Now, a fun fan activity tied in with EPIX’s Shatnerpalooza gives fans a chance to upload their own Khan screams.

The viral Shatner celebration is in progress and by heading to The Long Khan, fans can add their own video to the chain and contribute to the “longest Khan in history,” and can see what others have posted.

The Long Khan will run through August.

The Captains, a documentary on the actors who have played Star Trek captains over the years on the Star Trek televised series, includes Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula and Chris Pine.

“He’s shy,” said Shatner, referring to Pine, who played Kirk in 2009′s Star Trek XI. “So the way I started the interview, I put out a table and chairs outside the Paramount gates, and arm-wrestled with him. That was the beginning of my interview with him. I think it broke the ice, that’s for sure.”

The Captains will air on the EPIX channel on July 21.

The Gorn, sculpted by Jim Maddox, with paint masters by Jeff Camp, is a thirteen-inch tall statue sculpted in 1:6 scale.

The Hollywood Collectibles Group exclusive version also comes with a “Gorn cannon.” Fans of Arena may remember that Kirk used a bamboo-like plant to create the cannon, loading it with diamonds, which were in abundance on the planet Cestus III.

The Gorn is limited to only one hundred individually numbered pieces. The Gorn statue is available for pre-order here and will sell for $159.95. The Gorn is expected to ship towards the end of the year.

For those looking for something unique and in a less expensive price range, a new Trek figurine collection is being offered by the Bradford Exchange Online. This new line features the M&M’s brand character dressed as Star Trek characters.

Selling at $29.99 each (plus $7.99 shipping), the M&M/Trek figurine will debut with “Spokescandy Red” Kirk. Other figurines to follow will be “Live Long and Prosper,” “Bad News Gentlemen, I Melt For No One,” and others to follow.

The figurines are hand-numbered with matching certificates of authenticity and can be ordered here.

With production to gear up this summer, fans are eager for any snippet of news regarding the Star Trek sequel, and Pine provided a bit of that news courtesy of his Facebook page.

After reading the script for Star Trek XII, Pine had this to say to his FB readers: “After a thousand questions regarding the Star Trek sequel, I can finally say I am holding the draft script in my hand. I can also now tell you I have a love interest and it’s all looking very exciting.”

Pine couldn’t provide details on when the movie will start shooting though “Sorry, but I can’t give you a date for filming yet,” he said, “but you guys are going to love it!

But Pine did update fans on another project with which he is involved. “[Welcome to] People is going great, finishing filming soon,” he said. “Good to be working in L.A. again. Looking forward to summer. Take care.”

While Pine waits for filming to begin on Star Trek XII, he is still out there interviewing and trying to line up work. He met up recently with Doug Liman, who is working on a project (formerly titled Luna) that will tell the story of a race to colonize the move by a group of renegade former space employees.

Pine is not the only Star Trek XI alum to be looking for a part in the Liman movie. Saldana, Star Trek XI‘s Uhura, also met with the director.

The Star Trek theme song received the second-highest number of votes in NASA’s “Space Rock” wake-up song public voting poll, in which fans chose from forty songs, with the two songs that received the highest number of votes to be played during STS-133 mission.

The winner of the contest was Blue Sky by Big Head Todd and the Monsters, which received 722,662 votes (29.3 percent of the votes cast). The Star Trek theme song came in second, with 671,134 votes, or 27.2 percent of the votes cast in the poll. Blue Sky will be played as the wake-up song on Tuesday, March 8.

Shatner provided the voiceover for the wake-up call, which occurred at 3:23 A.M. this morning. “Space, the final frontier,” he said. “These have been the voyages of the space shuttle Discovery. Her thirty year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before.”

STS-133 Discovery launched on February 24. On this mission, the astronauts are: Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, Steve Bowen and Nicole Stott, who will “deliver and install the Permanent Multipurpose Module, the Express Logistics Carrier 4 and provide critical spare components to the International Space Station.”

The audio clip of the wake-up call can be heard here.

“The successful operation of Starfleet depends on a strict adherence to rules and regulations, an understanding of and compliance to command structure and the obedience of orders from superior officers. Except, of course, when it doesn’t.” A preview of this lead article compares two successful and popular Star Trek captains, James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard.

“Several of Starfleet’s finest, even legendary, figures have been known to disregard rules from time to time. James Kirk certainly falls into this category, with a longtime reputation for flouting authority and taking bold, even aggressive action at the slightest provocation, regardless of the consequences. However, a careful examination of his career shows that even when Kirk disregards Starfleet’s highest law, the Prime Directive, it’s never for aggrandizement. Be it rescuing a stagnant civilization caught in the grips of oppressive rule (The Return of the Archons, A Taste of Armageddon, A Piece of the Action, Bread and Circuses, or The Apple), or acting to thwart an enemy’s attempts to undermine a budding society (Friday’s Child or A Private Little War), Kirk always acts for what he believes to be a greater good. In the eyes of some, this makes him an amoral rebel, whereas others see him simply as ‘unconventional.’

