"the BBC in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, were edited to run the teaser after the credits. The series' writing benefited from a Writers Guild of America, East strike in 1973, which did not apply to animation. A few episodes are especially notable due to contributions from well-known science fiction authors: In the original ""Star Trek"" series, the title character was given the name James T. Kirk. It was not until the animated series that writer David Gerrold replaced the ""T"", giving us Captain James Tiberius Kirk. It was purely coincidental that he chose ""Tiberius"" (on Gene"
"original series had been canceled. His other was an analysis of the series, entitled ""The World of Star Trek"", in which he criticized some of the elements of the show, particularly Kirk's habit of placing himself in dangerous situations and leading landing parties himself. Gerrold contributed two stories for the Emmy Award-winning ""Star Trek: The Animated Series"" which ran from 1973 to 1974: ""More Tribbles, More Troubles"" and """". ""Bem"" featured the first use of James T. Kirk's middle name, which was revealed to be Tiberius. This was later entered into live-action canon in the movie """" when Captain Kirk"
"the ""Enterprise""-E), under an official license from CBS. Starship Enterprise Enterprise or USS ""Enterprise (often referred to as the ""Starship ""Enterprise"") is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main craft and setting for various television series and films in the ""Star Trek"" science fiction franchise. The most notable were Captain James T. Kirk's from the , and Captain Jean-Luc Picard's from """". Two spacecraft with the name ""Enterprise"" predate the United Federation of Planets in ""Star Trek""s fictional timeline. Registry: USS ""Enterprise"" (XCV 330) Class: ""Declaration"" Service: circa 2130s Captain: Unknown This USS ""Enterprise"" (XCV"
"the captain's name to ""James Kirk"" after rejecting other options like Hannibal, Timber, Flagg and Raintree. The name was inspired by Captain James Cook, whose journal entry ""ambition leads me ... farther than any other man has been before me"" inspired the episode title. The character is in part based on C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower hero, and NBC wanted the show to emphasize the captain's ""rugged individualism"". Jack Lord was Desilu Productions' original choice to play Kirk, but his demand for fifty-percent ownership of the show led to him not being hired. The second pilot episode was successful, and"
"Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, roughly during the 2260s. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), first officer and science officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and chief medical officer Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening"
"Starship Enterprise Enterprise or USS ""Enterprise (often referred to as the ""Starship ""Enterprise"") is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main craft and setting for various television series and films in the ""Star Trek"" science fiction franchise. The most notable were Captain James T. Kirk's from the , and Captain Jean-Luc Picard's from """". Two spacecraft with the name ""Enterprise"" predate the United Federation of Planets in ""Star Trek""s fictional timeline. Registry: USS ""Enterprise"" (XCV 330) Class: ""Declaration"" Service: circa 2130s Captain: Unknown This USS ""Enterprise"" (XCV 330) appears in """" (1979) among a series"
"divergence between ""The Original Series"" and the film occurs on January 4, 2233, which becomes the day of Kirk's birth. Although the film treats specific details from Star Trek as mutable, characterizations are meant to ""remain the same"". In the film, George and Winona Kirk name their son ""James Tiberius"" after his maternal and paternal grandfathers, respectively. He is born on a shuttle escaping the starship USS ""Kelvin"", on which his father is killed. The character begins as ""a reckless, bar-fighting rebel"" who eventually matures. According to Pine, the character is ""a 25-year-old [who acts like a] 15-year-old"" and who"
"William Shatner William Shatner, (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director and singer. In his seven decades of television, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS ""Enterprise"", in the ""Star Trek"" franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of ""Star Trek"", and has co-written several novels set in the ""Star Trek"" universe. He has also written a series of science fiction novels called ""TekWar"" that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police"
