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98 unusual facts about Star Trek


18809 Meileawertz

In Star Trek: The Original Series several red shirts were marooned here after a botched attempt at a mutiny.

26734 Terryfarrell

Initially designated 2001 HG16, the asteroid was given its present name by the International Astronomical Union in honor of American actress Terry Farrell, who is best known for playing Jadzia Dax on the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

8th millennium BC

In 2268 of Star Trek: The Original Series, the crew of the starship USS Enterprise rush to stop an asteroid from colliding with a Federation world, but discover the asteroid called Yonada is actually an inhabited multi-generation ship of millions of people.

Adam Nimoy

His credits include episodes of NYPD Blue, The Practice, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Babylon 5, Sliders, Gilmore Girls, and The Outer Limits where he directed his father in the episode "I Robot".

Alan Ruck

He also played Captain John Harriman of the USS Enterprise-B in the 1994 film, Star Trek Generations, a role which he has reprised along with Generations co-star Walter Koenig and other Trek alumni in the fan film Of Gods and Men.

Alpha Waves

Computer Gaming World stated that the game "plays like one would expect a Star Trek: The Next Generation "holodeck" game to play".

Anson Williams

He has gone on to direct many episodes for a variety of television series, including Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, seaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Charmed.

Anthony Guidera

Guidera has also guest starred in television series such as Renegade, Baywatch, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Angel (in the episodes "The Circle" and "The Ring," respectively).

Athena Massey

Roles since then have included projects such as Star Portal, Star Trek: Voyager, Lieutenant Eva Lee in the Command & Conquer series, and The Nutty Professor.

Building Sites Bite

The cousins then stage a series of elaborate fantasies which are presented as though real: they are in charge of a Star Trek-style teleporter which they use to send Ronald into various building sites and other dangerous areas to look for his lost dog, Snoopy (a Yorkshire Terrier).

Catlow

Nimoy mentioned this film in both of his autobiographies because it gave him a chance to break away from his role as Spock on Star Trek.

Channel Chuckles

One Channel Chuckles gag was a caricature of Mr. Spock from Star Trek receiving letters requesting advice on child-rearing (a reference to Doctor Benjamin Spock).

Chevrolet Corvair

This vehicle appeared in numerous television programs in the 1960s, including Star Trek.

Christopher Neame

Neame is one of the few actors to have appeared in Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Star Trek, Babylon 5, and Earth 2.

City Detective

DeForest Kelley, later on NBC's Star Trek, appeared twice on City Detective, as Benjamin in "An Old Man's Gold" Kelley and in "Crazy Like a Fox", later the title of a Jack Warden CBS detective series of the same name, Crazy Like a Fox.

CITY-DT

Citytv has traditionally pursued a programming strategy targeting hip, young and urban audiences, and featuring science fiction series (such as the Stargate and Star Trek franchises) with significant cult followings.

Colony 5

The band's name is a reference to a location mentioned in the second Star Trek episode, Charlie X.

Comet Cursor

At its height, over 350,000 websites, including those of Warner Bros., Comedy Central, the comic strip Dilbert, and the Star Trek franchise, were using the company's technology to alter the cursor image for their visitors.

East of Hope Street

It was executive produced by Tim Russ (best known for his role as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on the Star Trek: Voyager television series) who also stars in the film.

Ed Trotta

Ed Trotta is also known for other workings such as playing Abraham Lincoln in Extreme Movie and the play Two Miles A Penny; as well as playing in various other roles including Liar, Liar; Pump Up the Volume; and Star Trek: Voyager.

Édouard Lalo

The American science fiction television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, makes reference to a "U.S.S. Lalo" in two different episodes, "We'll Always Have Paris" and "The Best of Both Worlds".

Ezri Dax

In Pocket Books' non-canon DS9 Relaunch novels, Ezri remains on Deep Space Nine but moves from counseling to command, receiving a promotion to lieutenant and becoming executive officer of the USS Defiant.

Finagle's law

In the Star Trek episode "The Ultimate Computer", Dr. McCoy refers to an alcoholic drink known as the "Finagle's Folly," apparently a reference to "Finagle's Law."

Geordi La Forge

During the events of the comic book mini-series Star Trek: Countdown (which serves as the canonical prequel to the 2009 Star Trek film), Geordi (now a commander) is reunited with Data and Picard during an effort to stop a massive supernova that threatens all of existence.

