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Archive for the ‘Star Trek: TOS’ Category

Shuttle Restoration Nears Completion

Friday, April 26th, 2013

The fan restoration of the original series Galileo shuttle is almost finished.

Trek fans Adam Schneider and Alec Peters have been working on the restoration of the twenty-foot-long, nine-foot-tall shuttle for months after the shuttle was purchased at auction last July.

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Duryea Passes

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Peter Duryea, best-known to original series fans, has passed away at the age of seventy-three.

Duryea portrayed Lt. Jose Tyler in The Cage, the original pilot for Star Trek.

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Space Seed Lost Scenes

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Going through the papers of Star Trek Writer/Director Nicholas Meyer, college professors John and Maria Jose Tenuto uncovered plenty of behind-the-scenes information from Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan that has not been released to the public.

A further search through UCLA archival materials uncovered information about lost scenes, both filmed and unfilmed, for the original series’ Space Seed episode.

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March Ortiz Star Trek Prints

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Four new original series prints created by Juan Ortiz have been released.

The latest set includes art based on A Piece of the Action, Bread and Circuses, The Omega Glory, and For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky.

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Kenney Pens Trek Experience Book

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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Shatner Phones Hadfield On The ISS

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Star Trek‘s William Shatner shared a fifteen-minute phone conversation with astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is currently aboard the International Space Station.

The conversation between the pair focused on the future of the American space program.

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Takei To Guest Star On Neighbors

Monday, January 28th, 2013

Star Trek‘s George Takei will be seen on The Neighbors this season.

Takei will be taking on the role of the father of Larry Bird (Simon Templeton).

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ISS Astronaut Trek Tweeting

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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Astronaut Acknowledges Captain Kirk

Friday, January 4th, 2013

Someone on the crew of the International Space Station is a Star Trek fan.

Yesterday, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, flight engineer for Expedition 34, exchanged tweets with none other than James T. Kirk.

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Shatner’s New Trek Documentary

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

William Shatner is making another Star Trek documentary but this one is not about the original series.

The documentary, titled Wacky Doodle, will document the first two years of production on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

“It’s about how crazy it was; how difficult it was to get it started and do it right,” said Shatner.

Original Series Soundtrack Celebration

Thursday, November 8th, 2012

La-La Land Records will mark its tenth anniversary with a celebration to be held at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood featuring the new Star Trek Original Series Soundtrack Collection.

The celebration will include the screening of two classic Star Trek episodes following by a special discussion featuring Trek composers and writers.

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Star Trek On Hulu

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

For fans of both Star Trek and the Hulu video-streaming service, there is good news.

A deal has been made between CBS and Hulu which will see iconic shows from CBS’s library made available to Hulu’s “Hulu Plus” subscription service.

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Windom Passes

Monday, August 20th, 2012

Emmy Award-winning actor William Windom, best-known to Trek fans for his role of Commodore Decker in the original series episode The Doomsday Machine, has died at his home in Woodacre, California at the age of eighty-eight.

The  cause of death was congestive heart failure.

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Takei Reacts to Boy Scouts Announcement

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Last week, the Boy Scouts of America upheld its ban on gay members in the organization and this week, actor George Takei, a former Eagle Scout, replied to that announcement.

In a new column, Takei expressed his disgust with the ruling and vowed to fight the ban.

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Nichols To Be Part of Makers Documentary

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Nichelle Nichols will be one of them women featured in a new documentary, MAKERS: Women Who Make America.

The three-hour documentary focuses on exceptional women whose pioneering contributions helped to shape today’s world.

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