“In contrast, Jean-Luc Picard often is regarded as one who always follows the rules, or at the very least is more thoughtful and restrained with respect to stepping outside the parameters of protocol and duty. Of course, as a younger man, Picard was more carefree, most notably by eschewing tradition and leaving the family home and vineyard for a career in Starfleet. It wasn’t until the Academy’s venerable groundskeeper, Boothby, took the young cadet into his stewardship that Picard truly started down the path to maturity. Even then, overconfidence and even recklessness came to the fore on occasion, such as him being unafraid to charge outnumbered into a fight with Nausicaans (Tapestry), an action which ended with him stabbed through the heart and requiring an artificial replacement. That event is viewed by many – including Picard himself – as a turning point in his life, after which he developed a more introspective nature.

“Picard’s later reputation for deliberate judgment and action often serve him well, especially during occasions where he finds himself forced to set aside the rules to accomplish his mission and protect his ship and crew. Showing the primitive Edo that the aliens they worship aren’t gods (Justice), helping someone in distress in defiance of non-interference directives (Pen Pals, Homeward), or defying Starfleet and even the Federation itself in defense of the seemingly helpless Ba’ku (Star Trek: Insurrection) Picard demonstrates a willingness to defy the letter of the law in order to uphold its spirit. While certainly not as impulsive or cocky as Jim Kirk might’ve been in similar situations, Picard still comes across – on occasion – as a bit of a rogue when required by circumstances.”

To read more of this article as well as other features in Star Trek Magazine #30, pick up the latest issue on the newsstand, or subscribe to either the print version or a digital version of the magazine which can be found by heading to the following links: To subscribe to Star Trek Magazine, go here. Star Trek Magazine is available digitally for the PC, Mac or IPad.

Three new sets, from three original series episodes, can be pre-ordered, with delivery expected in late October. The sets will sell for $31.98 each.

The sets, which include two figures each, are from the following episodes of the original series:

• Where No Man Has Gone Before. Kirk and Spock.
• Arena. Kirk and the Gorn.
• The Enterprise Incident. Spock and Romulan Kirk.

To pre-order any of these sets, head to the link located here, click on Products, then Star Trek, then Action Figures.

Captain Kirk’s Star Trek uniform from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, sold several days ago at the Heritage Auction Galleries auction, ended up bringing in the second-highest price of the auction.

The Kirk uniform consisted of a “distinctive maroon jacket, sleeveless white undershirt, black trousers, and black leather belt with metal Starfleet insignia buckle included. The jacket features a Western Costume Co. tag with Shatner’s name typed onto it and Russom’s name handwritten on it in black felt tip; the slacks have a Paramount Studios tag bearing Russom’s name in felt tip sewn into the waistband. The uniform is in overall Excellent condition with the exception of a small hole on the front of the jacket where an insignia pin was attached.”

According to the auction site, the uniform “features a jacket and undershirt worn by none other than William Shatner in his role as Admiral James T. Kirk, and later modified and worn by Leon Russom, along with the included trousers, as the Starfleet Commander-in-Chief in Star Trek VI.”

The uniform was sold for $44,812.50. A black 1959 Gibson Les Paul custom guitar fetched the highest auction price, going for $56,762.50.

The comics for September are Star Trek: Captain’s Log: Pike #1 and Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge #4. The new Khan comic will be called Khan: Ruling in Hell.

Star Trek: Captain’s Log: Pike #1 is the story of what happens to Captain Christopher Pike and his crew after the events in The Menagerie. Pike and the crew have been “called back to Earth for a debriefing. Upon entering our solar system, they are attacked by a suspicious spacecraft, could this episode somehow be linked to Talos, and what eventually awaits Captain Pike?”

Written by Stuart Moore with art and cover by J.K. Woodward, the thirty-two page issue will cost $3.99 and will debut on September 22.

In Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge #4, “Captain Kirk and the Enterprise return to the site of a previous mission, where they make a shocking discovery, one that may force James T. Kirk to make a decision like no other! It all comes together here!”

Written by Scott & David Tipton, with art by Federica Manfredi and cover by Joe Corroney, the thirty-two page issue will cost $3.99 and will show up in stores on September 8.

TrekMovie.com is reporting a new Star Trek comic series from IDW to debut in October, which will explore Khan’s time on Ceti Alpha VI after Space Seed, but before Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. According to IDW, the new series will answer the question “What has happened between these two points in time to so radically alter what seemed to be an unbreakable will?”

The first of the four-issue series, written by Scott & David Tipton, will be released on October 13. Art will be by Fabio Mantovani and covers by Joe Corroney and Michael Stribling.

According to TrekMovie, the Picard figure, formerly in the Las Vegas Madame Tussaud’s, has been moved from there to the Hollywood location and placed in the same display as the Captain James T. Kirk wax figure.

The James T. Kirk wax figure was unveiled by William Shatner last November at Madame Tussaud’s. The wax figure of Kirk was clad in a Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan uniform and stood next to his white command chair.

Now the two captains are together on the same bridge, with the white command chair between them, forever immortalized in wax.