Star Trek: Voyager: Flashback

Star Trek: VoyagerUPN airs the 43rd episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This episode airs three days after the 30th anniversary of the original Star Trek’s premiere, and guest stars original series cast members George Takei and Grace Lee Whitney in a storyline paying homage to the Kirk era (specifically, to the opening scene of the movie Star Trek VI). Michael Ansara appears as Kang. Read more

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Apocalypse Rising

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 97th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the beginning of the series’ fifth season. Robert O’Reilly guest stars; J.G. Hertzler makes his first appearance as General Martok. Read more

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Ship

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 98th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This is heavily promoted as the series’ 100th episode (again following Paramount’s policy of counting two-hour episodes as two separate episodes). Read more

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials And Tribble-ations

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 102nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Though this is DS9’s heavily-publicized tribute to the original Star Trek, the fifth season’s start date occurred well after the actual anniversary (September 8th), so the episode is saved for the all-important November ratings sweeps. Charlie Brill is the sole cast member of the original Trouble With Tribbles episode, whose footage the DS9 episode uses and alters extensively, to shoot new scenes. Read more

Star Trek: First Contact

Star TrekParamount debuts Star Trek: First Contact in theaters, featuring the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation directed by their own co-star, Jonathan Frakes. The movie focuses on the Borg, arguably the strongest enemy to arise from TNG, and features actors and elements of both Deep Space Nine and Voyager. This proves to be the biggest hit of the TNG crew’s tenure at the movies. Read more

Star Trek: First Contact (soundtrack)

Star TrekGNP Crescendo releases a CD of Jerry Goldsmith’s music from the movie Star Trek: First Contact. The CD also includes the songs “Ooby Dooby” by Roy Orbison and “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf, and a multimedia section with interviews with the movie’s cast and crew. Read more

The Best Of Star Trek, Volume One (soundtrack)

The Best Of Star Trek, Volume OneGNP Crescendo records releases the soundtrack compilation album The Best of Star Trek: Volume One, collecting music highlights from the original Star Trek TV series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager in time for the 30th anniversary of the franchise. Read more

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rapture

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 106th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Louise Fletcher guest stars. This is the first episode of DS9 to feature the new uniform style introduced in the movie Star Trek: First Contact. Read more