query: when did the first star trek movie come out

pos: Star Trek (film series) creating a television series, "", with the original cast. However, following the huge success of "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in 1977, Paramount changed its mind again, halting production on the television series and adapting its pilot episode into a "Star Trek" feature film, "" (1979). Five more "Star Trek" feature films featuring the entire original cast followed. The cast of the "Star Trek" sequel series "" (1987-1994) starred in a further four films. Upon the release of "" on December 13, 2002, the film had grossed $67 million, a meager amount compared to the box

pos: Starlog Starlog Starlog was a monthly science fiction magazine that was created in 1976 and focused primarily on Star Trek at its inception. Kerry O’Quinn and Norman Jacobs were its creators and it was published by Starlog Group, Inc. in August 1976. "Starlog" was one of the first publications to report on the development of the first "Star Wars" movie, and it followed the development of what was to eventually become "" (1979). "Starlog" was born out of the Star Trek fandom craze, but also was inspired by the success of the magazine Cinefantastique which was the model of Star Trek

pos: William Shatner (1977) led the studio to instead consider developing a "Star Trek" motion picture. Shatner and the other original "Star Trek" cast members returned to their roles when Paramount produced "", released in 1979. He played Kirk in the next six "Star Trek" films, ending with the character's death in "Star Trek Generations" (1994). Some later appearances in the role are in the movie sequences of the video game "" (1997), briefly for a DirecTV advertisement using footage from "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" running from late summer 2006, and the 2013 Academy Awards, in which he reprised the role

pos: Star Trek create a sequel. The studio forced Roddenberry to relinquish creative control of future sequels. The success of the critically acclaimed sequel, "", reversed the fortunes of the franchise. While the sequel grossed less than the first movie, "The Wrath of Khan"s lower production costs made it net more profit. Paramount produced six "Star Trek" feature films between 1979 and 1991. In response to the popularity of "Star Trek" feature films, the franchise returned to television with "" ("TNG") in 1987. Paramount chose to distribute it as a first-run syndication show rather than a network show. Following "Star Trek: The Motion

neg: Leonard Nimoy 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

neg: James Doohan 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

neg: Jolene Blalock 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

neg: Sexuality in Star Trek never been gay characters in all the series". Including a gay character in the next film "was not in the list of my priorities to try to figure out how to make this movie in the best possible way. But it will now be in the hopper." Abrams did not commit to including an identifiably non-heterosexual character but did commit to bringing the idea to the writers. Ultimately, "Star Trek Into Darkness" did not include an identifiably LGBT character. On July 7, 2016, it was announced that the film "Star Trek Beyond" would portray Hikaru Sulu as being in a

neg: Joachim (Star Trek) 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

neg: Star Trek Beyond Beastie Boys song "Sabotage", which many considered out of place, despite its use in the first film of the rebooted series. Pegg expressed similar thoughts of dissatisfaction with the teaser, saying that he "didn't love it" because "I know there's a lot more to the film." He interpreted the trailer to be a way of the marketing team saying, "Come and see this movie! It's full of action and fun!" A second trailer was released on May 20, 2016, to warmer reviews. A third and final trailer was released on June 27, 2016, featuring Rihanna's single "Sledgehammer". "Star Trek Beyond"

neg: Cultural influence of Star Trek 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

neg: William N. Stape called "Charity", involved the character Quark. It became the third-season episode "Prophet Motive", which aired in February 1995. In 2007, Stape wrote an article criticizing the writing abilities of former "Star Trek" television and movie producer Rick Berman. Stape pointed out that Berman wrote more episodes than he did any other "Star Trek" television series, and Enterprise remains the most critically lambasted incarnation of Star Trek. Stape wasn't alone in going public with criticism of Berman, David Weddle, who wrote for "" as a staff writer and producer, also has been critical of Berman's handling of the "Star Trek" franchise.

neg: Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 2) 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

neg: Star Trek: The Original Series 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"

neg: William Shatner in his autobiography "Star Trek Movie Memories". In the 2004 "Star Trek" DVD sets, Shatner seemed to have made up with Takei, but their differences continue to resurface. In the 1990s, Shatner made numerous attempts to reconcile with Doohan, but was unsuccessful for some time, Doohan being the only former "Star Trek" co-star refusing to be interviewed by Shatner for his 1993 memoir "Star Trek Memories"; Doohan did participate in the 1994 follow-up, "Star Trek Movie Memories". However, an Associated Press article published at the time of Doohan's final convention appearance in late August 2004 stated that Doohan, already suffering