"his officers return to Earth, Kirk is demoted to captain and given command of a new starship USS ""Enterprise"", NCC-1701-A. The ""Enterprise""-A is ordered decommissioned at the end of """". The 2009 reboot film, ""Star Trek"", and its sequels occur in a different timeline than the original ""Star Trek"". In the film, the ""Enterprise"" makes its first appearance while under construction in Riverside, Iowa, in 2255. Captain Christopher Pike commands ""Enterprise"" on its maiden voyage in 2258 to respond to a distress call from Vulcan. At the film's conclusion, James Kirk is promoted to captain and receives command of the"
"for his leadership traits and criticized for his relationships with women. James Tiberius Kirk was born in Riverside, Iowa, in the year 2233, where he was raised by his parents, George and Winona Kirk. Although born on Earth, Kirk lived for a time on , where he was one of nine surviving witnesses to the massacre of 4,000 colonists by . James Kirk's brother, George Samuel Kirk, is first mentioned in ""What Are Little Girls Made Of?"" and introduced and killed in """", leaving behind three children. Kirk became the first and only student at Starfleet Academy to defeat the"
"what future-Kirk and future-Spock say, causing him to be injured by the delta rays and subsequently transition to a life in the wheelchair and its light communication device. Christopher Pike (Star Trek) Christopher Pike is a character in the ""Star Trek"" science fiction franchise. He was portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter in the original """" pilot episode, """", as captain of the . The pilot was rejected, and the character was dropped during development of the second pilot when Hunter decided that he did not want to continue with the series. Sean Kenney portrayed the physically disabled Christopher Pike in new"
"main characters: Captain Kirk (William Shatner), chief engineer Lt. Commander Scott (James Doohan) and Lt. Sulu (George Takei), who served as a physicist on the ship in the second pilot but subsequently became a helmsman throughout the rest of the series. Paul Fix played Dr. Mark Piper in the second pilot; ship's doctor Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) joined the cast when filming began for the first season, and he remained for the rest of the series, achieving billing as the third star of the series. Also joining the ship's permanent crew during the first season were the communications officer, Lt."
"had with Desilu, because she liked Gene Roddenberry and believed in the project. The episode was eventually broadcast third in sequence, and it was the first episode to be shown in the United Kingdom by the BBC on July 12, 1969. ""Where No Man Has Gone Before"" was the first episode of ""Star Trek"" to feature William Shatner as Captain James Kirk, James Doohan as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, and George Takei as Lt. Sulu (in this episode, the ship's physicist, whose character became helmsman in subsequent episodes). The episode title is the final phrase in the opening voice-over which"
"William Shatner in the original Star Trek television series. The velour tunic sold in Profiles In History's Hollywood Auction 49 as Lot. 909 for $98,400 (including a 23% buyers premium), making it the most expensive Shatner costume sold at auction to date. James Cawley James Cawley (born June 23, 1967) is an American executive film producer and actor, known for his assumption of the role of Captain James T. Kirk in the fan film series """". A big """" fan growing up, in 1997 Cawley began collecting props and costumes from the original series and acquired the original ""Enterprise"" blueprints"
"of Captain James T. Kirk. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of ""Star Trek"", asserts in the book ""The Making of Star Trek"" by Stephen Whitfield, that the character of Kirk had been born in the state of Iowa. In March 1985, when the town was looking for a theme for its annual town festival, Steve Miller, a member of the Riverside City Council who had read Roddenberry's book, suggested to the council that Riverside should proclaim itself to be the future birthplace of Kirk. Miller's motion passed unanimously. The council later wrote to Roddenberry for his permission to be designated as"
"reality created when the Romulan character Nero traveled through time via an artificial black hole. Registry: Service: 2258–2263 (5 Years) Captains: Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) The main setting for the films ""Star Trek"" (2009), ""Star Trek Into Darkness"" (2013), and ""Star Trek Beyond"" (2016). ""Enterprise"" is shown during its construction phase at the Riverside Shipyard in Iowa during the first film. A brief shot of the NCC-1701 is seen as the shuttlecraft carrying Kirk and the new recruits into space departs the shipyard later on in the movie. At the end of ""Star Trek Into"
