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credits stated the starship's purpose: The series was produced from September 1966 to December 1967 by Norway Productions and Desilu Productions, and by Paramount Television from January 1968 to June 1969. "Star Trek" aired on NBC from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969, and was actually seen first on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV network. "Star Trek"s Nielsen ratings while on NBC were low, and the network canceled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. Several years later, the series became a bona fide hit in broadcast syndication, remaining so throughout the 1970s, achieving cult classic status and
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series. Although Gold Key never gave creative credits in the pages of their comics, Len Wein, Arnold Drake, George Kashdan, Marty Pasko and Doug Drexler are known to have worked on numerous issues of the books, and have since come forth and identified which issues they specifically worked on. The first two issues of the Gold Key run was illustrated by Italian artist Nevio Zaccara, and the first half of the series was drawn by Alberto Giolitti, who being based in Rome did not see any of the "Star Trek" TV episodes until several years after he retired. The remainder
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have "slide shows of 'Trek' aliens, skits and a fan panel to discuss 'The Star Trek Phenomenon.'" Some fans were so devoted that they complained to a Canadian TV station when it cancelled a show in July 1969 for coverage of Apollo 11. However, the Trekkie phenomenon did not come to the attention of the general public until after the show was cancelled in 1969 and reruns entered syndication. The first widely publicized fan convention occurred in January 1972 at the Statler Hilton Hotel in New York, featuring Roddenberry, Isaac Asimov, and two tons of NASA memorabilia. The organizers expected
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show was Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg, who had been a long-time "Star Trek" fan. She credited Nichelle Nichols as Uhura in "The Original Series" as an inspiration, saying "Well, when I was nine years old Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be." To appear on the show, Goldberg contacted the producers initially through LeVar Burton. The producers did
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make appearances. Several actors from "Here Come the Brides" had also appeared on "Star Trek". Mark Lenard played Aaron Stemple, whom the novel implies was Spock's ancestor. Lenard also played the role of Sarek, Spock's father, in the original "Star Trek" TV series, as well as a Romulan commander in the episode "Balance of Terror" (the first time the Romulans are seen in the series). The actor playing Jason Bolt (the eldest brother) was Robert Brown who played "Lazarus" in the "Star Trek" episode "The Alternative Factor." The actor playing Joshua Bolt (a younger brother) was David Soul who played
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Star Trek: New Earth Star Trek: New Earth is a series of "Star Trek" novels published by Pocket Books in the United States, as part of Pocket’s "" line. Based on the titular TV series created by Gene Roddenberry, "New Earth" was created by Pocket editor John J. Ordover and writer Diane Carey, and debuted on June 1, 2000, with the publication of the first two installments, "Wagon Train to the Stars" and "Belle Terre". (“Wagon Train to the Stars” was a phrase with which Roddenberry described "Star Trek" when he pitched the show to network executives in the 1960s,
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landing parties. For the most part, the game's rules were set in the original TV series era (a.d. 2260s) and TV series. Because of the simplicity of the game's structure, all of the supplements, regardless of their "era", could be easily re-set to suit a different era. Michael Scott designed his Star Trek game universe nearly nine years before (TNG) (1987–1994) first aired. The game's designer built his "game universe" when there was no official canon, and he borrowed heavily from ideas in the Star Trek original series and the Star Trek animated series. Heritage Models was a miniature figures
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on to direct the second most successful movie (critically and financially) in the franchise after the 2009 "Star Trek" film, "" (1986), and "Three Men and a Baby", the highest-grossing film of 1987. These successes made him a star director. At a press conference promoting the 2009 "Star Trek" movie, however, Nimoy said he had no further plans or ambition to direct, although he enjoyed directing when he did it. In 1975, his renditions of Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "Usher II", both from "The Martian Chronicles", were released on Caedmon Records. During 1980, Nimoy hosted the
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EMCE Toys hired original Mego packaging artist Harold Schull to illustrate new artwork for Sulu, Chekov, Khan, and the Gorn. EMCE Toys is continuing the Mego revival with the production of more "Star Trek" figures, including Captain Pike and the Salt Vampire. The first "Star Trek" comics were published by Gold Key Comics between 1967 and 1978. These comics were highly stylized and diverged wildly from the TV series continuity. Most storylines used in the Gold Key series featured original characters and concepts, although later issues did include sequels to the original series episodes "The City on the Edge of
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was a vacancy for a female actress on the series. She had been a lifelong fan of "Star Trek", having been inspired to become an actress by Nichelle Nichols' appearances as Uhura in "". Goldberg later recalled that she first saw an episode of the series when she was nine years old, and after Uhura appeared on-screen, she went running through her house shouting "Come here, mom, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!" Goldberg approached her friend, actor LeVar Burton, who played Geordi La Forge in "The Next Generation", but
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business in 1983.) Working with Diamond Select Toys, current holders of the "Star Trek" license, these figures have been selling in comics shops. New characters are currently being produced that Mego did not originally make, such as Lt. Sulu, Ensign Chekov, and "Space Seed" villain Khan Noonien Singh. The Gorn that Mego produced had a brown Lizard head (identical to the Marvel Comics villain) on a brown body wearing a Klingon outfit. "Star Trek" fans had frequently wished that Mego had made a "TV-accurate" Gorn; EMCE Toys and DST produced a new green Gorn based on the TV episode "".
