Star Trek’s U.S.S. Enterprise to Boldly Go Back to the Workshop

Air & Space Magazine ^ | 9/11/2014 | Christopher Klimek

[longfellow]

Has anyone seen the new trailer for the star trek tv show?
Richard hatch from battlestar galactica will be a Klingon.
Looks great and it takes place during the Klingon/federation
Wars.

[ealgeone]

Still have the original release of the blueprints of the Enterprise. Yes, was and still a ST Geek.

[Nepeta]

I was a fan of TOS from the first broadcast.

I want to debunk the myth of low ratings. Marc Cushman, in his These Are the Voyages books, shows the actual ratings data for each TOS broadcast, and far from being a ratings loser, Star Trek did well.

Gene Roddenberry had a knack for antagonizing NBC, however, and that was the source of Star Trek's renewal issues, which began with the first season. NBC did not want to deal with Roddenberry.

Cushman's books are spectacular, by the way, packed with detail about series development, especially the development of each story. The hardbacks are 600+ pages long for the first two books! (Season 3 has yet to be released.)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I was a 12 year old fan from the beginning. Watched every episode.

It drives my wife nuts when we watch an episode and I can blurt out the name of any TOS episode within 5 seconds after the opening scene.

Ah, the fruits of a misspent youth in front of the television.

[MCF]

Combat!, Gilligan's Island, Wild, Wild West, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, Hogans Hero's, Star Trek. A well rounded diet in the 60’s. Then in 1970 a driver's license, 20 cent a gallon gas and girls.

[Ted Grant]

Ah yes, ‘Amok Time.’ “Mr Spock gets the mating urge and attacks Captain Kirk.”

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture.
We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume.
If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity.
For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure.
You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to...The Outer Limits.

[PLMerite]

I seem to remember seeing that model somewhere in the Smithsonian sometime. I remember it had duct tape on it.

[Mmogamer]

Several million I’d bet...

[Tijeras_Slim]

I agree, B5 really made DS9 up their game. Plus it was nice to see Walter Koenig play Bester, he did a great job. It might be interesting to figure out how many ST actors appeared on B5. Dwight Schultz did, and also Michael Ansara.

[BigCinBigD]

The Grand old lady of Science Fiction.
I have a 16 inch version sitting on my desk.

[BigCinBigD]

“They will sell if you have enough gold-plated latinum.”

Gold “pressed” latinum. “Wink” ;)

[Vanders9]

Oh yes...so it was.

[aomagrat]

I heard my first TV swear word on Star Trek. It was at the end of “The City on the Edge of Forever.” Kirk said, “Let’s get the hell out of here.” It freaked me out. I started yelling, “Did you hear what he said!” over and over. Mom said, “Yes, we all heard it. Now shut up about it.”