"Trek"" franchise, titled """". The game's existence was officially confirmed by Bethesda Softworks just a few days later, also acquiring the exclusive license for ""Star Trek""-based games, as part of a three-game partnership, spanning ""Star Trek: Legacy"", """" and """". To promote the games, Bethesda Softworks hired composers Rod Abernethy and Jason Graves to score them, involved ""Star Trek"" writer D.C. Fontana with the games' narrative, and signed with the portrayers of Starship ""Enterprise"" captains, the series' respective lead characters, from five different ""Star Trek"" generations: William Shatner as James T. Kirk from """", Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard from"
"Kirk. Kirk is demoted from Admiral to the rank of Captain and returned to the command of a starship. Kirk and Gillian part ways, as she has been assigned to a science vessel by Starfleet. The crew departs on their ship, the newly christened USS ""Enterprise"" (NCC-1701-A), and leaves on a shakedown mission. William Shatner portrays Admiral James T. Kirk, former captain of the ""Enterprise"". Shatner was unwilling to reprise the role of Kirk until he received a salary of $2 million and the promise of directing the next film. Shatner described ""The Voyage Home""s comic quality as one ""that"
"Star Trek Star Trek is an American space opera media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called ""Star Trek"" and now referred to as """""""", debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on the television network NBC. It followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew aboard the starship USS ""Enterprise"", a space exploration vessel, built by the United Federation of Planets in the twenty-third century. The ""Star Trek"" canon of the franchise includes ""The Original Series"", an animated series, five spin-off"
"of the eventual series, but there were numerous differences. The Captain of the starship USS ""Enterprise"" was not James T. Kirk, but Christopher Pike. Spock was present, but not as First Officer. That role was taken by a character known only as Number One, played by Majel Barrett. Spock's character differs somewhat from that seen in the rest of ""Star Trek""; he displays a youthful eagerness that contrasts with the later more reserved and logical Spock. He also delivers the first line in all of ""Star Trek"": ""Check the circuit!"" followed by, ""Can't be the screen then."" The weaponry used"
"of a powerful noncorporeal entity who is upset that the ""Enterprise"" crew has come to her planet and interfered with her ""children"". Bem (Star Trek: The Animated Series) ""Bem"" is the second episode of the second season of the American animated science fiction television series """", the 18th episode overall. It first aired in the NBC Saturday morning lineup on September 14, 1974, and was written by David Gerrold, who wrote the earlier episode ""More Tribbles, More Troubles"" and worked on several """" episodes. This episode marks the first time that Captain James T. Kirk's full name is given, revealing"
"depict Captain Kirk, now an adult, mulling over his Starfleet career options shortly after his first five-year mission. The younger Kirk was also depicted, walking around the farmhouse owned by his family in Riverside. Its wrap-around veranda had views of both the English River and the Iowa River to the east, which mirror the site of the real ""Kirk's Birthstone"" marker. The 2009 film ""Star Trek"", set in an alternate reality from the main ""Star Trek"" universe, shows that Kirk was born aboard a shuttlecraft in space and raised in Iowa. Nearby are the (fictional) Riverside Quarry, where young Jim"
"Kirk/Spock Kirk/Spock, commonly abbreviated as K/S and referring to James T. Kirk and Spock from ""Star Trek"", is a pairing popular in slash fiction, possibly the first slash pairing, according to Henry Jenkins, an early slash fiction scholar. Early in the history of ""Star Trek"" fan fiction, a few fan writers started writing about a romantic and sexual relationship between Kirk and Spock, highlighting a romantic or sexual element to the friendship between the men. As of 1998, most academic studies on slash fiction focused on Kirk/Spock, as ""Star Trek"" was by that point one of the longest-lived and most"
"(spelled ""Stemple"" in the book) before he could thwart an attempted 19th-century alien invasion of Earth. During most of the story, Spock has lost his memory and is cared for by Stempel, who passes him off as his nephew ""Ishmael"" and helps him hide his alien origins. At the end of the story, Captain Kirk discovers that Stempel was one of Spock's mother's ancestors, a reference to the fact that Mark Lenard also played Spock's father Sarek in episodes of the original ""Star Trek"" and """", as well as several of the ""Star Trek"" motion pictures. In that sense, Lenard"
"alternate timeline. Both reprised their roles in the 2013 sequel ""Star Trek Into Darkness"" and Quinto reprised his role again in 2016's ""Star Trek Beyond"". Spock serves aboard the starship ""Enterprise"", as science officer and first officer, and later as commanding officer of two iterations of the vessel. Spock's mixed human-Vulcan heritage serves as an important plot element in many of the character's appearances. Along with Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard ""Bones"" McCoy, he is one of the three central characters in the original ""Star Trek"" series and its films. After retiring from Starfleet, Spock serves as a"
