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Star Trek: The Original Series
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Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of Star Trek, The Original Series to distinguish the show within the franchise that it began. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, roughly during the 2260s, the ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk, first officer and science officer Spock, and chief medical officer Leonard McCoy. Shatners voice-over introduction during each episodes opening credits stated the purpose, Space. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise and its five-year mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. The series was produced from September 1966 to December 1967 by Norway Productions and Desilu Productions, Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8,1966 to June 3,1969 and was actually seen first on September 6,1966, on Canadas CTV network. Star Treks Nielsen ratings while on NBC were low, and the network cancelled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. Several years later, the became a bona fide hit in broadcast syndication, remaining so throughout the 1970s, achieving cult classic status. The series contains significant elements of Space Western, as described by Gene Roddenberry, on March 11,1964, Gene Roddenberry, a long-time fan of science fiction, drafted a short treatment for a science-fiction television series that he called Star Trek. This was to be set on board a large interstellar spaceship S. S. Yorktown in the 23rd century, whose crew was dedicated to exploring a small portion of our galaxy. Some of the influences on his idea that Roddenberry noted included A. E. van Vogts tales of the spaceship Space Beagle, Eric Frank Russells Marathon series of stories, and the film Forbidden Planet. Roddenberry also drew heavily from C. S. Foresters Horatio Hornblower novels that depict a sea captain who exercises broad discretionary authority on distant sea missions of noble purpose. Roddenberry often humorously referred to Captain Kirk as Horatio Hornblower in Space, Roddenberry had extensive experience in writing for series about the Old West that had been popular television fare earlier in the 1960s and the 1950s. Armed with this background, the first draft deliberately characterizes the new show as Wagon Train to the stars. Like the familiar Wagon Train, each episode was to be an adventure story, set within the overarching structure of a continuing journey. With the notable exception of Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, all future television, in Roddenberrys original concept, the protagonist was Captain Robert April of the starship S. S. Yorktown. This character was developed into Captain Christopher Pike, first portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter, in April 1964, Roddenberry presented the Star Trek draft to Desilu Productions, a leading independent television production company. He met with Herb Solow, Desilus Director of Production, Solow saw promise in the idea and signed a three-year program-development contract with Roddenberry
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David Gerrold
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Gerrold was born to a Jewish family on January 24,1944 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Van Nuys High School, Los Angeles Valley College, although Star Trek producer Gene L. Coon rejected the outline, he realized Gerrold was talented and expressed interest in his submitting some story premises. Bearing preliminary titles and, in cases, preliminary character names. A third premise, Bandi, involved a small being running about the Enterprise as someones pet, a fourth premise, The Protracted Man, applied science fiction to an effect seen in West Side Story, when Maria twirls in her dancing dress and the colours separate. Gerrolds story involved a man transported from a shuttlecraft trying out a new space warp technology, the man is no longer unified, separating into three visible forms when he moves, separated by a fraction of a second. As efforts are undertaken to correct the condition and move the Enterprise to where corrective action can be taken, the fifth premise, The Fuzzies, was also initially rejected by Coon, but a while later he changed his mind and called Gerrolds agent to accept it. Gerrold then expanded the story to a television story outline entitled A Fuzzy Thing Happened To Me…. The name Fuzzy was changed because H, beam Piper had written novels about a fictional alien species of the same name. The script went through numerous rewrites, including, at the insistence of Gerrolds agent, Gerrold later wrote a book, The Trouble With Tribbles, telling the whole story about producing the episode and his earlier premises. The Trouble with Tribbles was one of two books Gerrold wrote about Star Trek in the early 1970s after the series had been canceled. Gerrold contributed two stories for the Emmy Award-winning Star Trek, The Animated Series which ran from 1973 to 1974, More Tribbles, More Troubles, Bem featured the first use of James T. Kirks middle name, which was revealed to be Tiberius. This was later entered into live-action canon in the movie Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country when Captain Kirk, many of the changes Gerrold had advocated in The World of Star Trek were incorporated into Star Trek, The Next Generation when it debuted in 1987. He parted company with the producers at the beginning of the first season, Gerrold wrote a script for Star Trek, The Next Generation entitled Blood and Fire, which included an AIDS metaphor and a gay couple in the ships crew. The script was purchased by the TNG producers, but eventually shelved and he later reworked the story into the third book in the Star Wolf series and again as a two-part episode of the fan-produced Star Trek, New Voyages, which he also directed. Gerrold had wanted to appear onscreen in an episode of Star Trek and he also had an in joke cameo of sorts in Star Trek The Animated Series, More Tribbles, More Troubles where a very thin Ensign is told to seal off the transporter room area by Kirk. Gerrold also provided the voice for alien Em/3/Green in The Jihad, in 2006, for the 40th anniversary of Star Trek, he co-edited, with Robert J. Sawyer, an essay collection titled Boarding the Enterprise. Gerrold acted as a consultant for fan-produced series Star Trek, New Voyages and Star Trek. In June 2013 he was named Show Runner of the series and he also is a creative consultant for Star Trek, Axanar
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Jeff Corey
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For the American ice hockey player, see Jeff Corey. Jeff Corey was an American stage and screen actor and director who became an acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s. Jeff Corey was born Arthur Zwerling in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Mary, a Russian Jewish immigrant, and Nathan Zwerling and he attended the Feagin School of Dramatic Art and took part in the New York Federal Theatre Project. He worked with Jules Dassin, Elia Kazan, John Randolph, although he attended some meetings of the Communist Party, Corey never joined. A World War II veteran, Corey served in the US Navy and his memoir, Improvising Out Loud, My Life Teaching Hollywood How To Act which he wrote with his daughter, Emily Corey, will be published by the University Press of Kentucky in May 2017. His longtime friend and former student, Leonard Nimoy, wrote the foreword for the book, Corey moved to Hollywood in 1940 and became a highly respected character actor. One of his roles was in Superman and the Mole Men. His portrayal of a xenophobic vigilante coincidentally reflected what was about to happen to him, coreys career was halted in the early 1950s, when he was summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee. This behavior led to his being blacklisted for 12 years, most of us were retired Reds. We had left it, at least I had, years before, Corey told Patrick McGilligan, the co-author of Tender Comrades, A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist, who also teaches film at Marquette University. The only issue was, did you want to just give them their names so you could continue your career. I had no impulse to defend a point of view that no longer interested me particularly. They just wanted two new names so they could hand out more subpoenas, during his blacklisting Corey drew upon his experience in various actors workshops by seeking work as an acting teacher. He soon became one of the most influential teachers in Hollywood, smith, Diane Varsi, Sharon Tate, Rita Moreno, Leonard Nimoy, Sally Forrest, Anthony Perkins, Rob Reiner, Robert Towne, Barbra Streisand and Robin Williams. In 1962 Corey began working in films again, and remained active into the 1990s, Corey played a police detective in the psychological thriller The Premonition and he reprised the role of sheriff Bledsoe in the prequel Butch and Sundance, The Early Days. He also played Wild Bill Hickok in Little Big Man, Corey directed some of the screen tests for Superman, which can be seen in the DVD extras, and played Lex Luthor in several try-outs. Corey made guest appearances on many TV shows, Corey appeared as murder victim Carl Bascom in the Perry Mason episode, The Case of the Reckless Rockhound. He was also the voice of the villain Silvermane in Spider-Man and he also appeared in the short-lived Paper Moon, a comedy about a father and his presumed daughter roaming through the American Midwest during the Great Depression based on the film
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Fred Williamson
