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Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise

for ongoing mission to explore strange new worlds,

to seek out new life forms,

and use civilizations to boldly

go where no one has gone before.

I'm William Shatner,

and I'm Leonard Nimoy

and we're here to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a remarkable legacy

known as Star Trek. It's a cultural phenomenon that frankly,

neither one of us could have predicted,

which is around the unique status of legend.

Now, you may ask yourself what vital ingredients make up a legend such as Star Trek?

Well, to find out, we're here to take you on a very special journey.

As you know, in the world of Star Trek, we can soar across the galaxies

and break the time barrier in the blink of an eye.

Through the miracle of digital communications.

We're going to warp speed back and forward through time

and voyage across the galaxy to examine all the elements

that have made this outerspace legend what it is today,

with the help of special effects computerization

will take you back to the early 60s

When the original series was born.

zoom ahead for a behind the scenes look at the feature films era

and Star Trek The Next Generation and blast off to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama,

where LeVar Burton will prepare us for a real voyage into the final frontier,

and will also offer exclusive interviews with cast members from both series

and talk with some very special guests including vice president

and chairman of the National Space Council.

Dan Quayle plus will cross the universe

to show you all the special events taking place

during Star Trek 25th anniversary.

I believe that this nation should commit itself

to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon

and returning him safely to the earth.

No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind,

or more important for the long range exploration of space.

But in a very real sense.

It will not be one man going to the moon.

We make this judgment affirmatively,

it will be an entire nation.

But a monumental speech back in 1961

and influential I'm sure to the world of science fiction writing.

To understand the mechanics and philosophy behind the legend of Star Trek,

let's do a little time traveling to examine the origins

of man's on printable desire to understand the Heaven.

Since early man first looked up into the night sky with curiosity.

We've dreamt of venturing high into the heavens,

beyond the confines of our own planet,

towards those little campfires blazing in the vast unknowns of space.

While astronomers theorized about the origins of the universe.

Our imaginations pondered the existence of life on other planets.

What type of vehicle could transport us there?

The prophetic Jules Verne wrote an amazing tale about three men

a dog and a couple of chickens blasting off from amazingly enough.

The Florida coast.

Five seconds three then a slew of writers

and filmmakers painted frightening pictures of Alien Encounters outer space conquest

that would influence our thinking for generations.

What do you mean?

Then 1957 The launching of the first manmade satellite,

Soviet Sputnik one.

Initiate didn't dawn, the Space Age.

Pocket start in the US rose to the challenge with a continuous series of its own historic voyages,

including John Glenn's orbit around the Earth

aboard the friendships at Rogers zero j and

I feel my capsule is turning around

that view is tremendous.

Which brings us to 1965 a year

that will record another significant milestone in outerspace history.

The first us walk in space.

But it was also a year in which science fiction blended science back.

A bold new visionary sprang onto the scene in the world of television.

A man who would forever alter the way we think about outer space.

His name, Gene Roddenberry,

Gene spearheaded a brave new idea series

that would explore the human condition within a space age format.

Everyone on board like a human being except yourself,

and now you're tired and you do better

I'm tired.

I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives

and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and witches

and then who's going on the landing party and who doesn't?

And who lives.

Who dies. Roddenberry produced a pilot episode entitled to key

which star Jeffrey hunter and a very young Leonard Nimoy

at first the executives of NBC Studios rejected the show for being too cerebral.

They felt I had offered on a wagon train to the stars,

which I had to sell it.

And Westerns were very big at the time.

And I felt that I double crossed them.

I'd read them this, written them this thing about where the mind went

and certain ways and they wanted someone with bare knuckles and a fistfight,

who was this brash writer producer who went to see the network

and challenged their perceptions of quality television. What was his background?

Well, in the beginning, Gene Roddenberry was simply a navigator

at a courageous one at that.

And World War Two, he flew a total of 89 Daredevil missions over the South Pacific

and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as a troubleshooter for Pan American Airways.

He led a critical rescue operation,

we saved many lives and earned him a Civil Aeronautics commendation.

Gene will hang up his wings to pursue something he felt was much more fascinating.

He saw a strange glowing box known as television,

and he wanted to write for it. Eventually,

it began selling scripts as such it's series of Dragnet,

and Have Gun Will Travel.

But Gene was eager to break new ground.

When he began developing Star Trek,

he was hoping he could show viewers an optimistic view of the future,

didn't really know how much that optimism rubbed off on the executives at NBC,

because for the first time in the history of network television,

they commissioned a second Star Trek pilot.

We made him a second show,

which had a lot of science fiction elements too,

but at least it ended up with Bill Shatner, and a bare knuckle fistfight,

in which she beats a godlike figure that started us

we sold Star Trek with it.

There were plenty of cast changes made for that second pilot,

and Roddenberry had to put up a fight to keep one character onboard the enterprise intact.

I believe that some hope for you after all, Mr. Spock,

with Mr. Spock and myself in tow,

Roddenberry created an unprecedented mix of culture and race,

working alongside each other in the future.

Thankfully, the network saw something exciting and unique.

As a result, NBC decided to go where no man has gone before,

and Premiere their first historic episode on September eighth.

1966 such a failure on one quarter

I'll leave mine on stun.

Let's get him

Captain Kirk was Captain Hornblower of the of the sailing ships,

who was a great hero. And Hemingway said

is the most exciting adventure fiction in the human language.

Captain were getting a signal from the spacecraft. I was pleased that in those days

when you couldn't get even blacks on television

that I only had a black with a black woman and a black officer.

Sir contact with an object that's moving toward us.

No visual contact yet

great affection I have for Asians and what they do

and the important part they play in the world

and I just I just could not have a group of earth people

without including that.

Great, you know, one half or more of the earth continents.

How close will we come to the nearest Klingon outpost

if we continue on our present course.

1.67 close enough to smell them.

checkoff came on the show because I'd read something

and somebody sent me a copy of a Russian newspaper,

and which they said after our first year,

the Ugly Americans are edited again, we were the first people in space.

And then but the Americans don't even have a Russian aboard this crew.

Polar leakers announced the ship and she's starting to drift. I can't hold her and please stay long.

Scots have always been shipbuilders and ship engineers and so on.

And that was about two to tradition.

You're a pulse is 242

Your blood pressure is practically non existent.

Assuming you call that green stuff in your veins, blood,

the readings are perfectly normal for me, doctor thank you.

And as for my anatomy being different from yours,

I am delighted somehow or another

that when that episode showed why the fans picked up on it.

And the writers as a result went to work

and then they began to build this kind of a relationship

and through the years it just became more popular and more popular

and fan mail began to to demand in

Star Trek was always in danger of cancellation

especially during the initial months of its first season.

loyal viewers across the country sent letters on their local stations,

and eventually convinced the sponsors to keep Star Trek alive for another season.

They're the ones that really gave us this longevity.

It's their belief. It's their faith. It's their tenacity.

