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Few remember Buck Henry's sitcom "Quark," but those that do know they have access to a very special cult TV password. The series was set on a garbage scow in the year 2226, and the crew was tasked with sailing around the galaxy bagging up stray refuse. Captain Adam Quark (Richard Benjamin) kind of hated his job and aspired to greater things, but constant turns of bad luck kept him stuck. "Quark" was a slapstick spoof that lampooned sci-fi TV the same way that Henry's "Get Smart" spoofed spy movies. 

In particular, "Quark" was a send-up of "Star Trek," and regularly satirized specific stories and plot points taken from single "Star Trek" episodes. It also poked fun at other pop sci-fi of the era, including "2001: A Space Odyssey," and old-timey space adventures, such as "Flash Gordon." Recall that "Star Trek" was canceled in 1969 but had become immensely popular in reruns,...

Is Leonard dead in The Big Bang Theory (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The Big Bang Theory’s spinoff series, The Young Sheldon concluded with a theory that the original show’s Leonard Hofstadter might be dead, which could hugely impact the franchise’s future. CBS’ special one-hour send-off for the Coopers as Sheldon featured the appearance of adult Sheldon and Amy Farrah from the future. However, no other The Big Bang Theory character appeared in the finale, implying that Sheldon’s best friend Leonard may already be gone.

Why Leonard’s Absence in Conversations Fuels the Theory of His Possible Fate?

This theory can be proved as Sheldon and Amy continued to refer to their son as Leonard, the name which was inspired by Sheldon’s love for Leonard Hofstadter and Leonard Nimoy. Moreover, in the finale episode, Sheldon only mentions Leonard’s wife when he and Amy leave his office...

It makes sense that sci-fi TV shows could be ahead of their time. The entire point of the genre is looking at the future, whether in a fantastic way or predicting what is just around the corner. True, some shows were poor and let down by bad writing and effects. However, others shine thanks to their ideas and often dare to take on a concept the public may not be ready for.

Indeed, some shows were so out there that they didn’t last long in their initial runs, yet attained a loyal following to become iconic. They also helped inspire scores of other projects that would become hits in their own right. These are 20 sci-fi shows ahead of their time, to show how some series made a mark without necessarily realizing it when they were airing.

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After Star Trek: The Original Series was cancelled, but before the crew of the USS Enterprise returned to the big screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, there was Star Trek: Phase II. Intended as a new TV series, the project was ultimately cancelled before it began production, but its legacy would find its way into many future Star Trek projects. You can learn all about it now in a new documentary from the Roddenberry Archives, Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek. The half-hour documentary is now streaming for free on YouTube.

After it was cancelled in 1969, Star Trek found a second life in syndication, prompting Paramount to explore reviving the show with Gene Roddenberry at the helm. At the same time, the studio was also looking to start its own TV network, and saw a new Trek as its flagship program. As detailed in the documentary,...

According to The Independent, Blue whales are currently facing a silent crisis similar to how Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home had warned us nearly four decades back. While these marine animals have already been endangered for a while, scientists are now noticing something even more worrying—they’re going quiet. A recent study found that blue whale songs have dropped by 40% over just six years.

Why? Because their main food source, tiny shrimp-like creatures called krill, is gradually disappearing. A massive underwater heatwave known as “The Blob” has warmed parts of the Pacific Ocean by over 4.5 Fahrenheit. This temperature rise has resulted in toxic algae blooms and killed off krill populations and other marine life. This in return has impacted Blue whales, leading to their decrease in vocalization.

Star Trek’s Ominous Warning About Whale Extinction Way Before Climate Crisis Hit

Back in 1986, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home...

As a media phenomenon, "Star Trek" began on September 8, 1966 with the airing of "The Man Trap". Originally, the show's writers, including creator Gene Roddenberry, used the concept of "stardates" to ensure the show's actual timeline was left vague; for several episodes, all audiences knew was that "Trek" was set in the future and that the future was a pretty keen place. It wouldn't be until the episode "The Naked Time" that the Gregorian year would be mentioned out loud, and an actual timeline could begin to be constructed.

Since then, "Star Trek" has extrapolated an extensive, centuries long timeline of events, often skipping merrily back and forth through the centuries, adding more and more to the franchises complex chronology. The chronology of "Star Trek" is so complicated that entire books have been published tracking the various shows' and films' events. Because of the constant production of new shows and movies these books became dated immediately,...