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Frederick Robert Williamson Sr. nicknamed The Hammer, is an American actor and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s. He has black belts in Kenpō, Shotokan karate and taekwondo, since 1997 Williamson has had a home in Palm Springs, California. After playing college football for Northwestern in the late 1950s, he was signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thus, The Hammer quickly stuck and became his nickname, Williamson played one year for the Steelers in the National Football League in 1960. Next, he moved to the new American Football League, Williamson played four seasons for the AFLs Oakland Raiders, making the AFL All-Star team in 1961,1962, and 1963. He also played three seasons for the AFLs Kansas City Chiefs, before Super Bowl I, Williamson gathered national headlines by boasting that he would knock the Green Bay Packers starting receivers, Carroll Dale and Boyd Dowler, out of the game. He stated Two hammers to Dowler, one to Dale should be enough and his prediction turned out to be an ironic one because they broke the hammer as Williamson himself was knocked out of the game in the fourth quarter on the way to a 35–10 defeat. Williamsons head met the knee of the Packers running back Donny Anderson, Williamson later suffered a broken arm from his own teammate when Chiefs linebacker Sherrill Headrick fell on him. Williamson finished his pro football career in 1967 with a history of many hard tackles, passes knocked away. Williamson returned his interceptions for 479 yards and two touchdowns, after signing with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League during the 1968 season, but not having played in a league game, Williamson retired. Williamson became a much in the mold of star running back Jim Brown. He acted alongside Brown in films such as 1974s Three the Hard Way, 1975s Take a Hard Ride, 1982s One Down, Two to Go, 1996s Original Gangstas and he also guest starred with Brown in various television roles. In October 1973, Williamson posed nude for Playgirl magazine, preempting Browns appearance in 1974, williamsons early television roles included a role in the 1969 Star Trek episode The Cloud Minders, in which he played Anka. He also played Diahann Carrolls love interest in the sitcom Julia, williamsons early film work included roles in M*A*S*H and Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon. In 1973 he played the role of an African-American mafioso in the film Black Caesar and its subsequent sequel and he also starred in the 1975 western film Boss Nigger, in which he played the title role. After this he appeared as an actor in films, most of which are considered to be of the blaxploitation genre. In 1974 he starred alongside Peter Boyle and Eli Wallach in the movie Crazy Joe, Williamson was used on a few pre-season broadcasts, but was quickly declared unsuitable by ABC. He was relieved of his duties at the beginning of the regular season and he was replaced by the fellow former player Alex Karras
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The Savage Curtain
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The Savage Curtain is a third season episode of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek, first broadcast on March 7,1969, and repeated July 1,1969. It is episode #77, production #77, written by Gene Roddenberry and Arthur Heinemann, based on a story by Gene Roddenberry. In this episode, aliens force Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock to join forces with Abraham Lincoln, the Federation starship Enterprise arrives at the volcanic planet of Excalbia to conduct a geological survey. Sensors curiously pick up the presence of carbon-based life on the surface which Science Officer Spock deems impossible owing to Excalbias extreme volcanism, suddenly, the image of a seated Abraham Lincoln appears drifting toward the ship on the viewscreen. While Spock is skeptical that the figure cannot possibly be the real president, the president appears to be human, claiming to be all too human. Lincoln has no knowledge of technology past the 19th century, but is familiar with the Vulcan philosophy of Nom. Lincoln invites Kirk and Spock to accompany him down to the planet, Kirk accepts despite objections from Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy and Chief Engineer Scott. Lincoln reassures them that they will be perfectly safe, once on the planet, Kirk and Spock discover their tricorder and phasers did not transport with them. They are met by a Vulcan named Surak, the father of Vulcan civilization, Spock does not believe this Surak is real and accordingly refers to him as the Image of Surak. Nearby, a boulder changes form into a rocklike being with clawed hands, the alien, named Yarnek, announces that the inhabitants of the planet wish to conduct an experiment to determine which opposing human philosophy is stronger — good or evil. The inhabitants of the planet, as well as the crew of the Enterprise, will be able to witness the drama, the test will be a simple one of survival. Kirk grabs the alien but withdraws in pain, as the alien is as hot as lava, the alien pits Kirk, Spock, Lincoln, and Surak against Green, Kahless, Zora, and Genghis in a fight to the death. Meanwhile, Greens associates secretly ready an attack, familiar with Greens treachery, Kirk and his companions are prepared for the surprise attack. They manage to fend off their opponents and make a run for cover, Kirk protests the experiment and refuses to continue the battle. The Excalbians offer an incentive to fight by threatening to destroy the Enterprise in four hours if Kirk does not comply, without another choice, Kirk and the others plan strategies and begin to manufacture spears. After another round of rock tossing and spear throwing, Surak surmises that their belief in peace is being tested, while Spock says he will fight alongside Kirk, he urges Kirk to let Surak try. Surak makes his way to the camp to talk while Kirk. A moment later, a scream of pain is heard in the distance followed by Surak shouting for Spocks help, Green tries to lure Kirk from hiding by taunting him about Suraks need for assistance
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Science fiction
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Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a literature of ideas. Science fiction is difficult to define, as it includes a range of subgenres and themes. Author and editor Damon Knight summed up the difficulty, saying science fiction is what we point to when we say it, a definition echoed by author Mark C. Glassy, who argues that the definition of science fiction is like the definition of pornography, you do not know what it is, in 1970 or 1971William Atheling Jr. According to science fiction writer Robert A, rod Serlings definition is fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science fiction is the improbable made possible, Science fiction is largely based on writing rationally about alternative possible worlds or futures. Science fiction elements include, A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, a spatial setting or scenes in outer space, on other worlds, or on subterranean earth. Characters that include aliens, mutants, androids, or humanoid robots, futuristic or plausible technology such as ray guns, teleportation machines, and humanoid computers. Scientific principles that are new or that contradict accepted physical laws, for time travel, wormholes. New and different political or social systems, e. g. utopian, dystopian, post-scarcity, paranormal abilities such as mind control, telepathy, telekinesis Other universes or dimensions and travel between them. A product of the budding Age of Reason and the development of science itself. Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan considered Keplers work the first science fiction story and it depicts a journey to the Moon and how the Earths motion is seen from there. Later, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story about a flight to the moon, more examples appeared throughout the 19th century. Wells The War of the Worlds describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians using tripod fighting machines equipped with advanced weaponry and it is a seminal depiction of an alien invasion of Earth. In the late 19th century, the scientific romance was used in Britain to describe much of this fiction. This produced additional offshoots, such as the 1884 novella Flatland, the term would continue to be used into the early 20th century for writers such as Olaf Stapledon. In the early 20th century, pulp magazines helped develop a new generation of mainly American SF writers, influenced by Hugo Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories magazine. In 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs published A Princess of Mars, the first of his series of Barsoom novels, situated on Mars
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James T. Kirk
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James Tiberius Jim Kirk is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. Kirk first appears in Star Trek, The Original Series and has portrayed in numerous films, books, comics, webisodes. As the captain of the starship USS Enterprise, Kirk leads his crew as they explore where no man has gone before, often, the characters of Spock and Leonard McCoy act as his logical and emotional sounding boards, respectively. Kirk, played by William Shatner, first appears in the broadcast pilot episode, The Man Trap, Shatner continued in the role for the shows three seasons, and later provided the voice of the animated version of Kirk in Star Trek, The Animated Series. Shatner returned to the role for Star Trek, The Motion Picture, chris Pine portrays a young version of the character in the 2009 reboot Star Trek film, with Jimmy Bennett playing Kirk as a child. Pine reprised his role in Star Trek Into Darkness and in Star Trek Beyond, other actors have played the character in fan-created media, and the character has been the subject of multiple spoofs and satires. The character has been praised for his leadership traits and criticized for his relationships with women, James Tiberius Kirk was born in Riverside, Iowa, where he was raised by his parents, George and Winona Kirk. Although born on Earth, Kirk lived for a time on Tarsus IV, James Kirks brother, George Samuel Kirk, is first mentioned in What Are Little Girls Made Of. and introduced and killed in Operation, Annihilate. Kirk was granted a commission as an ensign and posted to advanced training aboard the USS Republic. He was then promoted to lieutenant junior grade and returned to Starfleet Academy as a student instructor, students could either think or sink in his class, and Kirk himself was a stack of books with legs. Upon graduating in the top five percent, Kirk was promoted to lieutenant and he received his first command, a spaceship roughly equivalent to a destroyer, while still quite young. Kirk became Starfleets youngest captain after receiving command of the USS Enterprise for a five-year mission, Kirks most significant relationships in the television series are with first officer Spock and chief medical officer Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy. McCoy is someone to whom Kirk unburdens himself and is a foil to Spock, robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrences The Myth of the American Superhero describes Kirk as a hard-driving leader who pushes himself and his crew beyond human limits. Terry J. Erdman and Paula M, although Kirk throughout the series becomes romantically involved with various women, when confronted with a choice between a woman and the Enterprise, his ship always won. Roddenberry wrote in a memo that Kirk is not afraid of being fallible. J. M. Dillards novel The Lost Years describes Kirks promotion to rear admiral, in Star Trek, The Motion Picture, Kirk is chief of Starfleet operations, and he takes command of the Enterprise from Captain Willard Decker. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberrys novelization of The Motion Picture depicts Kirk married to a Starfleet officer killed during a transporter accident. At the beginning of Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan, Kirk takes command of the Enterprise from Captain Spock to pursue his enemy from Space Seed, the movie introduces Kirks son, David Marcus
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Social stratification
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Social stratification is a societys categorization of people into socioeconomic strata, based upon their occupation and income, wealth and social status, or derived power. As such, stratification is the social position of persons within a social group, category, geographic region. The upper-stratum, the middle-stratum, and the lower stratum, moreover, a social stratum can be formed upon the bases of kinship or caste, or both. Determining the structures of social stratification arises from inequalities of status among persons, therefore, generally, the greater the social complexity of a society, the more social strata exist, by way of social differentiation. Social stratification is a used in the social sciences to describe the relative social position of persons in a given social group, category. In modern Western societies, stratification is often classified into three major divisions of social class, upper class, middle class, and lower class. Each of these classes can be subdivided into smaller classes. Social strata may also be delineated on the basis of kinship ties or caste relations, the concept of social stratification is often used and interpreted differently within specific theories. So-called conflict theories, such as Marxism, point to the inaccessibility of resources, talcott Parsons, an American sociologist, asserted that stability and social order are regulated, in part, by universal values. Such values are not identical with consensus but can as well be an impetus for ardent social conflict as it has multiple times through history. Parsons never claimed that universal values, in and by themselves, indeed, the constitution of society is a much more complicated codification of emerging historical factors. Theorists such as Ralf Dahrendorf alternately note the tendency toward an enlarged middle-class in modern Western societies due to the necessity of a workforce in technological economies. Various social and political perspectives concerning globalization, such as dependency theory, four principles are posited to underlie social stratification. First, social stratification is socially defined as a property of a society rather than individuals in that society, second, social stratification is reproduced from generation to generation. Third, social stratification is universal but variable, fourth, social stratification involves not just quantitative inequality but qualitative beliefs and attitudes about social status. Although stratification is not limited to complex societies, all complex societies exhibit features of stratification, the term stratification system is sometimes used to refer to the complex social relationships and social structure that generate these observed inequalities. Social mobility is the movement of individuals, social groups or categories of people between the layers or strata in a stratification system and this movement can be intragenerational or intergenerational. Such mobility is used to classify different systems of social stratification
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United Federation of Planets
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The Federation was first introduced in the 1966–1969 television show Star Trek as the organization that sent the starship USS Enterprise on its mission of peaceful exploration. As the Federation has continued to explore the galaxy and expanded its membership, it has been challenged by hostile alien civilizations such as the Borg. The survival, success, and growth of the Federation and its principles of freedom have become some of the Star Trek franchises central themes, the Federation was originally conceived as an idealized version of the United Nations. The Federation has been well received by critics and fans, becoming one of the most enduring storylines. As part of the message he wanted the show to convey, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry intended to depict the Federation as an ideal. The social structure within the Federation is classless and operates within a money-less New World Economy, the Federation is described as stressing, at least nominally, the values of universal liberty, equality, justice, peace, and cooperation. The Federation also maintains its own quasi-militaristic and scientific exploratory agency, the television series and films depict Earth and humanity as holding a center-stage political role within the Federation, in some ways first among equals. The legislature, the Federation Council, is located at the Presidio of San Francisco, several other bodies of the Federation have been depicted. There is an executive headed by a Federation President, who keeps offices in the Palais de la Concorde in Paris. There is a branch as well, the highest court of which is the Federation Supreme Court. The Federations scientific, diplomatic and defensive/military arm is Starfleet, depicted as being headquartered at Fort Baker, just north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. The Federation comes into conflict with other major powers in the galaxy such as the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Cardassian Union, the Borg. The United Federation of Planets has existed as part of the Star Trek universe since the first season of the series and is the primary focus of all the Star Trek series. Several episodes of Star Trek, Enterprise follow events leading up the creation of the Federation, the formation of the Coalition seems to have been the event that provoked the xenophobic Terra Prime incident in the episodes Demons and Terra Prime. After Terra Prime leader John Frederick Paxton exploited the xenophobia on Earth, many of the aliens were unnerved, however, they were convinced by a speech from Captain Jonathan Archer to give the idea of a united organization of worlds a chance. Six years later in 2161, the United Federation of Planets was organized, the Federation is founded under a document known as the Charter of the United Federation of Planets October 9,2161, which is occasionally referred to informally as the Constitution. It draws text and inspiration from the United Nations Charter and other sources and this is intended to prevent even well-intentioned Federation personnel from introducing changes which could destabilize or even destroy other pre-warp-era cultures through interference. Starfleets Omega Directive supersedes the Prime Directive allowing for any means possible to destroy the Omega particle if encountered and it includes a set of guarantees of civil rights, the Seventh Guarantee being analogous to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and its protection against self-incrimination
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