It's their energy reserve. Its there.

endlessly creative, inventive ways of lobbying

that gave Star Trek this life.

Star Trek repeatedly broke new ground with its futuristic portrayal of life in outer space,

and the constant effort to make quality television

one Roddenberry and Emmy Award and respect among the scientific community.

But despite the unheard of mail campaigns from dedicated fans series,

made its final voyage on June 3 1969,

after a total of 79 episodes.

Your report

are too late, Jim, there's nothing could be done

Captain Kirk out.

However, the true test of any great legend is its ability to survive against the odds,

thanks to continual fan support, and a word called syndication.

This would be only the first chapter in the Star Trek legacy

witnessed the birth, possibly a next step in our evolution. I wonder.

I just want to say Happy 25th anniversary to Star Trek.

This is a show and it was the only show I was allowed to watch when I was a kid

I was allowed to pick one show a week to watch

my parents let me watch it and I have seen every one hundreds of times.

So I'm very familiar with Live long and prosper.

We became incorporated into it

I think kind of an extended American family

we became part of the mythos the American mythos Star Trek

and its characters are without trying without sounding

I hope pretentious, became kind of legendary.

We were we would appear to people's bedrooms

and their living rooms and their kitchens.

You know, ad infinitum ad absurdum.

We all thought it was over.

The series was canceled, and that was that.

And then we began finding unheard of success in syndication,

Thanks in great part to faithful fans, and a renewed interest in the space program.

While viewers were watching a set of the tissues outerspace heroes on their TV sets.

real life heroes like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

are taking giant leaps for mankind.

I think that we all owe a great debt to the original Star Trek

and start trekking in the present one to elevating the public's consciousness

about what the future might be.

The legacy of the feature films has a history

all its own dating back to the mid 1970s.

Since the wonders of syndication we're breathing new life into the original series.

Rumors were flying about a second Star Trek series or possibly a Star Trek TV movie.

prominent writers like Ray Bradbury was submitting ideas Steven

Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola were being considered to direct a motion picture.

At one point, Paramount wanted to start its own fourth network

with its primary series entitled,

Star Trek phase two new and old cast member signed on SATs

were constructed costumes designed

Paramount the signer to accept a new challenge.

They boldly launch multimillion dollar motion picture

featuring state of the art special effects.

Engineering chief development in the bridge on the diversity of power

pole imagine a captain

if we don't take three and 15 second

children probably

10 years after the cancellation of the original series,

Gene Roddenberry, the cast Rihanna.

And I must say it was a very emotional experience for all of us.

I'll never forget the first day,

when we were all standing there in wardrobe.

And Bob Wise, was happen to be standing.

We were on the on the bridge, he looked at us.

And he said, I just really realized I didn't

until this moment when you're on the set,

I'm standing in the midst of living legends.

I mean, we had been told in the course of the last three or four years

that we were going to do Star Trek again.

And each time it fell apart, it didn't materialize.

So it's hard not to become jaundiced and cynical about this kind of situation.

But there we were, we were really doing it. And I had this almost overwhelming desire

to embrace everybody.

On December 6 1979, the crowning touch on this new chapter in our lives,

was a gala premiere in Washington DC.

Not only were our faithful fans on hand,

but we were invited to a special reception at the Smithsonian institutions,

National Air and Space Museum.

It is in that museum,

that one of the original models of the enterprise now hangs

alongside such historic flying machines as the Spirit of St. Louis,

and the Kitty Hawk.

But because that was so costly a project

they said that would be the only one.

And when they said wrap on that we said Yeah,

but it was an extraordinary achievement.

10 years after that day, have a major motion picture.

But then that made tons of money.

So we did another one with Nick Meyer,

this time as a director, star trek to the wrath of God,

where I to invoke logic, logic clearly dictates

that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

Our second feature film marked the collaboration of producer writer harp Bennett,

and writer director Nicholas Meyer,

who would go on to direct Star Trek six The Undiscovered Country.

Hammad also incorporated the brilliant special effects wizards

of George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic,

Ricardo Mangala reprised his role as the Evil Con from the original episode entitled spacey

and the genesis of the story dealt with the creation of a new world.

I think to be able to be effective on that role

I have to go not to play the original character

which was many years ago on you have great control of himself

but a man who had built this passion for vengeance over the death of his wife,

whom he loved passionately.

I shall leave you as your left me

my room for all eternity in the center of the planet.

Someone who reviewed Star Trek two and three,

I think in time,

labeled it exactly what my inner conscience has always called it

he called it space opera.

I think Star Trek has always been operatic.

During the period of the feature films.

Production security became a major issue.

Story leaks to the fans were becoming more frequent.

Missing props and artwork are being sold on the black market.

So during the making of Star Trek three personnel were given picture ID badges

and checked carefully by security guards.

Double locks were installed on office doors

stationery was marked with special code words

and scripts were chemically treated so that copies could be traced back to their source.

Sounds like a top secret CIA operation doesn't.

What have I done?

What you had to do?

What you always do?

Turn death into a fighting chance to live.

I suppose if one were taking the title of Star Trek three literally,

the Search for Spock would ultimately lead to the director's chair.

For the first time I was given the opportunity to work

with this unique family of actors from behind the camera.

And that led to a second directorial assignment on Star Trek for the voyage home.

Everybody remember where we parked?

Don't tell me.

You're from outer space?

No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space.

When Leonard and I did the story together on this one.

We both agreed that having gone through life and death

and life, it was time to lighten up a little.

So Star Trek four is a very light hearted adventure

filled with social comment that is hysterically interesting.

I think one of the most challenging scenes for me as director

was creating the illusion of a clean on ship landing in the San Francisco Bay

and transporting a pair of humpback whales to safety.

To accomplish this, we need go no further than In the backlot of Paramount Studios,

what is now a large parking lot became the Pacific Ocean.

The whale was actually a large tail fin

constructed to glide across the water,

as large wind machines created a choppy ocean effect.

Most of the underwater whale footage was achieved with radio controlled miniatures

designed by Walt Conte. The quality of the whale footage was so convincing

that the special effects team was nominated for an Academy Award.

Captain, I do not think you realize the gravity of

your situation.

On the contrary, gravity is foremost on my mind.

On Star Trek five my colleague Bill Shatner was given the directing reins

which allowed him to stretch his artistic abilities

and scale new heights of adventure.

Stay staying true to the notion of the mythos that surrounds Star Trek

the rock climbing sequence seems to me to be a mythological symbol

of man's attempt to achieve great heights

it is in fact, the whole story is about to achieve the reality needed.

We caravan to your seminar, where I volunteer

to hang from the cliff 3000 feet in the air is definitely dangerous.

But I must say is quite exhilarating.

If you're unaccustomed as I am,

it's a little scary a fear of falling as is a natural fear

and my worst nightmare as many peoples are is falling.

Now with the completion of Star Trek six The Undiscovered Country,

we have come in a sense full circle.