George Clayton Johnson

He is also known for his work in television, writing screenplays for such noted series as The Twilight Zone, such as "Nothing in the Dark", "Kick the Can", "A Game of Pool" and "A Penny for Your Thoughts", and Star Trek, the first aired episode of the series, "The Man Trap".

Gerd Oswald

His television credits include Perry Mason, Bonanza, The Outer Limits, The Fugitive, Star Trek, Gentle Ben, It Takes a Thief, and The Twilight Zone.

Herbert Jefferson, Jr.

In 2007 he played Captain Gault, a freedom fighter, in the Star Trek internet mini series Of Gods and Men.

Here There Be Tygers

In the original Star Trek episode "Shore Leave", a crew finds a planet where any of their desires once thought are acted out in real life.

Highly Illogical

Highly Illogical is an album which contains a collection of songs performed by Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy.

How Much for Just the Planet?

How Much for Just the Planet? is a 1987 Star Trek tie-in novel by John M. Ford.

I, Q

He became a father in the Star Trek: Voyager episode The Q and the Grey.

Impulse drive

In the fictional Star Trek universe, the impulse drive is the method of propulsion that starships and other spacecraft use when they are travelling below the speed of light.

James A. Contner

His work includes episodes of such television series as Miami Vice, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Star Trek: Enterprise.

James Kahn

Among the series he worked on were Family Medical Center, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Beyond Reality, TekWar (created by William Shatner), Medicine Ball, Xena: Warrior Princess, Melrose Place (which he also co-executive produced in its last years), Star Trek: Voyager (also Supervising Producer) and All My Children (for which he and the writing staff were Emmy-nominated).

Jennifer Hetrick

She is known for playing Vash in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Corinne Becker (the ex-wife of Arnie Becker) on L.A. Law.

Jim O'Heir

O'Heir has appeared in several television shows throughout the 2000s, including Malcolm in the Middle, Just Shoot Me, Star Trek: Voyager and ER.

Joyce Muskat

Joyce Muskat was one of only four writers with no prior television credits able to sell a script to Star Trek: The Original Series (David Gerrold, Judy Burns, and Jean Lisette Aroeste were the other three).

Kevin Carvell

However, Carvell would have some satisfaction at last when numerous elements of this script would make their way to not only to ST: TNG and DS9, but to Star Trek: Voyager as well.

Kitty Swink

Along with her husband, she contributed her voice to the video game Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen.

Korinna

The typeface has been used as for the main titles of the Star Trek films; Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact.

Las Vegas Monorail

BankWest debuted a red "MoneyRail" branded train, and joined Nextel Communications (now a part of Sprint Nextel Corporation), Hansens Beverage, and Paramount Studios (with a Star Trek themed train) as corporate sponsors.

Louie Cruz Beltran

Among his seven brothers and two sisters is the well-known former Star Trek: Voyager actor Robert Beltran.

Marine World/Africa USA

A few other shows such as Cowboy in Africa, Gentle Ben, as well as an episode of Star Trek ("Shore Leave") were also shot there.

Michael Van Wijk

He once stated on Gladiators that his favourite television show was Star Trek.

Morgan Farley

He gained a whole new generation of followers as a result of his guest spots on the original Star Trek series in the 1960s.

Muḥammad ibn Jābir al-Ḥarrānī al-Battānī

In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Excelsior-class starship USS Al-Batani sic NCC-42995, mentioned on Star Trek: Voyager as Kathryn Janeway's first deep space assignment, is named after him.

Ne'er Do Wells

There was also a side project called Thee Shatners, a Star Trek-themed surf music band, released on Planet Pimp Records.

Nude wedding

Nude weddings are the norm in the fictional Betazoid culture in Star Trek because of their ability to see thoughts and emotions of others.

Obi Ndefo

He is a graduate of Yale University's drama school and has also appeared on such television series as Angel, The West Wing, The Jamie Foxx Show, Stargate SG-1, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Crossing Jordan, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.

Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek

The film, which is the eighth and final in a series of films featuring Alışık as Ömer the Tourist, is commonly known as Turkish Star Trek because of plot and stylistic elements parodied from Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Man Trap (1966) as well as the unauthorized use of footage from the series.

Pendant Productions

The net-based audio theater company go its started with the popular fan show Star Trek: Defiant, whose launch was delayed due to production difficulties.

People Are Alike All Over

The original pilot of Star Trek ("The Cage", later reworked into the two-part episode "The Menagerie") included plot points similar to that touched upon in this episode, particularly the aspect of humans being put on display for study.