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on for future licensed films. The pilot episode, "Come What May", begins with the late-1960s NBC "In Living Color" sequence. It ends, as did the 1960s episodes, with the animated Desilu Productions logo, with no mention of Paramount. Starting with "Enemy: Starfleet", the series uses the late-60s CBS color opening (reflecting the series' current ownership by CBS Television Studios) and ends with the logo of Cawley Entertainment Company, Cawley's production company. Star Trek: New Voyages Star Trek: New Voyages, known from 2008 until 2015 as Star Trek: Phase II, was a fan-created science fiction webseries set in the fictional "Star
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Transformers", will be released in September 2018. This is a list of all ongoing "Star Trek" comic book series: Star Trek (comics) Almost continuously since 1967, multiple companies have published "Star Trek" comic books with varying degrees of success. These companies include Gold Key Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Malibu Comics, Wildstorm, and IDW Publishing. "" is the only "Trek" TV series that has not been adapted in comic book form. Gold Key Comics published the first "Star Trek" comics between 1967 and 1978. These were stylized and diverged from the TV series continuity. In most issues, the crew members,
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Corpsman 3rd Class Thomas P. Hunt was the Senator's assistant. All three were pleased to be appearing on the show, with Grant saying that "My nephew told all of the kids at his school his aunt was going to be on Star Trek. That makes the experience even more of a thrill for me", and Hunt saying "This will be on reruns for years to come, when I'm 60, I'll be able to say, 'Hey, that's me on Enterprise.'". In return, the three sailors presented the cast and crew of "Star Trek: Enterprise" with a flag that had been flying
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Star Trek: Titan Star Trek: Titan is a series of Star Trek novels that take place after the events of the 2002 film "Star Trek Nemesis", detailing the adventures of the U.S.S. "Titan" under the command of Starfleet Captain William T. Riker, who previously served for fifteen years as First Officer under Captain Jean-Luc Picard aboard the "Enterprise"-D and "Enterprise"-E on the TV show "" and the four feature films adapted from that series. In the beginning of the 2002 feature film "Star Trek Nemesis", Commander William Riker, who has served as First Officer under Captain Jean-Luc Picard for fifteen
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when writing a weekly series. Asimov corrected himself with a follow-up essay to "TV Guide" claiming despite its inaccuracies, that "Star Trek" was a fresh and intellectually challenging science fiction television show. The two remained friends to the point where Asimov even served as an adviser on a number of "Star Trek" projects. Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within the media
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Trek"s initial launch in the late 1960s. Asimov wrote a critical essay on "Star Trek"s scientific accuracy for "TV Guide" magazine. Roddenberry retorted respectfully with a personal letter explaining the limitations of accuracy when writing a weekly series. Asimov corrected himself with a follow-up essay to "TV Guide" claiming that despite its inaccuracies, "Star Trek" was a fresh and intellectually challenging science fiction television show. The two remained friends to the point where Asimov even served as an advisor on a number of "Star Trek" projects. In 1973, Asimov published a proposal for calendar reform, called the World Season Calendar.
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itself as Paramount Communications, and in 1994 merged with Viacom. In 2005, Viacom divided into CBS Corporation, whose CBS Television Studios subsidiary retained the "Star Trek" brand, and Viacom, whose Paramount Pictures subsidiary retained the "Star Trek" film library and rights to make additional films, along with video distribution rights to the TV series on behalf of CBS. Star Trek Star Trek is an American space opera media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called "Star Trek" and now referred to as """", debuted in 1966 and aired for
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I sure don't like Bill." He was the only former "Star Trek" co-star to decline to be interviewed by Shatner for Shatner's first "Star Trek: Memories" book about the show, nor did he consent to do so for Shatner's follow-up book, "Star Trek: Movie Memories", though Shatner mentioned in the latter that the icy relationship between the two started to thaw when both men were working on "Star Trek Generations" in 1993-94. At Doohan's final August 2004 convention appearance, Doohan and Shatner appeared to have mended their relationship. Doohan's final role was that of Clive Chives in the British comedy
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Byrne pencilling the first three issues. For publisher IDW, Byrne worked on the superhero series "FX" #1–6, written by Wayne Osborne, starting with the March 2008 issue. His other projects for the publisher include stories in the Star Trek universe and the "Angel" (TV series character) universe. Byrne's "Star Trek" work included the final issue of the miniseries "Star Trek: Alien Spotlight" (February 2008); the self-described "professional fan fiction", "Star Trek: Assignment Earth" #1–5; "Star Trek: Romulans" #1–2, "Star Trek: Crew" (a Christopher Pike-era comic book focusing on the character of "Number One") started in March 2009; the final chapter
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novelisations and tie-in video games were produced; after the show ended, various novels continued the crew's adventures. As "" ended, Paramount Pictures wanted to continue to have a second "Star Trek" TV series to accompany "". The studio also planned to start a new television network, and wanted the new series to help it succeed. This was reminiscent of Paramount's earlier plans to launch its own network by showcasing "" in 1977. Initial work on "Star Trek: Voyager" began in 1993, when the seventh and final season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the second season of "Star Trek:
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"The City on the Edge of Forever" was ranked #92 on "TV Guide"s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2004 and 2007, "TV Guide" ranked "Star Trek" as the greatest cult show ever. In 2013, "TV Guide" ranked "Star Trek" #12 on their list of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time. Episodes of the Original Series were among the first television series to be released on the VHS and laserdisc formats in North America in the 1980s, with all episodes eventually being released on both formats. With the advent of DVD in the mid-1990s, single DVDs featuring two
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despite fans' attempt at another letter-writing campaign. One newspaper columnist advised a protesting viewer: In 2011, the decision to cancel "Star Trek" by NBC was ranked #4 on the TV Guide Network special, "25 Biggest TV Blunders 2". Although many of the third season's episodes were considered of poor quality, it gave "Star Trek" enough episodes for television syndication. Most shows require at least four seasons for syndication, because otherwise there are not enough episodes for daily stripping. Kaiser Broadcasting, however, purchased syndication rights for "Star Trek" during the first season for its stations in several large cities. The company
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Bennett was amazed the film proved as entertaining to the Russians as it did with American audiences; he said "the single most rewarding moment of my "Star Trek" life" was when the Moscow audience applauded at McCoy's line, "The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe. We'll get a freighter." Bennett believed it was a clear "messenger of what was to come". Vonda N. McIntyre wrote a novelization that was released at the same time as the film. It was the biggest tie-in novel published by Pocket Books, and spent eight weeks on "The New York Times" bestseller
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Star Trek (comics) Almost continuously since 1967, multiple companies have published "Star Trek" comic books with varying degrees of success. These companies include Gold Key Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Malibu Comics, Wildstorm, and IDW Publishing. "" is the only "Trek" TV series that has not been adapted in comic book form. Gold Key Comics published the first "Star Trek" comics between 1967 and 1978. These were stylized and diverged from the TV series continuity. In most issues, the crew members, except for Spock, wear lime green uniforms. Most plots in the Gold Key series featured original characters and concepts,
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agreed to have three family stories contained in the episode which would resonate off each other. The first episode won Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Art Direction for a Series" and "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series". The storyline appeared in "TV Guide"s "100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History" (July 1, 1996), ranked number 50. The episode was also ranked #70 on the 100 Greatest TV Episodes of All Time. Part I was ranked No. 8 on the Top 10 "Star Trek" Episodes for the magazine's celebration of the franchise's 30th anniversary. In 2008, "Empire" magazine rated "Star Trek: The
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said "I really wanted to capture the difference between the original cast of "Star Trek" and the J. J. Abrams cast of "Star Trek"." To that end, Scheer's initial scripts called for two separate cast sets that would come together by the end of the first season of the show, though he did not confirm if this included any of the original film's cast. Following the dismissal of Amy Powell as president of Paramount Television in July 2018, Scheer stated that the "Galaxy Quest" series had been put on hold while Paramount's management was being re-established, but anticipated the show
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endless surprises presented to him by the universe ... He didn't take things for granted and, more than anything else, respected life in every one of its weird weekly adventure forms". Shatner did not expect "Star Trek" to be successful, so when it was cancelled in 1969, he assumed it would be the end of his association with the franchise. He went on to voice Kirk in the animated "Star Trek" series, star in the first seven "Star Trek" films, and provide voice acting for several games. "" director and writer Nicholas Meyer, who had never seen an episode of
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US & Canadian gross of $92,027,888 and an international gross of $54 million for a total of $146 million worldwide. The film was the best-performing "Star Trek" film in international markets until 2009's "Star Trek" film, and Paramount's best showing in markets such as New Zealand, making $315,491 from 28 sites by year's end. "First Contact" garnered positive reviews on release. Ryan Gilbey of "The Independent" considered the film wise to dispense with the cast of "The Original Series:" "For the first time, a "Star Trek" movie actually looks like something more ambitious than an extended TV show," he wrote.