Returning director Nicholas Meyer has once again

molded together all of the vital elements

that have made the Star Trek legend endure.

I think there are some wonderful Star Trek moments in it and our series.

If you look at the success of Star Trek, it was built on moments.

How will you think I am anyway?

137 years Admiral

according to Starfleet records.

Explorer explain how you remember that so Exactly.

I remember every fact I'm exposed to sir.

I don't see no points on your ears more.

But you sound like a bulk?

No, sir.

I'm an Android.

Motion bad.

You recognize a familiar face?

Seems like some folk don't age too well, on the 24th century.

Just kidding. DeForest, just kidding.

What you just saw was a scene from the two hour premiere of Star Trek The Next Generation,

which debuted in 1987.

One of the telltale signs of how a legend endures

is how well it translates from one generation to the next.

And this series has done a remarkable job of building its own unique identity.

In this television series. 78 years have passed since the days of Kirk and Spock,

and an all new crew continued to seek new life

and new civilizations aboard a much larger enterprise.

Let's see what's out there. They would say the idea of creating a brand new series

with all new characters didn't happen overnight.

It came with plenty of trepidation

on the first show. And on original Star Trek I,

I practically lost my family from working so many

12 hour days, 14 hour days, seven days a week.

And I said you can't pay me enough to do that.

But then they said, Hey, but suppose we did it in a way

in which they could they call syndication

in which we don't have a network.

And we don't have all those people and Paramount was saying to me,

and we guarantee to you that you will be in charge of the show.

No crew of the Enterprise Live long and prosper

when it first became a possibility.

Good friend of mine here in Los Angeles said this was I think just before my final meeting for the role,

how does it feel to be auditioning for an American icon?

And I think that remark unnerved me more than anything else

that had been said about at the time

because although I'd seen a lot of Star Trek in the 60s and early 70s

I still had no comprehension of how much

a part of American culture this series of become.

With Patrick Stewart and commanders Captain zone.

There are a few surprising new wrinkles in this updated version of Star Trek

including a cling on security opposite, telepathic counselor, a female doctor,

and one of the most intriguing and popular characters Roddenberry's every created

commander data one of a kind Android forever in search of human emotion

I require advice

Don't look at me. No no data.

I simply mean that I can't give you any advice here.

It's not good to advise people about the first love affairs.

We had a new room we're putting on the ship called a bar lounge,

a place where you can go and it's not a duty station and you can relax.

And I had several thoughts for this.

One of those was the fact that I needed one hell of a bartender hostess.

And we were thinking of getting the most beautiful world girl in all creation to play the puck.

And thank God Whoopi called up and said, I am a Star Trek fan.

I was a Star Trek fan before I was ever Whoopi Goldberg given

and I was wondering if there's some part I can play on your show

it there's so much that people have learned by the 24th century

you notice that there's no problem between delegating responsibility between men and women,

there's no color problems.

They're just sort of basic Adam and Eve problems

like how are we going to get home sort of things

and how can we save this bunch of people from dying seems to be no hassle.

There's no problem with men with no hair or that you know,

some guys get it huge forehead to claim nines of cool that I mean,

things are going well for the world.

Star Trek The Next Generation is proven to be a success on its own.

It has earned the respect of critics won a coveted Peabody Award,

and several in 1991 Star Trek The Next Generation reached another significant milestone

with the completion of their 100th episode.

Gene Roddenberry joined the cast for a special ceremony on the bridge of the enterprise.

I think more than anything else, the show

because Roddenberry has maintained the control of

it has

expressed his vision,

if you will of the future,

which is very positive.

And I think that that is the primary reason for the success of the original 79

and also for what success we've had thus far.

I think it's as limitless as the universe

what you can do with a series so my congratulations

and my gratitude and my affection to all of you.

I still wonder why no one ever thought of putting seatbelts on the enterprise.

All kidding aside, scientific realism has always been a major concern to the creators of Star Trek.

When Gene Roddenberry was making the original series

he often conferred with scientists at the famous RAND Corporation and NASA.

I see Star Trek is part of the continuing education of Gene Roddenberry.

I learn new things every day

a man science and humanity and history.

As a result, the program's fictional technology often became reality.

For instance, the diagnostic sickbay beds depicted in the classic series

were studied by the US armed forces.

The Starfleet phaser weapons were one step removed from the laser beams.

Spock used his own version of computer disks,

and communicators would resemble today's cellular telephones.

to beam up scouting, live long and prosper.

The technical advisors on Star Trek The Next Generation

constantly check the latest data compiled by NASA and other science institutions.

To ensure the technical accuracy of the series.

We do have scientific advisors,

we go to NASA we go to JPL,

Rick sternbach. For instance, one of our illustrators is quite a scientist in his own right,

he knows exactly how the antimatter matter generator works

to propel the warp drive of the enterprise,

matter antimatter mixture ratio settings,

and optimum balance reaction sequence,

corresponding to specified norms

magnetic plasma transfer to work field generators,

or program specs Commander,

we should be going like a bat out of hell.

When it comes to space travel, the audience has accepted and welcomed certain science fiction concepts.

In a few instances, we've shown examples of crew members in simulation training exercises.

For example, in the opening scene of Star Trek to the Wrath of Khan,

audiences watched Kirstie Alley as the Vulcan Samak

test your skills in command of the enterprise

during a mock intergalactic battle with the Klingons battle stations,

activate shields and form the Klingons

we are on a rescue mission jamming all the frequencies

Captain playing on torpedoes.

Evasive action

My lights

permission to speak candidly sir, granted,

I don't believe this was a fair test of my command abilities.

Because there was no way to win.

a no win situations the possibility

every command on my face is that never occurred to you?

No, sir. It is not new Star Trek The Next Generation.

We watched hopeful cadets test their skills in futuristic LSAT exam

and simulated Starfleet rescue drills.

That was the test.

Yes, a man could have died.

Theoretically, yes, you had to make a choice.

And you did. There's no right or wrong about it.

However, we've rarely shown crew members

in detailed preparation for a lengthy voyage aboard a large starship

about to embark into the final frontier.

To give you an idea of what that might encompass,

we talked to some of America's greatest astronauts,

because you couldn't just take somebody up in a ride in space and say,

Wow, this is what it's going to be like, when you get up here,

you have to train in this emulator.

And most of our training, I would estimate 60 to 80% of it

was on dealing with contingencies or emergency conditions.

Unlike some people who work on the ground who maybe work a certain system,

we have to understand all that. And of course,

there's people on the ground understand all of it, but so we have to learn a lot of different systems.

And we I'm sure we're not as expert on say the engineering system,

the propulsion system as Scotty was on on the enterprise,

but we're like the captain, we say Scotty fix it,

you know, and we call the ground and they tell us what to do.

I believe the things that that we're doing

now in space will evolve into the kind of thing that Star Trek is about.

One of my surprises was jet flight

and sitting next to me was a fella kind of recognized

and took the flight attendant introduces him said Mr. Roddenberry.

