William Shatner Reflects on ‘Star Trek’ in Rare Letters

Fifty years after Star Trek first beamed onto U.S. television screens, fans continue to be fascinated by stories of behind-the-scenes dramas. Now handwritten notes written by Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, to be auctioned Thursday, are giving diehard Trekkies an inside look into some of the problems that plagued the cult hit in its infancy. Sci-fi…