Category: Phase II / New Voyages

The internet-based fan film Star Trek: New Voyages (later Phase II) releases its first full-length episode, Come What May. Shot with homemade sets, costumes and props in upstate New York, the attention-getting project is greeted with enthusiasm by fans and with consternation by CBS/Paramount, which still has a Star Trek series (Enterprise) on television. The New Voyages group, led by James Cawley, is permitted to continue as long as no profit is made from its use of the Star Trek name, setting a precedent for future fan productions. As the group’s productions improve, it eventually disowns this pilot episode as one of its “official” adventures.

The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its second full-length episode, In Harm’s Way. William Windom, Malachi Throne and BarBara Luna guest star.

The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases a short vignette episode, Center Seat.

The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its third full-length episode, To Serve All My Days. Walter Koenig guest stars as Chekov in a new script written by original Star Trek TV story editor D.C. Fontana.

The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its fifth full-length episode, Blood And Fire, Part I. Writer David Gerrold directs an adapted version of his rejected TNG script.

The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases a short vignette episode, No Win Scenario.

The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its eighth full-length episode, The Child, based on the original version of a Star Trek: Phase II story written in the 1970s (which was eventually hurriedly recycled into TNG’s second season finale after the 1988 Writers’ Guild strike). Jon Povill, the original co-writer of the 1970s script, directs.