Every Time Star Trek Broke Its Own Prime Directive — and Got Away With It
In the Star Trek universe, the Starfleet organization is guided by many rules, the most important one of which is the Prime Directive. Also known as the ‘General Order 1’ or ‘Non-Interference...
View ArticleI Was Today Years Old When I Discovered Star Trek Won America the Space Race,...
Star Trek’s premiere predated the moon landing by a few years, but the show had an immense impact on NASA’s space programs, especially the Apollo 11 missions. Created by Gene Roddenberry, the sci-fi...
View Article36 Years Later, Star Trek Still Hides the Borg’s Tragic Origin: They Were...
Star Trek’s most formidable villains have one of the most tragic origins in the franchise, but the mainstream shows refuse to get into this storyline. The Borg have long been the Federation’s most...
View ArticleStar Trek Fans Call Out Absurd Design Flaw in Starfleet’s Iconic Jefferies Tubes
Star Trek fans have called out the design flaw in the Enterprise and Starfleet ships’ famous Jefferies Tubes. The Tubes are an important part of the ship, providing hidden access to various parts of...
View ArticleStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 4 SPOILER Recap/Review — The...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 continues its space-faring adventures with the fourth episode. Where is our intrepid crew going to boldly go this week? What new wrinkles to Trek lore will fans...
View ArticleStar Trek: Starfleet Academy’s ‘Discovery’ Connection Explained: 5 Key Details
The latest show in the franchise, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, has a key connection to the show Discovery. The show, which had its first teaser dropped at SDCC last weekend, will follow a new batch...
View ArticleAkiva Goldsman Has One Request For Fans Who Want a ‘Star Trek: Year One’...
Akiva Goldsman has asked fans to demand and campaign for a follow-up to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds that leads into The Original Series. SNW is a prequel to TOS and follows Captain Pike aboard the...
View ArticleJonathan Frakes on Anson Mount’s Imitation in Latest Star Trek: Strange New...
Jonathan Frakes proved yet again that no one understands Star Trek better than him with Strange New Worlds’ latest episode, which saw Anson Mount channel franchise creator Gene Roddenberry. The...
View ArticleErick Avari’s Best Sci-Fi Performances Didn’t Happen in Star Trek — These 5...
Actor Erick Avari had three roles across the Star Trek franchise, but he was a much better performer in other sci-fi shows like The X-Files and Heroes. Avari is best known for his mysterious roles and...
View ArticleJeffrey Combs Played 9 Different Star Trek Characters, but His DC Superhero...
Jeffrey Combs is known for his tenure in Star Trek, where he has played nine different roles, but one of his best roles remains his vocal performance as The Question in Justice League Unlimited. Combs...
View ArticleAre Blue Whales Dying? 39 Years Ago, One Star Trek Movie Warned Us About...
According to The Independent, Blue whales are currently facing a silent crisis similar to how Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home had warned us nearly four decades back. While these marine animals have...
View ArticleStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 5 SPOILER Recap/Review —...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds reaches the halfway point of its third season with the fifth episode, “Through the Lens of Time.” What will become of Spock and La’an’s newly formed relationship? Will...
View ArticleStar Trek: TNG’s Weirdest Episode Had a Ghost Doing the Strangest Thing to...
While Star Trek: TNG is known for its profound explorations about humanity, it also had some extremely weird episodes. The season seven episode Sub Rosa is one such strange episode that puts Dr....
View ArticleStar Trek: Archer Series With Scott Bakula Is Now a Distinct Possibility
Scott Bakula might finally return to the screen as Captain Jonathan Archer in a spinoff show called Star Trek: Archer. This week’s Star Trek: Trek to Las Vegas convention, veteran writer Michael...
View ArticleScott Bakula: ‘Getting to Know’ These 3 Star Trek Legends Made My...
Scott Bakula is mostly silent about his Star Trek experience, but he mentioned that getting to know stalwarts like William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, and Kate Mulgrew made the experience worth it....
View Article“After 44 years, I’m still the Gorn”: Star Trek’s Original Gorn Actor on Why...
Actor Bobby Clark revealed that he is still remembered for his one-off role as the Gorn alien in the Star Trek: TOS episode Arena. Clark played the lizard-like alien in the costume suit in the...
View ArticleEven Simon Pegg’s Not Sure If Star Trek Fans Would’ve Liked Quentin...
