On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)

Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series / book (1991)

Star Trek: Picard (2023)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: This Side of Paradise.

Released March 2, 1967.

Directed by Ralph Senensky.

Written by Jerry Sohl / Nathan Butler, D.C. Fontana.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Jill Ireland, Frank Overton, Grant Woods, Michael Barrier, Dick Scotter, Eddie Paskey, Bobby Bass, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Walker Edmiston, Carey Foster, John Lindesmith, Jeannie Malone, Sean Morgan, Fred Shue, Ron Veto.

Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series

By Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry.

Published by Titan Books Ltd.

Published 1991.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1852863633

ISBN-13: 978-1852863630

Description:

The behind-the-scenes story of the most popular science fiction show ever made!

Did you know … that Captain Kirk was originally Captain April? That Mr. Spock was nearly dropped as a character? That Dr. McCoy’s medical instruments were salt shakers? Why all buttons were banned? How the ‘beam down’ effect was achieved? What happens at Warp Factor Eight? All this, and much, much more, is revealed in this book that tells the complete behind-the-scenes story of the production of the science fiction series that became a phenomenon – Star Trek!

Star Trek: Picard

Season 3. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Seventeen Seconds.

Released March 2, 2023.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Cindy Appel, Jane Maggs, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Marina Sirtis, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Thomas Dekker, Allison Acosta, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Chad Lindberg, Jin Maley, Tiffany Shepis, Luis Avilez, Amy Earhart, Jermain Hollman, Grace Lee, Dean Neistat, An Dang, Hayden Hiebert, Frances Parsons, Aric Rogokos, Dominique Stango, Olivia Youngers.