Star Trek
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- For the original television series, please see Star Trek: The Original Series. For the eleventh film, please see Star Trek (film).
- For additional meanings of "Star Trek", please see Star Trek (disambiguation).
Star Trek is a science fiction franchise comprising six television series, eleven films plus numerous books, comics, games and collectibles.
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[edit] History
Originally it was a product of Desilu Studios as created by Gene Roddenberry in a first draft series proposal "Star Trek is..." dated 11 March 1964.
Beginning with a single pilot episode, "The Cage", filmed in 1964, Star Trek was not placed on the schedule of the NBC network until a second pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", was produced in 1965.
Star Trek officially went into production on April 21, 1966 and ran for three seasons until it was cancelled in 1969. Three years later the series returned to NBC as a Saturday morning animated series which ran from 1973–1974.
No new production of Star Trek took place until 1979 when Star Trek: The Motion Picture took the franchise into feature films, where they have continued to be made periodically since. However, Star Trek did not return to Television until 1987 with the debut of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Following three more spin-off productions, the 2005–2006 TV season was the first since 1987 without a new Star Trek series being broadcast, though all series remain in syndication.
As a result of the 2005 split between the former Viacom and CBS, any future Star Trek television productions will fall under the ownership of CBS Television Studios. Via licensing agreements, future films continue to be produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. An eleventh film was released in 2009.
Currently, licensees of Star Trek publications (reference works and novels) and collectibles include Art Asylum toys and Pocket Books. Older licenses for previously produced material belong to numerous companies.
[edit] Production history
- See also: Production timeline.
[edit] The Original Series
Star Trek: The Original Series premiered on NBC's fall schedule on 8 September 1966.
- Desilu/NBC, Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1969
[edit] The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Filmation/NBC, Gene Roddenberry, 1973-1974
[edit] Movies
- Paramount, 1979-2009
- Producers: Gene Roddenberry, Robert Sallin, Harve Bennett, Steven-Charles Jaffe, Ralph Winter, Rick Berman, J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof
- Directors: Robert Wise, Nicholas Meyer, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, David Carson, Jonathan Frakes, Stuart Baird, J.J. Abrams.
[edit] Live-action television series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Paramount/Viacom, Gene Roddenberry, 1987-1994
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Paramount/Viacom, Rick Berman & Michael Piller, 1993-1999
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Paramount/UPN; Rick Berman & Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor, 1995-2001
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Paramount/UPN; Rick Berman & Brannon Braga, 2001-2005
[edit] Unproduced projects
[edit] Overseas adaptations
Star Trek has been aired around the world throughout its run of television and movie series. Most often, it has been translated into the native language of each country in question. During this time, the titles, characters, and so forth have been changed as they move from language to language.
[edit] Variations of the Star Trek title
- Albanian: "Udhëtimi yjor"
- Croatian: "Zvjezdane Staze"
- German: "Raumschiff Enterprise" (this is actually "Starship Enterprise" translated used for "The Next Generation")
- Hungarian: "Űrszekerek" (rarely used especially in connection with the movies, meaning "Space Wagon Trains")
- Japanese: "宇宙大作戦" ("Uchū Daisakusen") (only used in reference to TOS, meaning "Big Operations in Space")
- Latin: "Stelliter"
- Macedonian: "Ѕвездени Патеки" (Szvezdeni Pateki)
- Polish: "Gwiezdna wędrówka"
- Portuguese (Brazil): "Jornada nas Estrelas"
- Portuguese (Portugal): "O Caminho das Estrelas"
- Russian: "Звёздный путь"
- Serbo-Croatian: "Zvezdane Staze"
- Spanish: "Viaje a las Estrellas"
- Turkish: "Uzay Yolu"
- Chinese: "星际旅行"(It's first appeared in TAS, meaning "traveling in Space")
- Hebrew: מסע בין כוכבים (meaning "Journey Between the Stars")
- Ukrainian: "Зоряний шлях"
- Slovenian: "Zvezdne Steze"
- Spanish: "Viaje a las estrellas" (meaning "Journey to the stars")
[edit] Licensed media
[edit] Related topics
[edit] See also
- Star Trek parodies and pop culture references
- Star Trek documentaries and specials
- Star Trek corporate history
- Shakespeare and Star Trek
- Production timeline
- Production staff
- Star Trek auctions
- Star Trek fonts
[edit] Other topics
- 47
- Alien of the week
- Bottle show
- Design patents filed for the Star Trek franchise
- I'm a doctor, not a...
- Redshirt
- Shakespeare and Star Trek
- Stardates
- Story arcs
[edit] External links
- The official Star Trek home page
- Star Trek at Wikipedia
- Star Trek at Wikipedia
- Star Trek at BBC.co.uk
