Star Trek (Franchise)

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Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, called Star Trek and now known as "The Original SeriesTemplate:-", debuted on September 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. It followed the voyages of the starship USS Enterprise on its five-year mission, the purpose of which was "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before". The USS Enterprise was a space exploration vessel built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century. The Star Trek canon includes the Original Series, an animated series, six spin-off television series, the film franchise, and further adaptations in several media.

In creating Star Trek, Roddenberry was inspired by C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series of novels, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and television westerns such as Wagon Train. These adventures continued in the 22-episode Star Trek: The Animated Series and six feature films. Six new television series were eventually produced: Star Trek: The Next Generation follows the crew of a new starship Enterprise a century after the original series; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager are set contemporaneously with the Next Generation, and Enterprise, set before the original series in the early days of human interstellar travel. The most recent Star Trek television series, Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard, stream exclusively on digital platforms. The adventures of the Next Generation crew continued in four additional feature films. In 2009, the film franchise underwent a reboot called the Kelvin Timeline. Three films were made in this alternate universe. Two additional television series are in development for CBS All Access, Star Trek: Lower Decks, an animated series scheduled to debut in 2020; and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, featuring the previous crew of the Enterprise prior to the original series, tentatively set to debut in 2021.

Star Trek has been a cult phenomenon for decades. Fans of the franchise are called "Trekkies" or "Trekkers". The franchise spans a wide range of spin-offs including games, figurines, novels, toys, and comics. Star Trek had a themed attraction in Las Vegas that opened in 1998 and closed in September 2008. At least two museum exhibits of props travel the world. The series has its own full-fledged constructed language, Klingon. Several parodies have been made of Star Trek. In addition, viewers have produced several fan productions. As of July 2016, the franchise had generated $10 billion in revenue, making Star Trek one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.

Star Trek is noted for its cultural influence beyond works of science fiction. The franchise is also noted for its progressive civil rights stances. The Original Series included one of television's first multiracial casts.

[edit] Conception and setting

[edit] Mythology

[edit] History and production

[edit] Timeline

[edit] The Original Series era (1965–1969)

[edit] Post-Original Series rebirth (1969–1991)

[edit] Post-Roddenberry television era (1991–2005)

[edit] Film reboots (Kelvin Timeline) (2005–2016)

[edit] Streaming originals (2017–present)

[edit] Television

Further information: List of Star Trek films and television series § Television series

[edit] The Original Series (1966–1969)

Main article: Star Trek: The Original Series

[edit] The Animated Series (1973–1974)

Main article: Star Trek: The Animated Series

[edit] The Next Generation (1987–1994)

Main article: Star Trek: The Next Generation

[edit] Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)

Main article: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

[edit] Voyager (1995–2001)

Main article: Star Trek: Voyager

[edit] Enterprise (2001–2005)

Main article: Star Trek: Enterprise

[edit] Discovery (2017–present)

Main article: Star Trek: Discovery

[edit] Short Treks (2018–present)

Main article: Star Trek: Short Treks

[edit] Picard (2020–present)

Main article: Star Trek: Picard

[edit] In development

Further information: Future television projects and Future film projects

[edit] Film

Further information: List of Star Trek films and television series § Feature films

Paramount Pictures has produced thirteen Star Trek feature films, the most recent being released in July 2016. The first six films continue the adventures of the cast of the Original Series; the seventh film, Generations was intended as a transition from original cast to the cast of the Next Generation; the next three films, focused completely on the Next Generation cast.^[g]

The eleventh film and its sequels occur in an alternate timeline with a new cast portraying the Original Series characters. Leonard Nimoy portrayed an elderly Spock in the films, providing a narrative link to what became known as the Prime Timeline. The alternate reality was christened the Kelvin Timeline by Michael and Denise Okuda, in honor of the starship USS Kelvin which was first seen in the 2009 film.

An R-rated Star Trek film, to be directed by Quentin Tarantino, was announced as in-development in December 2017. In a December 2019 interview with Consequence of Sound, Tarantino indicated he may not direct the film. He later confirmed he would not direct any future Star Trek film in a January 2020 interview with Deadline, effectively ending development. In November 2019, a new, unrelated film was announced as in-development, to be directed by Noah Hawley.

[edit] Shared cast

Template:Split Template:Further Star Trek has an on-going tradition of actors returning to reprise their roles in other spin-off series. In some instances, actors have portrayed potential ancestors, descendants, or relatives of characters they originated. Characters have also been recast for later appearances.

Below is an incomplete list:

[edit] Merchandise

Main article: Star Trek spin-off fiction

[edit] Books

Main articles: List of Star Trek novels and fictional works

[edit] Comics

Main article :Star Trek (comics)

[edit] Games

Main article: List of Star Trek games

[edit] Magazines

[edit] Cultural impact

Main article: Cultural influence of Star Trek

[edit] Parodies

[edit] Fan productions

Main article: Star Trek fan productions

[edit] Fan fiction

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] Episode rankings

[edit] TV Guide (1996)

[edit] 50th Anniversary Convention (2016)

[edit] Corporate ownership

[edit] Split ownership (2005–2019)

[edit] Current ownership

[edit] See also

• Outline of Star Trek
• Timeline of science fiction
• List of space science fiction franchises

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading