Original subtitles

[SIREN]

Narrator: CAPTAIN'S LOG.

STARDATE 11601.29.

ASSIGNMENT EARTH.

A MYSTERIOUS OBJECT

FROM A CLASS-M PLANET IN THE ALPHA QUADRANT

IS BEING TRANSPORTED BY SHUTTLECRAFT.

AN INTERSTELLAR TIME-TRAVELER,

IT BRINGS A MESSAGE OF HOPE TO ALL HUMANOID SPECIES.

[POWER DRILL WHIRRING]

WHAT'S INSIDE THIS CRATE

IS TAKING US WHERE NO MAN OR WOMAN HAS GONE BEFORE.

BECAUSE THIS IS CAPTAIN KIRK'S COMMAND CHAIR.

THAT'S RIGHT-- THE ORIGINAL PROP CHAIR

FROM THE BRIDGE OF THE ORIGINAL GROUNDBREAKING SERIES.

Captain Kirk: MR. CHEKOV, RESUME ORIGINAL COURSE, WARP FACTOR 2.

Chekov: WARP FACTOR 2, SIR.

Kirk: ENERGIZE.

Narrator: 50 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST VOYAGE

OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE,

STAR TREK IS A POP CULTURE PHENOMENON

THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY.

Nichelle Nichols: IT WAS JUST A KISSING SCENE.

Kirk: PHASERS ON STUN.

[GROWLING]

Simon Pegg: STAR TREK IS PART OF OUR CULTURAL DNA.

Narrator: WITH THE COOLEST PROPS...

Man: THIS IS A TRICORDER.

Narrator: AND MIND-BLOWING SCIENCE.

Man: OUR PLAYBOOK IS BASICALLY THE FIRST SEASON OF STAR TREK.

Kirk: KIRK TO ENTERPRISE.

Narrator: IT INVENTED THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE.

Man: WE'RE MAKING THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE HAPPEN.

Narrator: AND 50 YEARS ON,

STAR TREK IS STILL INVENTING THE FUTURE.

Man: EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS.

Spock: FASCINATING.

♪

Narrator: IT BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1966.

CREATED BY GENE RODDENBERRY, THE ORIGINAL SERIES OF STAR TREK

HAS INSPIRED ANOTHER SIX TV SERIES

AND 13 FEATURE FILMS...

[ZAP]

INCLUDING THE LATEST IN THE REBOOTED FRANCHISE.

♪

McCoy: YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAD BACK OUT THERE, HUH?

Narrator: KARL URBAN PLAYS THE NEW BONES McCOY.

Karl Urban: PART OF WHAT WAS SO APPEALING

ABOUT STAR TREK BACK THEN

IS WHAT IS APPEALING ABOUT IT TODAY.

Spock: DAZZLING DISPLAY OF LOGIC.

Kirk: YOU DIDN'T THINK I HAD IT IN ME, DID YOU, SPOCK?

Spock: NO, SIR.

Karl: IT'S ABOUT THIS FAMILY,

THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY IN SPACE

THAT DON'T ALWAYS GET ON, BUT HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

McCoy: I LIKE THEM. BETTER THAN I LIKE YOU.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Narrator: SIMON PEGG IS CO-WRITER OF "STAR TREK BEYOND"

AND THE NEW SCOTTY.

Simon Pegg: STAR TREK IS THE ONE SHINING LIGHT

WHICH SAYS NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA DESTROY OURSELVES,

WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE

AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE OUT INTO THE GALAXY

AND BE REALLY HANDSOME.

[KIRK GROANS]

[LAUGHS]

[GROWLING]

Narrator: FOR THE SCRIPTWRITERS OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES,

IT BEGAN AS A SCI-FI FANTASY.

[GROWLING]

David Gerrold: WE WERE MAKING IT UP AS WE WENT ALONG.

[GROWLING]

DC Fontana: I THINK IT WAS JUST IMAGINATION AT THE TIME

AND CONJECTURE, JUST,

"WELL, THIS COULD HAPPEN, THIS COULD BE A GOOD IDEA."

Spock: ENERGIZE.

