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In article <lElQo.1037$jj5.801@newsfe03.iad>,
 "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au> wrote:

> Visiting Sister for the holiday season. Happened to be watching T.V. and 
> they were showing "Where no man has gone before".
> 
> One of the Crew, Lt Gary Mitchell, gains super (God-like) powers, as 
> does Dr Elizabeth Dehner (eventually). In the near-final scene, 
> Elizabeth semi-disables Gary, so Kirk can have some chance in the fight, 
> but Gary regains his super-powers and creates a "grave" for Kirk, 
> complete with headstone that reads "James R Kirk"
> 
> Given this was an early episode (or second Pilot), was this prior to a 
> decision being made to go with "James T Kirk" or was it a simple typing 
> error (the "R" is next to the "T" on a keyboard) and money was so tight 
> that nobody bothered fixing the typo??
> 
> Follow-Up set to aus.sf
> 
> Daniel

Short answer: Nobody knows for sure.

There really isn't any doubt that Kirk's name was always James Tiberius 
Kirk, since the early show bibles mention it, and, IIRC, "Tiberius" was 
the middle name in place while "James" and "Kirk" were still in flux.

So I'd go with 'mistake'

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