Phillip Pine

In a career that spanned seven decades, Pine was best known for portraying the character Colonel Phillip Green in the classic Star Trek episode "The Savage Curtain" Pine was in the second episode of "The Outer Limits" entitled "The Hundred Days of the Dragon".

Pico House

The Pico House was featured prominently in the Star Trek: The Next Generation two part episode "Time's Arrow", filling in as turn of the 18th and 19th to 20th century San Francisco.

Popular Theatre Troupe

Their first production was Star Trick, a satire lampooning the Star Trek television series focussing on the absurdity of local Queensland politics interspersed with ironically sung old popular songs.

Ralph Helfer

The compound was also used as location for shows such as Daktari and even an episode of Star Trek "Shore Leave".

Reef triggerfish

A reef triggerfish appeared (in animated form) in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Rascals".

Reichsführer-SS

The Star Trek episode Patterns of Force depicts an alien planet where a historian has recreated Nazi Germany in an attempt to form a benign fascist government marked by efficiency without sadism.

Robert DoQui

Robert made guest appearances on many television series, including I Dream of Jeannie, The Jeffersons, Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, Adam-12, The Parkers, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the season 4 episode "Sons of Mogh" as a Klingon named Noggra.

Roxann Dawson

In 1994, Dawson began her role as the half Human/half-Klingon engineer B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager which lasted for all seven seasons of the show.

Ruth Roberts

She was the mother of Michael Piller screen writer/producer best known for the television series Star Trek and Dead Zone.

Saint Louis Science Center

From October 2011 until May 2012, the main building is hosting Star Trek: The Exhibition, a major showcase of Star Trek props, costumes and artifacts, including a full-size bridge from the USS Enterprise.

Scott Klace

Scott began using the phonetic spelling of Klace in 1999 when he played Dremk in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, and Fox in the film Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies.

Space Pirates and Zombies

Weapons from Babylon 5 and Star Trek were added to the game, whenever the team saw examples which were not emulated within the game they attempted to create them.

Spizzenergi

The BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel described "Where's Captain Kirk?" as... "the best Star Trek associated song".

Star Fleet Battles

Unlike the mainstream Star Trek universe, Star Fleet Battles seems to consider some, but not all of The Animated Series, as being a canon material source, thus leading to the inclusion of aliens such as the Kzinti.

Star Trek: Conquest

The game is set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation era, with players able to choose six groups and races: Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Breen, Cardassian and Dominion.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion

An unrelated CD-ROM also called the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion was released in 1999 and features the scripts for the entire series and the trailers for each episode featuring Don LaFontaine as the announcer among others.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch

Section 31: Abyss, (Jeffrey Lang and David Weddle, July 2001): Dr. Bashir is sent by shadowy intelligence agency Section 31 to deal with a rogue S31 agent who has taken control of a Jem'Hadar cloning facility abandoned by the Dominion after the war, and who, like Bashir, is genetically enhanced.

Star Trek: Klingon Empire

DeCandido envisioned his characters being "played" by certain actors: he wrote Lokor with Keith Hamilton Cobb in mind, Lucy Lawless was his inspiration for Leader Wol, and André the Giant was the inspiration for Bekk Goran.

Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War

This differs from the Star Trek 'world' itself, which rarely featured fighters (except in later episodes of DS9); the closest equivalent were the ubiquitous shuttles such as the Galileo 7 prominently featured in the original Star Trek series episode "The Galileo Seven and the light spacecraft flown by Star Fleet cadets in the ST:TNG episode "The First Duty.

Star Trek: Starship Creator

The program was designed with input from Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda, Rick Sternbach, and Doug Drexler, who were responsible for many of the technical or reference-oriented books produced for Trek.

Star Trek: The Experience

With the on-screen participation of Trek series cast members Kate Mulgrew and Robert Picardo, and numerous actors in realistic makeup and utilizing well designed props and sets, the threat of assimilation by the Borg seems palpable.

Mayor Oscar Goodman stated in a news conference on October 16, 2008 that a possible deal was being negotiated between CBS and Rohit Joshi, developer of the Neonopolis Mall.

Star Trek: The New Voyages

# Introduction to The Face on the Barroom Floor by George Takei

Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual

Most notably, a concept drawing from the manual describing an emergency landing of the saucer section was seen by TNG writers Ronald D. Moore, Jeri Taylor, and Brannon Braga who wanted to use a saucer crash as a sixth-season cliffhanger episode for the TV series.

