Star Trek: The Original Series Archives

Star Trek Wins Peabody Award for “Projecting the Best of Humanity”
The franchise has consistently tackled various narratives from classic science-based stories for decades while exemplifying social, moral, and ethical issues through their adventures through 11 series and 13 films across generations. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley in "Star Trek: The Original Series" Image courtesy of Paramount The Peabody Awards Honors the Star Trek Franchise The Peabody[...]
Star Trek: Rod Roddenberry Secures Long Lost TOS Model Enterprise
Enterprise NCC-1701 model originally featured in the original Star Trek: The Original Series pilot "The Cage" as Heritage Auctions returned the three-foot long model of the Federation's flagship featured in the NBC series' opening credits The model was originally thought lost when creator Gene Roddenberry, who passed in 1991, loaned the model in 1977 during[...]
You Can Call Me Bill: Shatner on Star Trek BTS Reputation, Takei Feud
It's a character from a 1960's TV show- get over it.😉🤣" Shatner replied to a fan on social media after writing, "Has anyone at Paramount come out with an official explanation for this MASSIVE FLUB?" William Shatner in "Star Trek: The Original Series." Image courtesy of Paramount For supposedly making peace with it, Shatner replied to another[...]
You Can Call Me Bill: Shatner on Star Trek BTS Reputation, Takei Feud
And…👇🏻" he wrote, adding a gif from 1937's Snow White with the non-related caption "Haters Gonna Hate." William Shatner in "Star Trek: The Original Series." Image courtesy of Paramount Another fan followed up with, "But will we ever see Captain Kirk again?" completely ignoring the Kelvin universe timeline incarnation played by Chris Pine and Strange New Worlds[...]
Star Trek: Rod Roddenberry's Quest to Secure Last TOS Enterprise Model
Enterprise from Star Trek: The Original Series The three-foot miniature was originally thought to be lost in 1977, remaining a mystery for nearly half a century, 46 years to be exact An entry on eBay brought attention to what could be the original 33-inch pre-production wood model from Richard C Datin, Jr., who built it[...]
Strange New Worlds
That's all I'll say." DeForest Kelley in Star Trek: The Original Series Image courtesy of Paramount When it comes to one of the biggest changes in the Star Trek canon in Strange New Worlds, it's The Gorn, which was created by Gene Roddenberry and The Original Series designer Wah Chang We're long removed from the Kirk-Gorn[...]
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds streams Thursdays on Paramount+. Michael Ansara in Star Trek: The Original Series Image courtesy of Paramount The episode, titled "The Broken Circle," also introduced Klingons with natural skin tones and full beards, looking very much like those from the original Star Trek series. *They are Klingons, and it is a long story… we[...]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: How Picard Can Inspire Shatner Return
When it comes to saluting Star Trek: The Original Series in the Paramount+ streaming era, we saw two familiar faces (sort of) in George Takei reprising his character as Hikaru Sulu in the animated series Lower Decks and Walter Koenig playing his TOS character Pavel Chekov's son, Anton Chekov in the series finale of Picard[...]
Star Trek: Picard: OG Pavel Chekov Walter Koenig on Playing His Son
Image courtesy of Paramount An Unexpected and Welcome Return to Star Trek Star Trek: The Original Series star Walter Koenig made a vocal cameo as Anton Chekov, the current Federation President and son of Pavel Chekov (the character he originally played who was introduced in season two of the 1966 NBC series) While he stayed for the[...]
Star Trek: William Shatner to Fly Like Kirk, Thanks to Jeff Bezos
Phillipe in a documentary You Can Call Me Bill, Shatner spoke with Indiewire while promoting it for SXSW, addressing his controversial legacy behind the scenes on Star Trek: The Original Series and why he has no interest in elevating his feud with his TOS co-star George Takei. William Shatner in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)[...]
Star Trek: Kris Smith on DeForest Kelley’s Fondest Western Memories
Leonard "Bones" McCoy in Star Trek: The Original Series, he took the fame that came with the franchise in stride, according to friend Kris Smith The writer contributed a lock of his hair to join the ashes of his cast mates Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, and Majel Barrett Roddenberry, along with franchise creator Gene Roddenberry[...]
Star Trek: Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Nyota Uhura Actor, Passes Aged 89
Nyota Uhura on Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek: The Original Series, she was a multi-talent of the stage and screen who also listed dancing and singing as part of her artistic resume. Nichols made her debut as a dancer in an uncredited role in the 1959 film Porgy and Bess Prior to "Star Trek," she appeared in[...]
Star Trek: Looking Back at Some of the Franchise's Scariest Episodes
And in honor of that episode, the streaming service released a new video highlighting the other times the franchise explored the horror genre called "Scary Space: Horror in Star Trek." Photo Cr: Marni Grossman/Paramount+ The Star Trek: The Original Series episodes highlighted are season one's "The Devil in the Dark" where a mysterious monster terrorizes a mining[...]
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All Rights Reserved. Brady set aside her Romulan ears and was revealed to be the watcher known as Tallinn (which Picard mistakes for Laris), who is a supervisor assigned to watch over Jean-Luc's ancestor in NASA astronaut Renee Picard (Penelope Mitchell) and fulfilling the same mission as Gary Seven (Robert Lansing) from Star Trek: The Original[...]
Star Trek Announces First Contact Day with Virtual Panels, Marathon
In addition, Star Trek updates, announcements, and footage will be showcased throughout. First Contact Day will feature the following panels. Star Trek: First Contact 25th Anniversary Panel: featuring cast members Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner and Alice Krige as they discuss behind-the-scenes memories and the film's importance 25 years after its premiere. Creating First Contacts Panel: Costume[...]