Support The Star Trek Continues Kickstarter Campaign
Star Trek Continues have started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $100,000 to make three new episodes. Here are the details from the Kickstarter page. Introduction Star Trek Continues is a non-profit, fan produced webseries that was launched in May 2013 with its first episode, “Pilgrim of Eternity.” The show is being produced to complete the final two years of the original 5-year mission. Their inaugural episode brings back original...
Planes of time, Part 1 – By Anna Lena Bäuschlein
Chapter one: Susani Elizey and the Grand Piano The soft sound of a piano filled the USS Denmark’s recreation deck. It was the music to one of Elizey’s favourite 20th century movies, and it was her playing. She didn’t have to look at the sheets or the keys, she simply let her fingers do the work as they gracefully flew over the keyboard. She closed her eyes and completely dived into the music, the rising and falling of the...
First Guests Announced For Destination Star Trek Germany
The first guests announced for Destination Star Trek, which will be held on February 21-23, 2014, at the Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany are as follows: Brent Spiner, Rene Auberjonois, Casey Biggs, Vaughn Armstrong Armin Shimerman, Kitty Swink Brent Spiner played a few characters in the Star Trek universe, but probably known more for the character of Data on TNG. Rene Auberjonois played a few characters in the Star...
A Look Inside Star Trek Stellar Cartography
Star Trek Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library is a new book out on 3rd December, 2014, from 47North and becker&mayer. Larry Nemecek has written the 48-page collection, which features illustrations by Ian Fullwood, Ali Ries and Geoffrey Mandel. Amazon have updated the product page to include images of the contents of the package. Released on December 3, 2013. Pre-order now from Amazon UK for £60.00 Pre-order now...
USS Enterprise Features In New Brilliant Machines Adverts
The advert called “Brilliant Enterprise” is designed to demonstrate how General Electric’s deep-sea oil & gas technology helps to discover and maximize resources in extreme conditions. GE is building the world by providing capital, expertise and infrastructure for a global economy. GE Capital has provided billions in financing so businesses can build and grow their operations and consumers can build their financial futures....
Chase Masterson Stars In R.U.R.: GENESIS
Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s Chase Masterson stars in a new retro sci-fi short R.U.R.: GENESIS. It serves as both a standalone short film adventure and a “teaser” for the full-length feature currently in development. The Story In 1919, acclaimed Czech playwright Karel Capek began work on arguably his most famous piece, the seminal science fiction story R.U.R. Set approximately 50 years in the then-future, R.U.R. was a...
The Tragic End Of Star Trek – The Original Series By Rick Austin
The original series of Star Trek ended with a whimper, not a bang. Ratings were always a problem, and the series only survived as long as it did by making a good show that developed a fan base that embarked on a letter-writing campaign to keep it going. When it rolled around to the third season, the network had pretty much given up on it, slashed the budget, and moved it to a lousy timeslot. Gene Roddenberry walked out, the storylines...
US: Pre-Order Star Trek Enterprise S3 On Blu-ray Now
Star Trek Enterprise season 3 on Blu-ray is available to pre-order from Amazon US for $76.99. There is no release date for it yet, but it’s expected to arrive in January 2014. Following the attack on Earth in the season 2 finale “The Expanse”, the crew of Enterprise attempt to seek out the Xindi and stop them from launching their much larger, and much more devastating, weapon, the Xindi weapon. The third-season set will include...
In The Wilderness