Archive for February, 2013
Thursday, February 28th, 2013

There will be eighteen conventions, shows or appearances in March and April that feature actors of interest to Star Trek fans. This listing of conventions and shows features actors from all of the televised series and several of the Star Trek movies.
March starts off with CifiMad which will take place on March 1-3 at the Hotel Las Provincias in Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain. In attendance at CifiMad will be Deep Space Nine‘s Max Grodenchik.
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Tags: Conventions
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Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Chris Pine is no stranger to taking on high-profile roles, after playing Kirk in 2009′s Star Trek, but each time is still a bit nerve-wracking for the actor.
Pine has taken on the latest incarnation of Tom Clancy‘s CIA Analyst Jack Ryan, in a movie that is currently filming.
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Tags: Jack Ryan, Pine
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Sean Kenney, best known to original series fans as the original Captain Pike, and as Lt. DePaul, has written a book chronicling his Star Trek experience.
The book, Captain Pike: Found Alive! is available in both print and Kindle format, and the first two chapters can be read for free at Amazon.
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Posted in Books, Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TOS | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

For Wil Wheaton, new acting success came when he figured out just what type of character he should be playing.
It turns out that the best character for Wheaton to play is not someone like Wesley Crusher.
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Tags: Wheaton
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TNG | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

The final tally for the vote to name two moons of Pluto is in, and Vulcan has outpaced all its competitors.
Vulcan, and the second-place finisher, Cerberus, were the two top vote getters, with only Vulcan receiving over one hundred thousand votes.
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Tags: Pluto Rocks, Shatner, Vulcan
Posted in Cast & Crew, Fandom, News | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

The latest issue of IDW Publishing‘s Hive comic series will hit stores tomorrow, but fans can see a preview of the issue now.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hive #4 is the “climatic finale of one of the most talked about Star Trek events of the year as past and future collide! Past and future intersect as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Locutus meet to decide the fate of the United Federation of planets — and the entire Borg Empire!”
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Tags: IDW Publishing, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hive #4
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Monday, February 25th, 2013

At last night’s Oscars Award Ceremony, James T. Kirk paid a visit from the future.
Kirk, played by William Shatner, returned to give a little advice to Seth MacFarlane, who was hosting the event.
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Tags: Kirk, MacFarlane, Oscars, Shatner
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Thursday, February 21st, 2013

For German fans of Klingon opera, tomorrow is a good day to hie….over to the Haus der Kulturen der Welt to see “U,” a complete Klingon Opera.
In “U,” the unforgettable hero Kahless is “betrayed by his brother [and] forced to go down into the underworld and to invent the close range conflict weapon Bat’leth to topple the tyrant Molo.”
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Tags: Klingon Opera, U
Posted in Fandom, General Star Trek | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 21st, 2013

More details have emerged regarding Sleepy Hollow, a modern-day supernatural drama from Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
In Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane finds himself transported to present day Sleepy Hollow, where troubles await the time-traveler.
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Tags: Kurtzman, Orci, Sleepy Hollow
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

For those who never got around to purchasing the original Star Trek: The Next Generation DVD release, the series is being offered again, with new packaging.
The first two seasons of TNG will go on sale exclusively at Amazon beginning March 12, with the rest of the seasons becoming available on April 16.
The new release features the exact same content, including bonus material, as the previous full-season releases.
Seasons One and Two will sell for $35.00, and subsequent seasons will sell for $47.00 each.
Tags: DVDs
Posted in Merchandise, Star Trek: TNG | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

In an interview with MTV, J.J. Abrams spoke about Klingons in Star Trek into Darkness, and about the role of Carol Marcus in the movie.
Even though long-time fans know all about Klingons, Abrams explained that those new to the franchise coming to see Star Trek into Darkness didn’t “need to know any preexisting stories to watch this film.”
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Tags: Eve, Klingons, Marcus
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek XII | 19 Comments »