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USS Enterprise is a starship in the fictional Star Trek universe, depicted in four network television series, six feature films, and countless books and fan-created media. The ships design formed the basis for one of sci-fis most iconic images, though the ship has gone over many changes over the course of its television, a refit version of NCC-1701 appears in the first three Star Trek films. The 2009 Star Trek film, which place in an alternate timeline. The original starship was destroyed in Star Trek III, The Search for Spock, Star Trek art director Matt Jefferies was the primary designer of the original Enterprise, which was originally named Yorktown in series creator Gene Roddenberrys first outline drafts of the series. Jefferies experience with aviation led to his Enterprise designs being imbued with what he called aircraft logic, the ships NCC-1701 registry number stemmed from NC being one of the international aircraft registration codes assigned to the United States, the second C was added for differentiation. According to The Making of Star Trek, NCC is the Starfleet abbreviation for Naval Construction Contract, the 1701 was chosen to avoid any possible ambiguity, according to Jefferies, the numbers 3,6,8, and 9 are too easily confused. Other sources cite it as a reference to the house across the street from where Roddenberry grew up, Jefferies own sketches provide the explanation that it was his 17th cruiser design with the first serial number of that series,1701. The Making of Star Trek explains that USS should mean United Space Ship, however, the decals included with the AMT USS Enterprise model kit permitted the builder to customize the ship as any of the twelve starships in the class. As the lowest hull number is NCC-1700, USS Constitution, it is accepted that Constitution is the class leader. The first miniature built for the pilot episode The Cage was unlit and approximately 33 inches long, initially, the models were static and had no electronics. For the second pilot, Where No Man Has Gone Before, various details of the 11-foot model were altered, when the series was picked up and went into production, the model was altered yet again. Save for re-used footage from the two episodes, this was the appearance of the ship throughout the series, except for some detail added to nacelles for shots used in The Trouble with Tribbles. Two small models were made for the episode Catspaw, one embedded in a block of lucite. Greg Jein created a model of the original Enterprise for the Star Trek, Deep Space Nine episode Trials, jeins model was built to be exactly half the size of the larger of the two original models, and later appeared in the 1998 Star Trek wall calendar. The refit Enterprise that appears in the first three Star Trek films was designed by Richard Taylor, the ship was based on conceptual sketches done by Jeffries for the scrapped Star Trek, Phase II TV series. The 8-foot model was re-used as the USS Enterprise-A in the fourth, fifth, foundation Imaging created a CGI model of the ship for the Directors Edition release of Star Trek, The Motion Picture to add footage envisioned but never shot by director Robert Wise. Enterprise was redesigned for the 2009 Star Trek film, director J. J. Abrams wanted Enterprise to have a hot rod look while retaining the traditional shape, but otherwise afforded Industrial Light & Magic tremendous leeway in creating the ship. Perhaps the most notable change was in the engine cells
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Spock
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Spock, commonly Mr. Spock, is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. In addition, numerous actors portrayed the various stages of Spocks rapid growth, due to the effects of the Genesis Planet, in the 1984 Star Trek film Star Trek III, The Search for Spock. In the 2009 film Star Trek, Nimoy reprised his role with Zachary Quinto, both reprised their roles in the 2013 sequel Star Trek Into Darkness and Quinto reprised his role again in 2016s Star Trek Beyond. Spock serves aboard the starship Enterprise, as officer and first officer. Spocks mixed human-Vulcan heritage serves as an important plot element in many of the characters appearances, Kirk and Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy, he is one of the three central characters in the original Star Trek series and its films. After retiring from Starfleet, Spock serves as a Federation ambassador, born to the Vulcan Sarek and the human Amanda Grayson, Spock has a troubled childhood due to his mixed heritage. On his homeworld, he was bullied and tormented by full-blooded Vulcan children. For a time, he grew up alongside his older half-brother Sybok, in the episode Amok Time, it is revealed that Spock became betrothed to TPring during his childhood. Sarek supported Spocks scientific learning and supporting his application to the Vulcan Science Academy, in the 2009 film Star Trek, Spock is seen rejecting his acceptance into the Vulcan Science Academy on the basis that they would never fully accept someone who was only half-Vulcan. Because Spock did not enter the VSA, and sought to join Starfleet instead, Spock appeared as the science officer on the USS Enterprise in the first pilot for the series, The Cage. Spock was one of the members of the team who joined Captain Christopher Pike on a mission to Talos IV in order to investigate a distress call. Spock did appear in the pilot, Where No Man Has Gone Before. During the events of that pilot, Spock became concerned at the risk to the ship posed by Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell, the earliest appearance of Spock in the series as broadcast was The Man Trap, the first such episode. When he needs to knock out a version of Kirk in The Enemy Within. Together with Chief Engineer Montgomery Scotty Scott work together to rejoin the good and evil versions of the Captain, during Miri, he finds himself to be the only member of the landing party to be immune to the physical affects of the disease affecting human adults on the planet. However, he realises that he is probably a carrier and could infect the Enterprise if he were to return, doctor Leonard McCoy manages to devise a cure, allowing the team to return to the ship. When Simon van Gelder enters the bridge armed with a phaser in Dagger of the Mind and he later conducts a mind meld with van Gelder as part of the investigation into the activities of the nearby colony. After the power to the colony is shut down, and a force field drops
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Cave dweller
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A cave dweller, or troglodyte, is a human being who inhabits a cave or the area beneath the overhanging rocks of a cliff. Some prehistoric humans were cave dwellers, but most were not, such early cave dwellers, and other prehistoric peoples, are also called cave men. The Grotte du Vallonnet, a cave in the French Riviera, was used by approximately one million years ago. Although stone tools and the remains of animals have been found in the cave. Since about 750,000 years ago, the Zhoukoudian cave system, in Beijing, China, has been inhabited by species of human being, including Peking Man. Starting about 170,000 years ago, some Homo sapiens lived in cave systems in what is now South Africa, such as Pinnacle Point. Caves were the place to shelter from the midday sun in the equatorial regions. The stable temperatures of caves provided a habitat in summers. Approximately 100,000 years ago, some Neanderthal humans dwelt in caves in Europe, Caves there also were inhabited by some Cro-Magnons from about 35,000 years ago until approximately 8,000 BC. Both species built shelters, including tents, at the mouths of caves, the Cro-Magnon people also made representational paintings on cave walls. Also about 100,000 years ago, some Homo sapiens worked in Blombos Cave and they made the earliest paint workshop now known, but apparently did not dwell in the caves. Especially during war and other times of strife, relatively small groups of people have lived temporarily in caves and they also have used caves for clandestine and other special purposes while living elsewhere. The DeSoto Caverns, in what became Alabama, in the United States, were a burial ground for local Amerindians, the Caves of St. Louis may have been a hiding-place along the Underground Railroad. From about 1000 to about 1300, some Pueblo people lived in villages that they built beneath cliffs in what is now the Southwestern United States, in the 1970s, several members of the Tasaday apparently inhabited caves near Cotabato, in the Philippines. Some families have built homes in caves, as in Missouri, Matera, Italy, Sicily. In the Australian mining towns of Coober Pedy and Lightning Ridge, many families have carved homes into the underground opal mines, in the Loire Valley, abandoned caves are being privately renovated as affordable housing
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Leonard McCoy
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Bones McCoy is a character in the American science fiction franchise Star Trek. Karl Urban assumed the role of the character in the 2009 film Star Trek, McCoy was born in Atlanta, Georgia, January 20,2227. In 2266, McCoy was posted as chief officer of the USS Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk. McCoy and Kirk are good friends, even brotherly, the passionate, sometimes cantankerous McCoy frequently argues with Kirks other confidant, science officer Spock, and occasionally is bigoted toward Spocks Vulcan heritage. McCoy often plays the role of Kirks conscience, offering a counterpoint to Spocks logic, McCoy is suspicious of technology, especially the transporter. As a physician, he prefers less intrusive treatment and believes in the bodys innate recuperative powers, the characters nickname, Bones, is a play on sawbones, an epithet for physicians qualified as surgeons. Kirk orders McCoys commission reactivated in Star Trek, The Motion Picture, Spock transfers his katra—his knowledge and experience—into McCoy before dying in Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan. This causes mental anguish for McCoy, who in Star Trek III, McCoy Kirks crew aboard the in Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home. In Star Trek V, The Final Frontier, McCoy reveals that he helped his father commit suicide to him of his pain. Shortly after the suicide, a cure was found for his fathers disease, Kelley reprised the role