Showing posts with label The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek. Show all posts
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Saturday, November 22, 2025

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1968)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: First Contact / novel (1996)
The Making of Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Voyager (2000)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021)


Star Trek
Season 3. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: Plato’s Stepchildren.
Released November 22, 1968.
Directed by David Alexander.
Written by Meyer Dolinsky, Arthur H. Singer.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Michael Dunn, Liam Sullivan, Barbara Babcock, Ted Scott, Derek Partridge, Bill Blackburn, Jeannie Malone, Frieda Rentie, John Zimeas.


Star Trek: First Contact
Directed by Jonathan Frakes.
Written by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore.
Released in the United States on November 22, 1996.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, Alice Krige, Jeff Coopwood, Dwight Schultz, Patti Yasutake, Michael Horton, Neal McDonough, Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips.


Star Trek: First Contact
By J. M. Dillard.
Published by Pocket Books.
Published 1996.
ISBN-10: 0671015885
ISBN-13: 978-0671015886
Description:
From the deepest, darkest reaches of space came the evil Borg who destroyed 39 Federation starships and Starfleet. Only the courage of Captain Pickard and his crew stopped the Borg from conquering the world, but now they are back, and stronger and more dangerous than ever.


The Making of Star Trek: First Contact
By Lou Anders.
Published by Titan Books Ltd.
Published 1996.
ISBN-10: 1852867795
ISBN-13: 978-1852867799


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Nightingale.
Released November 22, 2000.
Directed by LeVar Burton.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by André Bormanis, Robert Lederman, David R. Long, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty, Phyllis Strong, Mike/Michael Sussman.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by David Bell.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Ron Glass, Manu Intiraymi, Beverly Leech, Paul F. O'Brien, Scott Thomas/Miles, Alan Brooks, Bob Rudd, Michael Bailous, Hubie Kerns Jr., Tom Miller, Stephen Pisani, Linnea Soohoo, Pablo Soriano, Andrei Sterling.


The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Both episodes released November 22, 2021.
Season 1. Episode 4.
Episode entitled: Trek Goes To The Movies.
Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.
Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.
Cast: John Tenuto, Robert Sallin, Marc Cushman, Harold Livingston, Nicholas Meyer, Larry Nemecek, Robert Beltran, David Gerrold, Maria Jose Tenuto, Ken Ralston, Ike Eisenmann, Ronald D. Moore, Nichelle Nichols, Robin Curtis, Catherine Hicks, Jay Riddle, Wil Wheaton, Kirstie Alley, Harve Bennett, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Rob Klein, Gates McFadden, Ricardo Montalban, Leonard Nimoy, Gene Roddenberry, William Shatner.
Season 1. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Whales, God and Pepto Bismol.
Cast: Brooke Breton, Robin Curtis, Catherine Hicks, Gates McFadden, Nicholas Meyer, Ronald D. Moore, Larry Nemecek, Ken Ralston, John Tenuto, Maria Jose Tenuto, Wil Wheaton, Herman F. Zimmerman.

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003 & 2004)
Star Trek: Discovery (2020)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021)


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: Random Thoughts.
Released November 19, 1997.
Directed by Alexander Singer.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Kenneth Biller, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Gwynyth Walsh, Wayne Pére, Rebecca McFarland, Jeanette Miller, Ted Barba, Bobby Burns, John Austin, Anthony Cecere, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, Mark Major, Angus McLellan, Sam Neill, Heather Rattray, Christina Rydell, Louis C. Simon, Michael Wajacs.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: Similitude.
Released November 19, 2003.
Directed by LeVar Burton.
Written by Manny Coto, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Velton Ray Bunch.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Adam Taylor Gordon, Shane Sweet, Maximillian Kesmodel, Alexandrea Ortiz, Glen Hambly.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 7.
Episode entitled: The Forge.
Released November 19, 2004.
Directed by Michael Grossman.
Written by Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by John Frizzell.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Robert Foxworth, Vaughn Armstrong, Gary Graham, Michael Reilly Burke, Michael Nouri, Larc Spies, Joanna Cassidy, Alexandrea Ortiz, Rafael Boza, Dieter Horneman, John Jurgens, Aouri Makhlouf, David Shannon, Wanda Ray Willis.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 3. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: Scavengers.
Released November 19, 2020.
Directed by Doug Aarniokoski.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Anne Cofell Saunders, Sean Cochran, Anthony Maranville, Chris Silvestri, Brandon Schultz.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, Michelle Yeoh, Oded Fehr, Ian Alexander, Noah Averbach-Katz, Blu del Barrio, Ian Lake, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Julianne Grossman, Avaah Blackwell, Vanessa Jackson, Jun Che/Daniel Jun, Danijel Mandic, Antonio Ortega, Linford Mark Robinson, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Katherine Trowell, Nicole Dickinson.


The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Trekking through the '70s – Phase II and The Motion Picture.
Released November 19, 2021.
Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.
Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.
Cast: Marc Cushman, Tim Russ, Nicole de Boer, Connor Trinneer, Lucie Salhany, John Tenuto, Preston Neal Jones, Larry Nemecek, Harold Livingston, David Gautreaux, John Dykstra, David Gerrold, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Andrew Probert, Rob Klein, Nicholas Meyer, David Livingston, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, DeForest Kelley, Persis Khambatta, Gates McFadden, Leonard Nimoy, Gene Roddenberry, William Shatner.

