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Latest news
- 10 October
- YouTube has added five full-length episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, complete with ads. (This appears to be US only.) [1]
- 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. [2]
- 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. [3]
- 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
The Beta 5 computer was a sophisticated computer built by unknown aliens from a hidden planet located more than 1,000 light years from Earth. It was installed in 1968 at 811 East 68th Street, Apartment 12-B in New York City, which was occupied by pseudo-secret agent Gary Seven.
As a highly capable device, the Beta 5 was able to make analytical decisions due to its extremely advanced artificial intelligence. This artificial intelligence was supplemented with a snobbish, feminine personality.
The Beta 5 contained a vast database of knowledge on other planets and the history of Earth. It had the ability to check news broadcasts from across the globe, as well as intercept and decode government messages thanks to its exceiver circuits. The Beta 5 computer was also linked to a transporter chamber, located in an apparent walk-in vault, which could transport individuals simple by passing through the entranceway. Also built in was a materialization niche on the right hand side of its console that could be used for such purposes as producing false identification.
When not in use, the Beta 5 computer was hidden behind the bookcase in Gary Seven's office. The Beta 5 could then be accessed through a scanner, which resembled a green cube, located on Seven's desk. While active, the cube glowed brightly and then dimmed when waiting for further input. This interface device, however, was limited to only voice command input. For finer, manual control of the Beta 5, it needed to be taken out of hidden mode and accessed directly.Did You Know...
...that Enterprise was the first series to not use models in favor of using CGI models for the starships?
...that the Female Changeling was never given an official name such as Odo and Laas were?
...that Rick Berman wanted the Dominion War to be concluded in three to four episodes, but that Ira Steven Behr and Ronald D. Moore knew that they could never conclude the war that quickly?
...Rick Berman and Brannon Braga never created a back story for Future Guy?
Today in Trek history
- 1937
- Dianne Wager is born.
- 1948
- Kimberly Farr is born.
- Harry Wowchuk is born.
- 1952
- Ron Taylor is born.
- 1966
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is born.
- 1968
- Todd Stashwick is born.
- 1978
- Aaron C. Fitzgerald is born.
- 1983
- Hassan Nicholas is born.
- 1989
- TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers" airs.
- 1993
- TNG: "Gambit, Part II" airs.
- 1995
- DS9: "Hippocratic Oath" airs.
- 1997
- DS9: "Sons and Daughters" airs.
- 2002
- ENT: "A Night in Sickbay" airs.
- 2006
- Tommy Johnson dies.
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- 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
- Romulans: The Hollow Crown
- #1, "The Hollow Crown, Part 1" - released 10 September 2008
- #2, "The Hollow Crown, Part 2" - released 15 October 2008
- Trade paperback collections
- Turnaround - released on 1 October 2008
- Star Trek: Assignment: Earth
- Graphic Imaging Technologies
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