Have you met lonely Shira? Both of us doing double takes.

And as the conversation progressed, we discussed different things about his version of space in mind.

I finally blurted out, why do you beam these people up and down all the time,

I can't figure out a way to land this big spacecraft.

I thought that was a gorgeous way of solving a problem.

Now for an exclusive report on spaceflight training,

we're going to warp speed to space camp,

a renowned astronaut educational facility in Huntsville, Alabama.

LeVar Burton, alias Geordi LaForge of Star Trek, the next generation

has volunteered to be our special reporter at large.

Hi, I'm LeVar Burton, and behind me is a mock up of the Space Shuttle Enterprise

the very same one used to train future astronauts.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to blast off in a space shuttle

and speed toward the stars?

Come on inside and I'll give you a hands on look

at what today's astronauts must accomplish

before they leave the launch pad.

And this way, you'll have a better understanding

of what the characters on Star Trek's enterprise must achieve

in order to become a Starfleet crew member.

Come on.

Stop Star Trek has always envisioned a future

where we are able to transport ourselves to distant planets and beyond.

And who knows after training at a place like this,

you may be booking a first class ticket to Mars someday,

maybe even aboard the USS Enterprise.

Roger Houston we can't be ago for

the wireless space station.

Space Camp gives a young guy or gal a chance to open up their mind

to use the space program as a testing ground for their skills.

We teach leadership we teach.

We teach decision making self confidence,

and teamwork and all those things go into space Ken,

we're going to take you through several phases of training

with myself as the proverbial guinea pig.

Now it's understood that Starfleet personnel have overcome the problem of witnesses.

But here in the 20th century, it still remains a real life dilemma.

To get used to weightlessness and other unique sensations that astronauts experience in space.

We're going to show you a few specially designed simulation devices

which I must admit,

look like a lot of fun.

The UA T the underwater astronaut trainer

down a little bit down a little bit.

Roger right there.

In the microgravity chair.

We can simulate what it's actually like to walk on the moon.

I wonder if Michael Jackson ever practiced on One of these

if you remember, in the first Star Trek motion picture,

Spot had to suit up for a very dangerous mission

outside the safe confines of the enterprise.

Since 1965, NASA's astronauts have continually embarked on risky missions outside their spacecrafts.

In the MMU, or manned maneuvering unit,

we can experience what it's like to actually walk in space.

Some other elaborate machines include the maneuvering pod,

which allows you to float on a column of air 30 feet high.

The centrifuge where you can experience the same G forces

that astronauts have to endure.

You can imagine seven and a half million pounds of thrust

being generated by all the shuttles engines,

you're accelerating very rapidly.

In 45 seconds after you leave the pad, you're already going supersonic.

And for four and a half million pounds of hardware to be pushed supersonic in that period of time,

you can guess it's a pretty good right.

Now by far the most intimidating experience has to be the multi axis

which spins you in three different directions.

If this doesn't give you the feeling of hurling through space,

nothing will just be sure not to lose your life.

Now, it's important to point out that Jordy,

the character I play as chief engineer of the enterprise

is constantly having to hit the books to stay current

with the latest Starfleet policies and work theory.

And here it's Basecamp kids and the dogs must learn the principles of rocketry.

propulsor now, Space Science and aerospace engineering.

Well, there you have it, a small glimpse of what it takes

to be prepared to travel in space.

Of course, training for a flight aboard the space shuttle could take years,

and Starfleet personnel like commander LaForge

undergo an even more advanced training program

with the thrilling future of space travel

depicted in Star Trek actually starts right here.

I'm LeVar Burton. Thanks for joining me.

And you know, the people here don't mind.

I'm going to hitch another ride on the multi axis.

I just want to say congratulations to you

for being able to touch the child and all of us.

Congratulations and all my love.

You guys like Italian?

No, no, no. Yes. No. Yes.

I love it.

And so do you. Yes.

Do you know Row Row, Row row row your boat that

song did not come up in my research Katelyn.

It's a song your green blooded Vulcan.

In creating a legend such as Star Trek,

there is one important ingredient needed to portray the human condition

in a way everyone can relate to that all important element of humor.

As we mentioned earlier, Leonard and I

infused a lot of laughs in Star Trek four and five.

But mixing humor into dramatic storylines can be traced back to the original series,

where the characters develop their own special brand of playful banter.

I see you've noticed the years.

They're actually easy to explain.

He got his head in a mechanical rice picker.

I'm a doctor, not an engineer.

What am I a doctor are a moon shuttle conductor. I'm a doctor.

I'm a doctor. I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer.

Keep saying that. Are you a doctor, aren't you?

If I push these impulse engines to harden the condition they're in

they'll blow apart fascinating.

I've never seen him look so happy.

Shut up. Too much of anything.

Lieutenant even love isn't necessarily a good thing.

Change the laws of physics. Fascinating.

Dead she's dead just dead.

Looking back at those episodes in the 60s,

reminds me of how some of that futuristic clothing now seems a bit odd looking.

And again, we were a mirror of the time so it was only natural

to have alien cultures and bell bottoms

gogo boots and hippie outfits.

Now, if you thought the laughs only came out of the classic series,

just check out the new crew of the Enterprise.

Show me what is funny. All right, you're on

a guy walks into the doctor's office, but doctor tells him You need an operation.

The guy says I want a second opinion.

The doctor says okay, you're ugly too. But on bone,

sir. I protest I am not a married man.

My good fortune is your good fortune

you are fully functional, aren't you?

Of course but how awfully in every way of course.

I am programmed in multiple techniques.

You jewel that's exactly what I hoped.

Shame on you for thinking such a thing.

They're also plenty of miscues that are captured on film,

and have lived to this day here are a series of rare outtakes

compiled over the years.

Enterprise calling study six

Coinstar basics

Hi, you're shooting at them bass

what's what's what's going on here?

Are you challenging me to do

if you have the courage

Jim, I'm fine.

Are you all right?

Captain, you're in good hands with

small sperm whale

playing on eggs

an unknown flower.

King haven't consumed much parodies of a series seen over the years

and just a small part of the enormous impact Star Trek has had upon our culture.

The state Oxford dictionary has added the word Trekkie to its hallowed pages.

I guess we'll have to have them updated to Trecker

a more preferred term use today.

Since the 1960s.

Fans have been responsible for keeping Star Trek alive.

And through the years their numbers have grown considerably.

First convention Gene Roddenberry and his wife went to in New York City,

they expected 300 people and got about 3500

The next convention was also held in New York City. 73

I think it was and they had something like 8000 people there right now.

Eventually, that number went up to 32,000.

Over 250,000 fans attend conventions annually.

And fan clubs can be found as far away as Japan,

Australia and Europe leaves Ilana on invoice data.

In 1991, the biggest number of fans ever gathered from around the world to honor the 25th anniversary.

At a three day extravaganza held in Los Angeles.

