The source for Star Trek news and information. Star Trek. Star Trek has been a cult phenomenon for decades.[1] Fans of the franchise are called Trekkies or Trekkers.
The franchise spans a wide range of spin-offs including games, figurines, novels, toys, and comics. Star Trek had a themed attraction in Las Vegas which opened in 1998 and closed in September 2008. At least two museum exhibits of props travel the world. The series has its own full-fledged constructed language, Klingon. Several parodies have been made of Star Trek. Conception and setting The Starfleet emblem as seen in the franchise. Most Star Trek stories depict the adventures of humans[Note 4] and aliens who serve in Starfleet, the space-borne humanitarian and peacekeeping armada of the United Federation of Planets.
Roddenberry intended the show to have a highly progressive political agenda reflective of the emerging counter-culture of the youth movement, though he was not fully forthcoming to the networks about this. History and production Beginnings Rebirth After Roddenberry Reboot. Star Trek: The Original Series. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, roughly during the 2260s.
The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), first officer and science officer Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and chief medical officer Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose: Space: the final frontier. The series was produced 1966–67 by Desilu Productions, and by Paramount Television 1968–69. Creation and development[edit] In 1964, Gene Roddenberry, a longtime fan of science fiction, drafted a proposal for a science-fiction television series that he called Star Trek. Some of the influences on his idea that Roddenberry noted included A. The second pilot introduced the rest of the main characters: Captain Kirk (William Shatner), chief engineer Lt. Production[edit] The original starship Enterprise The show's production staff included art director Matt Jefferies.
Season 1 (1966–67)[edit] Season 2 (1967–68)[edit] Star Trek Homepage. The Star Trek Top 100. The year 2006 marks the 40th anniversary of Star Trek and since Paramount has accidentally fucked up Star Trek for the time being, it's up to we the fans to make tribute to the greatest science fiction legacy of the 20th century.
That's right, I didn't stutter. Star Trek is the science fiction that Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and all the series that came after it dreams that they could be. So, today at the crap factory, we're counting down the best 100 stories every to come from the final frontier in the first four decades of Star Trek's existence. Read on and see if you agree with our Crap Factory writer! #100 - Future's End Star Trek: Voyager Airdate: November 6, 1996 and November 13, 1996 Stardate: 3192.1 The U.S.S. Knowing Braxton's ship holds the key to returning to their own era, the crew begins searching for it, and an Away Team beams down to Los Angeles to investigate subspace readings that seem out of place in the 20th century. What makes this episode great: Quote: Quote: Lost races of Star Trek Original Series. Star trek general info.
80 Reasons Why William Shatner Is Awesome. By TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity,Shatner,Viral Video/Mashup/Images , trackback Today is William Shatner’s 80th birthday.
Star Trek’s original Captain Kirk seems to be unstoppable as he heads into his ninth decade. As an actor, writer, pitchman, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and more, William Shatner is an endless source of inspiration and entertainment and so again we honor the man by updating our ‘awesome list’ all about Shatner with more video and, of course, more awesome. TrekMovie.com’s 80 reasons why William Shatner is awesome. 80 Reasons Why Leonard Nimoy Is Fascinating. By TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity,Nimoy , trackback Today, Saturday, is Leonard Nimoy’s 80th Birthday.
Like we did with William Shatner’s 80th birthday, we are counting up 80 things about the original Spock – but this time with 80 reasons why Mr. Nimoy is "fascinating". TrekMovie’s 80 reasons why Leonard Nimoy is fascinating 80.