Archive for January, 2013
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

Where No Man Has Gone Before – the Unauthorized Star Trek Parody Musical will premiere in Washington, D.C. this June.
Written by Clara Hoch and Eva Thorpe, and directed by Hoch, the musical parody is based on the original series episode of the same name.
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Posted in Fandom | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

For fans looking for Star Trek merchandise, Diamond Select Toys has several items due out at various times this year, and four of the five items feature the USS Enterprise.
The Diamond Select Toy items include the USS Enterprise NCC-1701B, USS Enterprise 1701-D, Star Trek Enterprise Project Cutaway Ship, Star Trek Enterprise Rock Art and the Star Trek Legacy Minimates Series 1 Assortment.
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Tags: Diamond Select Toys, Minimates, ships
Posted in Merchandise | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

Even though it has been almost twelve years since Star Trek: Voyager ended, Robert Picardo still maintains contact with his former co-workers.
Every year, the actors get together once or twice for a dinner and this year’s dinner fell on a special date.
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Tags: China Beach, Picardo
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: VOY | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

The next set of shot glasses featuring Juan Ortiz‘s original series art has been announced.
The glasses in this sixth set feature art from The Tholian Web, The Savage Curtain, Mirror, Mirror and Miri.
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Tags: Ortiz, shot glasses
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

Star Trek: Voyager‘s Robert Picardo shared his memories of joining Voyager and of the first episode, Caretaker.
Picardo was the last actor to work on the pilot which was a bit daunting. “I was the last guy to come in, and everybody else had already established relationships,” he said. “So I come in and say ‘Hello,’ and everyone knew each other already. That meant that there was that little feeling of I had to prove myself.”
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Tags: Caretaker, Picardo
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: VOY | 6 Comments »
Monday, January 14th, 2013

A new art print features a ship from the original series’ Space Seed episode.
The ship is the S.S. Botany Bay, the sleeper ship on which Khan and his genetically engineered supermen were found.
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Tags: Brayer, Poster, Space Seed
Posted in Merchandise | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 11th, 2013
After a Ferengi inquisitor comes to visit, Quark and Rom travel to Ferenginar to punish their Moogie for wearing clothes and earning profit.
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Tags: Retro Review
Posted in Star Trek: DS9 | 3 Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2013

A new item of merchandise will appeal to fans of Starfleet Academy; the Starfleet Academy Class Ring.
A screen-accurate replica of the actual prop worn in Star Trek will soon be available for pre-order.
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Tags: QMx, ring, Starfleet Academy
Posted in Merchandise | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

More Star Trek actors interact with astronaut Chris Hadfield and a famous astronaut joins in the fun.
If you’re not following Hadfield, a flight engineer from Expedition 34 on the International Space Station, on Twitter, you’re not only missing fabulous pictures of Earth taken from high above, but you’re also missing Star Trek-related tweets.
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Tags: Aldrin, Hadfield, ISS, Nimoy, Shatner, Takei, Wheaton
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: TOS | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

The latest batch of Juan Ortiz original series art prints has been announced.
The four prints for January include: Mirror, Mirror, The Tholian Web, Miri and The Savage Curtain.
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Tags: Art, Miri, Mirror Mirror, Ortiz, The Savage Curtain, The Tholian Web
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Good news for fans of Star Trek: Enterprise; the release date for the Blu-ray version of the first season has been announced.
And fans of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine andVoyager find out why Enterprise will be released ahead of those series.
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Tags: Blu-Ray
Posted in Merchandise, Star Trek: ENT | 15 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Bryan Burk, producer of Star Trek into Darkness, explains what fans can expect from the movie.
According to Burk, Star Trek is about humans and their problems and interactions. “What attracted us to Star Trek is that it’s not just about space and aliens and what you might think it is, it’s actually about humans and how they all interact with each other, particularly Gene Roddenberry‘s vision of the future, where all the problems on earth kind of go away and we all come together and all the problems are out there.”
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Tags: Burk
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek XII | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

A new Star Trek into Darkness app will be released at the end of January.
The app will “deliver exclusive content and advanced real world game experiences,” and fans watching this year’s Superbowl will be able to unlock content during a Star Trek into Darkness Superbowl ad.
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Tags: App, Superbowl
Posted in Fandom, Star Trek XII | No Comments »