Star Trek: The Next Generation U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints

Created by Rick Sternbach, these are large fold-up blueprints of the interior of the USS Enterprise-D.

Star Trek: The Rebel Universe

Once in orbit above such a planet, the player could use Kirk's screen to move to the transporter room.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact

The Typhon Pact itself has been compared to the Warsaw Pact, and one of the books in the series has been described as an allegory for the Arab Spring.

Starfleet Command

Star Trek: Starfleet Command, a 1999 space battle simulation game set in the Star Trek universe

Sternocleidomastoid muscle

"Even C-3PO has it, in the form of little pistons on his neck. Watch Star Trek: The good guys always have them, and the bad guys don't. It's a classic alien designer trick," notes biologist and Hollywood anatomy consultant Stuart Sumida.

Susan Gibney

She had a recurring role as Assistant District Attorney Renee Walcott on Crossing Jordan and her portrayal of Dr. Leah Brahms on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Commander Erika Benteen on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

She also appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in the episodes "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost", as Erika Benteen.

Susan Sackett

Additionally, while working full-time as Roddenberry's assistant, Sackett wrote three books about Star Trek: Letters to Star Trek, Star Trek Speaks!, and The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (with Gene Roddenberry).

Terry Windell

Terry Windell is a film director, working in commercials as well as long-form television, most notably directing several episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and Enterprise.

The Calling

"Wherever You Will Go" was heavily used by UPN in 2001 in advertisements to promote the debut of Star Trek: Enterprise.

The Dodge Brothers

The band have appeared on Kermode’s video blog ‘Kermode Uncut’, playing ‘skiffle’ covers of blockbuster movie soundtracks including Star Wars, Star Trek, The A-Team and Smurfs 3D.

The Transformed Man

It was released in 1968, while Shatner was still starring in the original Star Trek series, and began his musical career.

Tiger Truck

The Tiger Truck logo is an homage to the Star Trek logo, meant to highlight the futuristic design and features of the truck.

Tiny Ron Taylor

He has also appeared on television, including seven episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the Hupyrian manservant Maihar'du, and two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager as the Hirogen alpha Idrin.

Tom Towles

Towles' television credits include appearances in NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, ER, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Dramatis Personae"), Star Trek Voyager, Seinfeld and Firefly.

Tomás Ó Fiaich

One critic, writing in The Sunday Independent, compared Ó Fiaich's altar to something from the set of Star Trek.

Tommy Vicini

Several of Vicini's post Hamburglar credits include Playing the Crypt Keeper in the Tales from the Crypt film Demon Knight, Star Trek: Insurrection.

UP Aerospace

James Doohan, who played Chief Engineer Scott on the 1960s television series Star Trek, and from astronaut Gordon Cooper, were rocketed into suborbital space (along with ashes of about 200 other people) by UP Aerospace from Spaceport America.

Warcraft: Lord of the Clans

Warcraft: Lord of the Clans is a novel by Star Trek novelist Christie Golden based in Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft Universe.

William Douglas Lansford

Lansford wrote many teleplays for American television series such as Four Star Playhouse, Wagon Train,Bonanza, The Rookies, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Xbox Games Store

Various films and TV shows wee available for purchase in the Video Store, including both past and present series, such as Star Trek and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Yogi Rock

Images of Sojourner approaching Yogi used in the opening credits of Star Trek: Enterprise made that television program the first science fiction television or film production in history to use footage taken on another planet.


Arlene Martel

Martel appeared in the 1967 Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Amok Time" (as T'Pring) and the original The Outer Limits episode "Demon with a Glass Hand" (1964) written by Harlan Ellison.

Conrad Phillip Kottak

He believes that various American legends and stories, such as Star Trek, Star Wars and the Thanksgiving story are growing into a type of mythology which someday might be comparable to Greek, Roman, or other stories which today are considered to be myths.

Cress Williams

He portrayed Talak'talan, a Jem'Hadar leader in the Star Trek series, in a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Jem'Hadar".

Digital Extremes

Digital Extremes developed the game for the Star Trek Into Darkness movie, working with Namco Bandai and Paramount to develop Star Trek the game.

Enchantress from the Stars

Engdahl wrote parts of Enchantress in the 1950s; many concepts in the novel date from that time, prior to Star Trek and other 1960s science fiction.

