Star Trek

Yesterday, veteran Star Trek director Ralph Senensky discussed how he came to helm the original series and looked back at his first few episodes. Here, in the second half of the conversation, Senensky recounts directing “Obsession,” “Return to Tomorrow” and “Is There in Truth No Beauty,” as well as his ill-fated experience on “The Tholian Web.” He...

Ralph Senensky just turned 89 years old, but you’d never know it from talking to the man. He sounds half his age and his memories are crystal clear, which makes reminiscing with him about directing six and a half episodes of the original Star Trek – and his long career -- that much more exciting and revealing. Six and a half episodes? He helmed “This Side of Paradise,” &...

The Dragon has breathed fire – and James Doohan’s ashes are in orbit. Yes, at long last and after a last-second scuttling over the weekend, the SpaceX Falcon 9 blasted off at 3:44 a.m. this morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket, owned/funded by the privately held company Space Exploration Technologies, a/k/a SpaceX, is headed toward the International Space Statio...

Last week, StarTrek.com asked readers “Which of the following is your favorite Mirror character?” The options were Kira, Kirk, Sisko, Spock, T’Pol and Tuvok. Before we announce the winner, we should note that a whole bunch of people wrote in insisting that Hoshi Sato should have been on that list of options. Looking back, we agree, but based on the competition as is, the winne...

It’ll be nearly a year before Star Trek aficionados can catch Zoe Saldana back in action as Uhura in the Star Trek sequel, but fans of the actress will be able to see her this fall in the Earth-bound feature The Words. CBS Films has just released the trailer for the drama, which casts Bradley Cooper as a struggling writer who must contend with the fallout of finally achieving success afte...

The third day of FedCon XXI in Düsseldorf, Germany once again filled the convention area early in the morning. This time, a whole new crowd arrived to buy day tickets for Saturday. As the weekend tickets had been sold out for weeks, people decided to buy a ticket for the day that was said to become the highlight of the whole Convention. For most visitors, surely the arrival of William Shat...

The second day of FedCon XXI in Düsseldorf, Germany, began rather early, with the first lectures and panels starting at 9 a.m. But the convention area had been vivid for hours, as at 8 a.m. the counter for next year's FedCon was started. And, for a lot of people it is sort of a ritual to get up really early on that second day of the convention and get in line to secure the best-possible se...

William Shatner wasn’t messing around when he dubbed his one-man show Shatner’s World… We’re Just Living In It. That, fans, really is the case. Seemingly capable of being in three places at once and doing six things at the same time, Shatner just won’t slow down. Hell, we’re getting carpal tunnel syndrome just tapping out this roundup of his current and upco...

Chris Pine has his next project, and it’s an enterprise of his own making. Star Trek’s new Captain Kirk, who just wrapped production on the sequel, will star in Mantivities, which he co-wrote with several friends, including Will Greenberg, Drew Howerton, Robert Baker, Ian Gotler and Tony Liebetrau. According to the trade paper Screen Daily, Pine is also set to co-produce the project...

Laurence Luckinbill remembers Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – and the experience of playing Sybok in the William Shatner-directed feature – as if it were yesterday. The actor, in part one of an exclusive StarTrek.com interview, recounted his memories of landing, preparing for and actually playing the role. Today, in part two of our interview, Luckinbill shares with StarTrek.com hi...