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The opening title sequences for Star Trek: The Next Generation followed the tradition of the Star Trek: The Original Series opening title sequences closely, highlighting the series lead ship, the USS Enterprise -D , and reprising the opening narration read by the series' new captain , Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard .

Robert Justman claimed ownership for being the first to draft a new "main theme" description, on a hot day at his home computer on 2 November 1986 . ( Star Trek: The Magazine  Volume 1, Issue 5 , p. 9)

" FADE IN as Camera rapidly pulls back from a close shot of Earth and tracks through our entire solar system showing the Sun and its planets in their relationship to each other in a continually changing perspective. As we continue to pull away and our solar system diminishes in size, our Camera executes a 180 degree turn and forges faster ahead through our Galaxy... "

Later, in a memo to Gene Roddenberry dated 5 March 1987 , Justman added more emphasis on the series' new ship, the Enterprise -D. ( Star Trek: The Magazine  Volume 1, Issue 5 , p. 10)

Starting from Season 3, the beginning of the sequence no longer depicted Earth's solar system, instead panning through views of various nebulae, stars, planets, and other celestial objects before revealing the Enterprise.

Season 5 "streaked version"

For TNG Season 5 , Rick Berman had Dan Curry design a "streaked" version of the opening logo to emulate the Superman films. ( Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry , p. 189)

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Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before. Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before. Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.

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• Goofs It is claimed that Data can't use contractions (Can't, Isn't, Don't, etc) yet there are several instances throughout the series where he does. One of the first such examples is heard in Encounter at Farpoint (1987) , where Data uses the word "Can't" while the Enterprise is being chased by Q's "ship".

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• Crazy credits The model of the Enterprise used in the opening credits is so detailed, a tiny figure can be seen walking past a window just before the vessel jumps to warp speed.
• Alternate versions The first and last episodes were originally broadcast as two-hour TV movies, and were later re-edited into two one-hour episodes each. Both edits involved removing some scenes from each episode.
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"Space... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life; new civilisations... To boldly go where no one has gone before!"           -- Jean-Luc Picard, Captain, Starship Enterprise; NCC-1701D

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The discussion of which  Star Trek series is the best  Star Trek series is a contentious debate. Even when I am the only one in the discussion, I have a hard time coming to a firm conclusion. ( The Next Generation …  No!   Deep Space Nine … Forget it. I can’t decide.) 

This is when I turn my mind to a much easier debate: which  Star Trek series has the best opening sequence. Sure, it’s still a tough, emotionally-complex question, but the stakes are much lower. 

Just like in the discussion of favorite  Star Trek TV series, we all have different things we prioritize and look for in our opening sequences. Are you a sucker for the song? Do you look for an intro that best reflects the values and interests of the series it represents? Or do you shamelessly just pick the opening sequence for your favorite of the TV shows? 

Whatever your criteria (and you know you have a biased one), one thing is certain: All of these  Star Trek opening sequences are pretty great…

6. Star Trek: The Animated Series

Confession? I find the opening sequence for  The Animated Series pretty adorable. The way the animated Enterprise moves horizontally across the screen as if its mom is in the front row telling it what to do? So cute.

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However, when it comes down to it,  The Animated Series opening is really just a re-tread of  The Original Series opening. This makes sense, given the timing of the show and the fact that it shared so many of the same cast. But it’s nothing to captain’s-log home about.

5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Sorry,  Deep Space Nine. You know I love you, but your opening sequence is just, well, fine. Sure, you have a great first five seconds as we follow a rogue comet through the blackness of space only to come upon a little space station on on its own in the middle of space-nowhere. Then, you lose your momentum a little with shot after shot of the stationary space station doing what it does best: just sort of floating there.

Don’t feel too bad,  Deep Space Nine . Between you and me, you can stand to lose this opening intro contest — because, unlike some of the other series ranked higher on this list, you are in the running to be the best series of  Star Trek when it comes to narrative. And, really, isn’t that the contest you would rather win?

4. Star Trek: The Next Generation

As someone who both grew up on  Star Trek: The Next Generation and who loves Patrick Stewart’s voice, it pains me to rank  The Next Generation ‘sopening sequence so low on this list. Hearing this theme song still wakes a giddy childish inside of me.  However,  it just doesn’t have the ambition to beat out most of the inspired  Star Trek openings.