neg: Alien invasion descendants of such humans who had been transported across the galaxy and whose technological development evolved along different paths, as well as preventing the malicious aliens from attacking Earth. The movie "[[Star Trek: First Contact]]" (1996) deals extensively with this theme, although the frame of reference is in the future; the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] come to Earth in 2063, approximately two to three hundred years prior to the relevant events in the Star Trek universe. This concept has also been explored outside of the film and novel forms of entertainment. The storyline of the video game series "[[Resistance (video game

neg: The Star Trek Encyclopedia 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

neg: Bjo Trimble a film short called "Superbman: The Other Movie". Trimble contributed to the first encyclopedic collection of data for "Star Trek", the Star Trek Concordance, which contains cross-referenced details on every character, setting, event and device in every episode of the original "", its incarnation and, in later editions of the book, the "Star Trek" films. According to former "Trek" archivist Richard Arnold, the "Concordance" was used as a primary source of official canon by writers of the "Star Trek" Universe when he first started working at Paramount. Trimble received the Big Heart Award in 1964, and (in her persona of

neg: Star Trek: Klingon the game. He scored it one out of five stars. "Entertainment Weekly" gave the game a B and wrote that "Unfortunately — since it's likely that nowadays more people are familiar with Klingon than Esperanto — the program teaches you virtually nothing about Klingon grammar or syntax, which may be an impediment when you apply for that translator's gig at the United Federation of Planets." Star Trek: Klingon Star Trek: Klingon is an interactive movie video game set in the "Star Trek" universe. It was written by Hilary Bader, directed by Jonathan Frakes, and featured music by Gregory Smith. It

neg: Star Trek Beyond basically the "Star Trek" version of an interplanetary action film, with a plot that doesn’t take you to many new frontiers." Furthermore, he called "Star Trek Beyond" "a somewhat diverting place holder, but one hopes that the next "Star Trek" movie will have what it takes to boldly go where no "Star Trek" movie has gone before." Mark Hugues of "Forbes" said, ""Star Trek Beyond" is the third-best "Star Trek" film of all time, creating the sort of emotional connection and familiar, powerful characterizations we loved in the original series while delivering top-notch action and the best "Star Trek" movie

neg: Starship Enterprise reality created when the Romulan character Nero traveled through time via an artificial black hole. Registry: Service: 2258–2263 (5 Years) Captains: Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) The main setting for the films "Star Trek" (2009), "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013), and "Star Trek Beyond" (2016). "Enterprise" is shown during its construction phase at the Riverside Shipyard in Iowa during the first film. A brief shot of the NCC-1701 is seen as the shuttlecraft carrying Kirk and the new recruits into space departs the shipyard later on in the movie. At the end of "Star Trek Into

neg: Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars 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

neg: Star Trek Paramount by 2002. Since 1967, hundreds of original novels, short stories, and television and movie adaptations have been published. The first original "Star Trek" novel was "Mission to Horatius" by Mack Reynolds, which was published in hardcover by Whitman Books in 1968. The first publisher of "Star Trek" fiction aimed at adult readers was Bantam Books. James Blish wrote adaptations of episodes of the original series in twelve volumes from 1967 to 1977; in 1970, he wrote the first original "Star Trek" novel published by Bantam, "Spock Must Die!" Pocket Books published subsequent "Star Trek" novels. Prolific "Star Trek" novelists

neg: Star Trek: Renegades story of "Star Trek: Renegades" has quite a cool premise... The execution is a little less successful, the script feeling a bit under-written and too full of corny tropes that went out of fashion in the sci-fi of the 80s," adding, "It's clear the team behind the movie loves the "Star Trek" name, and diehard fans are likely to be far more forgiving of the flaws than most (when Robert Picardo showed up as the fan favourite holographic Dr. Zimmerman, it prompted cheers in the screening). But it's very hard to be down on what's essentially fan fiction made on

neg: Stardate 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

neg: Star Trek: New Voyages 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

neg: Star Trek canon generations. The Klingon language was first conceived by James Doohan for the movie "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", and consisted only of a few words. Later, Marc Okrand proceeded to flesh out the sparse vocabulary into a real language, complete with grammar rules and phonology, and went so far as to publish "The Klingon Dictionary" (1985, revised edition 1992); the Klingon Language Institute was created soon thereafter. Okrand's Klingon language was used to write the Klingon dialogues heard in several "Star Trek" movies and episodes. Okrand has developed the language in an important way in two audio-courses: "Conversational Klingon" (1992)