Vendors sold hundreds of Star Trek memorabilia items,

guest speakers held seminars and signed autographs,

and hundreds of fans lined up to see a reunion of the original cast

onstage at the Shrine Auditorium.

It looks like they're about 10,000 people out there

and they've come from all over I know

they are here from Germany and England

and what have you and

I'm very flattered that we're appreciated that much.

It's such an honor and it's a pleasure to be here

and I've never seen such an audience as this.

I was practically in tears out there.

They are so kind they're so loving.

And as I think I set out there,

for sure they love us.

We're amazed that there's so many people here

that feel the same way we knew about Star Trek.

I cannot believe we thought we were gonna be the only two

You are crazy. Don't be the only person down there.

But obviously we're not.

To get a small glimpse of the effect Star Trek has had on many of his viewers.

Let's take a look at a Star Trek convention in action.

Anything that has Star Trek on it

is going to draw me to it like a magnet.

AMT has been making Star Trek model Ken since 1966.

As a matter of fact, AMT made the actual Star Trek model

that was used by the film company that is in the Smithsonian.

And there has been very few years

when the sales have not been doing very well.

For us. It's been the most successful model kit license in history

came about because the designers of the fashion accessories

wanted to attract attention with electronics

and also have some fun with Star Trek

creators saw the jewelry and wanted to have some of their characters to attract attention.

And it's worn by for television show.

I've been a fan since 1966.

Right in the very beginning first episode.

It's been a great 25 years,

about 1983. I got a contract,

they signed the contract with the studio and we've been under license ever since.

To do the official Star Trek fan club and from 15 members in 1979.

We've built the organization to 35,000 members around the world.

And we expect incredible numbers during this 25th anniversary year

to sign up in the club and be on board as well.

Statistics indicate that 53% of the American public

consider themselves Star Trek fans,

and you'd be surprised where they come from.

My name is Jim Thorne and astronautical engineer in the Air Force,

I worked with NASA on international space experiments.

I'm a fan of Star Trek because I see it as a as a positive future

that we can look forward to and hopefully achieve in reality.

Quite so many people believed and

many still believed that there are a bunch of teenagers

who were odd clothing and and give odd signs

and things but they're not.

Trackers include businessmen, bank presidents,

stockbrokers, college professors, and

a large number of astronauts.

Well, it's kind of interesting as I watched my daughter sitting there watching Star Trek The Next Generation,

I kind of can take myself back several years ago

when I was watching the initial Star Trek program.

And it kind of says to me that she is looking at the same types of visions,

hoping to do the same types of things that I find interesting and fascinating.

And the fact that she is also working here at NASA

Now as a co op student excites me that maybe

she'll be able to fall on my footsteps someday.

Visiting the bridge of the USS Enterprise

carries a legendary Mystique all its own.

Many distinguished guests have visited the set of Paramount Studios over the years,

including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell,

and former President Ronald Reagan in 1988

Universal Studios theme park Premiere to flooding new attractions.

The Star Trek adventure scene annually by over 5 million visitors,

participants are allowed to dress up like their favorite characters

act out an action packed scene on videotape at BMO way

before your very Gene Roddenberry and several cast members were on hand with gala opening.

We got a lot of fan mail both of us do and constant letters are coming in all the time of people

that would love to be a part of the show.

I can't tell you how many letters stayed there.

And here is the perfect opportunity for them to really be on a Star Trek

and have their own little film No, but I think is a very exciting idea.

However, the most significant indication of Star Trek's impact on the world occurred in 1976.

Over 400,000 letters were sent to Washington DC,

demanding that NASA name the first of his experimental space shuttles

after the futuristic spaceship in the popular television series.

Well, the enterprise was the first of the space shuttles.

Star Trek was was very popular in those days and

and the name enterprise was given to the shuttle

and I was lucky enough to be on the crew

that one of two crews that fluid from on top of the 747

There was another connection to the enterprise in my personal life

that I enjoyed for that mission and that was the fact

that I had served aboard the USS Enterprise in my first squadron.

We have found the nuclear weapon and

I'm gonna eat the enterprise.

Thank you for 25 years of giving us a great fantasy

of a world and worlds that may or may not exist.

Although as 2000 approaches Something tells me that

that other worlds are going to make themselves known

and what you have talked about for so many years

will no longer be fantasy, but reality and

then we can all say congratulations on your foresight.

Again, thank you. And for now,

I just want to say q2 signing off.

We once were as your spirits arrows

came a time when our weapons grow faster than our wisdom,

and we almost destroyed ourselves.

Who was that young guy?

In the world of television and motion picture, Star Trek has always had the unique ability

of including important social issues within its space age format,

especially during the turbulent 60s.

Roddenberry's core writers had plenty of drama to address,

America was in the grips of the Vietnam War.

Several cities were marred by violence demonstration.

And the civil rights when

I met him 66, I believe, or early 67.

And I had said to him, I was leaving the show,

after he had said that the show was in his home

their home every week and how important I was to his family

and made me very proud.

He said, think about this,

Michelle, you have changed the face of television forever,

they can never undo what they've done. The door is open.

Other TV shows that were popular at the time,

Westerns like the man's or situation comedies

offered a temporary escape from the drama occurring outside the window.

Star Trek not only dealt with some of these issues head on,

but presented a message of hope for the future of mankind.

One day soon, man is going to be able to harness incredible energies,

energies that could ultimately hairless to the world and in some sort of spaceship,

and the men that reach out into space

will be able to find ways to feed the hungry millions of the world

and to cure their diseases.

And those are the days worth living for.

There were stories written by science fiction writers,

for that kind of an audience.

The characters were the dimensional,

the relationships were complex.

The there were twists, they were the plots were you know, well constructed.

And and ultimately, they were very entertaining.

It wasn't the same story over and over and over again each week,

as you do see with a lot of science fiction programming.

I think the original Star Trek series also presented a future

where all races and cultures work together side by side.

And that philosophy remains in the current series.

You know, this is one of the few shows

that take place in the future that I saw as a kid,

was there any black people, you know,

Lieutenant ahorro was there that gave me a lot of hope, you know,

in Asian people and all kinds of folks, you know,

there was no problem with Russians in the it's very important

that the future be hopeful, and that's what this is

in the 1990s. Roddenberry and a staff of writers continue to pro both human

and political conflicts in a dramatic format,

including such topics as drug addiction, and terrorists

who are killing innocent people.

This is a war for independence,

and I am no different than your own George Washington.

Washington was a military general, not a terrorist.

This show Star Trek The Next Generation

is actually a wonderful show for the for role models for children.

And I'm grateful that that that exists for them

and that I can can you know say hi to them

or shake their hands and whatever

because I think children today today need role models very much

need hopeful, positive role models,

prepared to condemn him and all who come after him

to servitude and slavery.

Get on a staffing was founded to seek out new life

well there it sits.

In Star Trek for the voyage home.

The main thrust of the story is centered around saving an endangered species.