Actor Erick Avari had three roles across the Star Trek franchise, but he was a much better performer in other sci-fi shows like The X-Files and Heroes. Avari is best known for his mysterious roles and for his deep and drony voice in movies like Independence Day and The Mummy, before he had his breakthrough with Stargate.

Avari, who admitted that he was a Star Trek fan from his childhood days, had three roles across different shows in the franchise. He played the Klingon B’iJik in The Next Generation, the Bajoran monk Vedek Yarka in Deep Space Nine, and the Novan leader Jamin in Enterprise. However, none of them were as great as his roles in other sci-fi TV shows.

None of Erick Avari’s Three Star Trek Roles Gave Him a Chance to Shine Erick Avari in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Credits: Paramount TV

Erick Avari was...

It looks like one of William Shatner’s other iconic characters is about to get a new movie reboot from Netflix for a new generation!

Mention Shatner to fans, and the first thing that pops into mind is obviously Captain Kirk. After that, it can be Shatner’s Emmy-winning turn as Denny Crane in Boston Legal or his various TV commercials, or just sending up his own persona.

Shatner did spend years after Star Trek trying to break free from the Kirk persona. Like many actors with a famous role, Shatner could often be typecast and it was tricky to find a non-Kirk role to succeed.

Shatner finally latched onto it in 1982 when T.J. Hooker premiered on ABC. Shatner played the title role of a detective who, following the murder of his partner, goes back to being a patrolman to tackle crime on the street. The show co-starred Adrian Zmed,...

Trekkies need no reminding, but there is a controversial line of dialogue in Nicholas Meyer's 1991 film "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" that sometimes gets mentioned in nitpicky conversations about the franchise. While investigating a crime, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) notes that "An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains — however improbable -– must be the truth." The quote, as many know, is traditionally attributed to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, and Spock's use of it left some Trekkies tantalized at the thought of a literary crossover. Is Spock declaring that he is related to Sherlock Holmes? Is Sherlock Holmes a real person in the "Star Trek" universe?

As /Film has explained before, however, that couldn't be true. On "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Sherlock Holmes is repeatedly spoken of as a fictional construct, and the crew of the Enterprise-d regularly...

This article contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 3, episode 4, "A Space Adventure Hour." 

As of "A Space Adventure Hour," Spock (Ethan Peck) and LA'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) are the newest power couple on the Enterprise. As the two hottest members of the Enterprise bridge crew, it is only logical that they hook up. 

Joking aside, this pairing actually does make sense, and there's been build-up if you look back to past episodes. Both Spock and LA'an are repressed people who hold their emotions close to their chest. LA'an's song back in the musical episode "Subspace Rhapsody" was called "How Would That Feel?", and was all about her imagining what it would be like to open up to people. She's now doing it with someone who's shared a similar struggle.

Back in season 1's "Memento Mori," they shared a mind meld. LA'an has to confront an evil from...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' James T. Kirk admits to being "jealous" when he didn't get a chance to appear in the series' upcoming puppet episode.

Speaking to TVInsider, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Paul Wesley, who portrays a young future Captain James T. Kirk in the series, responded to questions about the show's upcoming puppet episode in a less-than-enthusiastic manner. "I'm not in that episode, unfortunately, so I can't speak to it. But I have seen some stuff, and it is just pure brilliance. I am jealous that I'm not in it, actually."

Wesley went on to espouse his appreciation for the series, saying, "What I love about Strange New Worlds is that every single episode is its own movie. It's an episodic series with serialized elements, but at the end of the day, you can actually tune in, and each episode is a completely different theme." Wesley added,...

In the "Star Trek" episode "Plato's Stepchildren", Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) beam down to a nearby planet to investigate a distress call. They find no distress, but a species of ultra-powerful hedonists dressed in classical Greek garb. They drink wine, lounge about on couches, and call themselves Platonians. They also have eerie telepathic powers that allow them to manipulate others to their will. Over the years, the power has gone to their heads, and they now operate without morals, doing whatever they please, believing that they are like the philosopher kings Plato wrote about in "The Republic."

Kirk, Spock, and McCoy will immediately become enslaved by the Plantonians, notably their leader, an arrogant a-hole named Parmen (Liam Sullivan). The Platonians will, for their own amusement, psychically force the Enterprise crew to act against their will. They force Kirk to behave like a horse.

Fans love hearing Star Trek actors in new roles, yet it may be ignored how several Trek stars brought some classic sci-fi tales to life in audio dramas!