Gabrielle Stanton

Her first job was on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which she followed with writing positions on V.I.P. and the science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict, Farscape, The Invisible Man and Veritas: The Quest, in the latter two of which she also served as co-producer.

Grambling's White Tiger

Harry Belafonte stars as Coach Eddie Robinson and LeVar Burton (already famous from Roots and later to be known for Reading Rainbow and Star Trek TNG) appears as Charles 'Tank' Smith, the first friend Jim Gregory makes on the team.

Jim Ignatowski

Jim also admitted to being a fan of the original Star Trek series, although he strongly believed that the leader of the Romulans was portrayed incorrectly.

Jim O'Heir

O'Heir has appeared in several films and made guest appearances on such shows as Friends, Boston Legal, Malcolm in the Middle, Star Trek: Voyager, ER and Parenthood.

Joel Brooks

He also appeared in two episodes of Three's Company as Dr. Prescott, a psychologist that Jack sees to build up his self-confidence, and in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Falow in the episode "Move Along Home".

John Sickels

Sickels has also written poetry, science fiction, and has had multiple role playing books published within the Star Fleet Universe game system off-shoot of Star Trek.

Louise Sorel

She has made guest appearances on more than 50 prime time programs and television movies, making a notable guest appearance on Star Trek as Rayna Kapec.

Mark Lenard

Lenard also guest-starred as Sarek in TV's Star Trek: The Next Generation, in the third season episode "Sarek" (1990) and the fifth season episode "Unification: Part 1" (1991).

Mark Twain in popular culture

The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Time's Arrow" (1992) featured a fictionalized version of Mark Twain, played by Jerry Hardin.

Max Simon Ehrlich

His television work includes scripts for the series Barney Blake, The Big Story, The Defenders, The Nurses, The United States Steel Hour, and Star Trek (episode "The Apple").

Multiplayer video game

Digital Equipment Corporation soon distributed another multi-user version of Star Trek called Decwars though not featuring real-time screen updating.

Netrek

Netrek divided the players into one of four teams, loosely based on the Star Trek universe; the Federation, Romulans, Klingons, and Orions (or "feds", "roms", "klis", and "oris", respectively).

Norman Snow

A highlight of Snow's television career is the role of Torin in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called "Rightful Heir" during the series' sixth season.

Overacting

William Shatner's performance in the original Star Trek series has been frequently parodied across numerous comedy television shows.

Pamela Kosh

She has also made many minor and less notable appearances in television series such as Northern Exposure, Gilmore Girls, Friends, Murder, She Wrote, The Golden Girls, USA High, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Frasier, Charmed, Matlock, Alias, Monk, ER and So Little Time.

Rhadamanthus

In the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode The Magicks of Megas-tu, Rhadamanthus is invoked by the character Lucien in order to make the Enterprise operational in an alternate universe in which magic works like science does in our universe.

Rich Hosek

Rich Hosek is a television writer whose credits include Star Trek: Voyager, Hope and Gloria, Pacific Blue, The New Addams Family, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Scleral lens

Special effect scleral lenses have also been used to produce eerie eye effects in films, such as the whited-out eyes of the monsters in Evil Dead, or blacked-out eyes in Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, or the Star Trek episode Where No Man Has Gone Before.

Space Twins

Initially, the band was a small project in which the two would dress up in Star Trek style outfits with pipe-cleaner antennae, playing silly songs at kids' birthday parties.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch

Divided We Fall (John Ordover and David Mack, September–October 2001): 4-part comic book miniseries published by WildStorm Comics featuring the characters of both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: The Next Generation dealing with a crisis on Trill.

Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy

Helmsman Hikaru Sulu fires a barrage of four torpedoes at what appears to be a false image of the Romulan vessel.

TekWar

Shatner began to write notes that would become the novels on the set of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, and is quoted to say that the original book was an attempt to blend elements from Star Trek and T. J. Hooker.

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

It is to this series what the Starship Enterprise is to Star Trek: both as a home base and also as the route to the world of adventure.

The Way to Eden

McCoy's backstory was later incorporated into the novels Planet of Judgment and Shadows on the Sun.

Triannon

The Triannon, an alien race in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Chosen Realm"

VOY

Star Trek: Voyager, a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe

WNUV

At that time, channel 54 ran morning and afternoon children's programming similar to WBFF's Captain Chesapeake, hosted from a mock space ship by a Star Trek-like crew of characters known as the "54 Space Corps".