Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has boldly gone where no party leader has gone before - by revealing he is an "obsessive" Star Trek fan. Read more
The First Minister will go where no party leader has gone before after the world's largest Star Trek fan organisation voted to award him its highest honour. The SNP leader is to be made a Starfleet Officer and awarded "Membership of Distinction" to reward his dedication to promoting the long-running sci-fi series and its values. Read more
Star Trek Online, often abbreviated as STO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Cryptic Studios based on the popular Star Trek series created by Gene Roddenberry. Source
Star Trek fans know there were two pilots for the original series. The first, 'The Cage,' was rejected by NBC for being 'too cerebral'. The second, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before,' replaced the actor who played the captain with William Shatner and was more action driven. That pilot had an alternate version which was largely lost and has never aired. Apparently, a film collector in Germany acquired the print and 'recently brought it to the attention' of CBS/Paramount. CBS is now releasing this version on Blu-ray Dec. 15. Read more
While the waiting and frustration continues for Trekkies as far as Star Trek the Experience goes, there is a bit of good news for Trekkies who enjoy amusement parks and performing arts centres. CBS Consumer Products in cooperation with the Mad Science Group has announced the creation of Star Trek Live, an interactive live show for those venues. Read more
Flintstone Stargazer Interviews Star Trek's Tim Russ Flintstone, Ga.'s, Ed Sunder, who got interested in astronomy in 2007, recently interviewed Tim Russ, an amateur astronomer better known to Star Trek Voyager fans as Tuvok.
After a 19-year absence, Leonard Nimoy again dons pointy ears as a mature Mr. Spock in J.J. Abarams' "Star Trek," the highly anticipated science-fiction franchise reboot premiering May 8.
Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, has died. She was 76. Roddenberry, an actress who appeared in numerous "Star Trek" TV shows and movies, died Thursday of leukemia at her home in Bel-Air, Calif., her representative said.