for the Encounter at Farpoint pilot episode of Star Trek, The Next Generation, insisting upon no more than the minimum Screen Actors Guild payment for his appearance. In the Star Trek, The Animated Series episode The Survivor, McCoy mentions he has a daughter, chekovs friend Irina in the original series episode The Way to Eden was originally written as McCoys daughter, but changed before the episode was shot. This line, improvised by Urban, explains how McCoy earned the nickname Bones, McCoy later helps get Kirk posted aboard the USS Enterprise. Kelley had worked with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry on previous television pilots, however, for the rejected pilot The Cage, Roddenberry went with director Robert Butlers choice of John Hoyt to play Dr. Philip Boyce. For the second pilot, Where No Man Has Gone Before, although Roddenberry wanted Kelley to play the character of ships doctor, he did not put Kelleys name forward to NBC, the network never rejected the actor as Roddenberry sometimes suggested. Kelleys first broadcast appearance as Doctor Leonard McCoy was in The Man Trap, Kelley was apprehensive about Star Treks future, telling Roddenberry that the show was going to be the biggest hit or the biggest miss God ever made. Kelley portrayed McCoy throughout the original Star Trek series and voiced the character in the animated Star Trek, fontana said that while Roddenberry created the series, Kelley essentially created McCoy, everything done with the character was done with Kelleys input. Exquisite chemistry among Kelley, William Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy manifested itself in their performances as McCoy, Kirk and science officer Spock, respectively. For the 2009 film Star Trek, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman saw McCoy as an arbiter in Kirk and they chose to reveal that McCoy befriended Kirk first, explaining the bias in their friendship and why he would often be a little dismissive of Spock
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The A.V. Club
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Club was initially created in 1993 as a supplemental part of The Onion and had a minimal presence on The Onion’s website in its early years. However, a 2005 website redesign placed The A. V, Club in a more prominent position, allowing its online identity to grow. Unlike its parent publication, The A. V, the publication’s name is a reference to school audiovisual clubs, composed of a bunch of geeks who actually knew how to run the film strip and film projectors. In 1993, five years after the founding of The Onion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UWM student Stephen Thompson launched an entertainment section, Club, as part of the newspapers 1995 redesign. Both The Onion and The A. V, Club made their Internet debut in 1996. Club acquired its own Internet domain name in December 1999, in December 2004, Stephen Thompson left his position as founding editor of The A. V. Club website was redesigned in 2005 to incorporate blogs and reader comments, in 2006, concurrent with another redesign, the website shifted its model to begin adding content on a daily, rather than weekly, basis. According to Sean Mills, then-president of The Onion, the A. V, Club website received more than 1 million unique visitors for the first time in October 2007. In late 2009, the website was reported as receiving over 1.4 million unique visitors and 75,000 comments per month, the offending review was removed from The A. V. Club, and then-editor Keith Phipps posted an apology on the website, leonard Pierce, the author of the review, was terminated from his freelance role with the website. At its peak, the print version of The A. V, Club was available in 17 different cities. Localized sections of the website were also maintained, with reviews and news relevant to specific cities, the print version and localized websites were gradually discontinued alongside the print version of The Onion, and in December 2013, publication ceased in the final three markets. On 13 December,2012, long-time writer and editor Keith Phipps and he stated, Onion, Inc. and I have come to a mutual parting of the ways. On 2 April,2013, longtime editor and critic Scott Tobias stepped down from his role as film editor of The A. V. Club stating via Twitter, After 15 great years @theavclub, I step down as Film Editor next Friday. In the comments section of the announcing the departures, writer Noel Murray announced he would also be joining their project. On 30 May,2013, it was announced that the six writers would be a part of the staff of The Dissolve. In April and June 2014, senior staff writers Kyle Ryan, Sonia Saraiya and Todd VanDerWerff left the website for positions at Entertainment Weekly, Salon and Vox Media, in 2015, Ryan returned to Onion, Inc. for a position in development
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Manny Coto
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Manuel Manny Hector Coto is a Cuban American writer, director and producer of films and television programs. Coto was the producer and showrunner of Star Trek, Enterprise in its final season. He was a producer and writer for the fifth season of Emmy Award-winning hit Showtime series Dexter. Coto graduated from the American Film Institute and has had experience in sci-fi. He wrote and directed an episode of Tales from the Crypt and also wrote an episode for and he was given the chance to create and write a series for Showtime after The Outer Limits was cancelled. The resulting series was Odyssey 5 and starred Peter Weller, Coto joined the writing crew of Enterprise in 2003, when the show was in its third season, his episodes include Similitude, Chosen Realm and Azati Prime. He became a co-executive producer later that season, in the fourth season he became executive producer of the show, alongside series creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. According to his bio on StarTrek. com, he has been a fan of Star Trek all his life, after that he became executive producer on the fifth, sixth, seventh, and the eighth and final season of 24. In 2010 Coto joined the crew of Showtime drama series Dexter as a writer and he continued to work as a writer and executive producer for the shows sixth and seventh seasons, airing 2011 and 2012. Coto has also directed a number of films, including Cover Up, Dr. Giggles, Coto married Robin Trickett on December 27,2004 in Venice, Italy. Jack in the Box Playroom Cover Up Dr. Giggles Star Kid The Other Me Zenon, The Zequel Monsters Tales from the Crypt Manny Coto at the Internet Movie Database Manny Coto at AllMovie
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Star Trek: Enterprise
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Star Trek, Enterprise is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga as a prequel to Star Trek, The Original Series. It originally aired from September 26,2001 to May 13,2005 on UPN, Set in the 22nd century 100 years before the USS Enterprises five-year mission, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the first Starfleet starship, Enterprise, as they explore the galaxy. An ongoing storyline, referred to as the Temporal Cold War, continued through the third season, in the third season, an escalation of this campaign introduced the Xindi and dealt with the repercussions of their attack on Earth. After being asked to produce a fifth Star Trek series by UPN, Braga and Berman sought to create a basic and relatable series set after the events of the film Star Trek. The episodes concentrated on a trio of characters, Captain Jonathan Archer, Commander Charles Trip Tucker III. It was filmed on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles, California, on the stages that had housed the Star Trek series and films since the abandoned Star Trek. Although Berman and Braga wanted to do a prequel to the original Star Trek series. At the start of the season, Braga said that the storyline would continue to be included while viewers were still interested. The pilot, Broken Bow, was received positively by critics, with praise for the writing and its ratings were good enough that a full seven-season order was expected. However, reviews became more mixed as the first season progressed, by the following season, reviews improved during the last two seasons, but ratings continued to decline. UPN cut its orders for the third and fourth seasons by two episodes each, and canceled the series in 2005. Prior to cancellation, work had begun on planning episodes for the fifth season. Star Trek, Enterprise follows the adventures of the crew of the starship Enterprise and they are the first deep space explorers in Starfleet, using the first Warp 5 equipped vessel. At the start of the series, it is revealed that the Vulcans have withheld advanced technology from humanity since their first contact, concerned that humans were not ready for it. This has delayed human space exploration and caused resentment in Captain Jonathan Archer, whose father developed the Warp 5 engine, Enterprise was intentionally equipped with less advanced versions of technologies seen in previous series. For example, it has no tractor beam, uses instead of photon torpedoes. Communications Officer Linguist Hoshi Satos expertise in linguistics helps compensate for the lack of advanced universal translators, the series also showed the crew making first contacts with a number of races previously seen in the franchise. This particular change was attributed by Berman and Braga to advancements in makeup and they felt that contradictions in the continuity such as the Klingon ridges were unavoidable, as well as those involving technology
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Star Trek