neg: Star Trek Beyond a busted old spaceship, Scott says it’s impossible, and 14 seconds later everything is ready to rip." James Berardinelli of "Reelviews" gave 2½ stars out of 4, writing: ""Star Trek Beyond" is a "Star Trek" movie, although not an especially good one; The action sequences are frenetic, kinetic, and at times incoherent. This isn’t unexpected; it’s Lin’s trademark. But the plot, credited to Simon Pegg & Doug Jung, is pure "Trek". Unfortunately, it’s also instantly forgettable." Dave Robinson of outlet "Crash Landed" writes that ""Star Trek Beyond" fails to push beyond its own roots and becomes just another very safe

neg: Star Trek (IDW Publishing) following trade paperbacks: Star Trek (IDW Publishing) Star Trek is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, based on the "Star Trek" science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. It consists of multiple mini-series. However, starting in September 2011, an ongoing series based on the 2009 "Star Trek" film began publishing as a continuation of the movie. On November 9, 2006, IDW Publishing announced that they had secured the publishing rights to "Star Trek" from CBS Consumer Products. IDW's first title, "Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between", is a six-issue limited series launched January 2007. "The Space

neg: Star Trek (IDW Publishing) Star Trek (IDW Publishing) Star Trek is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, based on the "Star Trek" science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. It consists of multiple mini-series. However, starting in September 2011, an ongoing series based on the 2009 "Star Trek" film began publishing as a continuation of the movie. On November 9, 2006, IDW Publishing announced that they had secured the publishing rights to "Star Trek" from CBS Consumer Products. IDW's first title, "Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between", is a six-issue limited series launched January 2007. "The Space Between" is written

neg: Star Trek: The Role Playing Game Star Trek: The Role Playing Game Star Trek: The Role Playing Game is a role-playing game set in the fictional "Star Trek" universe published and edited by FASA Corporation from 1982 to 1989. Jordan Weisman of FASA sought out one of the biggest licenses in the space adventure genre - "Star Trek" - and received it in 1982. Weisman and L. Ross Babcock III looked out-of-house for a "Star Trek" design team. Over the next several months FASA rejected four different designs for the game, largely because they all focused too much on combat, which did not fit with Gene

neg: Star Trek: Voyager – The Arcade Game and citing primarily Borg drones as the primary targets. He panned the other enemies, stating that they didn't seem to fit well in the game. "When Star Trek Voyager The Arcade Game does throw a little variety into the action, it's wildly out of place [...] these critters look like something out of "Doom" or "Voltron", not "Voyager"!" Allie did praise the design of the arcade cabinet and the game's large screen, but felt that the generic light guns used took away from the "Star Trek" feel. The game was featured at the AMOA International Show 2004, where it was

neg: Trekkie 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

neg: Guinan (Star Trek) 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

neg: Ben-Hur (2016 film) "" (3 June) and "Star Trek Beyond" (22 July). It was the last big-budget release of the summer movie season. "Ben-Hur" was released in Malaysia on 15 September 2016. The film's release drew controversy, when some viewers complained that scenes depicting Jesus Christ had been cut out from the Malaysian theatrical version. The Malaysian Film Censorship Board's chairman, Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid, clarified that the Malaysian censors had not cut out scenes depicting Jesus from the film, but suggested that the film producers did cut out a few scenes to suit the sensitivities of certain markets. The film's Malaysian

neg: Star Trek: Discovery Sonequa Martin-Green." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 72 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In June 2018, after becoming sole showrunner of "Discovery", Kurtzman signed a five-year overall deal with CBS Television Studios to expand the "Star Trek" franchise beyond "Discovery" to several new series, miniseries, and animated series. Kurtzman announced in July 2018 that a spin-off miniseries of shorts would be released between the first two seasons of "Discovery" to "deliver closed-ended stories while revealing clues about what's to come in future "Star Trek: Discovery" episodes. They'll also introduce

neg: Star Trek (film) was because the release delay allowed him to show more completed scenes than normal. The director preferred promoting his projects quietly, but concurred Paramount needed to remove "Star Trek"s stigma. Abrams would exaggerate his preference for other shows to "Star Trek" as a child to the press, with statements like "I'm not a "Star Trek" fan" and "this movie is not made for "Star Trek" fans necessarily". Orci compared Abrams' approach to "The Next Generation" episode "A Matter of Honor", where William Riker is stationed aboard a Klingon vessel. "On that ship when someone talks back to you, you would

neg: Saavik it into the finished movie and it was never followed up, thereby once again placing this development into a grey area in terms of canon. Before the Enterprise departed Vulcan Saavik told Captain Kirk how brave his son had died, that David's sacrifice saved Spock and saved herself [Star Trek the Voyage Home movie 1986]. The role of Saavik in "Star Trek III" went to Robin Curtis when Alley declined to return for less money for a larger role than she received in "Star Trek II". Saavik was at one point to appear in the "" episode, "" in a