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003 & 2004)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017 & 2020)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021)


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: Year of Hell, Part II.
Released November 12, 1997.
Directed by Michael Vejar.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, John Loprieno, Kurtwood Smith, Peter Marx / Peter Slutsker, Lise Simms, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Tarik Ergin, Pablo Soriano, Adrian Tafoya.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: North Star.
Released November 12, 2003.
Directed by David Straiton.
Written by David A. Goodman, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Emily Bergl, Glenn Morshower, James Parks, Paul Rae, Steven Klein, Gary Bristow, Alexandria M. Salling, Jon Robert Baron, Alexandrea Ortiz, Vince Deadrick Jr., Kevin Derr, Thomas DuPont, Jeffrey Eith, Aouri Makhlouf, Cliff McLaughlin, Robert Sidney Mellette, Dorenda Moore, Paul Townsend, Mike Watson.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: The Augments.
Released November 12, 2004.
Directed by LeVar Burton.
Written by Michael/Mike Sussman.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Velton Ray Bunch.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Alec Newman, Abby Brammell, Richard Riehle, Mark Rolston, Brent Spiner, Adam Grimes, Kristen Ariza, Dayna Devon, J.D. Hall, Alexandrea Ortiz, Geneviere Anderson, Yuri Elvin, Henry Farnam, Scott Sterling Hill, Angela Meryl, Tom Miller, Paul Sklar, Thom Khoury Williams.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: Into the Forest I Go.
Released November 12, 2017.
Directed by Chris Bryne.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, Wilson Cruz, Kenneth Mitchell, Michael Ayres, Conrad Coates, Emily Coutts, Julianne Grossman, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Sara Mitich, Oyin Oladejo, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Taylor Martin.

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 3. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Die Trying.
Released November 12, 2020.
Directed by Maja Vrvilo.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Sean Cochran, James Duff, Anthony Maranville, Chris Silvestri, Brandon Schultz.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Rachael Ancheril, Michelle Yeoh, Oded Fehr, Blu del Barrio, David Cronenberg, Tig Notaro, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Brendan Beiser, Jake Epstein, Vanessa Jackson, Ana Sani, Ava MacKinnon, Shazdeh Kapadia, R.J. Parrish, Vanessa Burns, Chris Zamat, Jajube Mandiela, Daniel Woodrow, Shannon Lahaie, Rosie Simon, Avaah Blackwell, Nicole Dickinson, Shelley Owens.


The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: Saturday Morning Pinks.
Released November 12, 2021.
Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.
Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.
Cast: Aaron Harvey, Ronald D. Moore, Bob Kline, Rich Schepis, David Gerrold, Larry Nemecek, Fred Bronson, Nichelle Nichols, Marc Cushman, Larry Niven, Walter Koenig, Bill Reed, D.C. Fontana, Gates McFadden, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, John Tenuto.

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003 & 2004)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017 & 2020)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021)


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Year of Hell.
Released November 5, 1997.
Directed by Allan Kroeker.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, John Loprieno, Kurtwood Smith, Peter Marx / Peter Slutsker, Rick Fitts, Deborah Levin, Susan Henley, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, John Austin, Cameron, Steve Carnahan, John Copage, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Kerry Hoyt, Alicia Lewis, Heather Rattray, Keith Rayve, Joey Sakata, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano, Adrian Tafoya, John Alex Tampoya.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Twilight.
Released November 5, 2003.
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.
Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Gary Graham, Brett Rickaby, Richard Anthony Crenna, Alexandrea Ortiz, Keith Campbell, Jacob Chambers, Evan English, Ian Eyre, Duncan K. Fraser, Peter Godoy, Scott Sterling Hill, Aouri Makhlouf, Marti Matulis, Justin Sundquist, Ator Tamras, Chris Torres.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Cold Station 12.
Released November 5, 2004.
Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.
Written by Alan Brennert/Michael Bryant.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Alec Newman, Abby Brammell, Richard Riehle, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Kris Iyer, Adam Grimes, Brent Spiner, Amy Wieczorek, Jordan Orr, Kevin Foster, Alexandrea Ortiz, Geneviere Anderson, Fernando Chien, Amy Kate Connolly, Stephen Dean, Nikki Flux, Peter Godoy, Scott Sterling Hill, Andrew Macbeth, Tom Miller, Thom Khoury Williams.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum.
Released November 5, 2017.
Directed by John S. Scott.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Kirsten Beyer, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Sean Cochran.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, Wilson Cruz, Kenneth Mitchell, Michael Boisvert, Conrad Coates, Emily Coutts, Anthony Grant, Julianne Grossman, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Sara Mitich, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Tyler Evan Webb, Marco Perretta.

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 3. Episode 4.
Episode entitled: Forget Me Not.
Released November 5, 2020.
Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Alan B. McElroy, Chris Silvestri, Anthony Maranville, Sean Cochran, Brandon Schultz.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Rachael Ancheril, Michelle Yeoh, Ian Alexander, Andreas Apergis, Blu del Barrio, Karen Robinson, Andrew Shaver, Annabelle Wallis, Kenneth Welsh, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Julianne Grossman, Raven Dauda, Elana Dunkelman, Christine L. Nguyen, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Shelley Owens, Ronald Tang.


The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: Lucy Loves Trek.
Released November 5, 2021.
Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.
Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.
Cast: Tom Gilbert, Marc Cushman, David Gerrold, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Larry Nemecek, John Tenuto, Brent Spiner, Nat Segaloff, Rob Klein, Wil Wheaton, Maria Jose Tenuto, Joseph D'Agosta, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Lucie Salhany, Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Harlan Ellison, D.C. Fontana, Jeffrey Hunter, DeForest Kelley, Gates McFadden, Leonard Nimoy, Gene Roddenberry, William Shatner, George Takei.