The Next Generation   opening sequence has some good moves: Stewart’s killer delivery of “The final frontier…” spiel as if it were a Shakespearian monologue. Some shots of some beautiful space wonders. The Enterprise zipping past the screen in-between cast members, just like in The Original Series’ introduction. It’s all good, it’s just not going to make me sign up to the trip to Mars or anything.

3. Star Trek: The Original Series

How could we not put the intro from  The Original Series near the top of this list? After all, it was the opening that started it all — that influenced and shaped so many of the  Star Trek opening sequences that would come after it.

The Original Series’ intro is very much of its time — with the “ahhAHH!”s and the limited special effects — but it also has always had something slightly exciting, fast-paced, and imaginative about it. (Probably the starship doing its damndest to get you pumped up by repeatedly zipping across the screen.) If a TV’s opening sequence is a promise of what’s to come, then Star Trek ‘s promise was to never stop moving forward — both in terms of action and in terms of ideas. To never stop exploring and pushing the limits of what was possible in science fiction TV, and society, of the time.

2. Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise may be the quasi-black sheep of the Star Trek universe, but it’s not the fault of its opening sequence, which is is imaginative, inspiring, and filled with optimism. Sure, it has a cheesy pop song as its ballad, but it somehow works when accompanied with images from humanity’s exploration through the years.

It may be a controversial choice to put  Enterprise ‘s theme at the top of this list, but I think it’s well-deserved.  Enterprise might not have always struck narrative gold in comparison to some of the better-considered  Star Trek series, but it wasn’t afraid to take chances and try to do its own thing — as was demonstrated by the opening sequence that, unlike all of the other post-Original Series series, didn’t mimick the space-journey design.

By giving us images of real-life explorations from our past and present,  Enterprise made us believe that a future like the one Star Trek imagines is a possible, tangible outcome of our world in a way that none of the previous Star Trek sequences attempted. For that, this opening sequence will always hold a special place in my Star Trek -loving heart.

1. Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager could have snagged an impressive spot on this list based on its theme song alone. You hear the opening notes of the Jerry Goldsmith classic, you  are  hooked — and it only builds from there.

Though  Voyager didn’t always succeed in its storytelling execution, it had a great premise: a ship lost on the other side of the galaxy, trying to find its way home. And the opening sequence reflected that beautifully (emphasis on the  beautiful ). Sure, Voyager’s mission was daunting and, sometimes, disheartening, but the crew/family of this ship never stopped appreciating the beauty of the galaxy — they never stopped exploring. The opening sequence gets that, and it makes for a magical introduction into each episode, and into the larger  Star Trek universe.

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Bonus: Enterprise’s “Mirror Darkly” Opening

Special bonus! This  Enterprise  opening was created specifically for the “In A Mirror, Darkly” episode, which saw mirror-universe versions of Captain Archer and his crew (a la  The Original Series episode “Mirror, Mirror”).

Rather than focusing on images of exploration over human history, the “mirror darkly” sequence instead highlighted militaristic themes. The result is a fun, twisted version of the  Enterprise theme song that  immediately  got you in the mood for this episode, as well as a reminder why  Star Trek is such a great narrative universe — because, unlike so many of the other franchises that have come and gone over the years,  Star Trek values exploration over domination. 

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Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction television series that originally aired from 1987 to 1994. It follows the crew of the USS Enterprise-D , with the events set about 100 years after those in Star Trek: The Original Series . Four feature films with the show's cast were also produced.

Opening [ edit ]

• Gene Roddenberry

Repeated lines [ edit ]

Season 1 [ edit ], encounter at farpoint [1.1/1.2] [ edit ], the naked now [1.3] [ edit ], code of honor [1.4] [ edit ], the last outpost [1.5] [ edit ].

• Misattributed to Sun Tzu in the show (similar to the real phrase " the only thing we have to fear is fear itself " spoken by Franklin D. Roosevelt )

Where No One Has Gone Before [1.6] [ edit ]

Lonely among us [1.7] [ edit ], justice [1.8] [ edit ], the battle [1.9] [ edit ], hide and q [1.10] [ edit ], haven [1.11] [ edit ], the big goodbye [1.12] [ edit ], datalore [1.13] [ edit ], angel one [1.14] [ edit ], 11001001 [1.15] [ edit ], too short a season [1.16] [ edit ], when the bough breaks [1.17] [ edit ], home soil [1.18] [ edit ], coming of age [1.19] [ edit ], heart of glory [1.20] [ edit ], the arsenal of freedom [1.21] [ edit ], symbiosis [1.22] [ edit ], skin of evil [1.23] [ edit ], we'll always have paris [1.24] [ edit ], conspiracy [1.25] [ edit ].

