Did you ever watch the original series in the 60s? Were you impressed by it?

I had watched a limited amount of it. They didn�t have a very large budget, and I thought that was very obvious. I loved science fiction, but I was not really big on the original series.

You told me Rick Burman issued an edict that you weren�t allowed to use any colours that appeared in the original series.

He made it quite clear that in no way was it to look like the original series in style or design or colour. Purple was especially taboo.