Star Trek Story

Who directed the pilot for the original Star Trek series? Where was it filmed? Who really built the Enterprise? You may own The Star Trek Encyclopaedia, and you may have seen every episode, but you still don't have all the answers! For the first time, the men and women who worked behind the scenes on the most popular science fiction television series ever created invite you to go boldly where no fan has gone before. In-depth interviews will introduce you to the writers, directors, producers, technicians and artists who breathed life into the original Star Trek series. You'll discover their greatest joys, their deepest sorrows and everything else you ever wanted to know about the greatest show in the galaxy. There are no actors and no special effects. Just the truth.

The Captains of The Final Frontier is a ninety-minute Star Trek documentary which was produced for broadcast on A&E Television and The Biography Channel. It first aired on 3 November 2010 in the United States. The fictional captains of the Star Trek television and film franchise are profiled and contrasted through the use of Star Trek clips, archival stills, statistical analysis, and humorous digital illustrations. This "biography special" focused on the fictitious characters and their "histories", not on the actors who portrayed them.

Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans. Join George and his husband, Brad, on a wacky and profound trek for life, liberty, and love.

Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.

Star Trek: Voyager – Inside the New Adventure was a special documentary, running for 50 minutes, produced by BECK-OLA Productions for broadcasting by UPN on 9 January 1995, the week prior to the premiere of Star Trek: Voyager. Hosted by Robert Picardo, the program went behind the scenes at the making of the pilot episode, "Caretaker", as well as the creation of the series itself. Segments included interviews with the cast and crew, as well as a "day-in-the-life" feature following Ethan Phillips during the filming of the Ocampa desert scenes.

Gene Roddenberry: Up Close And Personal was an 82-minute documentary done by Beshert Productions which featured a 1981 long-form television interview with Gene Roddenberry by Ellen and Gene Adelstein. The 1981 footage was originally shot for KZAZ-TV, a Tucson, Arizona television station which held the very first 24-hour Star Trek television marathon.

William Shatner presents a light-hearted look at how the "Star Trek" TV series have influenced and inspired today's technologies, including: cell phones, medical imaging, computers and software, SETI, MP3 players and iPods, virtual reality, and spaceship propulsion.

Denise Crosby takes another look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around the world has affected and shaped their lives.

The Captains' Summit documents the first time in Star Trek history that four stars who at some point have played Captains in Star Trek (William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Leonard Nimoy, Jonathan Frakes) have been brought together for a 70-minute rare and unprecedented round table event. Whoopi Goldberg, star of Star Trek: The Next Generation, hosts the event.

Closing ceremonies for Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton.

An unprecedented examination of the impact the Star Trek experience has had on the franchise's most celebrated participants: William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. These two stars have arguably embodied the brightest icons in the sci-fi universe; Shatner as passionate Captain James T. Kirk, and Nimoy as logical-minded, half Vulcan Mr. Spock.

A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest stars from all of the Trek series and movies. Also features a huge number of clips from all of the series and movies. At the end, real-life astronauts Aldrin and Jemison present NASA award plaques to the cast members.

A candid, first hand account on the development and the making of the controversial Star Trek prequel series, Enterprise. Featuring all-new interviews with cast and crew members including series lead Scott Bakula and co-creators / executive producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga along with revealing never before seen behind the scenes footage and photos.

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager is a documentary produced by the E! Entertainment Television channel which is now owned by NBCUniversal. It was hosted by Robert Duncan McNeill and aired on 19 March 1995 on E!. This 45 minutes documentary gives a behind the scenes look at the production on the first season of Star Trek: Voyager and interviews from the special effects department, the makeup department, the props department, and the costume department. It also includes several clips from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a look at script pronounciation guides, Trekker trivia, and headlines in Klingonese.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry Farrell that looked at the creation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, specifically its pilot episode "Emissary". Written by Stephen R. Wolcott and directed by Donald R. Beck, the documentary first aired on 4 January 1993 as a syndicated special of the by Paramount Television produced current media affairs show Entertainment Tonight, at the time the franchise's primary publicity outlet for anything live-action Star Trek related. In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary".

This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Trek. We also get to see bloopers from the original series and the current space program and how progression has been in reality, hosted by LeVar Burton.

Over the last fifty years, America has been fascinated by Star Trek since it first aired in September of 1966. This 2-hour documentary celebrates the 50th anniversary through interviews with cast and crew members from every television series and the original films.

When "Star Trek" first aired in 1966, it expanded the viewers' imaginations about what was possible in their lifetimes. Today, many of the space-age technologies displayed on the show, like space shuttles, cell phones, and desktop computers, have already gone from science fiction to science fact. Other innovations, like warp drive, teleportation, and medical tricorders are actively in development. Join us as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of "Star Trek" - a show that continues to inform, enrich, and inspire.

Star Trek: A Captain's Log was a CBS television documentary which aired on 30 November 1994 across the network. It consisted of film and video clips mixed with interviews from the Star Trek: The Original Series actors William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Nichelle Nichols. Star Trek: A Captain's Log is a retrospective of the episodes of TOS and also features archival footage of astronautical engineer Scott Crossfield, President John F. Kennedy, astronaut Alan Shepard, and Trek actors Marj Dusay and John Glenn. Michael Mahler worked as director and writer and also held the same position on the William Shatner's Star Trek Memories documentary.

This History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most recognizable film and television memorabilia, and features interviews with cast, crew and fans.