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new science fiction and fantasy television shows and movies. Syfy has come under criticism from Foxtel subscribers for a number of programming related issues, specifically regarding the high number of repeats and the low quality of the Syfy programming. Significantly, Syfy Australia does not hold the rights to any of the "Star Trek" franchise, while its predecessor did. This has changed and ", , , " and "" have made their way onto the channel. Syfy (Australian TV channel) Syfy is an Australian pay television channel dedicated to science fiction and fantasy television shows and movies. The channel was launched
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your whole life. You can also have fun." The two franchises have a "symbiotic relationship" stated Shatner, who credits "Star Wars" for launching the "Star Trek" films. He repeated this sentiment at a 2016 "Star Trek" fan convention in Las Vegas by stating ""Star Wars" created "Star Trek"". He clarified this statement by explaining that at the time of the release of the first "Star Wars" film ("A New Hope"), Paramount, then under new management, was struggling to come up with something that could compete with it. A "Star Trek" relaunch was the choice. Since then, public interest has returned
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after him, 4659 Roddenberry. Roddenberry and "Star Trek" have been cited as inspiration for other science fiction franchises. While being interviewed for Rod Roddenberry's "Trek Nation", "Star Wars" creator George Lucas said: ""Star Trek" softened up the entertainment arena so that "Star Wars" could come along and stand on its shoulders." J. Michael Straczynski, comic book writer, and creator of the "Babylon 5" franchise, said that he had watched a number of 1960s science fiction series, including "Star Trek", noting: "I was fortunate enough to see many of those shows on the occasion of their first broadcasts. But it was
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Star Trek Logs Star Trek Logs is a series of short story anthologies written and edited by Alan Dean Foster based on episodes from "". The series was initially published by Ballantine Books from 1974 until 1978, with new printings of all ten volumes continuing until 1996. Foster's adaptations include new story elements which linked each of the stories into a continuous narrative, even when the episodes they were based on did not interconnect or have any serialized plots or characters. Del Rey released two sets of omnibus editions, first in 1993 which excluded Log Ten, and again in 1996
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immediately explains that a full-on temporal crisis has begun throwing people, places, and objects from other timelines (including the Mirror Universe) into this one. "Star Trek Timelines" lets players recruit characters from all eras of the "Star Trek" TV series, including , ", , , , ," and "," as well as the "Star Trek" movies, comics, novels, and non-canon sources. Players take on the role of Captain, in command of their first starship (a Constellation class starship.) Soon, players must recruit crew and build starships from across the timelines in order to aid Q by sending crew on Away
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plans to leave the series.] I never got to tell him why, because he said, 'You can't. You're part of history.' When she told Roddenberry what King had said, he cried. Computer engineer and entrepreneur Steve Wozniak credited watching "Star Trek" and attending "Star Trek" conventions while in his youth as a source of inspiration for him co-founding Apple Inc. in 1976, which would later become the world's largest information technology company by revenue and the world's third-largest mobile phone manufacturer. Early TV comedy sketch parodies of "Star Trek" included a famous sketch on "Saturday Night Live" entitled "The Last
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death that still remains in the plasma conduit. With the case solved, Worf asks Troi about being surprised to see him after stopping her from jumping. She replies that she had seen him killed in her hallucination. When Worf inquires about who killed him, Troi coyly replies "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." Eye of the Beholder (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Eye of the Beholder" is the 170th episode of the American science fiction television series "", the 18th episode of the . It contains the first depiction in any Star Trek TV series or film of
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changing the DNA code) would be used. In fact, subsequent references to the creation of Khan and the other supermen, such as in the "" episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume", substituted genetic engineering. The Eugenics Wars, first mentioned in "Space Seed", are stated in the "Star Trek Chronology" by Michael and Denise Okuda as taking place between 1992 and 1996. They considered it fortunate that these events did not come to pass in the real world, and noted that the development of the "Botany Bay" in 1996 as an instance of where ""Star Trek" technological predictions have missed by a
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is also sold as 'Informal 851' by Bitstream, 'BT' by Itek. The font is used on the cover of 1980s Stephen King novels. The Smiths album "Strangeways, Here We Come", for the book covers of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series, The Bitmap Brothers game "The Chaos Engine", as well as in the logos of both the National Assembly of Quebec and the Melbourne Knights. The typeface is featured in the main titles of the "Star Trek" films, "Star Trek Generations" and "", as well as the TV series "Stranger Things" and video game "." Paramount's FBI warning, from 1995–present,
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making it the first "Star Trek" film to win an Academy Award. It was followed by two sequels, "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) and "Star Trek Beyond" (2016). In the 23rd century, the Federation starship USS "Kelvin" is investigating a "lightning storm" in space. A Romulan ship, "Narada", emerges from the storm and attacks "Kelvin". "Narada"s first officer, Ayel, demands that "Kelvin"s Captain Robau come aboard to negotiate a truce. Robau is questioned about the current stardate and an "Ambassador Spock", whom he does not recognize. "Narada"s commander, Nero, kills him, and resumes attacking "Kelvin". George Kirk, "Kelvin"s first officer,
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canon has led to debate as to whether April's place as first captain is actually a part of "Star Trek" continuity. However, "April, Robert" is listed in an alphabetical list of most-decorated Starfleet captains in the "" episode "Choose Your Pain". April appears in the novels "Final Frontier" and "Best Destiny" by Diane Carey as the captain of the "Enterprise". When Roddenberry submitted his first proposal for "Star Trek" to MGM Studios in 1964, his name for the starship commander was "Robert M. April" (another name, Captain James Winter, was also considered). The proposal was rejected, and "Star Trek" did
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quests. An IGN reviewer described the game experience as feeling like "two games" which did not mesh together well, and although visually it was "quite a gorgeous game", found much of the gameplay to be repetitive in nature. Star Trek Online Star Trek Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Cryptic Studios based on the "Star Trek" franchise. The game is set in the 25th century, 30 years after the events of "". "Star Trek Online" is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game within the "Star Trek" franchise and was released for Microsoft Windows in
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on to describe the production of the show, and the aftermath of its cancellation. He interviews other members of the cast who on occasion speak negatively of their experiences on the show, except for James Doohan, who refused to meet with him. He also spoke to Bjo Trimble, one of the most famous "Star Trek" fans. The negative reaction of some of the cast members to him when he wrote "Star Trek Memories" had come as a surprise to Shatner, and it was reported at the time that he was dismayed at the response. He conducted the interviews by phone