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Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise based on the television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as The Original Series, debuted in 1966 and it followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew aboard the starship USS Enterprise, an exploration vessel. The Star Trek canon of the franchise include The Original Series, a series, four spin-off television series, its film franchise. In creating Star Trek, Roddenberry was inspired by the Horatio Hornblower novels, the satirical book Gullivers Travels and these adventures continued in the short-lived Star Trek, The Animated Series and six feature films. The adventures of The Next Generation crew continued in four feature films. In 2009, the franchise underwent a reboot set in an alternate timeline, or Kelvin Timeline. This film featured a new cast portraying younger versions of the crew from the show, their adventures were continued in the sequel film. The thirteenth film feature and sequel, Star Trek Beyond, was released to coincide with the franchises 50th anniversary, a new Star Trek TV series, titled Star Trek, Discovery, will premiere in May 2017 on the digital platform CBS All Access. Star Trek has been a phenomenon for decades. Fans of the franchise are called Trekkies or Trekkers, the franchise spans a wide range of spin-offs including games, figurines, novels, toys, and comics. Star Trek had an attraction in Las Vegas that opened in 1998. At least two museum exhibits of props travel the world, the series has its own full-fledged constructed language, Klingon. Several parodies have been made of Star Trek, in addition, viewers have produced several fan productions. As of July 2016, the franchise had generated $10 billion in revenue, Star Trek is noted for its cultural influence beyond works of science fiction. The franchise is also noted for its civil rights stances. The Original Series included one of televisions first multiracial casts, Star Trek references can be found throughout popular culture from movies such as the submarine thriller Crimson Tide to the animated series South Park. As early as 1964, Gene Roddenberry drafted a proposal for the series that would become Star Trek
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
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Wiki
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A wiki is a website that provides collaborative modification of its content and structure directly from the web browser. In a typical wiki, text is written using a markup language. A wiki is run using wiki software, otherwise known as a wiki engine, there are dozens of different wiki engines in use, both standalone and part of other software, such as bug tracking systems. Some wiki engines are open source, whereas others are proprietary, some permit control over different functions, for example, editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control, other rules may also be imposed to organize content. Wikipedia is not a wiki but rather a collection of hundreds of wikis. There are at least tens of thousands of other wikis in use, both public and private, including functioning as knowledge management resources, notetaking tools, community websites. The English-language Wikipedia has the largest collection of articles, as of September 2016, ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as the simplest online database that could possibly work. Wiki is a Hawaiian word meaning quick, Wiki promotes meaningful topic associations between different pages by making page link creation intuitively easy and showing whether an intended target page exists or not. A wiki is not a carefully crafted site created by experts and professional writers, instead, it seeks to involve the typical visitor/user in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the website landscape. A wiki enables communities of editors and contributors to write documents collaboratively, all that people require to contribute is a computer, Internet access, a web browser and a basic understanding of a simple markup language. A single page in a website is referred to as a wiki page, while the entire collection of pages. A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing, a wiki allows non-linear, evolving, complex and networked text, while also allowing for editor argument, debate and interaction regarding the content and formatting. A defining characteristic of wiki technology is the ease with which pages can be created and updated, generally, there is no review by a moderator or gatekeeper before modifications are accepted and thus lead to changes on the website. Many wikis are open to alteration by the public without requiring registration of user accounts. Many edits can be made in real-time and appear almost instantly online, however, this feature facilitates abuse of the system. Private wiki servers require user authentication to edit pages, and sometimes even to read them, maged N. Kamel Boulos, Cito Maramba and Steve Wheeler write that the open wikis produce a process of Social Darwinism. Unfit sentences and sections are ruthlessly culled, edited and replaced if they are not considered fit, while such openness may invite vandalism and the posting of untrue information, this same openness also makes it possible to rapidly correct or restore a quality wiki page
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TV.com
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TV. com is a website owned by CBS Interactive. The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom. Australia and UK versions of the website are available, at au. tv. com and uk. tv. com. CNET originally acquired the name in the mid-1990s to host a website for the companys technology-related TV shows. One of these shows was titled TV. com, the program, highlighting the best of the Internet for new and casual computer users, aired in U. S. syndication. CNET then acquired TV Tome, a television database. TV. com was launched a few months after that acquisition on June 1,2005, many of the features and content from the original TV Tome site were maintained in the new TV. com site. On May 15,2008, CBS formally announced its purchase of CNET Networks, TV. com continually looked at innovating the television-viewing experience by incorporating it with technology, as seen with the creation of WatchList. This service offered personalized TV listings influenced by user actions and social media, TV Tome was an American website devoted to documenting English-language television shows and their production. It was run by volunteer editors, with the assistance of user contributions, the site was founded by John Nestoriak III. The site had over 2,500 complete television series guides, over 3,500 developing television series guides, in addition to the television series guides, TV Tome had a forum for each television series, with information regarding episodes, their interpretation, and general discussions. A spin-off site, Movie Tome, was established in August 2003, a video game tome and a music tome were originally planned as well, but such plans were abandoned with the purchase of TV Tome and Movie Tome by CNET. On April 22,2005, TV Tome officially announced its acquisition by CNET, CNET reportedly bought TV Tome for US $5 million in January 2005. CNET announced plans to relocate the site to its TV. com domain, a preliminary version of the new site launched on June 1,2005 and on June 13,2005, the site was permanently redirected to TV. com with an entirely new layout. TV. com provides show descriptions, cast and crew listings, full episodes, clip length videos, discussion forums, episode guides may include synopsis information, a recap, credits, notes, trivia, quotes, and images provided by the networks. All textual information in the guides is user-generated, after a user earns a certain number of points, s/he becomes an editor for the guide and can moderate user submissions. The site provides actor guides that include actor bios, credits, trivia, like show pages, users can become editors for these guides after earning points by providing sourced content. The sites mobile application allows users to video content, including clips and full length episodes
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TrekMovie.com
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TrekMovie. com is a news blog website about the Star Trek media franchise. It features news reports about the films, television and web series. The site was founded by Trek fan Anthony Pascale as a focused on bringing accurate and up-to-date news. TrekMovie. com was launched as The Trek XI Report on July 15,2006, over time, TrekMovie. com garnered a reputation for scooping Star Trek news and has been cited as a source by websites like Slashdot, Fark, SciFiWire, Yahoo. Pascale and his site have also been cited on the G4TV, various local TV stations, TrekMovie. com continued to grow as a range of editors and contributors—respected experts covering different areas of the Star Trek franchise—were brought on. The site was the highest ranked Star Trek news site in 2008, beginning around May 2013, the site often went weeks or months with no updates. When updates resumed, no explanation was given, after the release of 2013s Star Trek Into Darkness, the site posted an article about the films second week of release, and then went for several weeks without any new updates. For a significant period of time Anthony Pascale did not post or write anything for the site, in September of that same year, the site was a source of controversy following the release of Into Darkness. Guest writer Joseph Dickersons op-ed Is Star Trek Broken, opined that Into Darkness had moved too far from the themes that made Star Trek relevant and popular. The op-ed generated thousands of comments, including harsh reaction by the co-writer of the film Roberto Orci, orcis comments—which criticized fans negative reactions, dismissed the op-ed, and ultimately suggested that detractors fuck off—were covered by multiple news sites. Orci later apologized and briefly stopped commenting on TrekMovie, Anthony Pascale has since returned to regularly posting articles