"to direct the first sequel. The sequel, ""Star Trek Into Darkness"", starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan Noonien Singh, was released on May 16, 2013. A third film, ""Star Trek Beyond"", directed by Justin Lin and starring Idris Elba as the main antagonist, was released on July 22, 2016, to positive reviews. In July 2016, Abrams confirmed plans for a fourth film, and stated that Chris Hemsworth would return as Kirk's father. Most of the cast and producers of ""Beyond"" have also agreed to return; however, Abrams stated Anton Yelchin's role would not be recast following his death. Star Trek (film)"
"novel until 1981. This book is sometimes erroneously credited to Alan Dean Foster; however, he only contributed to the film's story - the novelization based on the screenplay was written solely by Roddenberry. The original historic 5-year mission is over. All of the ""Enterprise""s original crew have pursued other jobs, only to be called back into action. The USS ""Enterprise"" has been refitted and the original crew must deal with an incredibly destructive power that threatens the Earth and the human race. Admiral James Kirk (whose middle name is Tiberius, for reason of that cæsar having fascinated Kirk's grandfather, Samuel),"
"Star Trek (film) Star Trek is a 2009 American space opera film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the eleventh film in the ""Star Trek"" film franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard USS ""Enterprise"" as they combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story takes place in an"
"Miles O'Brien (Star Trek) Miles Edward O'Brien is a character in the fictional ""Star Trek"" franchise. He appears sporadically in all seven seasons of """" and is a main cast member of """". O'Brien was originally the transporter chief of the USS ""Enterprise""-D. He was later promoted to Chief of Operations of Deep Space Nine. O'Brien is the only major Star Trek character described as both ethnically Irish and born in Ireland. O'Brien is portrayed by actor Colm Meaney. According to Colm Meaney, at first O'Brien ""was just there, not really established as a character, and that went on for"
"seeking revenge after the destruction of their homeworld. While James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) is attending Starfleet Academy, he is romantically involved with an Orion woman named Gaila (Rachel Nichols) who is the roommate of Nyota Uhura (Zoe Saldana). In the sequel, ""Star Trek Into Darkness"", an Orion is seen in a crowd shot of San Francisco. Fans of ""Star Trek"" embraced the Orions, specifically the image of the Orion slave girl, making it a popular choice for cosplay at science fiction conventions. This includes an Orion themed dance troop called ""Orion's Envy"". Several fan-based ""Star Trek"" web series have"
"Christopher Pike (Star Trek) Christopher Pike is a character in the ""Star Trek"" science fiction franchise. He was portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter in the original """" pilot episode, """", as captain of the . The pilot was rejected, and the character was dropped during development of the second pilot when Hunter decided that he did not want to continue with the series. Sean Kenney portrayed the physically disabled Christopher Pike in new footage filmed for a subsequent ""Star Trek"" episode, """", which also re-uses original footage featuring Hunter from ""The Cage"". Bruce Greenwood portrays Pike in the 2009 film ""Star"
"known film ""White Comanche"" starring as two characters: Johnny Moon and his twin brother Notah. Shatner was cast as Captain James T. Kirk for the second pilot of ""Star Trek"", titled ""Where No Man Has Gone Before"". He was then contracted to play Kirk for the ""Star Trek"" series and held the role from 1966 to 1969. During its original run on NBC, the series pulled in only modest ratings and was cancelled after three seasons. In his role as Kirk, Shatner famously kissed actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) in the November 22, 1968, ""Star Trek"" episode, ""Plato's Stepchildren"". The"
"Michael Okuda, co-author of ""The Star Trek Encyclopedia"" and a consultant on various Star Trek films and TV shows, points out that in ""Space Seed"", the character's name is ""Joachin"" (or ""Joaquin"", according to the end credits of ""Space Seed"", as well as StarTrek.com) but that he was accidentally renamed ""Joachim"" in the film. In contrast, Greg Cox's non-canon novels and """" depict ""Joachim"" as the son of ""Joaquin"" and another SS ""Botany Bay"" survivor, Suzette Ling. In Cox's books, Joachim and the others who accompany Khan in ""Star Trek II"" were born in exile on . Paramount Pictures' official"