Nichelle Nichols and President Obama - Who Needs Captain Kirk, Anyway?

Evidence that Obama is an alien?

This photo was just too cool to pass up. President Obama and "Star Trek" icon Nichelle Nichols share a Vulcan salute in the Oval Office.

Nichelle Nichols says she auditioned to play Spock

Trading places?

Fascinating.

Nichelle Nichols - Lt. Uhura from the original "Star Trek" series - recently told The Huffington Post about her audition:

"They gave me a three-page script to read from that had three characters named Bones, Kirk and somebody called Spock, and they asked me if I would read for the role of Spock. When I looked at this great text, I said to myself, 'I'll take any one of these roles,' but I found the Spock character to be very interesting, and I asked them to tell me what she [Spock] was like."

Nichelle Nichols in pointed ears? Why not?

Leonard Nimoy in that little red dress? On the other hand ...