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2015 presented two tracks of concurrent programming, one devoted to "Star Trek" and one devoted to all other space opera TV shows and movies; a video programming room that screened 26 fan films released during 2014 in a "Star Trek" Fan Film Festival; a gaming room for role-playing, board and card games; an artists alley; a VIP champagne reception; a dealers room and a con suite. Special events included an original puppet show based on "Star Trek", a science fiction-themed costume contest, the 16th annual Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant and the first annual Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards.
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of the new United Paramount Network (UPN) and thus the first major network "Star Trek" series since the original. After "Voyager" ended, UPN produced "", a prequel TV series to the original show. "Enterprise" did not enjoy the high ratings of its predecessors and UPN threatened to cancel it after the series' third season. Fans launched a campaign reminiscent of the one that saved the third season of the "Original Series". Paramount renewed "Enterprise" for a fourth season, but moved it to the Friday night death slot. Like the "Original Series", "Enterprise" ratings dropped during this time slot, and UPN
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of "Star Trek" canon. Then, from the end of the first season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" on May 16, 1988 (when all licenses for "Star Trek" spin-off fiction were renegotiated) up to June 27, 2007, "TAS" was "decanonized". However, on June 27, 2007, "Star Trek"s official website incorporated information from "TAS" into its library, recanonizing it. Star Trek expanded universe The "Star Trek" expanded universe is an unofficial, fan-created term to describe an extrapolation of events which occur in the "Star Trek" Universe outside the scope of the television series and feature films. Information from the "Star Trek"
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Star Trek: Of Gods and Men Star Trek: Of Gods and Men is a non-canon three-part unofficial "Star Trek" fan mini-series which contains many cast members from the "Star Trek" TV series and movies. It is described by its producers as a "40th Anniversary gift" from "Star Trek" actors to their fans. It was filmed in 2006, but its release was delayed until 2007–08. It is not endorsed by the rightsholders of "Star Trek", but has been covered on the official "Star Trek" website. The series was directed by Tim Russ and conceived and Produced by Sky Conway. Best known
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As early as January 1968, the Associated Press reported that "Star Trek"s chances for renewal for a third season were "excellent". The show had better ratings for NBC than ABC's competing "Hondo", and the competing CBS programs (#3 "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." and the first half-hour of the #12 "CBS Friday Night Movie") were in the top 15 in the Nielsen ratings. Again, demographics helped "Star Trek" survive. Contrary to popular belief among its fans, the show did not have a larger audience of young viewers than its competition while on NBC. The network's research did, however, indicate that "Star Trek"
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of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy was modeled on classical mythological storytelling. "Star Trek" and its spin-offs have proven highly popular in syndication and are shown on TV stations worldwide. The show's cultural impact goes far beyond its longevity and profitability. "Star Trek" conventions have become popular among its fans, who call themselves "trekkies" or "trekkers". An entire subculture has grown up around the show which was documented in the film "Trekkies". "Star Trek" was the highest-ranked cult show by "TV Guide". The franchise has also garnered many comparisons of the "Star Wars" franchise being rivals in the science fiction genre
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It was attended by the cast and crew of "Enterprise" as well as several from "" and "". It was first aired on UPN on September 26. The broadcast saw the episode come in first place during the timeslot, with 16 million viewers watching, with an average of 12 million. This represented the best ratings that the channel had received since "Voyager", while also an increase of 42% over the finale of that series, "". Broken Bow (Star Trek: Enterprise) "Broken Bow" is the pilot episode of the science fiction television series "" (later renamed "Star Trek: Enterprise"). It originally
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to "Star Trek". "It was "Star Wars" that thrust "Star Trek" into the people of Paramount's consciousness" Shatner stated. The documentary "Trek Nation" features interviews where both Lucas and Roddenberry praise each other's respective franchises, with the former stating that "Star Trek" was an influence while writing the original screenplay for "Star Wars". He explained that while both franchises were so "far out", "Star Trek" produced a fanbase that "softened up the entertainment arena" so that "Star Wars" could "come along and stand on its shoulders." This is also acknowledged by Shatner, who went as far as to call "Star
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"Star Trek" actors. It was produced in association with "New Voyages". Rand was also portrayed by Meghan King Johnson in "New Voyages". She was initially going to work on a film with producer Jack Marshall, but when that fell through, he suggested she worked on the "Star Trek" production. Johnson was first hired to portray Christine Chapel, with Andrea Ajemian playing Rand. However, Ajemian was re-cast to play Onabi in the pilot "Come What May", Johnson was moved to play Rand and Shannon Giles recruited to play Chapel. Johnson said that highlights of the role included taking the conn in
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an official "Star Trek" production. Transporter (Star Trek) A transporter is a fictional teleportation machine used in the "Star Trek" universe. Transporters convert a person or object into an energy pattern (a process called dematerialization), then "beam" it to a target, where it is reconverted into matter (rematerialization). The term "transporter accident" is a catch-all term for when a person or object does not rematerialize correctly. According to "The Making of Star Trek", "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's original plan did not include transporters, instead calling for characters to land the starship itself. However, this would have required unfeasible and
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for the episode Gerrold states of the episode: "This was the first time the word 'pregnant' was used on TV." This is false. While the very first use of the word on American television is not known, the word was spoken at least five years earlier in "Never Name a Duck," the first episode of the second season of the "Dick Van Dyke Show" in September 1962. Tribbles have been further seen in other "Star Trek" episodes and films, including "" and the JJ Abrams-helmed films "Star Trek" (2009) and "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013). While on a visit to
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of footage as well as recreated special effects. It was released as part of the Season 2 collection set. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" spawned different media set in its universe, which was primarily the 2370s but set in the same universe as first "Star Trek" TV shows of the 1960s. This included the aforementioned films, computer games, board games, theme parks, etc. In the 2010s there were rumors of a Captain Worf spin-off, the bridge officer that debuted on "TNG" and was also featured in the "TNG" spin-off show "Deep Space Nine". Star Trek "TNG"-era novels (examples): In 2005,
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time of "First Contact". Timeline of Star Trek Below is an abridged timeline of events established in the group of television shows and feature films set in the "Star Trek" universe. Many dates are estimates as the various shows and films are not consistent in their use of dates. More exhaustive timelines are available in both "Star Trek" reference works and on various fan websites. This table shows each TV series and movie, its year of release or broadcast, the year it was set in according to the prevailing Okuda chronology (see below) and the stardate range for that year.