neg: Teaser campaign this point, nothing about the film was known, and the one-and-a-half-minute teaser did not include the movie title; only the producer's name, J. J. Abrams and a release date, 1.18.08, were shown. The teaser trailer for another film directed by Abrams, "Star Trek", was attached to "Cloverfield" itself, depicting the starship USS "Enterprise" being constructed on Earth, and again showing no title, the Starfleet Insignia was shown instead. The "Star Trek" teaser trailer announced the release date as Christmas 2008, but the movie was eventually delayed to May 8, 2009, making the wait between the teaser trailer and the movie

neg: Star Trek: The Motion Picture Throughout production "Star Trek" used 11 of Paramount's 32 sound stages, more than any other film done there at the time. To save money, construction coordinator Gene Kelley struck sets with his own crew immediately after filming, lest Paramount charge the production to have the sets dismantled. The final cost for constructing the sets ran at approximately $1.99 million, not counting additional costs for "Phase II" fabrication. The first "Star Trek" movie models constructed were small study models for "Planet of the Titans" based on designs by Adam and McQuarrie, but these flat-hulled "Enterprise" concepts were abandoned when that film

neg: Star Trek DAC games features include: Other notable items: The game received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN's Hilary Goldstein and Daemon Hatfield pointed out in their review of the PC and PlayStation 3 versions: Star Trek DAC Star Trek D·A·C (Deathmatch. Assault. Conquest) is a video game inspired by the 2009 "Star Trek" movie, developed by Naked Sky Entertainment in collaboration with Bad Robot Productions. The title is derived from the game's three modes of play: Deathmatch, Assault, and Conquest. The game was released for the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade on May

neg: Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual success hinted at the brand's great potential, and within a year of its publication, Paramount and Roddenberry contracted to begin work on a "Star Trek" movie. The book was culled for background imagery in the first three "Trek" films. Elements from the manual that appear on screen include: In addition, the manual, along with semi-official blueprints available at the time of the Klingon and Romulan ships, was a major source for the initial designs used for Federation ships for the board game, "Star Fleet Battles". Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual The Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual (, Ballantine

neg: William Campbell (actor, born 1923) was confusingly played by another actor who did not resemble Campbell. Like "Dementia 13", the film has managed to develop a following despite its deficiencies. In the early 1990s, "Video Watchdog" magazine devoted lengthy articles in three separate issues painstakingly detailing the convoluted production history of this strange but fascinating movie. Campbell had guest starring roles in the "Star Trek" franchise, appearing first as the mischievous super-being Trelane, in an episode of called "The Squire of Gothos". Campbell also appeared twice as the Klingon Captain Koloth. Campbell first played Koloth on the original "Star Trek" series in the episode "The

neg: Space Seed it the sixth best-selling film of the year. The movie features errors in continuity when compared to "Space Seed". Because of re-casting, Khan's followers appear not to have aged from their appearance in the episode and Khan recognizes Pavel Chekov—the character did not join "Star Trek" until season two, after this episode took place. This latter error was described in Deborah Cartmell and Imelda Whelehan's book "Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text" as the "gaffe notorious throughout "Star Trek" fandom". An explanation was presented in the novelization of "The Wrath of Khan", which stated that Chekov was working

neg: Earth Spacedock after that film. When it was desired to be used again for the next movie, "Star Trek IV", it had to be re-assembled. The re-use of the model from the previous movie and also the re-use of interior sets depicting the station helped economize on the budget for "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", which debuted in 1986. It is one of franchise's "enduring spacecraft designs". Appearances: Spacedock is also featured in the 21st century "Star Trek" computer game "". A virtual memorial to the real-life actors that played the cast of the original series was placed in Earth Spacedock

neg: Star Trek: Discovery to quality and dedication to fans". The deal will also see the company "create merchandise from the entire "Star Trek" universe, ranging from the classic "Star Trek: The Original Series" to its popular movie franchise." The first merchandise produced under the deal are set for release in mid-2018. The first episode of "Star Trek: Discovery" aired in a "preview broadcast" on CBS in the United States on September 24, as well as being made available with the second episode on CBS All Access. Subsequent first-run episodes, making up the first chapter of the season, were streamed weekly on All Access

neg: Sexuality in Star Trek anything other than friendship among any of the "Enterprise" crewmembers." In the new "Star Trek" reboot, Hikaru Sulu is revealed as the first LGBT character in the series. He is shown to have a daughter and loving husband. "Star Trek"s did not have any explicitly LGBT characters, although in 2005 George Takei, who portrayed helmsman Lt. Hikaru Sulu, came out as gay. In October 2011, Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the rebooted feature film franchise, publicly came out as gay. He explained that, after the suicide of bisexual teenager Jamey Rodemeyer, he realized "that living a gay life without

