Roddenberry's original list of possible ''Enterprise'' captain names.

During the development of ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'', [[Adrian Holmes]]  submitted two taped auditions for the role.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Ryan |date=May 12, 2022 |title='Strange New Worlds' Actor Adrian Holmes Talks Bringing Mythic 'Star Trek' Character to Life and Endearing Note From LeVar Burton |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-adrian-holmes-role-levar-burton-note-1235145565/ |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> Producer Henry Alonso Myers said Holmes had the gravitas to play April, who is "mythic" by virtue of being the first captain of the ''Enterprise''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Britt |first=Ryan |title='Strange New Worlds' showrunner unpacks 3 ways it changes Star Trek canon |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/strange-new-worlds-showrunner-canon-spock-kirk-robert-april |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=Inverse |date=May 5, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>