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crew from 1992 onward, during the years of the 18-year first Trek TV sequels era. He is married to onetime script coordinator Janet Nemecek. Nemecek's more recent franchise work is the non-fiction "Star Trek: Stellar Cartography" guidebook and map set from 47North (Amazon), updated in 2018 from EpikInk (Amazon). He also contributed text and research for "Star Trek: Star Charts" – a 2003 Pocket Books reunion of sorts with onetime colleague Geoffrey Mandel after they had earlier joined on the 1980 "Star Trek Maps" (Bantam), and prior self-published material. Along with two updates of the TNG "Companion" in 1995 and
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and few if any from this period are remembered today. The success in syndication of the original "Star Trek" series, and fan pressure for a Star Trek revival, led to The Animated Series (1973–1974). The Animated Series continued the adventures of the Enterprise and its crew, however, it is generally considered to be non-canonical. After the end of the original "Star Trek" series, and before the first "Star Trek" movie, producer Gene Roddenberry was able to produce and write a few TV-movies, none of which had anything to do with "Star Trek". "Genesis II" (1973) involved Alex Cord as Dylan
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watched "Jaws", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "" and the works of James Cameron and Ridley Scott. Throughout multiple script revisions a number of titles were considered, including "Star Trek: Borg", "Star Trek: Destinies", "Star Trek: Future Generations" and "Star Trek: Generations II". The planned title of "Resurrection" was scrapped when Fox announced the title of the fourth "Alien" film; the film was rebranded "First Contact" on May 3, 1996. "First Contact" was the first "Star Trek" film to make significant use of computer-generated starship models, though physical miniatures were still used for the most important vessels. With the
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soundtrack as "Kronos Wartet" <nowiki>**</nowiki> - Contains material that was present on the original soundtrack as "Brigadoom" † - Contains material that was present on the original soundtrack as "Star Trek Main Theme", and contains "Theme from "Star Trek" (TV Series)" by Alexander Courage & Gene Roddenberry Credits adopted from Allmusic: Star Trek Into Darkness (soundtrack) Star Trek Into Darkness: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album for the 2013 film, "Star Trek Into Darkness", composed by Michael Giacchino. The score was recorded over seven sessions at the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver City, California, on March 5–9
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that the episodes' "feel is Star Trek through and through", mostly because of the added music and "layer upon layer of digitized bloops, whirrs, hisses, and clicks taken straight off the TV. Phaser fire sounds like phaser fire. Communicators trill the way communicators ought to". Ardai wished that Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelley did not sound so "oddly sedate" but believed that "Trekkers ... will be rapturously grateful to have them at all", and concluded "I can't imagine the Star Trek fan who will want to miss the CD version ... it may be one of the last chances we'll have
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the new information provided by the away mission. "A Final Unity" was originally penned for a release shortly after Interplay's "Star Trek: 25th Anniversary". Since "25th Anniversary" was released at the end of 1992, "A Final Unity" was scheduled to be released in 1993, but did not make the projected release date. Seven principal actors of the TV show (Wil Wheaton is missing) plus Majel Barrett, the voice of the computer, were hired to reprise their roles in voice-overs for the game. "A Final Unity" was Spectrum HoloByte's second Star Trek video game, following the 1994 game "". Spectrum Holobyte
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Some say that "Trekkie" is "frequently depreciative", thus, "not an acceptable term to serious fans", who prefer "Trekker". The distinction existed as early as May 1970, when the editor of fanzine "Deck 6" wrote: By 1976, media reports on "Star Trek" conventions acknowledged the two types of fans: In the 1991 TV show "Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special", Leonard Nimoy attempted to settle the issue by stating that "Trekker" is the preferred term. During an appearance on "Saturday Night Live" to promote the 2009 "Star Trek" film, Nimoy – seeking to assure Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, the "new" Kirk
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"Star Trek" films have received 15 Academy Award nominations. "Star Trek" (2009) won for Best Makeup in 2010, and four of the previous films were nominated mainly in the areas of makeup, music, set design and sound design. The early "Star Trek" films, the first to tenth film, were originally released on VHS; competitive pricing of ""s videocassette helped bolster the adoption of VHS players in households. Later films were also released on LaserDisc as well. For those films that did not receive an initial DVD release, Paramount released simple one-disc versions with no special features. Later, the first ten
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Star Trek: Renegades Star Trek: Renegades is a fan film based upon the "Star Trek" franchise. The story concerns a group of criminals and misfits assembled to undertake a covert mission when suspicion arises that the official military chain of command has been compromised by enemy agents. The film was largely funded through crowdsourcing, and the film's producers claimed they were going to submit it to CBS as a spec TV pilot. The completed pilot film was released for public viewing via YouTube beginning August 24, 2015. Plans were announced for a "Renegades" web-based series, but in 2016 the overt
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studios, and hired several of its staff, among them Robert Justman and Wah Chang for the production of "Star Trek". Harlan Ellison contended that inspiration for James Cameron's "Terminator" had come in part from Ellison's work on "The Outer Limits". Cameron conceded the influence. Ellison was awarded money and an end-credits mention in "The Terminator" (1984), stating the creators' wish "to acknowledge the works of Harlan Ellison". Cameron was against Orion's decision and was told that if he did not agree with the settlement, they would have Cameron pay for any damages if Orion lost Ellison's suit. Cameron replied that
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Pear Blossom Festival parade in Oregon, he hoped to sign hundreds of autographs but thousands of people appeared; after being rescued by police "I made sure never to appear publicly again in Vulcan guise", the actor wrote. Another was in January 1968, when more than 200 Caltech students marched to NBC's Burbank, California studio to support "Star Trek" renewal. The first fan convention devoted to the show occurred on 1 March 1969 at the Newark Public Library. Organized by a librarian who was one of the creators of "Spockanalia", the "Star Trek Con" did not have celebrity guests but did