neg: Star Trek: Elite Force II first game, "Elite Force II" is largely set on board the "USS Enterprise-E" stationed in the Alpha Quadrant. The game's storyline is a semi-sequel to the movie "", and the end of "" series. Many of the members from the original Hazard Team reappear. However, only a few of the primary cast of "" did voice acting for the game, among them Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard and Dwight Schultz as Reginald Barclay. Tim Russ returned to do voice work as Tuvok. Several actors from Star Trek series provided additional voice acting: Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun from "" and from "")

neg: Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars 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

neg: Star Trek: Insurrection rejected. Piller's favorite was "Star Trek: Sacred Honor", but the studio rejected this because they were concerned that it sounded too religious. When shooting began, the film was still called "Star Trek IX". The final version of the script was distributed to the cast, but Patrick Stewart did not receive a copy. Berman was concerned that if anyone had a problem with it, they would call Stewart to complain and it would appear as though Stewart was being left out because he had criticized the story. LeVar Burton called Stewart to praise the script. Stewart was sent a copy and

neg: Gene Roddenberry time, Roddenberry wanted to remain in an open relationship with both women, but Nichols, recognising Barrett's devotion to him, ended the affair as she did not want to be "the other woman to the other woman". Barrett and he had an apartment together by the opening weeks of "Star Trek". He had planned to divorce Eileen after the first season of the show, but when it was renewed, he delayed doing so, fearing that he would not have enough time to deal with both the divorce and "Star Trek". He moved out of the family home on August 9, 1968,

neg: Star Trek: First Contact 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.

neg: First Flight (Star Trek: Enterprise) 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

neg: Star Trek spin-off fiction 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

neg: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 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

neg: Star Trek: Klingon Star Trek: Klingon Star Trek: Klingon is an interactive movie video game set in the "Star Trek" universe. It was written by Hilary Bader, directed by Jonathan Frakes, and featured music by Gregory Smith. It was released in 1996 by Simon & Schuster for Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS. In order to dispel common misbeliefs regarding Klingons, Gowron (Robert O'Reilly) creates a holodeck "immersion studies" program to teach humans about his people's culture. The player assumes the role of Pok, a young Klingon about to undergo the Rite of Ascension. The celebration is interrupted when Pok's father is killed during

neg: U.S. television science fiction 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

neg: Star Trek (arcade game) gamer". Star Trek (arcade game) Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (also known as "Star Trek: SOS" and "Star Trek" Arcade) is a space combat simulation arcade game based on the original "" television program and movie series, and released by Sega in 1983. It is a vector game, with both a two-dimensional display and a three-dimensional first-person perspective. The player controls the Starship Enterprise, and must defend sectors from invading Klingon ships. The game was presented in two styles of cabinets: an upright standup, and a sit-down/semi-enclosed deluxe cabinet with the player's chair modeled after the bridge chairs with controls

neg: Star Trek (arcade game) Star Trek (arcade game) Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (also known as "Star Trek: SOS" and "Star Trek" Arcade) is a space combat simulation arcade game based on the original "" television program and movie series, and released by Sega in 1983. It is a vector game, with both a two-dimensional display and a three-dimensional first-person perspective. The player controls the Starship Enterprise, and must defend sectors from invading Klingon ships. The game was presented in two styles of cabinets: an upright standup, and a sit-down/semi-enclosed deluxe cabinet with the player's chair modeled after the bridge chairs with controls integrated

neg: Robert April Robert April Robert T. April is a fictional character in the "Star Trek" universe. April is listed in the "Star Trek Chronology", "The Star Trek Encyclopedia" and at startrek.com as the "Enterprise"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first commanding officer, preceding Captain Christopher Pike. The character's only television/movie appearance is in the "" episode "The Counter-Clock Incident", in which he is voiced by James Doohan and portrayed as the first captain of the USS "Enterprise". However, the decision by Paramount Pictures, studio owners of the franchise, and series creator Gene Roddenberry not to consider the animated series to be part of the official "Star Trek"

neg: Star Trek: First Contact its earlier determination. It has morphed into something less innocent and more derivative than it used to be, something the noncultist is ever less likely to enjoy." Conversely, Roger Ebert called "First Contact" one of the best "Star Trek" films, and James Berardinelli found the film the most entertaining "Star Trek" feature in a decade; "It has single-handedly revived the "Star Trek" movie series, at least from a creative point of view," he wrote. The film's acting met with mixed reception. Lisa Schwarzbaum of "Entertainment Weekly" appreciated that guest stars Woodard and Cromwell were used in "inventive contrast" to their