Star Trek actors are known for their variety of roles outside the franchise, which includes voice work in animation. Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis reunited for the beloved Gargoyles animated series, and other actors excel, taking on a wide array of voiceover roles.

However, one special audio project that brought together several notable Trek actors has fallen to the wayside of fans. It was short-lived when there was so much potential left, but what we got were some great adaptations of some classic sci-fi works, including Alien Voices.

It’s a project made as a love letter to both sci-fi and old radio shows, and it provided wonderful entertainment for the fans. It’s worth tracking down to see these Trek actors...

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is not a Star Trek movie, obviously. Nonetheless, both franchises have a lot in common. Both were born out of the space race of the 1960s, and both have an emphasis on science and discovery over straight-up action (though both have a fair bit of action). This shared DNA made it that much more exciting when First Steps paid homage to Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

In First Steps, an idyllic Earth faces its looming destruction at the hands of Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds. In hopes of stopping this, the Fantastic Four travel into space to intercept Galactus. If all of this sounds familiar to Trek fans, it’s because that’s very similar to the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and the impending threat of V’Ger.

These shared plot elements are probably coincidental for the most part, seeing as the original Galactus story,...

The Star Trek Universe warped its way into Hall H over the weekend at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con with panels set to stun those in attendance. During the presentations, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was not only represented, but several creatives behind the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy showed up to promote the upcoming Paramount+ series, including stars Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Bella Shepard. However, it’s the first teaser trailer (below) that has Trekkies buzzing over Paul Giamatti's villain, who is the show’s main antagonist, and he appears at the end of the footage whistling a very familiar tune.

Apparently, Giamatti had his choice of characters to play in Starfleet Academy after being allowed to read the show’s first five scripts. However, the two-time Academy Award nominee has always had his heart on portraying a Klingon, according...

While he's primarily known for playing Captain James T. Kirk, some of William Shatner's best performances exist outside of the "Star Trek" franchise. Prior to joining the USS Enterprise, Shatner -- along with his fellow "Star Trek" alum Leonard Nimoy -- graced "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", i.e. one of the most influential spy TV series of all time. He's also one of several "Star Trek" actors to star in "The Twilight Zone," Rod Serling's game-changing sci-fi, fantasy, and horror anthology show that's influenced everything from "Black Mirror" to the cinema of Jordan Peele.

Outside of genre fare, though, Shatner has solidified himself as a formidable force in the world of TV legal dramas, winning Emmy Awards for David E. Kelley's "The Practice" and its shorter-lived spin-off, "Boston Legal." His character, Denny Crane, is a legendary, ultra-conservative lawyer who often refers to himself...

Star Trek’s premiere predated the moon landing by a few years, but the show had an immense impact on NASA’s space programs, especially the Apollo 11 missions. Created by Gene Roddenberry, the sci-fi show saw a federal space exploration program called Starfleet traveling across the galaxy to contact strange new worlds and boldly go where no one ever went before.

The moon landing was done in 1969, by which time the series had already been canceled after a three-year run. However, the mission was plagued by many incidents in the run-up to the launch, and there were many critics who felt investment in space exploration was a waste of money while people in the country suffered (via Medium).

The space race was incredibly important for the Cold War, as the technological advancements would position each nation as a superpower. Star Trek’s hopeful vision of a future where space exploration...

Ryan Coogler’s 2025 film Sinnershas proven to be one of the biggest hits of the year so far since its release in April. As of June 24, the vampire flick has been overshadowed by a 46-year-old Star Trekmovie, with a 51% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Per FlixPatrol,Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) is now in the No. 7 spot in the iTunes Top 10 movies in the U.S., with Sinners now in the No. 8 spot. Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon, Materialists, Final Destination Bloodlines, Ballerina, and Thunderbolts* make up the top six spots, respectively.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture was the franchise’s first foray into the feature film world and was directed by Robert Wise and written by Harold Livingston and Alan Dean Foster. It featured the return of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise from the original Star Trek series, including William Shatner’s James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy’s Spock,...

Star Trek: Strange New Worldsstar Martin Quinn has successfully taken on the role of an iconic Star Trek character. Quinn first appeared in the Strange New Worlds Season 2 finale as Montgomery “Scotty” Scott -- the chief engineer made famous by James Doohan in Star Trek and later played by Simon Pegg in the Kelvin Timeline movies.