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Spock's Brain
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Spocks Brain is the first episode of the third season of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek, first broadcast September 20,1968. It was the first episode to air after NBC moved the show from 8,30 P. M. to 10 P. M. on Friday nights and it was repeated July 8,1969. It is episode #56, production #61, written by Gene L. Coon, in this episode, an alien female beams aboard the ship and, after incapacitating the rest of the crew, surgically removes Spocks brain. Kirk and the crew have just hours to locate and restore it before Spocks body dies, on stardate 5431.4, the Federation starship USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, encounters a curious ship of unusual design. Upon contact, the ship emits a beam and a mysterious woman appears on the Enterprise bridge. She stuns the entire crew using a device, then examines each of them. When the crew awakens, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy finds Spock lying on a bed in Sickbay with his brain surgically removed. Thankfully, owing to his unusual Vulcan physiology, Spocks body can survive in this brainless state mechanically, sensors detect the ships ion trail and Kirk follows it to the Sigma Draconis system. The system contains three planets that are reported to be inhabited, Sigma Draconis III, IV and VI, however, the recorded technological levels of each world are determined to be incapable of producing the kind of spacecraft that the Enterprise followed there. Playing on the hunch that the planet may be deceiving, Kirk beams a landing party to the surface, Kirk captures one of the attackers and questions him. The man identifies himself as a Morg and warns Kirk about the givers of pain, Kirk asks the Morg about the females of his kind, since there were none around, but is only met with the mans bewilderment. Kirk asks the Morg to help him find the others, but he refuses, the landing party soon comes upon the ruins of a buried city, here they find an elevator that leads underground. Kirk calls Dr. McCoy down from the Enterprise, who has fashioned a device to remotely operate Spocks brainless body and has the mechanically controlled Spock accompany him. The team heads down and they encounter a woman named Luma who tries to activate her bracelet, when questioned, Luma shows she only has the mentality of a child. Spock makes contact with the party through a communicator, but before anything can be done, Kirk and his party are apprehended by Kara. She identifies herself as the leader of the Eymorgs, the apparent females of the Morg, the Eymorgs place belts on the Enterprise landing party that they cant remove and that inflict intense pain upon them. Kirk demands to know what the Eymorgs have done with Spocks brain, McCoy informs Kirk that if all the Eymorgs have such a low intelligence that they couldnt possibly be capable of removing a brain the way Spocks was removed. Someone, or something else must be behind all this, the landing party manages to overpower their guard and follow Spocks instruction to the central controller which is actually his brain kept alive in a black box that is tied to a control panel
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The Enterprise Incident
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The Enterprise Incident is a third season episode of the science fiction television series, Star Trek, first broadcast September 27,1968, and repeated December 27,1968. It is episode #57, production #59, written by D. C, fontana and directed by John Meredyth Lucas. In this episode, the crew of the Enterprise are on a mission to steal a Romulan cloaking device. On stardate 5027.3, Captain James T, Kirk takes the Federation starship USS Enterprise, without apparent authorization, into the Neutral Zone between Federation and Romulan space. Three Romulan vessels decloak and intercept the ship, and Kirk is given an order to surrender, Kirk responds by threatening to destroy the Enterprise if the Romulans attempt a boarding. He is then invited, along with Vulcan First Officer Spock aboard the Romulan flagship, Kirk accepts on condition that the Romulans simultaneously transport two of their officers over as an exchange. Once aboard the Romulan ship, Kirk and Spock are taken before a female commander who demands an explanation for their intrusion into Romulan space. Kirk claims that instrument failure caused the ship to stray off course, the Romulan guards lead a furious Kirk, now charged with espionage and railing against the treachery of his First Officer, to the brig. The Romulan Commander orders Chief Engineer Scott to follow the Romulans back to their base, in the Romulan brig, Kirk injures himself by lunging against the force field enclosing the cell door. Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy is summoned from the Enterprise to attend to him, with Spock in tow, the Romulan commander asks McCoy to confirm Spocks characterization of the Captain as being mentally incompetent and McCoy does so. Upon hearing the Doctors corroboration, the Romulan Commander orders Spock to assume command of the Enterprise, Kirk, calling Spock a filthy traitor, lunges toward him. Spock instinctively defends himself by using the Vulcan death grip on Kirk, alone with Spock in her quarters, the Romulan Commander continues her attempt to persuade him to her peoples cause. Back on the Enterprise, Kirk returns to life, emerging from a state of suspended animation brought on by Spocks death grip. Kirks insanity, the venture into Romulan space, and Spocks betrayal have all been a ruse as part of a secret Federation plan to acquire the Romulan cloaking device. Kirk orders McCoy to perform the plastic surgery necessary to give him Romulan features, with his features altered, Kirk borrows the uniform of one of the Romulan hostages and has Scotty transport him back to the Romulan vessel. While the Romulan Commander is changing into more comfortable attire, Spock directs Kirk, via communicator, from the bridge, Romulan Subcommander Tal discovers and tracks the signal, then informs the Romulan Commander of the alien transmission. Spock presents himself to the Romulan officers and affirms Tals report, Spock takes advantage of the traditional Romulan right of making a statement before his conviction and execution to stall for time, as well as admit Kirks and his guilt of espionage. Simultaneously, Kirk re-assumes command of the Enterprise as Scotty attempts to adapt the Romulan cloaking device technology to the Enterprise deflectors, ensign Chekov tries to distinguish between Vulcan and Romulan life signatures so that Spock can be transported back to the Enterprise
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The Paradise Syndrome
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The Paradise Syndrome is a third season episode of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek, and was broadcast October 4,1968. It is episode #58, production #58, written by Margaret Armen, in this episode, an alien device on a primitive planet erases Captain Kirks memory, and he begins a new life with the planets indigenous people modeled on Native American Indians. On stardate 4842.6, the Federation starship USS Enterprise arrives at a planet in anticipation of deflecting an asteroid headed for it. With some time to spare, Captain James T. Kirk, First Officer Spock and they find an obelisk with strange markings as well as a humanoid species whose customs seem to follow those of various North American Native tribes. Returning to the obelisk, Kirk starts to communicate with the Enterprise, Spock and McCoy are unable to open the door, and are forced to return to the Enterprise to oversee the asteroid deflection. Kirk awakens with amnesia, and finds his way out of the obelisk, women from the native people witness his appearance and proclaim him as a god, and take him back to their village. Miramanee, the priestess, attempts to sway the elders of the tribe of Kirks divinity. At that moment, other villagers arrive with a boy that had drowned in a nearby lake, Salish, the medicine chief, declares the child dead, but Kirk uses mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to revive the boy. The elders accept Kirk as their god, forcing Salish to give up his position, Kirk, when asked his name, can only recall it as Kirok. Meanwhile, the Enterprise arrives at the asteroid and attempt numerous means to disrupt its course, however, these fail to do any significant damage, leaving the ships weapons and warp systems offline and the asteroid still on a collision course. Spock orders the ship back to the planet, now a two-month ordeal on impulse power, during this time, Kirk becomes accustomed the village life and as the villages new healer, though hounded by memories of the strange lodge that moves through the sky. Traditionally, the healer and priestess are husband and wife, and Kirk and Miramanee find growing affection for each other, Kirk agrees to officially join Miramanee. On the day of joining, Salish cuts Kirk with a knife and attempts to show the elders that Kirk is mortal, later, Miramanee reveals she is pregnant with their child. As the asteroid nears the planet, the sky begins to darken and gale-force winds sweep the surface, and they take him to the obelisk but Kirk cannot recall how he got inside. Salish steps forward and declares Kirk to be a false god and they begin to stone him, and Miramanee attempts to stop the stoning only to be mortally wounded herself. Suddenly, Spock and McCoy transport nearby, scaring the villagers away, finding that Kirk does not recognize them, Spock uses a mind meld to reach Kirks mind, while McCoy tends to Miramanees wounds. Kirk regains his memories and Spock quickly alerts him to the situation, Kirk uses his communicator again, opening the trap door, and he and Spock go inside to repair the deflector beam. The obelisk activates and deflects the asteroid with minutes to spare, later, in the lodge where Kirk and Miramanee lived, McCoy tells Kirk that she will not survive