neg: Galaxy Quest 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

neg: Space Seed 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

neg: Star Trek spin-off fiction his final story, a Harry Mudd adventure featuring his view of a rare glimpse at the news media of the "Star Trek" universe. During the series remaining fifteen months, creative teams changed twice, beginning with writer Marty Pasko and artist Padraic Shigetani, with Bob Myers replacing Shigetani. The strip concluded with Gerry Conway and Dick Kulpa sharing writing credit, with Ernie Colón handling the art. After the release of "", DC Comics became the "Star Trek" comic licensee, publishing stories from 1984 set in the movie era (see "Star Trek DC comics"). In 1988, the series ended when Paramount withdrew

neg: Star Raiders element; the player has to keep a wandering cross hair roughly centered during the sequence in order to arrive precisely at the desired destination. To the "Star Trek" formula, the game added real-time 3D battles as a space combat simulator. In the main first-person display, the player can look out of the ship and shoot "photons" at Zylon ships, which come in three different varieties reminiscent of ships from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", and "Battlestar Galactica" (whose villains were the similarly titled Cylons). A small targeting display in the lower right corner gives a general indication of a distant enemy

neg: Star Trek: The Original Series notable films, played Cyrano de Bergerac on Broadway, and even turned down the part of Dr. Kildare. However, when roles became sparse he took the regular job after Jeffrey Hunter's contract was not renewed. After the episodes aired, many performers found themselves typecast because of their defining roles in the show. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor Michael Dorn stated in 1991, however: "If what happened to the first cast is called being typecast, then I want to be typecast. Of course, they didn't get the jobs after "Trek". But they are making their sixth movie. Name me someone else

neg: Marc Alaimo some feature films including the 1984 science fiction movie "The Last Starfighter" (portraying the human guise of an alien assassin), the Leslie Nielsen film "", "Tango & Cash", and the 1988 film "The Dead Pool". He also appeared as Curtis Block in the television movie "Case Closed" and as a security officer on Mars in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "Total Recall". He played several characters in "" ("Star Trek: TNG"), starting in the first season. He has the distinction of two firsts on "Star Trek: TNG", playing the first Romulan, Commander Tebok, in the 1988 episode "", and the first

neg: Star Trek (film) 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,

neg: Robert April 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

neg: Retrospect (Star Trek: Voyager) common among rape victims. Staff writer Bryan Fuller commented: We hear so much about how [false memories] can essentially ruin peoples’ lives, how well-respected and credited doctors have been completely dethroned, how teachers and parents have been humiliated. ... I found myself distanced from [this episode.] I'm always disappointed in a story when it turns out not to have happened, and it's based on some sort of illusion or memory wackiness. Fuller also stated in an interview for The Official Star Trek Voyager Magazine that he and co-writer Lisa Klink had successfully differentiated this episode from a television movie about

neg: James T. Kirk 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

neg: Star Trek (comics) and the only movie with the Original Crew that had never previously been in comic form, as the film's release came during the gap between Marvel's and DC's licenses. In September 2011, IDW began publishing a new ongoing "Star Trek" series set in the continuity of the 2009 film. A number of storylines in the ongoing series featured retellings of Original Series storylines. In 2013, IDW published a prequel to the 2013 film "Star Trek Into Darkness", entitled "Star Trek Countdown to Darkness," which featured the "Enterprise" encountering Robert April, who was depicted as the first captain of the "Enterprise"

neg: Star Trek Beyond villain since "First Contact"s Borg Queen." Despite its international success, "Star Trek Beyond" was met by critics who were less taken with the film. Kyle Smith of the "New York Post" gave the film 1½ stars out of 4 and he commented that the filmmakers "should have called it "Star Trek Into Drowsiness."" Smith later added, ""Beyond" is tepid when it’s trying to be emotional, moronic when it’s trying to be thrilling and unfunny when it’s trying to be non-unfunny. It lacks a storytelling module: Things just click into place when needed, as when Kirk commands Scotty to rev up

neg: Transporter (Star Trek) 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

neg: Star Trek uniforms and when he was temporarily given the duties of "Head of Security" for Starfleet Headquarters on Earth (in the Season 4 episode, "Paradise Lost"). Admirals also retained the "TNG" style. A uniform similar to that appearing in the "DS9" series can be seen in the "TNG" Season 3 episode "Allegiance", worn by the alien masquerading as a Starfleet cadet. The "DS9" uniforms were first used in the premiere episode, "" and would continued to be used up to the Season 5 episode, "". Following the release of "Star Trek: First Contact", the new gray movie uniform design also appeared in