The Scottish actor was made a series regular ahead of the third season of Strange New Worlds. Now, in a new interview with ScreenRant, Quinn is opening up about what makes it easier for him to play Scotty -- especially compared to another legendary Star Trek character.

“It’s not as bad as for Ethan [Peck], because I feel like Spock can't even put any hesitation in," Quinn said, "whereas I can kind of like scratch myself and ums and ahs, you know, lots of hesitation, but not as tricky."

"It's not as bad as for Ethan,...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been the series that fans of the original William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy classic have been waiting to see for years. While Gene Roddenberry’s franchise has been popular in multiple additions, including The Next Generation and Discovery, Strange New Worlds is the first since the classic Trek that approaches the franchise with the same energy and blend of humor with drama that we saw back in the 1960s. The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (read our review Here) debuted last week and is already bringing fans back to the fun of being aboard the starship Enterprise.

In the first episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, we get the cliffhanger continuation from the second season finale. Showing the Enterprise crew facing off with the Gorn, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and his loyal crew help save the galaxy again. In the second episode,...

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In the "Star Trek" episode "Miri", the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise beams down to a planet that, quite mysteriously, has the same continental layout as Earth. When Kirk (William Shatner), Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Yeoman Rand (Grace Lee Whitney) beam down to investigate, they find a burned-out, post-apocalyptic wasteland. The only survivors are children, and Kirk will eventually learn that all the planet's adults were wiped out by a fatal virus centuries before. The virus also turned the adults mad, and they turned to badgering, hunting, and harming the planet's uninfected children. The children remember this time, and have come to see all adults as sinister and untrustworthy, calling them "grups," short for "grown-ups."

The same virus, as a side effect, also slowed the aging of the children, so they have been kids for over 300 years,...

Before he awakened the Force, J.J. Abrams brought "Star Trek" back to life in theaters with, well, "Star Trek." His 2009 relaunch of the property re-imagined the heady science-fiction classic as a rollicking space adventure, yet it also avoided the "gritty movie reboot" trend that so many other franchises were embracing at that time.

Admittedly, Abrams was a bit of a surprising pick for the job, considering he had previously considered "Star Trek" to be a "silly, campy thing." Be that as it may, his big swing led to blockbuster results, beaming up over $386 million at the global box office. It was a surprisingly substantial haul for a throwback sci-fi movie that took inspiration from the various sci-fi offerings of the 1950s and '60s.

Abrams' "rock 'n' roll" approach also resulted in one of the best-received "Star Trek" films in the franchise's long history. However, when the filmmaker looked back...

Star Trek: Strange New Worldsactor Martin Quinn reveals the key reason he thinks playing Scotty is easier than Spock. The series streaming on Paramount+ follows the crew of the USS Enterprise years before Captain Kirk takes over command of the iconic Starfleet vessel. Quinn made his way onto the Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, following in the footsteps of James Doohan and Simon Pegg playing the famous engineer.

In an interview with ScreenRant's John Orquiola, Quinn reveals he believes it's easier to play Scotty than Spock as an actor. He elaborates that Spock actor Ethan Peck has to deliver all of his lines quickly and precisely, whereas Quinn can hesitate on delivering some of his lines. Check out his quote below:

It’s not as bad as for Ethan, because I feel like, Spock can't even put any hesitation in, whereas I...

Unless you're cast in one of the animated shows, being an actor in the "Star Trek" universe means you're probably going to wear some truly uncomfortable costumes over the course of your career. The super tight spandex onesies that appeared in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" were apparently painful as well as awkward, and Jeri Ryan has never been shy about how much she hated wearing her Seven of Nine costume on "Star Trek: Voyager." For many years on the "Star Trek" original series, the women wore miniskirts while the men wore tunics and pants. Sure, there were episodes where the men were put into much more revealing costumes, but for the most part only the ladies showed leg unless there were some seriously silly away team shenanigans going on.

While some might have found the miniskirts to be too revealing or uncomfortable, there was one actor who was actually...

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February 27, 2015, marked the 10th anniversary of Leonard Nimoy's death.

Spock may still live on thanks to Ethan Peck in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," but without Nimoy, there wouldn't be a Spock. I think Nimoy himself had accepted by the end what a big part "Star Trek" was going to play in his legacy. You don't go from writing "I Am Not Spock" to writing "I Am Spock" without realizing that.

