 Leonard Nimoy (qv)s Mr. Spock was the only character from the  first pilot to survive into the series. The ships first officer  character, Number One, was rejected for the series by the network  because she was female (according to Gene Roddenberry (qv)), or  because of her lack of acting ability (according to Desilu  production chief Herbert F. Solow (qv)). Actress  Majel Barrett (qv) (Roddenberrys girlfriend at the time and later  wife) was recast as Nurse Chapel. When the pilot was recycled as the  two