[Admiral Aaron's parasite scampers into Dexter Remmick's mouth and down his throat; as he speaks, his neck bulges]

The Neutral Zone [1.26] [ edit ]

[Following their encounter with the Romulans]

Season 2 [ edit ]

The child [2.1] [ edit ], where silence has lease [2.2] [ edit ], elementary, dear data [2.3] [ edit ], the outrageous okona [2.4] [ edit ], loud as a whisper [2.5] [ edit ], the schizoid man [2.6] [ edit ], unnatural selection [2.7] [ edit ], a matter of honor [2.8] [ edit ].

[Ensign Mendon awkwardly walks the other way]

[Riker looks down at the live Gagh and sighs]

[Riker looks over at one of the Klingon women smiling at him]

[The other Klingons start laughing]

The Measure of a Man [2.9] [ edit ]

The dauphin [2.10] [ edit ], contagion [2.11] [ edit ], the royale [2.12] [ edit ], time squared [2.13] [ edit ], the icarus factor [2.14] [ edit ], pen pals [2.15] [ edit ], q who [2.16] [ edit ], samaritan snare [2.17] [ edit ].

(Picard and Wesley enter to a round of applause)

Up the Long Ladder [2.18] [ edit ]

Manhunt [2.19] [ edit ], the emissary [2.20] [ edit ], peak performance [2.21] [ edit ], shades of gray [2.22] [ edit ], season 3 [ edit ], evolution [3.1] [ edit ], the ensigns of command [3.2] [ edit ].

Data then kisses the surprized female Ard'rian McKenzie

The Survivors [3.3] [ edit ]

Who watches the watchers [3.4] [ edit ].

(Picard and Nuria enter)

(but Mary Warren gives up the struggle to breathe)

(Crusher and Barron leave, and Nuria approaches the death bed)

(Picard's arm is in a sling)

(The holographic camouflage comes down)

(The window vanishes again)

(A little boy gives Picard a woven belt or some such memento)

The Bonding [3.5] [ edit ]

Booby trap [3.6] [ edit ], the enemy [3.7] [ edit ], the price [3.8] [ edit ], the vengeance factor [3.9] [ edit ], the defector [3.10] [ edit ], the hunted [3.11] [ edit ], the high ground [3.12] [ edit ], déjà q [3.13] [ edit ], a matter of perspective [3.14] [ edit ], yesterday's enterprise [3.15] [ edit ], the offspring [3.16] [ edit ].

(A couple by the far wall in Ten-Forward are gazing into each others eyes and holding hands)

(the man and woman kiss)

(They hold hands)

(Lal enters, obviously upset)

Sins of the Father [3.17] [ edit ]

Allegiance [3.18] [ edit ], captain's holiday [3.19] [ edit ], tin man [3.20] [ edit ], hollow pursuits [3.21] [ edit ], the most toys [3.22] [ edit ], sarek [3.23] [ edit ], ménage à troi [3.24] [ edit ], transfigurations [3.25] [ edit ], the best of both worlds, part i [3.26] [ edit ], season 4 [ edit ], the best of both worlds, part ii [4.1] [ edit ], family [4.2] [ edit ], brothers [4.3] [ edit ], suddenly human [4.4] [ edit ], remember me [4.5] [ edit ], legacy [4.6] [ edit ], reunion [4.7] [ edit ], future imperfect [4.8] [ edit ], final mission [4.9] [ edit ], the loss [4.10] [ edit ], data's day [4.11] [ edit ], the wounded [4.12] [ edit ], devil's due [4.13] [ edit ], clues [4.14] [ edit ], first contact [4.15] [ edit ], galaxy's child [4.16] [ edit ], night terrors [4.17] [ edit ], identity crisis [4.18] [ edit ], the nth degree [4.19] [ edit ], qpid [4.20] [ edit ], the drumhead [4.21] [ edit ], half a life [4.22] [ edit ], the host [4.23] [ edit ], the mind's eye [4.24] [ edit ], in theory [4.25] [ edit ], redemption, part i [4.26] [ edit ], season 5 [ edit ], redemption, part ii [5.1] [ edit ], darmok [5.2] [ edit ], ensign ro [5.3] [ edit ], silicon avatar [5.4] [ edit ], disaster [5.5] [ edit ], the game [5.6] [ edit ], unification, part i [5.7] [ edit ], unification, part ii [5.8] [ edit ], a matter of time [5.9] [ edit ], new ground [5.10] [ edit ], hero worship [5.11] [ edit ], violations [5.12] [ edit ], the masterpiece society [5.13] [ edit ], conundrum [5.14] [ edit ], power play [5.15] [ edit ], ethics [5.16] [ edit ], the outcast [5.17] [ edit ], cause and effect [5.18] [ edit ], the first duty [5.19] [ edit ], cost of living [5.20] [ edit ], the perfect mate [5.21] [ edit ], imaginary friend [5.22] [ edit ], i, borg [5.23] [ edit ], the next phase [5.24] [ edit ], the inner light [5.25] [ edit ].

