aircraft carrier for many years, until it was replaced by the theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In 1992, Austrian dance act Edelweiss had a hit with the number "Starship Edelweiss," which used the theme as its melodic base. In the movie Wayne's World, Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) is heard whistling the Star Trek theme while lying on top of the hood of an AMC Pacer. While looking at the stars, he says, "Sometimes I wish I could boldly go where no one's gone before." At the 2005 Emmys, Shatner and operatic singer Frederica von Stade performed a live version of the theme, with Shatner reciting the opening monologue and von Stade singing the wordless melody line. The 2003 release Magical Moods of the Theremin, by lounge act Project: Pimento, includes the theme performed with lyrics, and a theremin. (The title theme recordings for the TV series are often erroneously believed to feature a theremin.) In the 2006 film RV, Jeff Daniels's character has an RV with a horn that uses a snippet of the theme. In 2007, some TV ads for the Hummer H3 featured the theme recording used in the second and third seasons. In 2009, the theme was used as the wake-up call for the crew of mission STS-125 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. On March 7, 2011, Shatner, in character as Kirk, voiced a wake-up call for the crew of STS-133 in the Space Shuttle Discovery on its final day docked to the International Space Station. His call at 0723 UTC, reminiscent of the over-voicing on the original Star Trek series, was backed by the theme as he said, "Space, the final frontier. These have been the voyages of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Her 30 year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before." Tenacious D has covered the theme live, with the original lyrics, on several occasions. In at least one episode of the Big Bang Theory, Sheldon is seen playing the theme song on a theremin. References External links Star Trek Star Trek: The Original Series Music based on Star Trek Songs written for films 1966 instrumentals