Star Trek

Star Trek, for many fans, is all about mankind bettering itself, about reaching out to others, and about achieving the seemingly unachievable. It’s inspired millions of people in ways profound and simple. Little girls and boys have grown up to become world-renowned scientists and astronauts, to serve their nation in the military, to write or to teach or to entertain, or to help others les...

StarTrek.com’s semi-regular feature How Star Trek Changed My Life usually focuses on people whose lives have been changed directly by Star Trek, but this month we’re going to take a different approach. Let us introduce you to Dr. Philip Kesten, a professor at Santa Clara University in California, who uses Star Trek as a teaching device. In fact, right now, even as you read this, Dr....

  Star Trek's incredible Q, John de Lancie, reads Poe's "The Raven".  A special Happy Halloween video from Star Trek high-end collectible licensee, QMx.  Happy Halloween!    

His name is Ron Ziegler. He’s 45 years old now, lives in Southern Florida and is doing fine. He’s got a got a longtime girlfriend and caring parents who provided and continue to provide “unconditional love.” He advocates on behalf of the disabled. A deeply religious man, he believes someone upstairs is keeping a close eye on him. And, through Star Trek, of which he is a...

I have been a Star Trek fan since birth. My parents were both fans of Star Trek: The Original Series before I was even a twinkle in their eye. My mom had a life-sized poster of Captain Kirk on her door as a teen. I never had a chance. Trekdom is in my blood.  I was watching episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation when I was in elementary school. Some of my first novels were The Romulan...

Star Trek has changed countless people’s live in countless ways. Just ask Gwen Chadwick Brown and Eric Allan Hall. Star Trek brought Gwen together with her husband David and Eric together with his wife Jessica. Gwen, a confirmed Next Generation fan, met David at the video store where he worked. The two Georgians chatted when she went to rent Generations, and the rest is history. But some...

It’s time for our first Star Trek interview conducted using questions provided by you, our readers. The interviewee is John de Lancie. De Lancie, of course, portrayed the recurring role of Q on Star Trek: The Next Generation, appearing in the series premiere and finale, and multiple episodes in between, as well as on Deep Space Nine and Voyager.  Here, in our exclusive – ahem&m...

Barney Burman won an Oscar, his first, as part of the makeup team that brought to life the creatures in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek feature. But that film wasn't his first foray into the Star Trek universe; far from it in fact. Makeup F/X runs in his blood and several family members are not only in the business, but also worked on assorted Star Trek series and features. StarTrek.com&n...

Ever wanted to spend time in a holodeck? Well, soon you’ll be able to, or soon students and faculty at Stony Brook University in New York will be able to. The college has earmarked $2 million to erect a room encased entirely in screens, a la Star Trek’s holodeck.Using $1.4 million for a National Science Foundation grant and $600,000 of its own funds, Stony Brook University will buil...

Valerie Gill, inspired by Star Trek, dreams of becoming an astronaut one day. But right now, she’ll happily settle with a life and career spent as an aerospace engineer, U.S. Air Force Captain, substitute teacher and a mother of five daughters. Gill – subject of our first “How Star Trek Changed My Life” profile – describes herself as an Air Force brat, born in Taco...