Time's Arrow, Part I [5.26] [ edit ]

Season 6 [ edit ], time's arrow, part ii [6.1] [ edit ], realm of fear [6.2] [ edit ], man of the people [6.3] [ edit ].

Ambassader Alkar literaly ages and drops down dead:

Relics [6.4] [ edit ]

When Scott is shown to his quarters:

[Scotty is outside the Holodeck]

Schisms [6.5] [ edit ]

Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,

An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;

Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses

Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defences.

I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,

A singular development of cat communications

That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection

For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.

A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;

You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.

And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,

It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.

O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display

Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.

And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,

I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.

True Q [6.6] [ edit ]

(Beverly is suddenly turned into a red setter dog, barking. Amanda restores her to human)

Rascals [6.7] [ edit ]

A fistful of datas [6.8] [ edit ], the quality of life [6.9] [ edit ], chain of command, part i [6.10] [ edit ], chain of command, part ii [6.11] [ edit ], ship in a bottle [6.12] [ edit ], aquiel [6.13] [ edit ], face of the enemy [6.14] [ edit ], tapestry [6.15] [ edit ], birthright, part i [6.16] [ edit ], birthright, part ii [6.17] [ edit ], starship mine [6.18] [ edit ], lessons [6.19] [ edit ], the chase [6.20] [ edit ], frame of mind [6.21] [ edit ], suspicions [6.22] [ edit ], rightful heir [6.23] [ edit ], second chances [6.24] [ edit ], timescape [6.25] [ edit ], descent, part i [6.26] [ edit ], season 7 [ edit ], descent, part ii [7.1] [ edit ].

[Lore is trying to escape after attempting to destroy Data]

Liaisons [7.2] [ edit ]

Interface [7.3] [ edit ], gambit, part i [7.4] [ edit ], gambit, part ii [7.5] [ edit ], phantasms [7.6] [ edit ], dark page [7.7] [ edit ], attached [7.8] [ edit ], force of nature [7.9] [ edit ], inheritance [7.10] [ edit ], parallels [7.11] [ edit ], the pegasus [7.12] [ edit ], homeward [7.13] [ edit ], sub rosa [7.14] [ edit ], lower decks [7.15] [ edit ], thine own self [7.16] [ edit ], masks [7.17] [ edit ], eye of the beholder [7.18] [ edit ], genesis [7.19] [ edit ], journey's end [7.20] [ edit ], firstborn [7.21] [ edit ], bloodlines [7.22] [ edit ], emergence [7.23] [ edit ], preemptive strike [7.24] [ edit ], all good things... [7.25] [ edit ], unidentified episode [ edit ], miscellany [ edit ].

• U.S.S. Enterprise-D dedication plaque.

Cast [ edit ]

• Patrick Stewart – Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes – Commander William Riker
• Brent Spiner – Lieutenant Commander Data
• LeVar Burton – Geordi La Forge
• Michael Dorn – Lieutenant Worf
• Marina Sirtis – Counselor Deanna Troi
• Gates McFadden – Doctor Beverly Crusher [ Season 1 , Episodes 2.22–7.26]
• Wil Wheaton – Wesley Crusher [Episodes 1.1–4.9, " The Game ", " The First Duty ", " Parallels ", " Journey's End "]
• Denise Crosby – Lieutenant Tasha Yar [Episodes 1.1–1.23, " Shades of Gray ", " Yesterday's Enterprise ", " All Good Things... "]

