I would love to have seen Sammy Davis Jr. commanding the Starship "Bojangles" on an old episode. You just know Capt. Sam D. Jr. would have had his ship full of sexy Orion Slave Girls dancing around the funky music filled hallways and the crew would be wearing ultra cool Nero Collared Uniforms.
Who would you like to have seen as a Starship Captain on STAR TREK TOS?
No way Federation starships would be commanded like this. Would have to be civilian, privately owned space ships.
Okay, it's the MIRROR Universe and Sammy is complete with "Eye Patch".
In the regular Star Fleet Universe he's just a cool cat who attended the academy and all. And no Orion slave girls. But he is wearing taps on his boots.
Betty White captain of USS Badass B**ch! She would drink coffee with the crew, discuss matters over, be a protective captain and friend but if you crossed her then all hell would break loose! I would watch it. But I also love idea of Captain Eastwood in a USS No Name. Nice!