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as Khan's son, Joachim, in "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan". Not only did he get a featured role in the best Star Trek movie ever, but he got to play opposite Ricardo Montalban. The two entered into a friendship which is still alive and well today. Recently, when Ricardo received a lifetime achievement award, Judson was the presenter. Scott also played a in ""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "" (opposite "Star Trek II" co-star Merritt Butrick) and a Romulan in ""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "". Scott still makes appearances at science fiction conventions and has his own fan club composed mostly of Star Trek fans. Joaquin
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as Medea in a television movie adaptation of "Jason and the Argonauts" (2000). She also appeared in the movie "On the Edge" (2001) and the miniseries "The Diamond Hunters" (2001) before being cast on "Star Trek: Enterprise". Landing a role on "Enterprise" was Blalock's biggest break and she described it as a dream come true. She admitted she was excited at being a newcomer to the series: She has not participated in conventions or given interviews regarding her role on "Star Trek: Enterprise" except for FedCon XIV in May 2005, but did agree to join a 2013 cast reunion for
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a Series (Prosthetic)". A later episode, "Two Days and Two Nights", won in the category "Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series". The first season DVD was released on May 3, 2005, ten days before the broadcast of the final episode of the series. This release marked a couple of firsts for "Star Trek" TV series DVD releases. It was the first to include extensive deleted scenes (although footage cut from the premiere of "Voyager" had been included in a featurette previously), and it was the first to include an outtakes or blooper reel. Star Trek: Enterprise (season 1) Season one of
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film "Seven Samurai" and the 1960 remake, "The Magnificent Seven". Fields had concerns that this didn't come across in the final script, but intended for Koloth to represent Britt from "The Magnificent Seven", whilst Kang was intended to be Yul Brynner's character, Chris. Kor instead was based on Falstaff, who appeared in three plays by William Shakespeare. Colicos appeared as Kor, who had previously appeared as the first Klingon in the "Star Trek" franchise in "The Original Series" first-season episode "Errand of Mercy". Jordan Hoffman at the official "Star Trek" website described Kor as a "bumbling old uncle" and Koloth
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of these premises have been accepted by "Star Trek" fans as being canon, even though Paramount Pictures, owners of the "Star Trek" franchise, considers only live-action television and film productions to be canon. This has led to conflict on occasion when a TV episode or film contradicts well-established Expanded Universe backstory (most notably in the case of the prequel series, ""). "" ("TAS") was a 22 episode set of animated adventures of the "Enterprise" crew, which aired originally on NBC from 1973-1974. It featured the reappearance of popular characters from the original series, including Harry Mudd and Cyrano Jones, and
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a source by websites like Slashdot, Fark, SciFiWire, Yahoo! Movies and others. Pascale and his site have also been cited on the G4TV, various local TV stations and in "The Wall Street Journal". TrekMovie.com continued to grow as a range of editors and contributors—respected experts covering different areas of the "Star Trek" franchise—were brought on. The site was the highest ranked "Star Trek" news site in 2008. Beginning around May 2013, the site often went weeks or months with no updates. When updates resumed, no explanation was given. After the release of 2013's "Star Trek Into Darkness", the site posted
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by Alexander Courage, is one of the most culturally-recognized musical memes in existence. Also included as the opening fanfare to "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the "Star Trek" film series, it has come to iconically symbolize "Star Trek" to even the casual viewer. Michael Giacchino has written a well-received distinctive new fanfare for the reboot "Star Trek" movie and its sequels, "Star Trek Into Darkness" and "Star Trek Beyond". "" and "" received their own distinctive opening fanfares. In a departure from the tradition of sweeping classical themes symbolizing the various incarnations of "Star Trek", the opening theme to
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Cultural influence of Star Trek "Star Trek" is one of the most culturally-influential media franchises, and is often regarded as the most influential science fiction TV series in history. The original series, which aired in the late 1960s, has since spawned six successor series and thirteen movies , merchandise, and a multibillion-dollar industry collectively known as the "Star Trek" franchise. The franchise is owned by CBS Television Studios, which now owns television properties previously held by Paramount Pictures, the studio that produced "Star Trek" for many decades. CBS Paramount continues to hold DVD rights to the TV series, and the
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the conclusion of TNG's three movies and the launch of "Voyager", while DS9 was still on air. "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I" was ranked No. 70 on "TV Guide"s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was ranked #46 on "TV Guide"s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time list, and in 2008, was ranked No. 37 on "Empire"s list of the 50 greatest television shows. "Yesterday's Enterprise" was rated as the top episode of TNG by "Entertainment Weekly". Guinan (Star Trek) Guinan is a recurring character that appeared in the American
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"brilliant, beautifully executed story." "TV Guide" ranked it #68 in their 100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History feature in its July 1, 1996 edition, #92 on the 100 greatest TV episodes of all time, and #80 on its list of "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time." For the franchise's 30th anniversary, it was ranked as the best "Star Trek" episode. In their 2003 book, "Beyond the Final Frontier: An Unauthorised Review of Star Trek", Mark Jones and Lance Parkin described "The City on the Edge of Forever" as "Rightly regarded as the highlight of original "Star Trek"" and
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first wife Joy in the 1950s. D. C. Fontana dedicated her novelization of "The Questor Tapes" to him. William Shatner dedicated a chapter in his 1993 memoir "Star Trek Memories" (transcribed by Chris Kreski) to him, titled "The Unsung Hero", in which he attributed many aspects of "Star Trek" to him. Leonard Nimoy did likewise in his own memoir ("I Am Spock"), as did Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman with "Inside Star Trek: The Real Story". In the closing credits of the 1999 "Star Trek" tribute film "Free Enterprise," he is referred to as "The Forgotten Gene" (in
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Monster 1965, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 1966, Star Trek: Miri 1966, Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine 1967, Star Trek: Wink of an Eye 1968, Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty? 1968, Star Trek: The Omega Glory 1968, Star Trek: The Gamesters of Triskelion 1968, Targets 1968 The Immortal (Pilot} 1969, Star Trek: All Our Yesterdays 1969, Star Trek: The Cloud Minders 1969. Woodstock 1970, Godchildren 1971, Mad Dogs Englishmen 1971, Longstreet: Pilot 1971, Across 110th Street 1972, Beware! The Blob 1972, A Thief in the Night 1972, Women in Chains 1972 TV, The Magician: Pilot #10 1973,