About Star Trek: The Next Generation [ edit ]

• Producer Rick Berman as quoted in Tulock, John; Jenkins, Henry (1995). Science Fiction Audiences. p. 186
• Robert H. Chaires, ‎Bradley Stewart Chilton, Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice , (2003), p. 99.
• David Gerrold , "A New Documentary Shows How Gene Roddenberry Almost Killed Star Trek TNG" , Charlie Jane Anders, IO0 , 7/30/15.
• Lex Gigeroff , "A Sci Fi Worlds Interview with Lex Gigeroff:Lexx Co-Writer/Actor" Binn all of America .
• Maurice Hurley in Starlog issue 152, p. 29.
• Gene Roddenberry Star Trek: The Next Generation Bible p.9
• Manu Saadia, “The Enduring Lessons of “Star Trek”” , The New Yorker , (September 8, 2016).
• Patrick Stewart , "Patrick Stewart fondly recalls Star Trek: The Next Generation" Rob Salem, The Star , (March 8, 2013).

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Paramount Pictures officially announces the next Star Trek movie, which is scheduled to arrive in theaters in 2025. As reported in January, the next Star Trek movie isn't the long-delayed, Chris Pine-led Star Trek 4 produced by J.J. Abrams, which remains in development at Paramount. Rather, the next Star Trek movie is an origin story directed by Toby Haynes ( Star Wars: Andor ) and written by Seth Grahame-Smith (A braham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ).

Screen Rant' s Rob Keyes (@rob_keyes) is at CinemaCon in Las Vegas where Paramount Pictures confirmed the next Star Trek movie , currently called Untitled Star Trek Origin Story , to be released in 2025. J.J. Abrams is also producing Untitled Star Trek Origin Story, which takes place decades before Abrams' Star Trek 2009 movie. See Rob Keyes' Tweet below:

Paramount also confirmed Untitled Star Trek Origin Story will begin production later this year for theatrical release in 2025.

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After nearly a decade, Star Trek i s back to making movies. Star Trek on Paramount+ has created a television renaissance for the franchise, but the theatrical side of Star Trek overseen by Paramount Pictures has languished in development hell since Star Trek Beyond bowed in the summer of 2016. Toby Haynes' Untitled Star Trek Origin Story is yet another prequel, but as it's said to be set decades before Star Trek 2009, it could very well be set after Star Trek: Enterprise 's mid-22nd century voyages but otherwise be an origin story for both Star Trek 's Prime and alternate Kelvin timelines .

Meanwhile, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek 4 , which is the "final chapter" of the USS Enterprise crew led by Chris Pine's Captain James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto's Spock, has seen some movement with a new screenwriter, Steve Yockey ( The Flight Attendant ), tackling the long-delayed sequel. Pine and his fellow Star Trek actors, including Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, and Sofia Boutella, have all expressed their eagerness to return if Star Trek 4 can come together.

It's a positive sign that Star Trek movies are finally coming back.

Paramount+ is making their own Star Trek movies, with the recently-wrapped Star Trek: Section 31 awaiting a release date. Starring Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh, Section 31 i s the first made-for-streaming Star Trek movie, and it is reportedly set during Star Trek 's "lost era" with connections to Star Trek: The Next Generation. Section 31 could get a sequel if successful, and the Star Trek: Picard spinoff dubbed Star Trek: Legacy may also become a streaming movie instead of a series. However all this shakes out, it's a positive sign that Star Trek movies are finally coming back.

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Exclusive: Star Trek Set Tour Planning ‘Next Generation’ Expansion, Opening Film Academy In Fall

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During the  William Shatner Weekend at the Star Trek: The Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga, NY, TrekMovie had a chance to speak with tour founder (and former Star Trek: Phase II creator and star) James Cawley, who talked about the weekend’s event as well as giving us some exclusive news on future plans.

James Cawley being interviewed by TrekMovie’s Denes House at William Shatner Weekend at Star Trek: The Original Series Set Tour

Tour looking to add TNG sets

Cawley revealed that they are currently in preliminary discussions with CBS to expand the set tour to include the USS Enterprise-D sets from Star Trek: The Next Generation . The current plan is to take over the building next door, which has double the square footage of the current tour and has two floors, to allow for more and larger locations for the TNG tour. The objective is to create the “full footprint” of USS Enterprise sets as used on TNG. Cawley tells TrekMovie the TNG sets will be built from scratch, describing the expansion as part of The Set Tour’s long term plan, and hopes to begin work on the project within a year.