Nimoy played a lot more parts than just the Enterprise's Vulcan science officer, though. He'd been acting for over 10 years before he booked "Star Trek." Some of his other most famous roles were between the cancellation of "Star Trek" in 1969 and its return in 1979, via "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." During that hiatus, Nimoy played the Great Paris on the "Mission: Impossible" TV show, began to host "In Search Of...,...

After more than 70 credits and decades in the industry, actor Tom Troupe has died at the age of 97. According to CBS, the actor hailed from Kansas City, Missouri, before journeying to New York City in the late ‘40s to become a serious actor. His Broadway debut was in 1957 in a stage production of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Fans will likely know him, however, from the iconic television productions he appeared in during the 1960s.

Among some of his many credits were the original television series, Mission: Impossible, and Star Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek, of course, came from the mind of Gene Roddenberry, about a utopian society in the future that endeavored to explore the stars and find strange new worlds. The incredibly optimistic sci-fi series created iconic characters like Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, catapulting its respective performers, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, into the pop culture zeitgeist.

When you think of your favorite Star Trek series, who’s that one character that pops into your head right along with it? Maybe he’s a Vulcan hybrid science officer whose logic is edged with human emotions, or an android whose actions seem more human than those made of flesh and blood?

No matter your favorite, here are 4 beloved Star Trek characters from different timelines that are truly iconic!

1. Spock Leonard Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek | George Rinhart/GettyImages

Much like Captain James T. Kirk, Spock’s name is practically synonymous with the franchise. He was the first alien to grace television screens in the original series in a way that gave positivity to the future, rather than being menacing or dangerous.

It’s not difficult to understand why so many generations of fans related to Spock. People who felt different from their peers, those who felt like outsiders,...

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" is a more direct prequel to the original show than "Star Trek: Enterprise." Set less than a decade before "The Original Series," "Strange New Worlds" follows the U.S.S. Enterprise, captained by Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), who has some familiar faces already on the crew: Spock (Ethan Peck), Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), and now Scotty (Martin Quinn).

"Strange New Worlds" is unafraid to call back (forward?) to classic "Original Series" episodes, even if the show still sticks (mostly) to "Trek" canon. For example, the show has brought back the reptilian Gorn as recurring villains, setting up Captain Kirk's (William Shatner) famous clash with a Gorn in the 1967 "Original Series" episode "Arena," and Lieutenant LA'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) is a descendant of the most infamous "Star Trek" villain, Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán).

The two-episode premiere of "Strange New...

This article contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 3, episode 2, "Wedding Bell Blues."

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 3, episode 2 ("Wedding Bell Blues") brings back "The Original Series" character Trelane ("Our Flag Means Death" star Rhys Darby) from "Tos" season 1 episode "The Squire of Gothos." Originally played by William Campbell, Trelane presents himself as a dashing man who wears a Regency-era tailcoat and claims to be a general. In actuality, he's a mischievous child from a reality-bending alien species, and wields powers that resemble those of the time and energy-manipulating residents of the Q Continuum -- such as the notorious "Star Trek: The Next Generation" wild card, Q (John de Lancie).

In "Wedding Bell Blues," Trelane exhibits the same powerful but immature traits. He imposes himself on the lovelorn Spock like a roguish genie, force-rebooting the science officer's recently-ended romance with Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) into an impending...

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few ... until they don't. "Star Trek" has always wrestled with this moral quandary, dating back to Leonard Nimoy's first appearance as Spock in "The Original Series." Yet, even Gene Roddenberry himself couldn't have anticipated just how prescient this debate would become as the franchise continually grew and expanded over the long decades. Practically every series has been made up of an ensemble of characters, all of whom are rich and layered enough to demand entire episodes and arcs revolving around themselves. Of course, this was a much easier proposition in a previous era of syndicated television, when networks routinely ordered seasons amounting to upwards of 20 episodes each. Nowadays, at a time when streaming mandates and soaring budgets result in far less runway to tell the same space-bound stories, well, viewers are robbed of the ability to truly get to...

With only a few hours to go before the season 3 premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the legendary actor William Shatner has become the subject of controversy. The actor, who played Captain Kirk in the original series, responded to an X post that compared the captain’s salute in an episode to Elon Musk’s controversial gesture earlier this year.

Musk’s gesture at Donald Trump’s second inauguration was widely criticized by the internet and several critics as it resembled a Nazi salute. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX was a vocal campaigner for the Potus, but has since had a falling out with Trump. Shatner called out the comparison and seemingly defended Musk’s gesture in a response to the post.

https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1945650128733577357

While Shatner has not been a stranger to controversy, this seems to be the wrong hill to die on, especially with...

