Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine / Amok Time (soundtrack)

Star TrekGNP Crescendo releases a CD of music from the original Star Trek television series, presenting selections from the episodes The Doomsday Machine by Sol Kaplan and Amok Time by Gerald Fried. Read more

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Redemption, Part II

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 100th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Todd and Denise Crosby guest star. This episode is the beginning of the show’s fifth season. Read more

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ensign Ro

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 102nd episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Michelle Forbes guest stars as Ensign Ro. This episode introduces the Bajorans, continuing the setup for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Read more

Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator, dies

Gene RoddenberryHaving been hospitalized for several weeks, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry dies in a Los Angeles hospital; his health had been declining in recent years and he had become confined to a wheelchair, leaving much of the day-to-day production duties of Star Trek: The Next Generation executive producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller. Roddenberry is survived by his son and by Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who still occasionally guest stars on Star Trek: TNG as Lwaxana Troi, and fans the world over mourn his passing. Rick Berman is expected to continue assuming full responsibility for the Star Trek franchise’s production and creative decisions, a role he had already been fulfilling during Roddenberry’s recent years of ill health. TNG is currently in its fifth season.

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification I

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 106th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Mark Lenard guest stars as Sarek and Leonard Nimoy appears briefly as Spock. The events of this episode tie in with the movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Read more

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification II

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 107th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Leonard Nimoy guest stars as Spock in the highest-rated episode in the series’ history. The events of this episode tie in with the movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Read more

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star TrekThe first Star Trek film since 1982’s Star Trek II to be directed by Nicholas Meyer, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country premieres in theaters, with Paramount billing it as the final appearance of the original crew. Depicting the earliest hints of a political alliance between the Federation and the Klingons, Star Trek VI is intended to hint at the future already playing out on TV on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and is preceded by a special two-part episode of that show featuring Leonard Nimoy. While some of the cast reprise their roles in later movies, TV episodes and even fan-made productions, this does mark the final appearance of DeForest Kelley in character as Dr. McCoy. Read more

Star Trek: The Next Generation spinoff announced

Deep Space NineParamount formally announces plans to launch another Star Trek spinoff, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in 1993, with filming to begin later in 1992. With casting yet to be finalized and the series concept still in flux, the public’s first glimpse is a year away; many trade publications still list Michelle Forbes’ TNG character, Ensign Ro, as one of DS9’s main characters. The series will be the first Star Trek entity not created by the late Gene Roddenberry; instead, TNG showrunners Rick Berman and Michael Piller have created the show’s concept, which is said to be “darker and grittier.”