Set Tour planning to expand to include sets from Star Trek: The Next Generation

In the shorter term, there are also plans to make some additions to the current The Original Series Set Tour, including adding the USS Enterprise’s Auxiliary Control Room as well as the Emergency Manual Monitor on the second floor of the Engineering set. Both are expected to be part of the tour by the fall.

Set Tour to add Auxiliary Control set

Film Academy launching this fall, in talks with LeVar Burton to lead first class

At STLV last summer, The Original Set Tour announced they were creating the Star Trek Film Academy, where you can enroll and experience the process of creating an episode of Star Trek. Speaking to TrekMovie, Cawley revealed the Academy should open in mid-October of this year. He also revealed that they have lined up a number of Star Trek veterans to guide students, including makeup designer Michael Westmore, visual effects designer Doug Drexler, and designers Mike and Denise Okuda. They are also currently finalizing plans to have Star Trek: The Next Generation star and director LeVar Burton be the first director for The Academy.

The Star Trek Film Academy will be held on the TOS sets and at a local college where there will be seminars. Pricing has yet to be finalized, but Cawley revealed that it will be tiered, with the choice to take part in just the seminars or both seminars and production on set. “We want to give fans the most bang for their buck. There are going to be different price points, to hopefully make it available for everyone”, said Cawley.

This fall you will be able to recreate the magic making Star Trek (Photo: Star Trek Set Tour)

Karl Urban to headline Trekonderoga Con

Each summer The Original Series Set Tour holds a Star Trek convention called Trekonderoga, and this summer’s will be held August 24-26. James Cawley revealed the headliner this year will be Karl Urban, who is a big TOS fan and of course plays Dr. McCoy in the Kelvin Star Trek films. Urban will be doing tours of the sets along with photo ops in sick bay. So, he cannot say “I’m a doctor, not a tour guide,” because this time he will be both.

Karl Urban at Star Trek Las Vegas 2017, will headline Trekonderoga 2018

Shatner on set is a dream come true

The Star Trek: The Original Series Set Tour has previously hosted all the living members of the main cast of the original Star Trek , but it wasn’t until earlier this month that schedules finally worked out to bring William Shatner on board.  “It’s a bucket list moment,” said Cawley of seeing Shatner on the bridge for the first time, adding “We have only seen that on television, so to see him there for real is an amazing moment. There are no words.”

Cawley came to Star Trek fame by creating the popular fan series Star Trek: New Voyages (later renamed Star Trek: Phase II ). “When I did my fan film, it was all about being a kid again and putting on my uniform and running around the backyard,” said Cawley of the experience of taking on the role Captain Kirk. However, this weekend wasn’t about trading notes on playing the iconic role, telling TrekMovie: “I am not going to go to him and say ‘I played Captain Kirk.’ That’s not important. What’s important is to say to him, ‘You are my childhood hero, and thank you for all of this.’”

James Cawley looks on as William Shatner is interviewed by the media at the Star Trek: The Original Series Set Tour (Photo: Star Trek Set Tour)

To learn more about Star Trek: The Original Series Set Tour and upcoming events, visit startrektour.com .

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When the Star Trek theme park in Las Vegas closed, what happened to the Enterprise-D bridge set? Did anybody save it, or was it bulldozed into oblivion?

Part of the actual Enterprise-D bridge was on exhibit at the former Hollywood Entertainment Museum in Hollywood. You could sit in the real Picard captain’s chair. They had the three chairs and the arch behind it with Worf’s security station set-up. The museum closed down several years ago.

Fans had salvaged much of it and were in the process of restoring what they found but I’m not sure what the status of that project is.

I seem to recall it was in LA and you could rent it for movie screenings, romantic dinners and such. But that was six years ago or so

That set is not at all screen accurate. It’s cool someone saved it and all but it’s a second rate knockoff of what we see on screen. Though I will say as a kid I loved setting foot on it!

According to this:

https://trekmovie.com/2010/04/05/star-trek-the-experience-warehouse-sale-this-saturday-in-las-vegas/

Alec Peters’ (AXANAR) Propworx auction house sold “Pieces from Enterprise D replica bridges” at the “Star Trek: The Experience Warehouse Sale” they held in 2010.