I decided to choose the biggest one around the humpback whale.

I got the idea by watching the heroic efforts of members of Greenpeace

who are Ben risked life and limb to protect these large mammals from whaling ships.

The social issues of the times and historical conflicts

often play an integral part of Star Trek,

one could argue that these analogies

helped bring the world of the 23rd century down to earth.

I don't think you can do better than Shakespeare

in terms of great thoughts and great themes.

And as it happens, Nick Meyer, who directed to wrote for

and his writing and directing six is a great Shakespeare scholar and fan.

I think he started in Star Trek two,

when he put up a real book and gold bifocals in the hands of Bill Shatner,

in the hands of Kirk was to remind people,

that literature will not be lost simply

because information will all be processed electronically in the future.

It was the best of times it

was the worst of times. Message,

none but I'm conscious of except, of course,

happy birthday. Surely,

the best of times,

I think the the success of a series like this

is based on that wonderful, large Bart body of lore

that exists that that you can delve into.

And it was Dr. McCoy with a fine sense of historical irony,

who decided on a name for our captured the Klingon vessel.

All I ask is a tall ship,

star to steer by

Melville. John.

Are you sure?

I am well versed in the classics.

Professor Moriarty, I presume,

welcome my dear homes.

We think I could not die any place so contented has in the king's company.

Its cause being just and his quarrel, honorable, splendid, beta, splendid.

All of this is perfectly natural to me.

sitting in this chair, which is the command chair

and the battle bridge of the USS Enterprise is not actually

unlike sitting in a throne or cabinet chair.

And a lot of the decision making that goes on is very, very similar.

And in that sense, the kind of work that I've done

has been very much continued by this equally the mythic nature of Star Trek as well.

It's all very much a part of work that I've done before,

perhaps maybe a little when I know Hamlet,

and what he might say with irony,

I say with conviction, what a piece of work is man,

how noble in reason how infinite in faculty in form in moving

how express an admirable in action,

how like an angel in apprehension,

how like a god

traditionally, one of the essential keys to the success of Star Trek

has been its writing, and I'm happy to announce

that we've upheld that tradition of great storytelling

with the completion of Star Trek six, The Undiscovered Country,

being one of the very, very last people ever to be associated with Star Trek.

I can hardly take credit for it, but Gene Roddenberry created it 25 years ago,

and clearly he has created something that stands with Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes

and Tolkien's trilogy and a number of other great literary Sagres,

which which range from science fiction to Victorian

to fantasy to any number of genres.

Later in this program, we'll see how Jenny Nicholas Meyer

and myself developed the story of Star Trek six

in a special behind the scenes segment

on the making of this current motion picture.

Here's to another 25 years guys, call me.

They have I'll be at the home.

You start Trix 25 year history, the legend has brought within volumes and volumes of information

to define the world around which his characters interact.

There are hundreds of pages written about starship designs,

futuristic technology, new and existing galaxies.

Even an encyclopedia of aliens which the crew have encountered

from Andorians. To Vulcans.

A recently published book is entirely devoted to the claim on language.

For instance, if the character of Spock one of the bit of fun farewell,

including on he'd say, in talk edge,

your chip or live long and prosper.

To find out more about this interesting language.

Let's go to Washington DC to meet a gifted linguist

who recently collaborated on the making of Star Trek six,

the undiscovered country.

As soon as I walked in the door, Nick Meyer came over and he says,

Oh good. I'm glad you're here. I need you to make up a line for me and cling on.

I said, What's that? He said, To be or not to be?

I said You're joking, right? He said no.

No, I'm serious. And I said, Well, all right.

And it's interesting because when I made up the language just to be curmudgeonly,

I decided there's not going to be any verb to be including on

and that worked out just fine until that morning when all of a sudden

I have to make up to be or not to be

experienced Shakespeare revenue

be not to be, that is the test in which we occupies our people.

There's no question that science fiction frequently depends

on other worldly encounters for his storylines,

and Star Trek is no exception.

The character of Spock is proof enough

that great care has been taken in developing alien beings

during the first season of the original series

Spock went through many changes and many pairs of years

before we got them right. And with each new year of his legacy

comes the potential for more characters in Star Trek six

It seems we get to see every species of the galaxy

and then some we thought it might be interesting to see a brief glimpse of

some of the folks we've met over the years in our quest

to seek out new life forms and new civilizations

what are the Tribbles?

Don't get me that cling on not to are always paid cops

are nice guys and lawyers and doctors

and boyfriends but nice people,

you know helpful you know and yes sir I'll get on that right away.

And you know and, and it

this guy is a total departure from anything I've ever done.

Today I am a warrior I must show you my heart.

I travel the river of blood

playing a click on Star Trek The Next Generation was one thing getting

the makeup was entirely another it was a remarkable experience

because it took it took me I guess about two and a half hours to to get this stuff on.

And then my my only line was like I took a pain stick

and stabbed Worf as he went through the the gauntlet of all of us Klingons

I suppose we could travel back in time when

you please leave my ship.

Q. When I thought of Q the first time

I thought of actually the first thing that came to mind

was a quote that was said about Byron

and that was that he was mad,

bad and dangerous to know.

You can feel it. You're here

pretty complaint lizards like us. Don't get us wrong.

Nobody can stoop and Ron, we were lizard.

We actually played with lizards running constantly all the time.

Anytime we see somebody we run.

People have often asked if playing the character of Spock

has been a problem for me throughout the years.

What I've come to realize is that when I'm recognized on the street,

people are not necessarily acknowledging Leonard Nimoy, the actor,

but perhaps a character they've grown to admire for his logical ideas about the universe.

If that's the case, it's been a privilege.

We will once have people like yourselves wildly emotional,

often committed to irrationally opposing points of view.

Only the discipline of logic saved my planet from extinction.

And now is as good a time as any to show you

what's been happening throughout the year during this celebration.

Since early January, the curators of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

have been preparing an interactive Star Trek exhibit,

which will make a five year voyage to museums across the country

to teach scientific principles.

We have a special niche

our interest is in taking education and interactive exhibit trees

and combining it with entertainment.

So we're a little bit like Disneyland and

a little bit like the school classroom.

When we deal with Star Trek, we felt that it was important for people to understand

what it would really be like if you were a Starfleet commander,

that when this exhibit opens, it will then travel around the country

and eventually come back to Portland and

we expect to be known as trekking Mecca.

To commemorate the 25th anniversary, the cast members from both the original series

and the next generation join together for the first time

to unveil the Gene Roddenberry building at Paramount Studios,

and Gene Roddenberry's vision is one that's endured for 25 years

longer than the government's vision for an inter.

You know, it's pretty amazing when you think about it.

He has inspired people, high and low.

I think this is the first time and quite possibly the only time

you're going to have both casts assembled like this

with Jean, and our respective producers,

which is kind of a memorable occasion on the

weekend of September 8 1991 marked the actual anniversary

of Star Trek's first aired big fans gathered for a marathon of the feature film series.

proud to announce that my character of Spock

is helping the United States Post Office sponsor a series of space age stamps,

with a message journey to a new frontier, collect stamps,

we are always seeking to promote stamp collecting.

