Star Trek Into Darkness
The movie Star Trek Into Darkness opens in American theaters, having already opened overseas. This movie reunites director J.J. Abrams and the cast of the 2009 Star Trek movie, set in an alternate timeline from the original TV series and its big and small screen descendants. Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock), Peter Weller (Robocop) and Alice Eve also star.
Star Trek Phase II: The Child
The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its eighth full-length episode, The Child, based on the original version of a Star Trek: Phase II story written in the 1970s (which was eventually hurriedly recycled into TNG’s second season finale after the 1988 Writers’ Guild strike). Jon Povill, the original co-writer of the 1970s script, directs.
Star Trek Phase II: No Win Scenario
The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases a short vignette episode, No Win Scenario.
Star Trek Phase II: Blood And Fire, Part I
The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its fifth full-length episode, Blood And Fire, Part I. Writer David Gerrold directs an adapted version of his rejected TNG script.
Star Trek Phase II: To Serve All My Days
The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its third full-length episode, To Serve All My Days. Walter Koenig guest stars as Chekov in a new script written by original Star Trek TV story editor D.C. Fontana.
Star Trek Phase II: Center Seat
The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases a short vignette episode, Center Seat.
James Doohan, Star Trek actor, dies
James Doohan, the actor known to millions as the original Star Trek’s Chief Engineer Scott, dies at the age of 85. A veteran TV and radio actor who also led Canadian troops during D-Day in World War II, he tried out a number of accents for what was originally a rather non-specific engineer character for Star Trek’s first season before settling on a Scottish accent; even after the series ended, his involvement with Star Trek continued, and he provided nearly every male voice outside of the show’s regular characters in the short-lived animated Star Trek series before reprising the role of Scotty in the first seven Star Trek films and a fan-favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease last year, and made a farewell appearance at Star Trek convention a few months later, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well.
Star Trek: Enterprise cancelled
Citing declining ratings, UPN and Paramount announce that Star Trek: Enterprise‘s current season – its fourth – will be its last. The last episode will be shot in March. At 97 episodes (the network’s press release says 98, as Paramount typically counts the two-hour series premiere in 2001 as two shows), Enterprise is the shortest Star Trek spinoff since the original Star Trek was cancelled after three seasons in the 1960s. David Stapf, President of Paramount Network Television, says in a statement, “All of us at Paramount warmly bid goodbye to Enterprise, and we all look forward to a new chapter of this enduring franchise in the future,” though the cancellation marks the first time since 1987 that there is been no new Star Trek in production for TV; at least one spinoff has been in production continuously for 18 years, resulting in 619 episodes (seven of them two-hour TV movies) and four spinoff-based feature films. Another movie, the eleventh in the franchise’s history, is reportedly moved to the back burner by Paramount.
Star Trek Phase II: In Harm’s Way
The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its second full-length episode, In Harm’s Way. William Windom, Malachi Throne and BarBara Luna guest star.
Star Trek Phase II: Come What May
The internet-based fan film Star Trek: New Voyages (later Phase II) releases its first full-length episode, Come What May. Shot with homemade sets, costumes and props in upstate New York, the attention-getting project is greeted with enthusiasm by fans and with consternation by CBS/Paramount, which still has a Star Trek series (Enterprise) on television. The New Voyages group, led by James Cawley, is permitted to continue as long as no profit is made from its use of the Star Trek name, setting a precedent for future fan productions. As the group’s productions improve, it eventually disowns this pilot episode as one of its “official” adventures.
Enterprise: The Expanse
The 51st episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN, ending the show’s second season with a setup for the third year, which will involve the Enterprise penetrating the territory of the Xindi, an unknown race that launched a deadly sneak attack on Earth. The show’s producers are consciously mirroring recent history, with the Xindi attack paralleling the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Enterprise: First Flight / Bounty
The 49th and 50th episodes of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premiere on UPN. Keith Carradine (Deadwood) guest stars.
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Enterprise: Regeneration
The 48th episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. This episode marks Starfleet’s first chronological encounter with the Borg, though ironically, the Borg are left over from the events of the movie Star Trek: First Contact.
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Enterprise: Cogenitor
The 47th episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5) guest stars in one of his final TV roles prior to his death.
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The Enterprise: Judgment
The 44th episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. J.G. Hertzler (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and John Vickery (Babylon 5) guest star.
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The Enterprise: Future Tense
The 41st episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. This is the first episode of any Star Trek series since the original 1960s series to featuree the Tholians.
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Enterprise: Cease Fire
The 40th episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. Jeffrey Combs, Suzie Plakson and Gary Graham guest star.
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The Enterprise: The Seventh
The 32nd episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. Bruce Davison (X-Men) guest stars.
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SF writer Jerry Sohl dies
Legendary SF writer Jerry Sohl dies at the age of 88. Aside from writing a number of seminal novels in the genre including “The Lemon Eaters”, Mr. Sohlalso wrote The Corbomite Maneuver episode of the original Star Trek series, as well as installments of Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He was also a member of the “Green Hand” collective of golden-age SF writers (including such august members as Rod Serling, George Clayton Johnson, Robert Bloch and Richard Matheson) who threw their lot in with the fans to save Star Trek from cancellation by NBC after its first season.