Pretty sure The Hollywood Science Fiction Museum has it…they’ve been trying to get off the ground for a long time, going to cons with the three main chairs, but my understanding is they have the full set and it’s been restored.

‘You are my childhood hero, and thank you for all of this.’ Well said, my sentiments exactly.

Wish those sets were available as party rentals…

Alec Peters: Take note. This is what happens when you respect and work with the owner of the IP.

@Finnigan Agreed.

Yea right, don’t take people’s money and make two episodes you never release…oh wait!

Nice to see Cawley found a use for the set he built. I was wondering what had happened to everything from across all the various productions.

walking on the TNG set would be awesome…. now we’re talking. Good work James!!

I remember seeing a replica on the Experience World Tour in Germany back around December 1999. Amazing to just step on the bridge.

Yeah, I’ve been there, too. But, as someone already stated, it was a second-rate replica of the actual set, wrong dimensions, cheaper materials, etc. Still cool, though, but not comparable to the two TOS 1:1 replicas (this one and the STC one)…

Having walked on the replica in Vegas’ Hilton, myself, yes it was.

I would love to go to see the tour, but Ticonderoga is a bloody mess to get to unless you have a car. Car rental and driving out there from Albany is the best option I’ve found as a tourist from outside the US and that’s a big hassle :(

It is not easy to get to. But fans from Israel, South America, and more far-flung places have made the trip. Look for my upcoming review of the Tour itself. It is amazing, and worth the trip for a Trek fan.

@Hauke Fischer — good point. I realize they live in Ticonderoga, but moving the operation to Burlington (44 miles away), or even Pittsburgh (55 miles away) might be a better move in the long run. I’m surprised CBS wouldn’t actually stipulate something like that at some point.

They’ve been having conventions there, as the article notes. The logistics of getting in and out of there from ports of call must have been worked out by now? I seem to recall their website has a link to some city government tourists guide?

Then again, what could I know of such? Even though I live in a large metropolitan area served by all sorts of transportation options, I still went to every Trek convention that I ever attended via gasomobile. But we carpooled!

Thanks for reminding me about the travel info on their site. I’d been trying google maps and Amtrak to find train times before and came up empty. Just rechecked and there’s indeed train service going there. Nice. I might make the trip up there after all next month. Excited!

Ernst Hauke Fischer,

You’re welcome. Glad I could help.

A one day rental from Manhattan was 200 bucks. Plus gas and hours on the road. But it was well worth it! I took the late morning tour to drink it all in, had lunch in town, and then went back for a one on one tour early afternoon to shoot photos while I chatted with the tour guide

Hmmm…I would have thought the Galileo stage, either through acquisition or duplication, would have been next?

@Disinvited — excellent point. But then you’d need a hanger bay to put it on! ;-)

That said, I’d say the bigger issue with the Galileo is that it’s kind of a Tardis problem — the inside is much bigger than the outside. Hard to display it properly without some trickery …

Curious Cadet,

I would think to serve the purposes of the museum they’d display it as the working set that it was?

@Disinvited, right, but then you’d need two sets — the full-sized Shuttle itself used for exterior shots, and then the even larger interior set. All things considered, a sizable investment to do it correctly.

That said, I guess I proceeded from the incorrect assumption that, even though these sets were built as such, for filming a fan series, that the museum was somehow meant to be a suspension of disbelief fantasy that visitors were actually aboard the Enterprise. Obviously if the tour is meant as no more than a visit to the production stages of TOS sets, then I am in full agreement that the interior set of the shuttle craft should be the next item on their list. The Auxiliary control room is kind of anti-climactic compared to everything else, though the Emergency Manual Monitor room always kind of excited me, but seems like something of a liability for a tour, only accessible by the able-bodied anyway.

Don’t forget. The article said he was buying the building next door “…which has double the square footage of the current tour and has two floors.” There would have been enough room.

This is what happens when you abide by the license holders wishes and don’t misappropriate $1.6 million of fans money and produce NOTHING!

Yeah, they got greedy, with both the money and the fame. They should have shot the principle filming LONG before the case against them was made. It might have helped them against the charges.

Hey, they produced some carpeted offices. :)

James is from the community, and it needs all the help it can get bringing in tourist dollars, so this way he gets to help the community as well. And also, the rents hella cheaper in Ti than it would be even in the low rent district of Burlington.