And of course, there's a lot that's educational about stamp.

Some of these stamps are going to educate people about the nine planets

and who more logical than Leonard Nimoy.

In addition, Washington DC is the site of a unique Star Trek exhibit

at the Smithsonian institutions National Air and Space Museum.

Star Trek has really become an important

cultural artifact in our society.

And we we wanted to put together an exhibit

to examine the historical,

cultural and social implications of Star Trek.

This is the original cling on disrupter.

And you can see that unlike the Federation, phasers,

the disruptors is much more of a buck rogers Reagan.

This is a small model of the enterprise encased in a block of loose sight

and was used in the episode catspaw,

an impenetrable force field around your ship captain.

It will not hinder all that job, people are prisoners with it.

The Star Trek universe is full of people to meet

and things to do adventure and excitement.

Were a space as a reality is very dark,

and cold and unbelievably lonely.

And I think maybe one of the reasons that we stopped at the moon

and didn't go any further is that there weren't any Klingons there.

First of all, it's an honor for us to be involved in your 25th anniversary there Star Trek,

and we would like to remember the 25th anniversary by doing for you a couple of well,

incredible impersonations that we're extremely proud of

classic classic characters. We're talking about William Shatner as Captain Kirk

and unforced Kelly

has bones get ready. First, you'll hear Captain Kirk

than bombs, you might want to close your eyes here

and imagine they will envision before you.

Bombs, thank you,

and some engaged.

Pretty exciting stuff. It's great.

To put together one episode of Star Trek The Next Generation

requires an enormous amount of manpower.

In the original series, we didn't have the advanced technology that exists today.

But we still managed to deliver Emmy award winning effects.

Today, the making of an episode is an amazing process

and we'd like to share it with you from script to screen.

I've been asked the question and you've

you've after doing all of those episodes, is there?

Are there new things you can do?

Oh my god. Yes. The basis of our series is the galaxy.

And there's quite a few stories out there.

Executive producer Rick Berman and several other staff members

meticulously comb through the pages and make revisions

while the special effects crew costumers

scenic designers and other key personnel

create magic out of the printed word.

What we do is we take all the members of the writing staff

and we go into a room and we talk it out

and we have a board that actually we write up on the wall

and we watch the story beat by beat developed.

Well I get about two weeks notice on a script,

I get about 10 working days to do the thinking

do the drawing, get the sets constructed

and ready to shoot. Well, normally department

one of the things is you want to show

that the technology is is very considerably advanced

beyond what we have today. And at the same time

you have to create it using present day technology.

Whenever you see a close above a control panel,

usually generated in my handy dandy Macintosh computer.

In this case, this particular piece is from an upcoming episode

where we're going to be scanning an area of space

and we're going I see this area of subspace distortion.

Again long range scan to the Romulan border.

No uncloaked ships within sensor range,

a few subspace anomalies but nothing firm.

It was anomalies could be close ships in

any given shot that would have the enterprise

we've had to shoot the enterprise during that same motion,

about seven times one exposure is required for the whole

the whole exposure we call the beauty pass.

Another exposure is required for the windows

and to get the warp lights or the impulse lights

we shoot those with diffusion filters so that they glow

and then we have to shoot a Matte pass

which gives us a perfect silhouette of the ship

that allows us to punch a hole in the background of the scenes

I see color variations and rhythms and complex harmonies.

What you see on Jordi now

is a is a reproduction of a plastic bar

at a bar at that generally fits

over a woman's head like this.

Miko Kuta came in with

that one day brought it said My girlfriend was putting this in her hair the other day,

I thought, wow, wouldn't that look good over jordiz eyes

and we went out and bought some

and we remanufactured some one of our basic ideas,

using that as the basis.

This is a new prop for our fifth season.

It's a medical case for Dr. Crusher.

It's designed for her to sling over her shoulder very conveniently,

when she needs to she can pull out her tricorder

and take readings of her patients.

shot like this could represent hundreds of man hours to bring into existence.

It's ambitious for television and

I think it pays off and although the story is what,

what the shows are really all about.

On an episode named Tin Man,

we had a an alien space creature that was very organic, sort of thing.

And so when we had to send someone inside of this thing here,

we found ourselves inside a very organic living creature

and we had to have sounds that would help us believe

that we ended up taking a stethoscope

and feeding somebody a bunch of pizza

and recording those sounds of that pizza being digested.

And and it turned out terrific.

Some television shows are shot in a week's time but not Star Trek.

With a budget of over a million dollars per episode.

The process from start date, the final editing

can take a month or longer to complete.

I think sometimes you people who started in Hollywood who spent a lot of time here,

forget how really incredible this town is.

We have people here that can do anything.

And we have other people who who try.

But we this this rich reservoir of of talent and a person who is willing to use it

and willing to let other people make decisions

and so on it's bound to be successful.

Well, I hope now the audience appreciates just a little more

of the amount of work that is involved with producing a series like Star Trek.

Now, let's jump from the small screen to the big screen.

Now. As promised, we'd like to discuss the making of our motion pictures

Star Trek six The Undiscovered Country.

one of Hollywood's most respected talents Christopher Plummer

makes a special guest appearance along with Kim Cottrell,

Rosanna DeSoto, David Warner and Mark Leonard is Spock's father Ceric

once again, our story parallels current events in our own lifetime.

The title, The Undiscovered Country is based on a line from Shakespeare's Hamlet,

symbolizing the unknown future that two vastly different cultures

must ultimately face in this case, the Federation and the Klingons.

The Klingons Empire has 50 years of life left

to offer Klingons a safe haven within Federation spaces

suicide of animals gym,

they are dying, new Captain Kirk are to be our first Olive Branch.

Me.

We have volunteered to meet the ship which is bringing Chancellor gorkon here

and escort him safely through Federation space.

We fall on tiered. This is the Starship Enterprise.

We've been ordered to escort you to your meeting on Earth.

Yes, so is coming to dinner.

I have so wanted to meet you captain,

one warrior to another. Right.

The Undiscovered Country refers to the future

and as you Know the world in which we are living,

is turning upside down even as we speak the undiscovered country, the future.

If only these two enormous rivals would not blow everything up

with their dreadful weapons of destruction,

and then somebody says,

Okay, take two.

That's the undiscovered country.

Would you be willing to give up Starfleet?

I believe the captain feels that start from each mission

has always been one piece.

So it really has this kind of feeling of the two major powers of the universe.

And there's that nice corollary on Earth

with the two major powers of Earth, the United States and USSR.

You hypocritically presume that your democratic system

gives you the moral prerogative to force other cultures

to conform to your politics. Now,

it's going to be a whodunit story.

And I think the audience will be guessing right until the end,

as to who the culprits are,

we come in peace, and you blatantly to find that we haven't fired.

