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Latest news
- 29 September
- Writer Oliver Crawford, who contributed to three episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, has died. According to his daughter, Crawford died on Wednesday, 24 September 2008. He was 91 years old. [1]
- 19 September
- Anthony Montgomery (Travis Mayweather on Star Trek: Enterprise) has filmed a guest appearance on the CBS television series NCIS. Montgomery plays Marine Corporal George Linden in an episode entitled “Collateral Damage." There is currently no airdate scheduled for the episode, but it is part of the show's sixth season which premieres 23 September 2008. [2]
- 14 September 2008
- TOS star George Takei (Hikaru Sulu) is now married to his partner of 21 years, Brad Altman. The couple married today in a ceremony in the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California. Takei's TOS co-stars Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols served as best man and "best lady," respectively. See TrekMovie.com for more details on the wedding.
- Many Star Trek alumni won at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards last night. Among the winners were the visual effects team of Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica, which included Trek veterans Gary Hutzel and Doug Drexler. Moore also won an award for an online Battlestar Galactica featurette, and Star Trek: Voyager guest actress Sarah Silverman won for co-writing the song "I'm F***ing Matt Damon." For the complete list of Trek winners, see the report at TrekMovie.com.
Article of the Week
Leonard H. McCoy, MD, was a noted Human physician and scientist of the 23rd and 24th centuries who served as ship's surgeon and chief medical officer aboard the Federation starships USS Enterprise and USS Enterprise-A for 27 years.
McCoy was an accomplished surgeon, xenophysician, exobiologist, and an expert in the field of space psychology. Born in the "Old South" region of North America on Earth, in 2227, McCoy was commissioned to Starfleet in the 2250s. In his early career he made numerous medical advancements in virology and neurology before being promoted to lieutenant commander.
He joined the USS Enterprise, under command of James T. Kirk in 2266, replacing the outgoing Dr. Mark Piper as chief medical officer and ship's surgeon. During his posting, Kirk liberally used the nickname, "Bones" (short for "sawbones", the ancient description of a surgeon) for McCoy and the name stuck for the remainder of their friendship.Did You Know...
...that "MACO" is an abbreviation for "Military Assault Command Operations"?
...that the Battle of Cardassia in the Deep Space Nine finale "What You Leave Behind" primarily consists of stock footage?
...that in Admiral Ross's original line during the Battle of Cardassia was "The Romulan flagship D'ridthau has been destroyed", but the name of the flagship was dropped from the final cut of the episode?
...that during the Battle of Cardassia several shots of the new Defiant were from previous battles and that in several shots the "NX-74205" registry is clearly visible?
Today in Trek history
- 1943
- Michael Durrell is born.
- 1953
- Wendy Robie is born.
- 1966
- TOS: "The Enemy Within" airs.
- 1967
- Clegg Hoyt dies.
- TOS: "Mirror, Mirror" airs.
- 1973
- TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles" airs.
- 1991
- Lincoln Demyan dies.
- 1996
- UPN airs the special, Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond.
- 1997
- DS9: "Rocks and Shoals" airs.
- Pocket DS9 Young Adult novel Day of Honor: Honor Bound published.
- CIC Video releases The Original Series volume 3.3 on VHS in the UK.
- 1999
- VOY: "Barge of the Dead" airs.
- 2003
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete TV Movies DVD released in region 2.
- 2006
- The second day of the 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection auction.
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Upcoming releases
Films
DVDs
- Fan Collective - Alternate Realities (Region 1 - out now)
- TOS-R Season 3 DVD (Region 1 - 18 November 2008)
Novels and reference works
- Star Trek 101 (reference work, trade paperback, out now)
- Gods of Night (Star Trek: Destiny, paperback, out now)
- Wounds (Star Trek: Corps of Engineers, trade paperback, 21 October 2008)
- Mere Mortals (Star Trek: Destiny, paperback, 28 October 2008)
Comics
- IDW Publishing
- Star Trek: Assignment: Earth
- #5, "Too Many Presidents" - released 17 September 2008
- Star Trek: Mirror Images
- #3, "Mirror Images, Part 3" - released 10 September 2008
- Romulans: The Hollow Crown
- #1, "The Hollow Crown, Part 1" - released 10 September 2008
- Trade paperback collections
- Best of Peter David - solicited for 29 September 2008
- Turnaround - solicited for 29 October 2008
- Star Trek: Assignment: Earth
- Graphic Imaging Technologies
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Picture of the Day
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| Fleet Admiral Krell's fleet, alongside Enterprise (NX-01) and Columbia (NX-02), in orbit over the Qu'Vat colony in 2154. (ENT: "Divergence") |
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