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The 3,363 users who count themselves as Star Trek fans have written a total of 88 reviews.

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"Space...The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!"

The series is set in the 23rd century where Earth has survived World War... more »

"Space...The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!"

The series is set in the 23rd century where Earth has survived World War III then moved on to explore the stars. Humanity has allied with other alien races and formed the United Federation of Planets, and Starfleet serves as its exploratory and military branch. Captain James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise explores the galaxy with a crew of 430 men and women, contacting new life forms, conducting diplomat missions, and exploring the unknown.

Star Trek premiered on NBC after executive producer and creator Gene Roddenberry produced not one but two pilots to convince them of the quality of his show. The series ran two years but never achieved good ratings despite building a small but solid fan following. A letter-writing campaign convinced NBC to run a third season, but Roddenberry left in protest and the network buried the show in a late Friday night time slot.

After its three-year run Star Trek began running syndication where it was discovered by legion of new fans and became a phenomenon. This led to an animated series, six movies, and four spin-off television shows. Despite its short network run, Star Trek has become one of the most successful shows in television history.

Aside from its three main stars, Star Trek featured a large cast of reoccurring guest stars that includes James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, and Grace Lee Whitney. Other notable guest stars include Diana Muldaur, Gary Lockwood, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Kellerman, Julie Newmar, Frank Gorshin, John Colicos, Roger C. Carmel, William Campbell, Ted Cassidy, Michael Ansara and Elisha Cook, Jr. Notable writers for the series include Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon, George Clayton Johnson, Jerry Sohl, Jerome Bixby, Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, David Gerrold, and D.C. Fontana.less «

• What is Trelane saying?

  I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but in "The Squire Of Gothos", Trelane says something to Carl Yeager in German and then starts chanting something in German. Does anyone have any ideal what he's saying? Thanks!

  I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but in "The Squire Of Gothos", Trelane says something to Carl Yeager in German and then starts chanting something in German. Does anyone have any ideal what he's saying? Thanks! less «

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  Name the episode and character speaking these.  Whoever gets them all correct does the next 10.  Ready?  Let's go! "Aye, y...more »

  Name the episode and character speaking these.  Whoever gets them all correct does the next 10.  Ready?  Let's go! "Aye, you're a beauty." "Let's get the hell out of here." "Sir, you have a multi-legged creature on your shoulder." "Well, what do you know?  I finally got the last word." "It reminds me of the Russian epic, Cinderella." "Can't I just shoot off one of his ears?" "He broke jail." "Why thank you, Captain McCoy." "It's sickening, honey-sweet." "With an armful of this stuff, I wouldn't be afraid of a supernova." less «

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• Should TV.com & all other fan sites delete all of the Star Trek pages?

  Now that the new movie is out and everything that had happen on all of the other Star Treks has been deleted by a timeline c...more »

  Now that the new movie is out and everything that had happen on all of the other Star Treks has been deleted by a timeline change should we stay true to the story line by removing everything and anything Star Trek? This more for research. It came from a discssion I was having which somehow lead to the new movie. I wrote this while careing for a sick 4 years old & a very active 18 mos old. I should have asked for your age & how long you have been a Star Trek fan.less «

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  9 Superb

  In the 60's Sci-fi was funky! hide « show »

  Space the final Frontier!
  Watching the original Star Trek series after watching Voyager or The Next Generation (later seasons obviously)
  
  Your going to find Star Trek delightfully absurd,corny and funky, just listen to the Opening theme!
  
  A nice and enjoyable old 60's telivision show, and like many good shows, never went past a few seasons.
  the effects maybe corny and the acting exagerated.
  but the show has allot of morals and philosophical themes,
  This is a series i would advise to own on a DVD box set, i myself intend to.
  
  And i prefer the old special effects, but since the remastered DVD's have the original format as well, i see no reason not to get the best of both versions.
  If you have a TV service that includes Star Trek i advise you watch it, if your a fan of the new Star Trek or old Sci-fi you should love this show.
  I miss the days when it was on TV1 on the PayTV subscription service.

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  Fraggerstein Added May 3, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  A generation of future scientists owe there careers to this show! hide « show »

  The original Star Trek was a quantum leap forward in televised science fiction for it's era. Before Star Trek, most of what passed as science fiction on television was silly and pathetic beyond words. In an age when our space program was still in it's infancy, Star Trek was T.V.'s first serious attempt at visualizing what travel beyond our solar system to the stars, encounters with alien civilizations and the engineering challenges involved with interstellar travel might entail. More importantly, it was a gateway for a lot of kids (myself included)to the world of real science. Star Trek got me into astronomy. Before the series ended, I'd built my very first telescope (a six inch Newtonian reflector) and I used that sucker every clear night! On a personal note, Mr. Spock was like the big brother I never had. Mr. Spock's approach to logic and thinking his way out of tough situations had a lot to do with my own personal approach to problem solving to this day. Wonderful, wonderful show!

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  jawsthecabbie Added Feb 27, 2009 All my reviews
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  8 Great

  Classic stuff. hide « show »

  I am not a big a fan of the original series as others but I have to admit that it had some of the best storylines and was really good at looking at the deeper meaning of things. Action was at a minimal during these times of limited graphics and animation. For what they had to work with around this time, I'd say they did a good job of making everything seem futuristic. I thought that the show had some good acting, good writing, and some nice lessons that could be applied to today's world. Overall, a decent show that is a classic. Thank you.

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  cactusjack39 Added Feb 18, 2009 All my reviews
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  7 Good

  Although it appears more than a little dated now this show is still a sci-fi classic. hide « show »

  For those of you who don't know, the plot follows the exploits of the crew of the Starship Enterprise in the 23rd century as they exploe the universe.
  
  Lets start with the negatives; the special effects are dated and the plotlines are more than a little bit weak. Having said that the acting is surprisingly good and despite the dodgy dialoguereally easy to watch.
  
  The real thing to remember though is that this was the birth of sci-fi as we know it and in many respects the marker by which all other sci-fi is measured. If you like sci-fi you will love this - particularly if you like old sci-fi.

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  drdan2410 Added Jan 14, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  I first saw this episode at Christmas 1975, when the BBC showed Star Trek every morning during the Christmas/New Year fortnight. hide « show »

  Even though i was just a kid, i still thought there was something a bit sick and kinky about a story where scenes of a sweaty, raving madman, who's been psychologically tortured, are juxtaposed with a woman in a mini-skirt, sexy black tights, and blue knickers clearly on view, waltzing around in a prison for the criminally insane. Morgan Woodward was famous for his portrayals of lunatics (he also played a madman in an episode of `Kung Fu'). There's a really embarassing scene in the transporter room, where Kirk and Spock both look at Helen Noel as if they've never seen a woman before!

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  timelord1969 Added Dec 8, 2008 All my reviews