Star Trek legend describes a fictional post-3rd World War future where humans are gathered with other conscious living beings in other galaxies to form United Federation of Planets.
Star Trek was first aired in 1966 as a TV show. The 6 series correspond to a total of 726 episodes or 30 TV seasons.
Star Trek is translated to Turkish as Star Path
“Star Trek: The Original Series” was first aired in Turkey on 17 October 1972.
Stephen Hawking who was a guest star in “Star Trek: New Generation” stood in front of the light speed panel and said, “I am working exactly on this.”
Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant Uhura) quit Star Trek show after the first season. Star Trek fan Martin Luther King made her come back.
A kissing scene between a black and white actor was written in Star Trek but it was never filmed. Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura were planned to be in the scene.
One episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation was banned in the UK and Ireland. This is because the episode was talking about uniting the UK and Ireland after a terrorist attack that happened in 2024.
Ronal Regan visited “Star Trek: New Generation” set, pointed at Klingons and said, “I love these guys, they remind me of the congress”.
Klingon language was first created by James Doohan (Scotty). The actor designed the first simple voices of the language with few words and sentences.
Since Zachary Quinto who played Mr. Spock in “New Star Trek” movie by JJ Abrams in 2009 was unable to do Vulcan salute, he was forced to use adhesive on his fingers.
The main reason to use beaming technology in Star Trek was the low budget which won’t be enough for landing effects of the space ships on the planets.
As a result of the petition started by the Star Trek fans, the name of the first space ship Constitution was changed as Enterprise.
Stephen Hawking played poker with Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton and Data in Star Trek episode he was included as a guest.
When Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) received an offer for “Star Trek: New Generation” show, he thought this project will only earn him money and fail.
The first flip phones were inspired by the communication devices in Star Trek show.
In this movie, a scene entirely created by a computer was first used in Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan. The studio that created these scenes later worked as Pixar.
James Doohan (Scotty) does not have a middle finger. The famous actor lost his finger during the Normandy Landings.
When the first episodes of Star Trek were aired, Mr. Spock Leonard Nimoy’s father insisted on Spock hairstyle to his customers.
After Star Trek TV show was completed, Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant Uhura) applied for voluntary astronaut project of NASA to be the first black female astronaut of the country.
William Shatner (Captain Kirk) cannot do the original Vulcan salute. He was forced to tie a fish line on his finger to do this salute.
In 1977, the TV show was planned to continue under “Star Trek: Phase II” name. 13 episodes were written, pre-production was completed but the show was never shot.
When Tom Hardy prepared for the Capitan Jean-Luc Picard’s clone role in Star Trek Nemesis film, he was inspired by the paintings of Napoleon and Hitler’s images.
Famous Mr. Spock character was first designed as female. But they changed their mind during shooting.
Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) directed 4 episodes of Star Trek: New Generation.
In some of the episodes of Star Trek: New Generation, the male crew wore skirts. This is because they wanted to highlight gender equality in the 24th century.
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