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Are You The 1701?

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Last year, a website was unveiled in a Star Trek into Darkness clip during a scene when John Harrison was in the brig. The website was AreYouThe1701.com.

At the site, readers were urged to sign up for future updates, and were told “We will tell you when the search begins.”

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Beam Me Up App Up For Award

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

The Beam Me Up Star Trek Augmented Reality App is up for a Webby Award and fans can help it win.

Last fall, fans at London’s Destination Star Trek convention were able to use a Star Trek Augmented Reality app to “beam up” from a mock-up of the Enterprise’s transporter room, and to see the results on their smartphones.

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Eager UK Trek Fans Crash IMAX Site

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

Tickets for the IMAX showing of Star Trek into Darkness went on sale yesterday in the UK, and fan demand was so high that it crashed the IMAX website.

The same high demand also caused difficulties for the ODEON online ticket sales site.

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Trek Fan Record Falls Short

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

A group of fans in Dallas failed to break the Guinness World Record for people dressed as Star Trek characters.

The fans were attending a Texas Lottery event where the draws were the appearance of William Shatner as host of the event, and the attempt to set the world record.

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April-May 2013 Trek Conventions And Appearances

Monday, April 1st, 2013

There will be twenty-eight conventions, shows or appearances in April and May 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.

April begins with the Steel City Con, which will be held from Apr. 5-7 at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA. In attendance at the Steel City Con will be Dwight Schultz.

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Star Trek Over London

Monday, March 25th, 2013

On Saturday night, the Star Trek logo appeared over London skies.

Paramount took part in the World Wildlife Foundation’s (WWF) International Earth Hour event in London by using quadrocopters to form the Federation logo in the sky.

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March-April 2013 Trek Conventions And Appearances

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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Vulcan Wins!

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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Klingon Opera In Berlin

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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Star Trek Art Show

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

For those in the Los Angeles area, a Star Trek tribute art show will open this Saturday, and a Star Trek actor will be in attendance.

The Q Pop Shop “Beam Me Up: Star Trek Art Show” will feature art from every Trek series and movie.

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February-March 2013 Trek Conventions And Appearances

Friday, February 1st, 2013

There will be sixteen conventions, shows or appearances in February and March 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.

February begins with OzTrek 9 which will take place February 2 at The Sebel Parramatta, NSW. In attendance at OzTrek 9 will be Terry Farrell and Nicole de Boer.

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Star Trek Into Darkness App Debuts

Thursday, January 31st, 2013

For fans waiting to download the new Star Trek into Darkness app, it has been released in the U.S. and Canada.

The app will include missions with new missions becoming available weekly.

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Esurance Star Trek Into Darkness Promotion

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

Esurance, a direct to consumer personal car insurance company, has a new promotion running for Star Trek into Darkness fans including a sweepstakes for U.S. fans.

The Esurance Star Trek into Darkness Facebook page features several items; the sweepstakes entry form, an inside look into the movie, a “Vulcanizer,” and some fun downloads.

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Texas Star Trek Lottery Event

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

A new Texas scratch off lottery game features Star Trek.

To celebrate the launch of the new scratch off Star Trek game, the Texas Lottery Headquarters will hold an event featuring prizes and a chance to break a Guinness Book of World record for Trek fans in costume. William Shatner will be in attendance.

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Trek Parody To Debut This Summer

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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