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The Star Trek TV Series |
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The Original Series
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Star Trek began in 1966 as a television series created by Gene Roddenberry. There have since been four more television series, nine feature movies and hundreds of books.. Every month a new Star Trek or Star Trek: The Next Generation book is published by Pocket Books. At least four Star Trek conventions are held every week somewhere in he United States. Star Trek conventions attract more than a million fans worldwide every year. In 1976, the space shuttle, was named The Enterprise, in response to requests from 400,000 Star Trek fans. The original Star Trek series consisted of 78 episodes (plus a pilot) which ran from 1966 to 1969. The series told of the adventures of the crew of the Starship Enterprise on a five-year exploration mission. |
(Click here to play the theme.)
| Cast | Played by | |
| Captain | Captain James Tiberius Kirk (Click to hear Kirk) |
William Shattner |
| First Officer | Commander Spock (Click to hear Spock) |
Leonard Nimoy |
| Chief Engineer | Lt Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Click to hear Scotty) |
James Doohan |
| Ship's Doctor | Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Click to hear McCoy) |
DeForest Kelley |
| Helmsman | Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu | George Takei |
| Communications Officer | Lieutenant Uhura | Nichelle Nichols |
| Navigator | Ensign Pavel Andreievich Chekov | Walter Koenig |
| Nurse | Christine Chapel | Majel Barret |
Click to hear "Beam me up, Scotty". (Spoken by Piccard. Contrary to popular belief, Kirk never used the phrase. He did say "Scotty, beam me up.", "Beam us up, Scotty" and "Beam me up, Mr Scott".)
The Animated Series
The animated series ran for 22 episodes in 1973 and 1974. The scripts were written by established science fiction writers and the animated format allowed for more exotic aliens and locales than the original series. Most of the members of the cast of the original series provided the voices of their character. James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barret also played several alien characters.
The various Star Trek series and movies supposedly fit into an overall, coherent story. So far as that story is concerned, the events in the animated series did not happen.
| Cast | Played by | |
| Captain | Captain James Tiberius Kirk | William Shattner |
| First Officer | Commander Spock | Leonard Nimoy |
| Chief Engineer | Lt Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott | James Doohan |
| Ship's Doctor | Leonard "Bones" McCoy | DeForest Kelley |
| Helmsman | Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu | George Takei |
| Communications Officer | Lieutenant Uhura | Nichelle Nichols |
| Nurse | Christine Chapel | Majel Barret |
Phase 11- The Lost Series
In 1977, Paramount planned a new series of Star Trek featuring most of the original cast but with a young Vulcan named Xon replacing Spock. Scripts had been written and sets and props designed when it was decided to scrap the series in favour of feature films. Some of the episodes written for Phase 11 eventually became episodes of The Next Generation.
The Next Generation
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The second "live" Star Trek series, the Next Generation, began in 1987 and ran for 176 episodes until 1994. It recounted the adventures of a newer, larger Galaxy-class Starship Enterprise, 78 years after the original Star Trek mission. |
| Cast | Played by | |
| Captain | Captain Jean-Luc Piccard (Click to hear Captain Piccard) |
Patrick Stewart |
| First Officer | Commander William Riker | Jonathan Frakes |
| Science Officer | Lt Commander Data | Brent Spiner |
| Chief of Security | Lieutenant Worf (Click to hear Worf) |
Michael Dorn |
| Chief Engineer | Lieutenant Geordi La Forge | LeVar Burton |
| Chief Medical Officer | Dr Beverly Crusher | Gates McFadden |
| Ship's Psychologist | Counsellor Deanna Troi | Marina Sirtis |
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The next Star Trek series, tells of the adventures of the crew of a space station located near a wormhole that allows instant access to a far distant region of space. It is set in the same timeframe as the Next Generation Series. Deep Space Nine ran from 1992 to 1999. |
| Cast | Played by | |
| Captain | Commander Benjamin Sisko (Click to hear Commander Sisko) |
Avery Brooks |
| First Officer | Major Kira Nerys | Nana Visitor |
| Chief Operations Officer | Miles O'Brien | Colm Meaney |
| Science Officer | Lieutenant Jadzia Dax | Terry Farrell |
| Security Officer | Constable Odo | Rene Auberjonois |
| Medical Officer | Dr Julian Bashir | Alexander Siddig |
| Bartender | Quark | Armin Shimerman |
| Strategic Operations Officer (from the 4th season) |
Lt Commander Worf | Michael Dorn |
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The Voyager series is set aboard the starship USS Voyager which has been marooned 70,000 light years from home while in pursuit of a rebel Marquis vessel which is destroyed. The Voyager is manned by the mismatched remnants of the Star Fleet and the Marquis crews. |
| Cast | Played by | |
| Captain | Captain Kathryn Janeway (Click to hear Captain Janeaway) |
Kate Mulgrew |
| First Officer | Chakotoy | Robert Beltran |
| Tactical/Security Officer | Tuvok | Tim Russ |
| Chief Engineer | B'Elanna Torres | Roxann Dawson |
| Communications Officer | Harry Kim | Garrett Kim |
| Navigator | Ensign Tom Paris | Robert Duncan McNeill |
| Emergency Medical Hologram | The Doctor (click to hear The Doctor) |
Robert Picardo |
| Cook & Guide | Neelix | Ethan Philips |
| Neelix' companion (1st to 3rd seasons) |
Kes | Jennifer Lien |
| (from 4th season) | Seven of Nine | Jeri Ryan |
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