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Transporter (Star Trek) A transporter is a fictional teleportation machine used in the "Star Trek" universe. Transporters convert a person or object into an energy pattern (a process called dematerialization), then "beam" it to a target, where it is reconverted into matter (rematerialization). The term "transporter accident" is a catch-all term for when a person or object does not rematerialize correctly. According to "The Making of Star Trek", "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's original plan did not include transporters, instead calling for characters to land the starship itself. However, this would have required unfeasible and unaffordable sets and model filming,
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author’s influences were stated up-front: Paramount's , , and Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual. was over a year away from release at the time Crabaugh finished his article, and he stated that he did not use simply because there was a lot more useful gaming material available in the TV episodes and their novelizations. “Kirk on Karit 2: A STAR TREK Scenario Report” was developed by Emmet F. Milestone for use at DunDraCon IV. The intended players were a mix of “old dungeon-mates” and some non-gamer Trekkies who were interested in finding out about role-playing. Emmet F. Milestone played
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to the year, while the remainder was intended to stand for the day of the year. In the first installment of the movie trilogy, Spock makes his log of the destruction of Vulcan on stardate 2258.42, or February 11, 2258. "Star Trek Into Darkness" begins on stardate 2259.55, or February 24, 2259. "Star Trek Beyond" begins on stardate 2263.02, or January 2, 2263. The MMORPG "Star Trek Online" ("STO") was launched in 2009 and began on stardate 86088.58, in the year 2409. In the various TV series, four-digit stardates have been read out in groups of two digits as well
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rescued from the Nexus by the USS "Enterprise"-B. This is part of the opening act of "Star Trek Generations", the 1994 film made after the series' seven-year run concluded. Guinan did not appear in the next two Star Trek films ("First Contact" and "Insurrection"). Guinan reveals in "" that she has been married 23 times. She states in "" that she has many children, including a son who went through a phase when "he wouldn't listen to anybody"—something unusual "in a species of listeners". In "Yesterday's Enterprise", which involves a disruption of the timeline, Guinan is able to sense the
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their character. "Star Trek: The Role Playing Game" characters begin with seven basic abilities - "Strength", "Endurance", "Dexterity", "Intellect", "Luck", "Charisma" and "Psionic Potential". Though generated prior to the commencement of play of the first gaming session, these attributes are adjusted depending on the character's species. (Vulcans, for example, gained a natural bonus to their "Psionic Potential" score, a measure of their heightened psionic skill.) Players had the option of playing virtually any humanoid species introduced in the original "Star Trek" TV series, the animated series, or the first four movies. They included Humans, Vulcans, Tellarites, Andorians, Orions, Klingons, and
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Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, the franchise's first Academy Award. At "Star Trek"s creation, Norway Productions, Roddenberry's production company, shared ownership with Desilu Productions and, after Gulf+Western acquired Desilu in 1967, with Paramount Pictures, the conglomerate's film studio. Paramount did not want to own the unsuccessful show; net profit was to be shared between Norway, Desilu/Paramount, Shatner, and NBC but "Star Trek" lost money, and the studio did not expect to syndicate it. In 1970 Paramount offered to sell all rights to "Star Trek" to Roddenberry, but he could not afford the $150,000 cost (). In 1989, Gulf+Western renamed
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in North America on Thanksgiving weekend, November 26, 1986. Since "Star Trek" had traditionally performed poorly internationally, the producers created a special trailer for foreign markets that de-emphasized the "Star Trek" part of the title, as well as retelling the events of "The Wrath of Khan" and "The Search for Spock". Winter recalled that the marketing did not seem to make a difference. "The Voyage Home" was the first "Star Trek" film shown in the Soviet Union, screened by the World Wildlife Fund on June 26, 1987, in Moscow to celebrate a ban on whaling. Attending the screening with Nimoy,
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Robert H. Justman Robert Harris "Bob" Justman (July 13, 1926 – May 28, 2008) was an American television producer, director, and production manager. He worked on many American TV series including "Lassie", "The Life of Riley", "Adventures of Superman", "The Outer Limits", "Star Trek", "", and "Then Came Bronson". Born to a Jewish family in New York City, Justman was one of the pioneers behind "Star Trek", working both as an associate and supervising producer on "" and "". He was also the assistant director of the first two "Star Trek" episodes: "The Cage" and "Where No Man Has Gone
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This film is based on the premise that aliens monitoring the broadcast of an Earth-based TV series called "Galaxy Quest", modeled heavily on "Star Trek", believe that what they are seeing is real. Many "Star Trek" actors have been quoted saying that "Galaxy Quest" was a brilliant parody. "Star Trek" has been blended with Gilbert and Sullivan at least twice. The North Toronto Players presented a "Star Trek" adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan entitled "H.M.S. Starship Pinafore: The Next Generation" in 1991 and an adaptation by Jon Mullich of Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore" that sets the operetta in the
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most recent "Star Trek" TV series, entitled "", premiered on CBS and was later made available exclusively on the digital platform CBS All Access. The adventures of "The Next Generation" crew continued in four additional feature films. In 2009, the film franchise underwent a "reboot" set in an alternate timeline, or "Kelvin Timeline," entitled simply "Star Trek." This film featured a new cast portraying younger versions of the crew from the original show; their adventures were continued in the sequel film, "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013). The thirteenth film feature and sequel, "Star Trek Beyond" (2016), was released to coincide
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instead makes no mention of it. Preview excerpts of the book were published in the September 4 issue of "TV Guide" magazine in the United States. It was published in the autumn of 1993, followed in 1994 with "Star Trek Movie Memories". He worked on both books with Christopher Kreski, who he later worked on the 1999 book "Get a Life!". "Star Trek Memories" was converted into a video documentary featuring interviews with other "Star Trek" cast members in 1996. The review in trade magazine "Publishers Weekly", said that "Fans of TV's 1960s science fiction series Star Trek will go
