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I can’t believe it’s been 25 years ago today that we lost De. I mean DeForest Kelley, of course— the humble working actor who parlayed a resume of playing the heavy during the boom era of the Westerns into galactic fame as Dr. Leonard McCoy, the heart of Star Trek. (That’s the one that created its own paradigm, and the …
Once again, Dec. 7 rolls around… and as much as we celebrate The Motion Picture on its birthday for what it is, and the changing opinions and critical debates then and especially now… I still can’t unsee the meta impact of what TMP has done for, simply, the date. This may sound odd, but within a generation Star Trek has …
GET FREE TICKET FOR DOOR PRIZES HERE. Eight years of Portal 47 ! And once again we’ll celebrate by opening the Portal to everyone —virtually, of course — with a special guest, a mini “Ask Dr. Trek” Roundtable, and a slew of new Star Trek blu-rays and books giveaways. Save the date now — we”ll announce the guest soon, …
Here it is — another Jan. 20, and you longtime Treklanders know what that means: Another homage to my guy, my original Star Trek fave, Dr. McCoy’s own DeForest Kelley, on his memorial birthday. Happy 103rd! I’ve done this ever since we started Trekland back in the Fallow Times, in 2009 — and I’ve usually shared a rarer shot of …
You longtime Trekland readers know that every year about this time, I take a pause on Jan. 20 and make sure to remember my original Star Trek fave, DeForest Kelley, on his birthday. Happy 102nd, De! I always root for the underdog, and De’s been my hero ever since I took up the mission to claim a share of the …
Monday, Nov. 22 — TODAY— is the 25th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: First Contact. And despite its usual consensus as the best of the TNG-era films, there’s been almost no celebration— live or online. So days ago, longtime Trek illustrator John Eaves rounded up some friends and asked me to herd them, as a free, one-hour online …
UPDATE: Just added a “pre-show” half-hour early start at 6:30 pm PT/9:30 pm ET for a mini-Roundtable and our first prize drawing. Mike will still join us at 7/10. We do this every year since 2016 — but this one is something special. Yes, it’s our Anniversary Open House in Portal 47, the time every year when we throw open …
What’s more amazing: That this is Star Trek’s 55th anniversary — or that it’s been 5 years since the 50th? Yes, it’s Sept. 8 again, there’s a big day of live events planned … And, in the Trekland way you expect, I talked about how “It Wasn’t Always This Way” on Trekland Tuesday LIVE #223 this week. Did you catch …
Well, here it is at last: COVID couldn’t dim it and revisionists couldn’t dent it. It’s the day, and the kickoff of reflections and celebrations, to mark the birth centennial of The Great Bird of the Galaxy, Gene Roddenberry: Aug. 19, 1921, one hundred years ago. For all you lurker mundanes out there, Gene is of course — quite …
Next Tuesday, we celebrate TWO HUNDRED Trekland Tuesdays LIVE! Who knew my project to finally “go live on the web,” bootstrapping with my iPhone and not much else back in the ancient days of April 2017, would lead to all this: A great global community, finally reaching multistream YouTube, and many TTLers who have found their way from Tuesdays LIVE …
It was all borne of the lockdown, pandemic, and a cancelled WonderCon panel — but Life Support LIVE is still Boldy Going through uncertain times… with a great Lifers community who have joined us along the way, every Saturday live (and later, in archives!) Each week, “Dr. Trek” here and Dr. Ali Mattu — “one of us is a real …
CBS is doing it up big for Star Trek’s 54th birthday today, spurned on by the silver lining of the pandemic: the coming of virtual panels and access. Look for SIX 30-minute panels from 12 noon to 3 pm Pacific time TODAY— legacy and new series alike. AND available around the globe— no geoblocking! Hosted by Wil Wheaton and Mica …
It’s that day again — August 19 — when we celebrate Star Trek birthdays for Jonathan Frakes and Gene Roddenberry, as well as Trek threepeat actor Diana Muldaur too! (Above: The guys in early 1989, backstage for TNG S2’s “Up the Long Ladder.”) Of all of them, we’re getting to congratulate Jonathan on his years of Rikering AND the fresh …
Remember where you were today: Sept. 23, 2020. It’s history in Trekland. (Duh.) Even if you are unable to see the Star Trek: Picard premiere today, or tomorrow in Prime Video land, just be mindful that’s it’s not just the first chapter of a new Trek series, and yet another flavor of Gene Roddenberry’s universe. It’s a rare thing. …
Happy birthday, Jackson DeForest Kelley ! Treklanders of any tenure know that I call out De’s birthday every year—he’s my guy in Trek, among the icons. But lo and behold, 2020 marks De’s 100th birthday. A century! His centennial! And while there’s no postage stamp, or no historical marker anywhere — either in Hollywood, or in Georgia — there is …
Happy birthday, Voyager! Twenty-five years ago this week, (25 ?!?!) the “third spin-off series” of Trek debuted on Jan. 16, leading off the opening night of rookie new network UPN itself… and this very-90s billboard proclaimed it across the street from Paramount Studios (“TV” and “Pictures” back then, thankyouverymuch—as God intended). So glad I thought to snap it at the …
