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Mr. Boothby

Mr. Boothby is the curmudgeonly groundskeeper at Starfleet Academy in San Francisco on Earth. He was born in the mid to late 23rd century. He has been working at Starfleet Academy since about 2321 and has seen a lot of promising young cadets come and go, often offering up helpful advice and kind words; among them such prominent Starfleet captains as Jean-Luc Picard, Kathryn Janeway, Richardson, and Lopez.

Boothby was disdainful of herbicides and other high-tech devices, and preferred to tend to the grounds by hand. After a big parrises squares win in 2324, it took Boothby three weeks to repair the grounds following the celebration. In 2368, Boothby claimed that he was cranky because he had been forced to replant the same flower bed several times.

...that in the Star Trek: The Original Series episodes "Tomorrow is Yesterday" and "Return to Tomorrow" the Apollo moon landing is referred to/predicted (even the approximate date?) Both episodes aired more than a year before it happened.

...that Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner were the only cast members in Star Trek Generations to have custom early Deep Space Nine and Voyager-style uniforms made for use in the film? Jonathan Frakes had to borrow Avery Brooks' uniform and LeVar Burton had to borrow Colm Meaney's uniform; neither of which fit the actors very well (Frakes had to roll up the sleeves and Burton's is obviously too big for him).

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14 March 2008

Opening in theaters today is Doomsday, an action/science-fiction film starring DS9's Alexander Siddig and his uncle (and fellow Star Trek alum), Malcolm McDowell. Sid plays John Hatcher, the Prime Minister of a future England facing the resurgence of a deadly plague thought to have been quarantined 25 years earlier; McDowell plays Kane, the leader of those who survived the previous outbreak despite being walled off and left to die. For more information on the film, visit the official site.

13 March 2008

Gayne Rescher, the Director of Photography on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, has died. Rescher, who won three Emmy Awards throughout his career, died in Gig Harbor, Washington, on 29 February 2008 following a long illness. He was 83 years old. [1]

Cryptic Studios has been confirmed as the new developer for Star Trek Online, according to TrekMovie.com. Cryptic has yet to officially announce this news as "they want to make their announcement more than just words and actually have something to show." [2]

12 March 2008

TNG/ENT guest actor Mark Rolston has joined the cast of Saw V, the fifth entry in the popular series of horror films. [3] The film is currently slated for release on 24 October 2008.

6 March 2008

Star Trek: Enterprise stunt coordinator Vince Deadrick, Jr. tells us that he and his father, TOS and Enterprise stuntman Vince Deadrick, Sr., will be doing a guest signing at Convention Entertainment's Grand Slam: The Sci-Fi Summit. In addition to signing, they will be showing photos of the elder Deadrick as a redshirt on The Original Series. The event will be held in Burbank, California from 11–13 April 2008. Also in the autograph room will be Lawrence Montaigne, Bobby Clark, Stephen Manley, Lois Jewell, and Natalia Nogulich. See Creation's Grand Slam page for more information.

5 March 2008

Herb Kenwith, the director of the TOS episode "The Lights of Zetar", died of prostate cancer on 30 January 2008, according to Variety. He was 90 years old. [4]

4 March 2008

Variety reports that film composer Leonard Rosenman, who received an Academy Award nomination Best Music, Original Score for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, has died today of a heart attack at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. The composer, who won two Academy Awards and two Emmy Awards, was 83 years old. [5]

1920

Ricardo Montalban is born.

1926

Jeffrey Hunter is born.

1942

Tracey Walter is born.

1943

Beverly Washburn is born.

1966

Billy Burke is born.

1972

The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #61 with the fifth of seven installments.

1980

Design patent for costumes is issued. This is the first Star Trek design patent to be issued.

1996

DS9: "The Ascent" airs.

1998

DS9: "Covenant" airs.

VOY: "Infinite Regress" airs.

Films

• Star Trek films: Star Trek (8 May 2009)

Episodes

• Remastered TOS (in syndication)
  • "That Which Survives" (weekend of 15 March 2008)
  • "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" (weekend of 22 March 2008)
  • "Elaan of Troyius" (weekend of 29 March 2008)
  • "The Enterprise Incident" (weekend of 5 April 2008)
  • "Obsession" (weekend of 12 April 2008)

DVDs

None scheduled - last release was TOS Season 1 HD-DVD

Novels and reference works

• Epiphany (Vulcan's Soul, paperback reprint, out now)
• Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment (Slings and Arrows, eBook, out now)
• Day of the Vipers (Star Trek: Terok Nor, paperback, 25 March 2008)
• Night of the Wolves (Star Trek: Terok Nor, paperback, 29 April 2008)

Comics

• IDW Publishing
  • Star Trek: Alien Spotlight
    • Alien Spotlight: Romulans - released 27 February 2008
  • Intelligence Gathering
    • #3, "Chasing Shadows" - solicited for 26 March 2008
  • Turnaround (Star Trek: New Frontier)
    • #1, "Part 1" - solicited for 26 March 2008