It was a five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, which rocketed him to true star status.
But 50 years on and now 89, William Shatner is still looking for answers. Today it’s the mysteries down here on Earth he is desperate to solve – not least the enigma that is a successful marriage.
He recently became a bachelor again after divorcing fourth wife Elizabeth, 61, after 18 years – to the amusement of some critics.
Much has been joked about Captain Kirk wanting to ‘boldly go’ where no octogenarian has gone before and sign up to eHarmony or Tinder.
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