A year before he became a pop culture icon as Doc Brown in Back to the Future, Christopher Lloyd also played the Klingon captain Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The third Star Trek movie with the original series cast was a direct follow-up to Wrath of Khan, and was directed by Leonard Nimoy.

Lloyd played the Klingon commander who is in search of the Genesis planet and is a ruthless leader who does not take failure lightly. The actor mentioned that he had a lot of fun playing the part and had to come to set as early as 4 Am to put on the makeup for the role (via Variety).

I’d come to the Paramount Studio at four in the morning to get that makeup put on — the way it built up my forehead — and then the costume. How can you not feel like you...

At the start of the opening credits of each episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Anson Mount delivers a variation of the same famous speech that so many Trek captains have recited before him, about space being the final frontier, the voyages of the starship Enterprise, and how the mission is to boldly go where no one (or, in the Sixties, where no man) has gone before.

But as the third season of Strange New Worlds is set to debut Thursday on Paramount+, Star Trek as a television franchise...

Fans took to social media to express their love for Star Trek: Tos’s remaster on Paramount+. Back in 2006, the studio undertook the responsibility to do an HD restoration of the three-season-long sci-fi show, replacing the original visual effects with newly made CGI that captured its essence, and restoring the background score and audio.

Fans were extremely impressed with the quality of the CGI in the show and how it blended in with the rest of the show. The streamer reportedly uploaded the remaster instead of the original series, and there were few to no complaints. A fan on Reddit said

I am impressed with the remastered Star Trek. They cleaned up the color and sharpness. They must have redone the soundtrack. They replaced the physical ship models with better computer graphics. The grainy images are gone.

The first restoration was done during th 40th anniversary of the show, during...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Ethan Peck teases what's to come for Lieutenant Spock in the newest installment. The series acts as a prequel to the original Star Trek series, slowly introducing members of the familiar USS Enterprise crew as it progresses. Peck's version of Spock first appeared on Star Trek: Discovery before he joined the current series. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 will debut on July 17.

In an interview with TV Insider, Peck teases Spock's arc in season 3. Peck states that Spock will continue to explore his human half and will be "put in uncomfortable situations" throughout the season. As Spock inches closer to the iconic Leonard Nimoy version, he will have to "use his human qualities to his advantage." Check out his quote below:

He will continue to explore his humanness and grow and develop in that way. That’s sort of a theme of...

"The Big Bang Theory" had some excellent guest stars over the years, and thanks to the main characters' pop culture interests, quite a few of them were major "Star Trek" names. Wil Wheaton's turn as a malignant version of himself is a recurring character worthy of a spin-off, while folks like George Takei and William Shatner also have fun "The Big Bang Theory" cameos in their résumés. However, there's one "Star Trek" titan who's largely absent: Leonard Nimoy. This is explained in-universe by Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) being such a Spock mega-fan that he has a restraining order from the actor.

Entertainingly, Nimoy's absence is almost a character in its own right. Sheldon's ultimate idol was referenced on the show several times, and Nimoy ended up making a fitting cameo in "The Big Bang Theory" season 5, episode 20 ("The Transporter Malfunction") ... by voicing Sheldon's Spock action figure. In a 2012 interview with Collider,...

Brent Spiner floated around the idea of a remake/reboot of Star Trek: The Next Generation back when he returned as Data in Picard. Spiner played the role of the android for seven seasons and four movies, and then returned with the Tng cast for Picard. However, Spiner mentioned that he was aware that years down the line, a different cast might be playing the same roles.

Spiner is not too far off with the reboot idea, as the shows have passed enough years to warrant consideration. With Tng set to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2027, the timing is perfect to start work on a possible reboot with a new cast. Fans have also grown accustomed to different versions of their favorite characters, as seen with Strange New Worlds.

With only two years left, starting production for a movie in 2026 would give ample time for the idea to get a proper execution.

Fans of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds are in for some unique romantic twists for Spock in season 3!

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has expertly threaded the needle of making a prequel to a classic TV show work. Set a decade before the original Star Trek, it's a great showcase for classic Trek storytelling as Christopher Pike commands the Enterprise.

