For Star Trek writer/producers Ronald D. Moore and Ira Steven Behr, there was no honeymoon period when it came to writing for Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Both joined the show during its third season and had to hit the ground running.

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Last night, Alice Eve was on Conan and two short clips featuring the actress on the show have been released.

In the clips, Eve reveals that she was attracted to performing from a young age, had a teacher whose negative comments made her determined to succeed in school, and was initially a bit confused during a call from J.J. Abrams to her regarding Star Trek into Darkness.

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Damon Lindelof has taken a bit of heat lately for the Alice Eve underwear scene and now he has responded to the criticism.

The scene in question was heavily featured in ad spots promoting the movie.

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Some interesting interviews from Star Trek actors and people associated with the show can now be seen at the Archive of American Television website.

The interviews, other than one with LeVar Burton, are from the original series.

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ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Roger Guyett explained how ILM wanted to improve the special effects for Star Trek into Darkness.

“We wanted to find that number eleven on the dial,” he said. “It gave us a great opportunity to revisit these pieces—keeping them very familiar but to reinvent them every so slightly and give them a new level of energy.”

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A clip from Zachary Quinto’s appearance on Conan last night featured the actor talking about a pub crawl that took place right after Star Trek into Darkness wrapped.

In the short clip, Quinto revealed his nickname for Simon Pegg.

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Last night, Chris Pine was on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and the videos from the appearance are now available.

The three videos are about ten minutes in length.

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Zachary Quinto will be on Conan tonight, and a preview can be seen now.

In the two-and-a-half minute clip, Quinto discusses his training for Star Trek into Darkness, his relationship with Uhura, sexuality and his thoughts on where Spock should go in the next movie.

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This morning, Damon Lindelof, Chris Pine, Alice Eve and John Cho joined astronauts Mike Finke, Kjell Lindgren (Houston), and Chris Cassidy (on the ISS) in an hour-long NASA broadcast in a “space bridge” webcast at Google+ Hangout.

J.J. Abrams, due to attend, was unable to do so, but submitted his intriguing question via taped video.

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For fans of Dr. McCoy’s metaphors, there were plenty of them in Star Trek into Darkness.

A complaint about the amount led to an unexpected result for Urban. Mild spoilers behind the cut.
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J.J. Abrams and five of the Star Trek into Darkness actors appeared recently in a short segment on Entertainment Tonight to promote the movie.

The actors spoke of the friendships developed over the time making both Star Trek and Star Trek into Darkness.

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J.J. Abrams appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, and was joined two unexpected guests.

Abrams took audience suggestions for his work on the next Star Wars film, and the unexpected guests delighted the audience with their appearance and suggestions.

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Some clever sleuthing by TrekMovie.com on the AreYouThe1701.com website has uncovered a file about Star Trek into Darkness‘ John Harrison.

The PDF file is two pages in length, and reproduced below the cut. Note: There are spoilers, so if you’ve not yet seen the movie, wait until you do before you read the rest of this article.

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Like his predecessor in the Sulu role, John Cho hopes for better things for his character.

Although Star Trek into Darkness has just released, Cho is already looking to the future.

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Rod Roddenberry and his wife Heidi are expecting their first child.

Roddenberry posted the announcement to Facebook several days ago.

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