According to our data banks, we have only a lot of the stars.

They're having about Battlestations. incoming

signal our surrender,

we surrender.

Once again, we've teamed up with the talented crew

and George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic

to create some thrilling news.

One story point in this film, is

that the Enterprise Portal enterprise takes a pummeling.

And it's getting hit repeatedly from another ship

with with photon torpedoes banging against it,

while its shields are up. So we have to leave scars.

And so it's gets hit time after time.

They're very expensive models.

So each one is probably you know,

we're talking hundreds of $1,000 for each of those models,

or the enterprise is probably 800,000

This is an interesting design of the ship.

You know, before this spaceship was either a rocket or a flying saucer.

The warp engines here are away from the hall

because what they do basically is warped space,

almost like surfboard riding on a wave.

And they have to be away from the ship

because when they do that they create this horrible electric field

that if you were standing next to you'd be incinerated.

So that's that's the reasoning as to why they're away from the ship.

And they create this space that the ship is able to move faster than like

the cast and crew had to rise to the challenge of a tough shooting schedule

in order to have a release ready for our 25th anniversary.

From wardrobe to make up every department put in plenty of man hours

with the understanding that they were creating something very special.

The scope of this is is triple anything t

hat they've ever done before.

And also in Hollywood. This is probably one of the largest prosthetic shows

has come down the wire since planet of the apes

and anything that can pair with it back to the future

or Dick Tracy, which you still don't even hold a candle to this

massive amounts of Klingons and

some aliens sprinkled in here in there.

Several extraordinary locations were used in Star Trek six

including the rough terrain of Alaska freezing temperatures

and slippery ice were only part of the challenge of shooting rare

even the the stunt doubles that I took to Alaska on the second unit.

You know they had three and a half hours of makeup.

They'd be up at you know, two three in the morning

and then we'd fly 40 minutes by helicopter to this glacier

and it would be below freezing in the morning by noon.

They were sweating and they have this heavy

you know we were so concerned that they were going to freeze to death now

I had a problem that they were going to transpire

and catch pneumonia and then of course

the cold would seven at the end so everybody you know

from stuntman to stars ran into a lot of personal sacrifice to make this movie

on rock not push snare.

The universal translator was confiscated again,

I'm sorry.

The grass crew on to cram water rescues John dead deck.

Definitely on about something on rotten.

Fourth now.

If this is your spot, we'll move on.

Portions of this surreal ice planet was shot on a soundstage

where Kirk and McCoy battle against the elements and encountered voluptuous alien.

I play an alien.

The female alien

Her name is Martina.

She's a camel load that means she can change his like a chameleon

to change his physique from time to time.

She's a good girl, but she is a villain.

We're outside the shield. Now it's your turn captain.

Left, right chop to the neck

chop to jabs and a right.

As we said earlier, playing on Empire

figures prominently in this story.

And for actor Michael Dorn who plays Lieutenant Worf on the Current TV series.

It was a once in a lifetime chance to blend together two generations.

My character is the grandfather of the character

I play on the next generation. Televisions show.

He is a defense attorney and he is pressed into service

to defend Kirk and bones and the Clinton court objection.

Captain Kirk has not been identified as the assassin

stain. I offer into the record

this excerpt from the captain's personal love

give the devil

my boy

would consider any attempt to rescue them

an act of war there will never be a better time.

This is Captain su USS Excelsior

is Jen ready to assist you.

prefer it this way as it was meant to be to

why she cannot take much more.

Star Trek six The Undiscovered Country.

Congratulations Jean on 25 years of Star Trek

and thank you to everyone who has watched

and supported us and supported them.

25 years ago, a unique television show became another symbol

for what astronaut Buzz Aldrin called the insatiable curiosity

of all mankind to explore the unknown.

By portraying a positive vision of the future,

Star Trek has captured the imagination of millions

and strengthen their support for space travel and exploration.

For that everyone associated with Star Trek deserves congratulations.

Happy anniversary.

Who knows what tomorrow holds for us

in this vast realm of galaxies and planets above us?

Well, one thing that might help us get a better understanding of the future

is to check the developments of NASA and other scientists around the world.

Currently, we wait upon the launch of the endeavor

and other space shuttle missions to gain further scientific information.

In addition, plans are underway to construct a massive space station called freedom.

I would hope in the future that we develop a way that's more cost effective.

That's more like Star Trek that uses the same spacecraft over and over again.

And the only way we can do that is to refurbish them somewhere

and bringing them back down to the surface of the Earth

is not always the best way. So that means we need to refurbish them in space.

And that means we need a spaceport

and paralleling Star Trek School of seeking new life,

new civilization, scientists in London made an amazing discovery,

a brand new planet, the solar system, which could contain

like, you know, we think about our solar system and the planets in it.

And what a lot of people don't realize is

that Star Trek kind of portrayed is there's lots of other solar systems out there.

And although we believe that we're probably the only life in this solar system,

who's to say that some other solar system, just like Star Trek portrayed

might have, you know, human type inhabitants?

We hope that in the last two hours,

you've enjoyed watching us trace the history of Star Trek

in order to find out what makes it such an extraordinary legend.

Both Leonard and I have argued about what elements have made it last along.

But there are no easy answers.

We've mentioned that part of the success lies in the ideas both hidden

and obvious inherent in the stories.

Kids can watch the show for the action,

the adventure, the fun, then you can revisit years later

and discover something you weren't aware of.

Second of all, is thoughtful science fiction.

It's not just people shooting each other

and the one who knocks out the other one is the winner.

There's also a special chemistry video In this particular family of actors and characters,

audiences seem to respond favorably to that.

In fact, they enjoy watching these people grow older

and adjusting to events from a more mature perspective.

One thing is for certain, it has generated fans from around the world

for its portrayal of a culture we'd like to live in.

Star Trek appeals to a higher denominator,

it appeals to the imagination to the mind.

It is allegory that deals with issues disguised.

And the loyalty to Star Trek, I think, is

because people say, I'm a Star Trek fan.

And that marks me is something special.

I think ultimately, for me.

What fascinates and compels me are those characters.

Or those actors if you like.

That there is what I call the The Extra Terrestrial quality

known as charm which these people possess in abundance,

Star Trek has kept its promise of going,

we're not going to have gone before.

One person who can sum up the philosophy of this extraordinary 25 year legend

is his creator Gene Roddenberry

because it speaks to some basic human needs that there is a tomorrow,

if not all going to be over with a big flash and a bomb

that the human race is improving,

that we have things to be proud of as humans now,

astronauts, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids.

Human beings built him because they're clever and they work hard.

And Star Trek is about those things.

Thank you for joining us. We look forward to seeing you in the future.

May you all live long and prosper.

I'm frontier the bees

these are the continuing voyages of the Starship Enterprise.

Their ongoing mission

to explore strange new worlds

to seek out new life forms and new civilizations

to boldly go

where no man has gone before.

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