Also, it didn't hurt that it was Gene Roddenberry okay'ed the change. This article was originally published on redshirtsalwaysdie.com as The reason why the uniform colors changed between series is ...

Gene Roddenberry added one clever way to show the Star Trek crew's competency that has continued for several decades.

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry derived the name Klingon ... wild hair, armored uniforms, and they spoke the guttural Klingon language. Via Lt. Worf, Star Trek: The Next Generation developed ...

No one is more responsible for this sense of novelty than Star Trek’s creator, Gene Roddenberry, whose posthumous reputation more closely resembles that of a religious figure than a Hollywood ...

Rod Roddenberry celebrated a birthday as a child with a “Star Wars” cake, ordered by his dad, Gene Roddenberry, the creator of “Star Trek,” and his mother, Majel Barrett, an iconic “Star ...