Simon Pegg is reportedly not sure about fans’ reaction to Quentin Tarantino’s abandoned Star Trek movie with Captain Kirk. Tarantino was set to work on an R-rated movie set in the Star Trek universe...
View ArticleStar Trek’s Dominion War Explained – Greatest Battle Arc in Franchise History
There have been several wars in the Star Trek franchise, but the Dominion War is the only one that we have seen on screen. Starting in the final season of Deep Space Nine, the war was fought between...
View ArticleStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 6 SPOILER Recap and Review...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ third season enters its second half with the sixth episode, “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail.” What kind of trouble will the Enterprise crew find themselves in this week?...
View Article21 Years Later, an Astounding Jonathan Frakes Confession About Star Trek: TNG...
Jonathan Frakes confessed back in 2004 that he and his fellow actors did not feel any different about the pilot of Star Trek: The Next Generation, despite it being a franchise show. TNG became a...
View ArticleWhat Is Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 7 About? ‘What Is...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3’s seventh episode will make its debut this week, and it is set to tackle the ideals of Starfleet. The title, What is Strafleet, indicates that the Enterprise...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Melinda M. Snodgrass Exposes Star Trek’s Woke Origins, George R.R....
Melinda M. Snodgrass’s writing for Star Trek: The Next Generation raised profound questions about humanity and ran incredible thought experiments, which became a hallmark of the Star Trek franchise....
View ArticleStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 7 SPOILER Recap and Review —...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 continues its mission with the seventh episode, “What is Starfleet?” With the season inching closer and closer to the endgame, how will the already established...
View Article32 Years Later, Jonathan Frakes’ Star Trek: TNG Episode That Made...
Jonathan Frakes’ William Riker went through a strange experience after going through a transporter in the 1993 Star Trek: TNG episode Second Chances, which proved why the machines were untrustworthy....
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: TNG Writer Explains Why Star Wars Outshines Trek by Embracing...
Star Trek: TNG’s Melinda M. Snodgrass sat down with FandomWire in an exclusive interview, where she spoke about her work on The Next Generation’s incredible episodes, like The Measure of a Man....
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Star Trek: TNG Writer Calls It a “Sad Commentary” That One...
FandomWire had the pleasure of interviewing Star Trek: TNG’s Melinda M. Snodgrass, who wrote quite a few episodes of the sci-fi show. The scribe, who is best known for the Data-centered episode The...
View Article“If I hadn’t done Star Trek…”: Gene Roddenberry’s Plans Had He Not Done Trek...
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, reportedly almost left TV during the original series’ run, but was not too excited about his plans for the future at the time. The filmmaker and...
View Article28 Years Ago This September, Voyager Added Its Most Controversial Character...
Star Trek: Voyager’s season 4 episode The Gift established Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine as a main cast member, beginning a new era for the franchise and an ugly behind-the-scenes feud involving Kate...
View ArticleScott Bakula on Why Star Trek: Enterprise Wasn’t Canceled After Season 3
Actor Scott Bakula revealed that Star Trek: Enterprise was almost canceled after season 3, but the studio renewed it for a fourth and final season, which allowed it to resolve some storylines. Bakula...
View ArticleStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 8 SPOILER Recap/Review —...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 continues its cosmic journey with the eighth episode, “Four-And-A-Half Vulcans.” What wild emotional voyages will our intrepid crew embark on this week? What new...
View ArticleEvery Marvel Actor You Forgot Is in Star Trek, Ranked Least to Most Iconic
Many actors from Marvel adaptations have been a part of Star Trek, even if it was in a small capacity. One of the biggest common actors among both franchises is Sir Patrick Stewart, who first became a...
View ArticleStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 9 SPOILER Recap/Review –...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 presents its penultimate chapter with the ninth episode, “Terrarium.” With only one episode to go before the season finale, what new crises will the Enterprise...
View ArticleWilliam Shatner on Kirk’s Most Controversial Scene in $118M Star Trek Movie:...
William Shatner returned to play the legendary Captain Kirk in 1994’s Star Trek: Generations and starred along with The Next Generation cast. While the movie was a moderate success at the box office,...
View Article“It was a really hard loss”: After Alien: Earth, Noah Hawley’s Canceled Star...