It’s come that time of year again — not unlike mid-March — when Trekland enjoys a double whammy celebration— otherwise known as August 19. That’s the birthday of not only The Great Bird of the Galaxy, Gene Roddenberry … but also that of, increasingly, another major player in creating fresh Treks— Jonathan Frakes! Gene would have been 98 today — …
I must say I was pretty proud to get this news just today—in the cartography division. Thank you, BookAuthority.com! Although the first edition of Stellar Cartography was released in 2013 and the new UPDATED version with dozens of additions (and a few fixes!) came out last fall, I’m delighted that so many Trek fans, astronomy buffs, and fantasy map fanatics …
Almost overshadowed in the hoopla over the new Picard trailer May 23 was the reason for its timing: the 25th anniversary, in turn, of the finale of TNG, the Hugo-award-winning “All Good Things.” Which is where I always remind fans that May 23, as with all the syndicated, off-network TNG and DS9 episodes, was not a uniform premiere date— but …
Aside from “Star Trek (Birth)Day” every Sept. 8, our favorite stellar storytelling playground’s other main holiday is of course today — April 5, the day from 2063 that every schoolchild knows as First Contact Day! Sitting here in 2019 it’s fun for me to direct newer fans to my interview a couple years back (below) with Noelle Hannibal, the “first …
It wouldn’t be Jan. 20 without me sharing an image of DeForest Kelley on his birthday… a tradition when I first began Trekland in 2009. So much has changed since then in both Star Trek and Trekland that I bet all our newer readers would welcome me sharing again this photo in good res—the one that’s been the longest unrepeated …
Happy birthday, De! As I have done ever since I started Trekland: The Blog, I don’t allow January 20 to pass without a remembrance for my first real Star Trek “favorite” every year on his birthday: Jackson DeForest Kelley, BTD in 1920. Which mean, I guess, this is my TENTH nod to DFK on his day. Wow. I’ve said and …
No amount of either lying or birthday cake will ever change this for me, on this day. Just as when I first realized it….five years ago. And I’ve never even set foot at Pomona College.
In the midst of anniversary season, I want to make sure to add this: Five years ago today —on three weeks’ notice, then after a fog-delayed plane and an unplanned three-hour rental car ride— THIS happened (above). Cameras rolled on Day 1 on “Pilgrim of Eternity,” and I was plunged into a completely new “family” and experience that simply blew …
Break out the silver-pressed latinum! It’s the 25th anniversary of Deep Space Nine—the original “darker and grittier” Star Trek. You’ll all be wading through accolades all day and all week about this time from 1993, I know. And as always, I might even point out its anniversary as June 29, 1992, the date of its first writer’s guide, or even …
So, it’s been 50 years since “The Trouble With Tribbles” first purred and multiplied their way across a TV screen—and no, I was not there to see it.* I was a rerun baby, remember? It’s remarkable as an outing of original Trek, or any entry of the successors, to show how Star Trek’s classic crew-and-mission format could do comedy (as …
Drama, pathos, sister ships, most visual effects ever, a bittersweet tragic hero of such gravitas in a bravura ballsy performance rivaled only by Ricardo Montalban’s Khan, a Top Five (Top Two?) Best McCoy Scene Ever in the series, and best score ever and Jaws’ ripoff, er, inspiration. And THAT is why “The Doomsday Machine” by Norman Spinrad, guest starring William …
It’s officially The Next Generation‘s 30th birthday today, counting its on-air premiere—even as, we always say, it actually “premiered” across a whole week until Oct. 4, Monday through Sunday, in various markets. And later to the rest of the world, of course. I said as much on TNG‘s 25th anniversary —and wow, look: we’ve been in the Blog Era that …
It hit me last night: the irony imagery is amazing—intentional or not. Those of you who’ve read or listened in Trekland lo these many years since 2005 have often heard me talk about The Fallow Times of no Trek since Enterprise‘s demise. (Yeah, yeah the JJ movies—but I mean real Trek: that is, episodic TV Trek.) On many podcasts or …
Yes, just as we always do: Happy birthday, Star Trek— you look great for 51! We wondered about topping the Big 5-0 last year, and nothing will ever compare—but what just hit me today, after a bit of reflection, really hit home. And it deserves more than a Facebook post. CBS released a new video of many of the Discovery …
Happy “First Contact Day!” Want to hear from a witness? I mean, it’s only 46 years until the T’Plana-Hath catches Zefram Cochrane’s pioneering warp trail while passing nearby to Sol, and its Vulcan crew decide they better check it out… and humanity’s first First Contact (on the record!) makes history. So here‘s a celebration today you weren’t expecting, (below the …
It really has been two years today since Trekland — and all the world, really — were stunned by the loss of Leonard Nimoy, just shy of having him here for Trek’s big upcoming 50th birthday? The moment made me reexamine my thoughts and feelings for Spock, Leonard, and indeed my perception of all Star Trek, as I wrote at …
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