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stations when they dropped "" from broadcast syndication. He credits David Gerrold's book about the making of the episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" as being an influence on his future career. He wrote his first "Star Trek" story at the age of eight. Whilst attending Florida State University he took a class in script writing, penning a spec script for ";" the script that later helped Sussman obtain an internship with the writing staff of "". Before writing for "Star Trek", Sussman served as a writer and producer for KCAL-TV's Emmy Award-winning "Prime Nine News," and shared the award for
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of the Union”<br> 2013 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Breaking Bad<br> 2009 WINNER Cineglobe (CERN) Film Festival - “World Builder” Short Film<br> 2008 Seattle International Film Festival Finalist - “World Builder” Short Film<br> 2001 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Enterprise<br> 1999 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<br> 1999 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Star Trek: Voyager<br> 1998 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Star Trek: Voyager Bruce Branit Bruce Branit is an
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Christopher Pike (Star Trek) Christopher Pike is a character in the "Star Trek" science fiction franchise. He was portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter in the original "" pilot episode, "", as captain of the . The pilot was rejected, and the character was dropped during development of the second pilot when Hunter decided that he did not want to continue with the series. Sean Kenney portrayed the physically disabled Christopher Pike in new footage filmed for a subsequent "Star Trek" episode, "", which also re-uses original footage featuring Hunter from "The Cage". Bruce Greenwood portrays Pike in the 2009 film "Star
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"Makora" in the "Star Trek" episode "The Apple." Ishmael (Star Trek) Ishmael is a novel by Barbara Hambly, set in the "Star Trek" fictional universe. Spock travels back to the time and place of "Here Come the Brides", a 1968-70 ABC television series loosely based upon Asa Mercer's efforts to bring civilization to 1860s Seattle by importing the marriageable Mercer Girls from the war-ravaged East Coast of the United States. The show's premise was that eldest brother Jason Bolt bet his entire logging operation that he could persuade one hundred marriageable ladies to come to Seattle, and that all of
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Star Trek: Challenger Star Trek: Challenger is a spin-off series of "Star Trek" novels published by Pocket Books in the United States as part of Pocket’s line. Based on the titular TV series created by Gene Roddenberry, the series was created by Pocket editor John J. Ordover and writer Diane Carey, and was a continuation of the six-book storyline, "". The sixth and final "New Earth" book was subtitled "Challenger", and served as a springboard for "Star Trek: Challenger". It was published on August 1, 2000. The "New Earth" novel "Challenger" features the survivors of a destroyed starship's crew constructing
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the historical record has been altered. Nine "Star Trek" novels, in the form of three thematic trilogies, have been written by William Shatner with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. These novels, starting with the second book, feature a Captain Kirk revived after "Star Trek Generations". However, these novels are set in a different continuity to the rest of the "Star Trek" novels, receiving the nickname the Shatnerverse. A fourth Shatner/Reeves-Stevens trilogy, focusing on Kirk's time at Starfleet Academy and based on an idea pitched to Paramount for a TV series was launched in October 2007. The "Star Trek" book ranges have
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it was announced at the Las Vegas convention, the updated version will have "300 new pages" that will cover "Star Trek: Voyager" Seasons 4-7, "Star Trek: Enterprise" Seasons 1-4, "Star Trek: Nemesis" and will contain information regarding J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" movie reboot. The version will come as a " two-volume hardcover edition" and will cost US$99. The 2016 revised edition was published by Harper Design on October 18, 2016 for $150. In a 2016 interview with "Geek Speak Magazine", Denise Okuda stated that there is "two, maybe three times as much text in the 2016 edition as in the
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He clarified in 2013 that it was "as close to canon as any "Star Trek" game will ever come" as the mission described by the game could have taken place between 2009's "Star Trek" and "Star Trek Into Darkness". Concept design work for the game was created by artist Fernando Acosta. While developing the game, the production team sought to use elements of other games as influences on how to create a "Star Trek" based game that was along the same lines as the 2009 film. Digital Extremes creative director Sheldon Carter described this as "It's like someone spliced "Metroid
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sold the filmed version. In 1975, Ellison copyrighted the version of the first draft script as it was returned to him with notes, which was then published in "Six Science Fiction Plays" by Simon & Schuster. By this time, he and Roddenberry had taken conciliatory steps towards each other, and he was invited to pitch a story idea for a late 1970s "Star Trek" film, despite saying that "Star Trek" was "dead" in an interview with "The Washington Post" when the film project was first announced. However, this did not last. Roddenberry would go on to claim in an interview
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Sirtis as Troi; LeVar Burton as Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge; Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher; and Denise Crosby, whose character Tasha Yar died during "Star Trek: The Next Generation"s first season. It is also the first time the cast, minus Crosby, has worked together since the 2002 feature film "Star Trek Nemesis", although the actors did not meet when they recorded their speaking parts. Including Crosby, the last time that the entire cast worked together was the 1990 episode "Yesterday's Enterprise". Wil Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher on "", recorded his parts for the episode on September 20, 2007.
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the end of the "Star Trek" series) at the Pheasant Run Playhouse in St. Charles, Illinois. Nimoy was best known for his portrayal of Spock, the half-human, half-Vulcan character he played on "Star Trek" from the first TV episode, in 1966, to the film "Star Trek Into Darkness" in 2013. Biographer Dennis Fischer states that it was Nimoy's "most important role," and Nimoy was later credited by others for bringing "dignity and intelligence to one of the most revered characters in science fiction." The character was to become iconic, considered one of the most popular alien characters ever portrayed on
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in the "Babylon 5" TV movie "". He has portrayed several characters in the "Star Trek" universe: Worf's brother Kurn in "" and "", an adult Jake Sisko in the episode "" in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and an Alpha Hirogen in the episode "" in "". In 2017, Todd returned to the world of "Star Trek" as General Rodek in the MMORPG game "Star Trek Online"; Rodek was the persona taken on by Kurn after he lost the memories of his past life as Worf's brother in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Sons of Mogh". In
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