The show has even pulled off the challenge of casting new actors in the roles of iconic characters such as Spock (Ethan Peck) and Christine Chapel (Jess Bush). As fans of the original series know, Chapel carried a torch for the Vulcan who, of course, couldn't answer her feelings. Strange New Worlds flips it around as Spock is drawn to Chapel and the pair kiss and share their feelings in the famous musical episode. That, despite how Spock was formally engaged to T'Pring (Gia Sandhu).

However, season 3 is going to...

In the second season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," the U.S.S. Enterprise needed a new chief engineer. The ship's previous engineer, Hemmer (Bruce Horak), was killed in a conflagration with the Gorn, and the ship was sad to lose his skill. Luckily, Captain Pike (Anson Mount) happened upon Pelia (Carol Kane), an eccentric, rules-averse gearhead with many years of experience. Indeed, when Pelia speaks in front of the language expert Uhura (Celia Rose-Gooding), her accent is identified as Lanthanite, a human-looking species that just happens to live many thousands of years. 

Lanthanites hadn't been seen on "Star Trek" before, so Pelia's inclusion was a fun new addition to the franchise. As "Strange New Worlds" progressed, Trekkies learned that Lanthanites tend to be packrats, accumulating souvenirs from countless centuries of travel. There series also, thanks to a time travel widget, visited Pelia in the 21st century (in the...

Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) is a consistently rigid character throughout all 12 seasons of "The Big Bang Theory." While he eventually embraces romance with Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) and shows gratitude for his friends — things that once seemed like alien concepts to the socially awkward physicist — he's still fairly stuck in his self-absorbed ways. Sheldon also takes life way too seriously, but there is one episode that turns him into a silly goose — and it's the one Parsons finds the most interesting of the bunch.

In season 5's "The Werewolf Transformation" episode, Penny (Kaley Cuoco) cuts Sheldon's hair after his long-term barber bites the dust. The cut she gives him is different from the one Sheldon is used to, but rather than rejecting the change — like he normally would — he embraces it and starts living in a carefree manner, becoming a bongo-bashing barrel of laughs. Parsons enjoyed exploring this side of Sheldon's character,...

A Star Trek star is opening up about an on-set injury that still gives him trouble today. Now, they are trying to help others!

Back in the mid-1960s, stunt work wasn’t quite as safe as it is today. The only way to do explosions was to set them off for real, and while stunt performers were used, director Joseph Pevney had Will Shatner and Leonard Nimoy on set for real to make it look better in "Arena," one of the better episodes of the first season.

Shatner was near one explosion that went off closer than it was supposed to. He and Nimoy had some hearing loss for a bit, but chalked it up to just an accident. As the years went on, however, Shatner’s hearing worsened to eventually be diagnosed as Tinnitus.

Shatner has spoken about this before, and recently, he shared a video where he...

William Shatner revealed that his condition to return to Star Trek was that he wanted Kirk’s return to be valued and not be gimmicky, which sounds similar to the pitch Patrick Stewart received for Picard. Created by Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman, Picard saw the eponymous character’s journey twenty years after his Tng appearance.

Shatner mentioned that he wanted his return not to be just a gimmick to bring in old fans, but for the character’s return to add value to the lore of Star Trek in general. Patrick Stewart was reportedly pitched something similar, where the show would focus on his journey after the events of Tng and not just a reunion. Shatner said (via THR),

If they wrote something that wasn’t a stunt that involved Kirk, who’s 50 years older now, and it was something that was genuinely added to the lore of Star Trek,...

Image Source: Paramount Pictures Star Trek III: The Search for Spock had big shoes to fill when it hit theaters on June 1st, 1984, following straight after the massively praised Wrath of Khan. That film had left fans with pretty high expectations and set the bar really high for what would follow. Reviews were divided on it—some connected with the way the film was written, while others just didn’t think it was good. That split critics quite a bit at the time, actually. The movie made huge money, $87 million from theaters around the world, and the budget had been just $16 million. It was a positive movie experience for many, so people didn’t mind if critics had mixed opinions. The emotional storyline grabbed a lot of people, but not all were satisfied. But now, 41 years later, this movie is getting a serious re-evaluation. It’s not just some bridge...

Leonard Nimoy’s name is almost instantly associated with Star Trek, and it’s hard to imagine the show without thinking of the venerable Vulcan fans know and love. While most fans know that Nimoy appeared on a variety of television shows before and after Star Trek, what they might not know is that he also enjoyed singing. During the 1970s, he attempted to establish himself as a singer and even released several albums. Let’s take a look at this odd phase of Nimoy’s career and how it happened.

Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space

Paramount approached Charles Grean, who worked for Paramount’s Dot record label, about making an album connected with Star Trek. Grean’s young daughter, a Star Trek fan, suggested that an album connected with the show should have Mr. Spock on it. When Grean approached Nimoy about participating, the actor was eager to do so,...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is one of the most well-loved films in the entire original series franchise, and for good reason. The return of Ricardo Montalban as Khan, a mature, confident Admiral Kirk, and that ending? No Star Trek fan can watch it without tearing up!

While the teaser at the very end of the film hints at a sequel (and how great is it to listen to Leonard Nimoy speak the Star Trek intro? I always get chills), and we fans knew we’d see Spock again, there’s a B plot that should have continued on in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock—Pavel Chekov’s trauma with the Ceti eels.

There was time during The Search for Spock

During the first quarter of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the B plot seems to center around Savvik, David, and regenerated Spock. Then...

Star Trek may have a minor presence at Universal Studios but it once had a much bigger experience for fans!

It’s a bit surprising Star Trek doesn’t have much presence at theme parks. You’d think an attraction based on one of the biggest sci-fi franchises of all time would be natural, yet somehow it hasn’t happened. Maybe it’s due to rights issues or getting the right type of attraction right.

Universal Studios has been integrating it with the recent Red Alert tour/show as part of their annual Hallowen Horror Nights spectacular. It’s not bad, putting guests in the roles of tourists on the Enterprise when a mysterious entity causes chaos. However, there was a time when Universal gave Trek fans a chance to truly live out the Trek experience!

The fantastic Star Trek Adventure show

Universal Studios pioneered the “studio tour” concept, mostly...

When Star Trek fans get together, whether it’s at conventions or in Discord chats, one thing you can count on is discussions and debates regarding the first 6 movies that feature the original crew of Enterprise. There’s always plenty of discourse—are the even-numbered films superior? Was Leonard Nimoy a talented director? Who the heck dressed Chekov that way in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock?

One of the most common discussions when it comes to these films is the worst or weakest of the 6, and usually, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier gets the booby prize, and for good reason. This film is full of problems, but the main reason why it’s so weak is its overall uneven feel.

The film does not have a solid identity

When we look at other Star Trek films that feature the original cast, the tone of each is easy to identify.

Star Trek’s Klingon language has the unique distinction of being the most widely spoken fictional language, even surpassing Game of Thrones’ Dothraki. The latter has been the more recent obsession in the pop culture world, especially after the HBO show’s Khal Drogo, played by Jason Momoa, popularized it.

Klingon, on the other hand, has been in the vernacular for almost as long as the franchise. The sci-fi franchise has introduced many alien species, but none have been as popular as the Klingon. There have been dictionaries of the language, and though there are reportedly only a few people who can speak it fluently, it is still the most widely spoken fictional language.

Star Trek’s Klingon Broke the Record for the Highest Number of Speakers of a Fictional Language A still from Game of Thrones | Credits: HBO

Fictional languages such as Dothraki, High Valyrian (from the Game of Thrones...

Star Trek: Voyager’s Robert Duncan McNeill reportedly asked producer Rick Berman to allow him to direct on day one of production. The actor, who played Tom Paris on the spinoff show, had already seen the transition that stars like Jonathan Frakes had in their careers and hoped to make a second career out of directing and producing.

The actor reportedly wanted to direct for a long time, but many of the shows he was in before Voyager got canceled after season one, and he never got the chance. Hence, he approached Berman early in the process. He said (via Star Trek),

My memory is that literally on day one of the pilot, we — Rick, Garrett Wang, Brannon Braga, and I — were walking away from the sound stage and I said to Rick, ‘You know, I’ve been observing directors for a few years now, on different shows, but every...

Ethan Peck has credited his time on Star Trek: Discovery to be one of his most memorable moments in the franchise, which is surprising considering he plays a main role in Strange New Worlds. Peck plays Spock in the current era of the franchise, which has two shows set before the events of Tos, with Strange New Worlds seeing him under the command of Christopher Pike.

Star Trek: Discovery has been a divisive show for the fans, despite essentially reviving the franchise for the long format once again after Enterprise. The prequel series, however, introduced the current Strange New Worlds cast of the franchise legends like Spock, Pike, and Una. No wonder Peck has a special place for the show in his heart. Speaking about his day on the set of Discovery, he said (via Slash Film),

I was fully immersed; there was no apparatus of the production around me.