Showrunner and filmmaker Noah Hawley has delivered yet another banger with Alien: Earth, but the creator’s scrapped Star Trek 4 was still a missed opportunity. The filmmaker had developed the fourth...
View ArticleJonathan Frakes Regrets TNG Skipping One ‘Huge’ Star Trek Issue: Strange New...
Jonathan Frakes was reportedly not happy with the lack of conflict between his William Riker and Captain Picard on Star Trek: TNG. Frakes played the first officer of the Enterprise and was Picard’s...
View ArticleStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 10 SPOILER Recap/Review – New...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 finally concludes with the tenth episode, “New Life and New Civilizations.” How will remaining lingering plot threads be resolved? Will we get any potential...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: How Star Trek Nearly Lost Brent Spiner’s Most Iconic TNG Episode
Melinda M. Snodgrass revealed to FandomWire in an exclusive interview that her Star Trek debut as a screenwriter, The Measure of a Man, was almost lost to time. The episode centers on Brent Spiner’s...
View ArticleJonathan Frakes Hates One Racist Star Trek: TNG Episode So Much He Tried to...
Jonathan Frakes has made it clear on multiple occasions that he hates the Star Trek: TNG episode, Code of Honor, because of its racist undertones. The season one episode sees the Enterprise come...
View ArticleStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Release Timeline & Where to Watch
As the show’s third season came to an end last week, the crew of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is already teasing season 4, which has wrapped filming and is reportedly in the post-production stage....
View ArticleGene Roddenberry Wanted The Next Generation’s Most Controversial Character to...
Star Trek: TNG creator Gene Roddenberry reportedly had a wildly different idea for the show’s most controversial and hated character, Wesley Crusher, in the initial pitch for the show. According to...
View ArticleRoddenberry’s Original Choice Wasn’t Leonard Nimoy: Mission Impossible Star...
Leonard Nimoy is the most iconic version of Spock in the Star Trek series, but the actor was reportedly not the first choice for the character, as creator Gene Roddenberry offered it to Martin Landau...
View ArticleFact Check: Is William Shatner In the Hospital? 94-Year-Old Star Trek Icon’s...
William Shatner was reported to have been hospitalized after a health scare and was apparently recovering at a local hospital in LA. The actor reportedly saw low blood sugar levels and called the...
View Article“I like IP that was botched”: Star Trek Movie Directed by Stranger Things...
The Duffer Brothers recently elaborated on their desire to make a theatrical movie with their Paramount deal, and their conversation regarding IPs has hinted at a possible Star Trek movie. The...
View ArticleOctober 2025 Marks the 35-Year Anniversary of Star Trek’s Most Mind-bending...
Star Trek: TNG’s best thriller episode was released 35 years ago in October 1990, and gave fans one of the best Beverley Crusher episodes for the ages. The season 4 episode, Remember Me, followed...
View Article5 Reasons a Star Trek Movie by Christopher Nolan Can Kill Star Wars
If Quentin Tarantino can go far along on a Star Trek project, so can Christopher Nolan. The filmmaker is known for his sci-fi mind-benders like Inception, Tenet, and Interstellar. While Nolan has...
View ArticleAkiva Goldsman’s Animated Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Plan Explained
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the fun, experimental project set in the Star Trek universe, which goes ham on experimentation and blending genres. Akiva Goldsman is the co-showrunner who spoke to...
View Article“It had never been done”: Gene Roddenberry’s Unholy Hatred for One Star Trek...
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, strongly opposed the character Saavik from her first appearance in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Saavik is the young protege of Spock, and Roddenberry’s...
View Article“No other culture had a right to interfere”: Isaac Asimov’s Brilliant...
They say legends never die. But what makes iconic names such as Isaac Asimov legendary is their intellectuality. His thoughts were caught during a Star Trek convention back in 1973, in New York....
View ArticleChris Pine Not Returning for New Star Trek Movie Clears One Marvel Star Who...
Taking over the big screen back in 2009 with his first Star Trek entry, Chris Pine was loved as the new Kirk. Joining him was a grand ensemble, highlighting Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, and other big...
View ArticleNew Star Trek Movie Confirmed Helmed By The Most Underrated 2023 Movie Director
After almost a decade of absence from the big screen, Star Trek is set to return to the big screen, with the directing duo of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley set to helm the movie (via The...
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