@GraniteTrek — fair enough. Nothing against Ticonderoga, just that if I were CBS, I’d be pushing to make the tour more accessible. Not sure what their take from the admission is, but if it were more accessible, it’d be more, perhaps justifying the higher rent in a more accessible location.

I wonder, does Ticonderoga do any tourism marketing with the Trek tour? I have to admit I have no interest in going to visit the Ticonderoga area otherwise, but then again, I know nothing about the area, or what else it could offer me besides seeing the Trek sets. With most other tourist draws, the location determines where the attraction establishes itself to pull in the general visitor. But in this case, the attraction is the sole draw, so only the die hard fans are going to make the trip without added incentives in the area.

The other big tourist attraction in the area is Fort Ticonderoga. I went there in the morning before doing the set tour in the afternoon. It’s mostly a reconstruction since the occupants through the ages tended to blow it up before leaving :) Still a great visit. If you like hiking, the place is beautiful. Ticonderoga itself is not in that great a shape, you can see that by the number of closed stores that it is on the decline. Hopefully the Star Trek tour will help bring it back to life. I know that the local chamber of commerce is really proud of James (and rightly so).

Correct me if I’m wrong here, but if I recall Ft. Ticonderoga was captured from the British by Benedict Arnold’s and Enthan Allen’s men. And soonafter some 50+ cannons made the arduous trek to Dorchester Heights to lay seige to Boston in an attempt by Washington to drive out the British from the city. It worked. A little bit of American history there…

When we visited the set, we also had a discussion with Cawley that started, “why Ticonderoga, for pity sake?” James told us about the set and tour being an important part of the local community, bringing in extra money and showing lots more people about the area. Good points. Wherever we stopped in the area, people knew about the set, and acted proud of it.

With the fan productions shut down, James Cawley has turned a lemon into lemonade.

I’ve been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade; make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give me lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s going to burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m going to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!

I was thinking more of using those lemons for margaritas, blended, salt on the rim.

That is pretty cool. Ticonderoga is a bit on the out of the way side of things. But if I ever find myself out that way in the future I will be sure to check it out!

This is an exotic dessert to a forward thinking mind. Call it a quantum vitamin for ones brain. Imagination, creates concepts, creates research and eventual a crossroads, when science converges with science fiction. We can do what we think🌠

I wish they would do the bridge from the movies from 1979-1991. The refit Enterprise and Enterprise A.

@skyjedi — yup … but that’s a much more expensive proposition.

Will the Paramount approved Films made by the School be for private viewing or could the be released on-line and promote the school?

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Kovich’s explanation evokes the classic “ Star Trek: The Next Generation ” episode “The Chase” from 1993 in which Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) — along with teams of Romulans, Klingons and Cardassians — learn that all humanoid life in the galaxy was created by a single species that existed billions of years earlier, and seeded thousands of planets with the DNA to pass along their legacy. (Along with presenting a profound vision of the origins of life, the episode also provided an imaginative explanation for why almost all the aliens in “Star Trek” basically look like humans with different kinds of forehead ridges.)

Kovich tells Burnham that the Romulan scientist was part of a team sent to discover exactly how these aliens — whom they call the Progenitors — made this happen; the object they’re seeking winds up being one part of a brand new “chase,” this time in the 32nd century, to find the Progenitors’ technology before it can fall into the wrong hands. 

“I remember watching that episode and at the end of it just being blown away that there was this huge idea where we all come from,” Paradise says. “And then they’re going to have another mission the next week. I found myself wondering, ‘Well, then what? What happened? What do we do with this information? What does it mean?’”

Originally, Paradise says the “Discovery” writers’ room discussed evoking the Progenitors in Season 4, when the Discovery meets an alien species, the 10-C, who live outside of the galaxy and are as radically different from humans as one could imagine. “As we dug deeper into the season itself, we realized that it was too much to try and get in,” Paradise says.

Instead, they made the Progenitors the engine for Season 5. “Burnham and some of our other characters are on this quest for personal meaning,” Paradise says. Searching for the origins of life itself, she adds, “feels like a big thematic idea that fits right in with what we’re exploring over the course of the season, and what our characters are going through.”

That meant that Paradise finally got to help come up with the answers to the questions about “The Chase” that had preoccupied her when she was younger. “We had a lot of fun talking about what might’ve happened when [Picard] called back to headquarters and had to say, ‘Here’s what happened today,’” she says. “We just built the story out from there.”

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