neg: Star Trek: Insurrection crew take a moment to enjoy their rejuvenated selves before returning to their previous mission. Patrick Stewart thought that the first "Next Generation" film, "Star Trek Generations", was too much like a television episode but thought that his character, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, was redefined as a "movie hero" in "". He was concerned that in the new film, the character would return to that seen in the television series. Michael Piller said that he felt that in order to be a hero, Picard "should be acting out of a moral and ethical mindset, and stand for principles that are important

neg: Ian Doescher a "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" fan and not well versed in other science-fiction literature. The idea for "WSSW" came to him when he went to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland shortly after reading "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". After the first draft was shown to LucasFilm, their response was "We like this and it’s fun, but we’d like to see Ian do more with it. Go ahead and have some more fun with it, and go out of bounds of movie itself", so he rewrote it. Ian Doescher Ian (born 1977) is an American fiction writer, best known

neg: Timeline of Star Trek 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.

neg: The Norm (comic strip) live in different states, and they can only spend limited amounts of time together. However Norm actually sees this as an advantage. They break up while waiting in line at the theatre to see a "Star Wars" movie when she confuses "Star Wars" with "Star Trek". Chris Chris is a Star Wars fan who first met Norm in line to see a star wars movie; and eventually filled in Norm's best friend role after Ford's departure. Chris was wearing a wookie costume at the time and unfortunately for Chris the zipper on the outfit got stuck so he was trapped

neg: Star Trek (Bantam Books) "Amok Time." Bantam released only one original novel prior to James Blish's death: "Spock Must Die!". Frederik Pohl was given control of the "Star Trek" line in 1972, but he admitted to not having paid much attention to the television series. Joe Haldeman recounted when he asked who was responsible for future "Star Trek" novels Pohl answered by saying, "You are!" According to Stephen Goldin, Pohl began recruiting writers whom he felt were dependable enough "to do "Star Trek"." Among the first writers Pohl reached out to was his friend Theodore Cogswell who was tasked by Pohl with getting the

neg: Legacy of Gene Roddenberry 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

neg: First Flight (Star Trek: Enterprise) from the 1975 film "Nashville". He is also the half-brother of fellow actor David Carradine. This episode also saw the return of some actors who had appeared in other series of the "Star Trek" franchise. These included Michael Canavan, who appeared in this episode as a Vulcan advisor, but previously appeared in the "" episode "" as a member of the Maquis terrorist group. Also appearing in "First Flight" was Victor Bevine. He had previously appeared in "DS9", "Voyager" and the movie "Star Trek: First Contact". "First Flight" also provided the stage for an exchange with the United States Navy

neg: Star Trek Logs 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

neg: Star Trek: The Original Series realizations of the franchise adhered to the "Wagon Train" paradigm of the continuing journey, with the notable exception of the serialized "", "", and the of "". In Roddenberry's original concept, the protagonist was Captain Robert April of the starship S.S. "Yorktown". This character was developed into Captain Christopher Pike, first portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter. April is listed in the "Star Trek Chronology", "The Star Trek Encyclopedia" and at startrek.com as the "Enterprise"s first commanding officer, preceding Captain Christopher Pike. The character's only television/movie appearance is in the "" episode "The Counter-Clock Incident" In April 1964, Roddenberry presented the "Star

neg: Transporter (Star Trek) "long-range" or "near-warp" transport was required as a transporter beam cannot penetrate a warp field. (In the 2009 "Star Trek" film Kirk and Scotty beam aboard while the "Enterprise" is traveling at warp, however, the movie takes place in an alternate continuity, thus not affecting the Prime Continuity used in all previous media and the "Star Trek" Online computer game.) To deposit an away team on the planet Gravesworld while at the same time responding to a distress signal, the "Enterprise" would only drop out of warp drive just long enough to energize the transporter beam. Geordi La Forge personally

neg: Star Trek (film) Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy. In October 2009, "Star Trek" won the Hollywood Award for Best Movie, and attained six Scream Awards and the 2009 Scream Awards Ceremony. The film attained a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture at the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards. "Star Trek" received several nominations. The film was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, but was beaten out by "Up", also composed by Michael Giacchino. At the 36th People's Choice Awards, the film received four nominations:

neg: Star Trek (IDW Publishing) entitled "". In 2009, IDW published "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", written by Andy Schmidt and based on the , and the only movie that has never been in comic form from the Original Crew. Other recent series include "Star Trek: Crew", "Star Trek: Romulans, Pawns of War" and "Star Trek: Doctor McCoy, Frontier Doctor". In September 2011, IDW began publishing a new ongoing Star Trek series, set in the continuity of the 2009 film. In October 2011, IDW began publishing "Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes", a six-issue crossover series between the two properties. In May 2012, IDW began