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The Tholian Web
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The Tholian Web is the ninth episode of the third season of the original American science fiction television series, Star Trek. It is episode #64, production #64, first broadcast on November 15,1968 and it was written by Judy Burns and Chet Richards and directed by Herb Wallerstein. Set in the 23rd century, the series follows the adventures of Captain James T, Kirk and the crew of the Federation starship Enterprise. In this episode, Captain Kirk is caught between dimensions while the crew of the Enterprise works to retrieve him, all the while, the Tholians are weaving a destructive energy web around the Enterprise because Spock will not leave Tholian space without his Captain. The Federation starship USS Enterprise enters a region of space while searching for her sister ship, the USS Defiant. Their sensors detect dimensional fractures in the area of space, which are draining power from all systems. They find the Defiant adrift, and Captain James T. Kirk, First Officer Spock, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy, aboard Defiant, they find the crew is dead, apparently having killed each other in the midst of a mutiny. The boarding party discovers that the Defiant is slowly dissolving as it enters an interdimensional rift, at one point, McCoy is able to pass his hand through an almost invisible man and a table. With limited transporter functionality due to the rift in the fabric of space-time, the beaming takes much longer than normal, and they are almost lost. As Chief Engineer Mr. Scott tries to beam Kirk aboard, while they wait, an increasingly furious Chekov starts to go mad and lashes out, a symptom that Dr. McCoy believes is due to their proximity to the rift, as happened to the Defiants crew. McCoy urges Spock to move the Enterprise to safety but Spock refuses, believing that movement will disrupt the interphase, with two hours to go before the next interphase, the Enterprise is approached by a small, unfamiliar ship. Its captain, Commander Loskene of the Tholian Assembly, asserts that the Enterprise has violated Tholian space, Spock negotiates to get them one hour and fifty three minutes until Kirk reappears and then promises they will then leave, the Tholian vessel moves away. When the time is up, Kirk does not reappear, Spock determines that the Tholain ship disrupted the interphase, and that Kirk may still be alive but in a different location. McCoy again urges him to leave, believing that Kirk is dead, the Enterprise is attacked by Loskene, and Spock returns fire. The Tholian ship is disabled, but the Enterprise takes damage as well, a second Tholian ship joins the first, and the two begin to create the filaments of a vast energy web that cages the Enterprise. Spock determines that if the web is completed before repairs are done, the field will destroy the Enterprise. Amid further reports of crewmen going insane, Spock conducts a memorial service for Kirk. Spock and McCoy then view a tape left by Kirk meant to be played in the event of his death, which asks the two of them to work together for the benefit of the ship
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Plato's Stepchildren
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Platos Stepchildren is the tenth episode of the third season of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek, first broadcast November 22,1968. 67, written by Meyer Dolinsky, and directed by David Alexander and this episode is notable for depicting an inter-racial kiss between a white man and a black woman, which was daring for 1960s US television. Captain Kirk, along with First Officer Spock and Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy beam down to a planet to investigate a distress call, all of the Platonians, except for Alexander, seem to possess telekinetic powers. The Platonians explain they lured the Enterprise to their planet because their leader, Parmen, after being treated by Dr. McCoy, Parmen demands McCoy remain on the planet to treat other Platonians. When Captain Kirk objects, the Platonians use their powers to punish him and they arrogantly humiliate Kirk and Spock as Dr. McCoy watches, forcing them to sing and dance like court jesters. Parmen forces Spock to laugh and, despite the objection of Dr. McCoy. Later, the Platonians use their powers to two other Enterprise officers to the planet for their entertainment, Communications Officer Lt. Uhura. Alexander becomes angry after watching the humiliating tricks played upon the crew by his Platonian masters and he tries, unsuccessfully, to attack Parmen with a knife. McCoy is able to prepare a serum and inject Kirk and Spock with doses of it, furthermore, since Alexander tells them each person has a different and incompatible psionic frequency, they will not have to deal with a massed attack. As a result, Kirk uses his telekinetic powers to defeat Parmen. The Platonian admits defeat and begs for mercy, he promises to mend his bullying ways, Kirk warns him the events encountered there will be reported to Starfleet and if Parmen goes back on his word, the powers can be recreated by anyone whenever they wish to defeat him. Kirk promises to send appropriate medical technicians to the planet as long as the Platonians behave themselves, McCoy finds a way to enable Alexanders body to use the kironide, but Alexander would not internalize the empowering substance, because he did not wish to become one of them. He is released from his duty of serving the planets denizens as a slave and jester, the episode features a kiss between James T. Kirk and Lt. Uhura which is described as the first scripted interracial kiss on American television. Another such kiss occurred in 1966, when The Wild Wild West, West and Princess Ching Ling, shared a white and Asian interracial kiss in The Night the Dragon Screamed, which aired January 14,1966. In the same year on I Spy, Kelly Robinson and Sam also had a white, there had also been a kiss between Sammy Davis, Jr. and Nancy Sinatra on Movin with Nancy in 1967, a year before Platos Stepchildren aired. The episode portrays the kiss as involuntary, being forced by telekinesis, also, William Shatner recalls in Star Trek Memories that NBC insisted their lips never touch. However, Nichelle Nichols insists in her autobiography Beyond Uhura that the kiss was real, when NBC executives learned of the kiss they became concerned it would anger TV stations in the Deep South
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Whom Gods Destroy (Star Trek: The Original Series)
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Whom Gods Destroy is a third season episode of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek. It is episode #69, production #71, and was broadcast on January 3,1969 and it was written by Lee Erwin, based on a story by Lee Erwin and Jerry Sohl, and directed by Herb Wallerstein. The title is based on a spoken by Prometheus in Henry Wadsworth Longfellows poem, The Masque of Pandora, Whom the gods would destroy. This episode was withdrawn by the BBC in the UK because of plot elements during the initial run in 1971 and was not shown until a repeat run in January 1994. In this episode, Captain Kirk faces off with a demented shape-shifting starship captain determined to control the universe and they carry a shipment of medicine to be used to cure the patients. Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock beam down with the shipment and he gives them a brief tour, where one of the inmates, an Orion female named Marta, warns the two that Cory is not who they think he is. Too late, they discover the real Cory imprisoned in a cell, when Garth threatened to attack Antos, his crew mutinied and stranded him. Despite his fall from grace, Kirk has looked up to Garth as one of his personal heroes, Kirk and Spock are imprisoned, and Garth, taking on Kirks form, tries to have Chief Engineer Scott beam him back aboard. However, Scott refuses when Garth fails to give the response to a chess-based passphrase challenge. Garth tries to learn the required passphrase by first treating Kirk and Spock to an opulent dinner with himself, despite bragging about his own infamy before his fall to Kirk, Kirk refuses to give over the code. Garth then turns to torturing both Doctor Cory, and then Kirk, but the latter remains steadfast, finally, Garth has Marta attempt to seduce Kirk, but Spock arrives and subdues her. The two make contact with the ship, and again Scott challenges them with the passphrase, Kirk, sensing something amiss, instructs Spock to provide it, forcing Garth, disguised as Spock, to reveal his ploy. Kirk is again captured, and he is forced to watch Garth crown himself Master of the Universe in front of the other inmates and he demonstrates his power by killing Marta with an explosive he planted on her body. The explosion gives Spock enough time to disable his guard, acquire a phaser, on entering a control room, Spock finds two Kirks in front on him. The two accuse the other of being Garth, and attempt to play knowledge of famous Starfleet battles to prove their identity. One Kirk finally orders Spock to stun them both, Spock realizes that this could only be an order the real Kirk would give, and stuns the other one, who is revealed to be truly Garth. Garth is put into custody, and Doctor Cory begins administration of the drugs to put Garth and the other inmates on track for recovery
