In the captain’s log from the 1960s TV series, James Tiberius Kirk brazenly split an infinitive as the crew of the Enterprise embarked on a five-year mission “to boldly go where no man has gone before”.

STAR TREK fans the world over bade a fond farewell to James Doohan, better known as Scotty, who passed the final frontier at age 85 yesterday.

Star Trek legend James Doohan, who played Scotty in the original television series, died today aged 85.