neg: Ishmael (Star Trek) 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

neg: The Return (Shatner novel) calm to knock Picard out and beam his unconscious body back up to the "Enterprise". Kirk then pulls the lever and triggers the explosion. However, even as the crew watches, Spock, who has always been able to sense Kirk ever since they first mind-melded, still does not believe that his friend is dead. Shortly after the release of "Star Trek Generations", William Shatner pitched the story of Kirk being brought back to life by the Borg for the next "Star Trek" film. While Paramount was interested in using the Borg for the next movie, they also felt the torch had

neg: Lou Anders got him into directing plays in Chicago, which lead to working on sets in Los Angeles, which lead to journalism & screenwriting, the former being "scifi" based, which lead to internet publishing, which lead to publishing. Anders' break came in 1994, when he became involved with the UK's Titan Publishing when they were about to launch the first Star Trek magazine, "Star Trek Monthly" (launched in March 1995). Recommended to Titan by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Anders became Titan Publishing Group's 'Los Angeles liaison', "churning out about 30 articles a month on average and living on the Star Trek and Babylon 5

neg: Gene L. Coon 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

neg: Transporter (Star Trek) 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,

neg: Trekkies (film) Trekkies (film) Trekkies is a 1997 documentary film directed by Roger Nygard about the devoted fans of Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek". It is the first film released by Paramount Vantage, then known as Paramount Classics, and stars Denise Crosby (best known for her portrayal of Security Chief Tasha Yar on the first season of ""). The film contains interviews with "Star Trek" devotees, more commonly known as Trekkies. The fans range from people who dress as Klingons to members of Brent Spiner fan clubs and includes a club that is producing a "Star Trek" movie of their own. "Trekkies" includes

neg: Star Trek Online 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

neg: Guinan (Star Trek) 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

neg: David Gerrold original series had been canceled. His other was an analysis of the series, entitled "The World of Star Trek", in which he criticized some of the elements of the show, particularly Kirk's habit of placing himself in dangerous situations and leading landing parties himself. Gerrold contributed two stories for the Emmy Award-winning "Star Trek: The Animated Series" which ran from 1973 to 1974: "More Tribbles, More Troubles" and "". "Bem" featured the first use of James T. Kirk's middle name, which was revealed to be Tiberius. This was later entered into live-action canon in the movie "" when Captain Kirk

neg: Star Trek 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

neg: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home of the three previous "Star Trek" features, Nimoy and producer Harve Bennett wanted a lighter movie that did not have a clear-cut villain. As William Shatner was unwilling to return, Nimoy and Bennett spent eight months considering a prequel concept by Ralph Winter about the characters at Starfleet Academy, before Shatner received a pay increase and signed on to star. Nimoy and Shatner each received $2.5 million for the film, less than their original demands, but the film cast's rising salaries caused Paramount to create a new television series, "" (1987), with less-expensive, lesser-known actors. Despite Shatner's doubts, Nimoy and

neg: Star Trek: Legacy that come out of nowhere, a strange lack of motivation for some of the actions that take place and a general unsatisfactory feeling to the single-player campaign." He was also critical of the core gameplay and the repetitive nature of the missions. He concluded" ""Star Trek: Legacy" reeks of missed opportunities and features cut to make a ship date. In any ordinary game, that would be sad enough. For this to be done to "Star Trek: Legacy" is almost criminal. This was supposed to be the 40th Anniversary game, the one that fans had been waiting for through all the

neg: Star Trek: Hidden Evil player to contact Picard and Data. Presto Studios were hired by Activision to create a tie-in game for "Star Trek: Insurrection". One requirement was that the game had to come out before Christmas, 1999, giving Presto a year to develop the entire game. They required Presto to make a game based on missions, but would appeal to casual gamers as research conducted by Activision showed the PC Gamers avoided "Star Trek" games as they seemed to be too difficult. The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. In the United States, it sold 41,419 copies by

neg: The Star Trek Encyclopedia "Encyclopedia" mostly covers material from the "Star Trek" television series and the "Star Trek" motion pictures, which, according to Gene Roddenberry, are the extent of the "Star Trek" canon. It does include some completely original information. Given that this information is part of an officially licensed publication but not actually included in any "Star Trek" movie or television episode, its canonicity is disputed. Some entries in the "Encyclopedia" contain behind-the-scenes information, presented in italicized text. Unlike the "", the "Encyclopedia" makes no detailed speculations about "Star Trek" technology. The "Encyclopedia" was inspired by a previous book by the same writing