David: AND EVERYBODY WAS SAYING,

WELL, WHAT WILL WE DO IN THE 23rd CENTURY?

HOW WILL IT LOOK?

AND SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE HAVING THIS GREAT TIME

INVENTING THE 23rd CENTURY.

Kirk: AND THIS INSANE TORTURE CHAMBER.

Narrator: BUT FOR A GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS

WHO GREW UP WATCHING THE RERUNS,

IT'S PROVIDED A BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE...

AS THEY UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF WARP SPACE AND TELEPORTATION,

REVEAL THE MYSTERIES OF THE INVISIBILITY CLOAK,

AND SOLVE THE RIDDLE OF THE PHASER AND TRICORDER.

Peter Diamandis: AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT

SORT OF NOT JUST HOPING FOR THE FUTURE,

BUT MAKING THE FUTURE HAPPEN.

Narrator: WHAT INSPIRED THESE SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS

CAN BE FOUND HERE,

AT THE EMP MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE IN SEATTLE.

♪

Woman: WOW.

Narrator: FANS ARE GETTING THE CHANCE

TO GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

WITH AUTHENTIC PROPS FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES,

GATHERED TOGETHER IN THE SAME PLACE

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY HALF A CENTURY.

Woman: OH, THIS IS FABULOUS!

Brooks Peck: THE OBJECTS IN STAR TREK

ARE NATIONAL TREASURES NOW, THEY ARE CULTURAL ICONS.

Man: THIS IS AMAZING!

Narrator: THE NAVIGATION CONSOLE OF MR. SULU AND MR. CHEKOV,

LIEUTENANT UHURA'S EARPIECE, DR. McCOY'S TRICORDER,

MR. SPOCK'S TUNIC, THE PHASER, THE COMMUNICATOR...

[CHIRPING]

AND AT THE HEART OF IT ALL, THE MOTHER OF ALL ICONIC PROPS.

Brooks: THIS IS CAPTAIN KIRK'S COMMAND CHAIR.

Kirk: THIS IS CAPTAIN JAMES KIRK OF THE USS ENTERPRISE.

Brooks: THIS IS THE HEART OF IT ALL.

THIS IS WHERE KIRK SITS AND GUIDES HIS SHIP,

GUIDES HIS CREW...

Kirk: STAYING WITH US.

Brooks: FACES DOWN EVIL ALIENS...

[EXPLOSION]

SEDUCES PRETTY WOMEN.

♪

[LAUGHS]

Aprille Ericsson: HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH WOMEN

WAS SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T ALWAYS EXPECT

TO BE WHAT HAPPENS WITH A CAPTAIN.

Simon: THIS SUPER BRASH, SUPER CONFIDENT, COCKY...

Kirk: I WANT SOME ANSWERS TO ALL THIS.

Simon: REBEL WHO EVERYONE JUST LOVES

'CAUSE HE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT NAUGHTY.

Peter: SUAVE, BRILLIANT...

Kirk: NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE YOUR PSYCHOKINETIC ABILITY,

BUT AT TWICE YOUR POWER LEVEL.

Peter: GO WITH HIS GUT...

[ZAP]

Kirk: WELL, THAT SETTLES THAT.

Peter: GREAT LEADER...

Kirk: YOU WON'T GET IT THROUGH TORTURE.

Peter: DRIVEN BEYOND BELIEF.

Kirk: I WANT THAT THIRD ALTERNATIVE.

Adam Schneider: MOST PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PLAY STAR TREK

WHEN THEY'RE 10 YEARS OLD WANT TO BE CAPTAIN KIRK.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE BEST JOB.

[SQUEAK]

Narrator: KIRK'S CHAIR IS YOUR TYPICAL PIECE

OF 1950s OFFICE FURNITURE,

WITH A FEW ADDED LIGHTS AND BUTTONS.

BUT IT SOLD AT AUCTION IN 2002 FOR MORE THAN $300,000.

Brooks: OF COURSE THAT 11-YEAR-OLD BROOKS

THAT WATCHED STAR TREK AS A KID,

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE

TO REALLY SIT IN THAT CHAIR.

Narrator: TEMPTING, ISN'T IT?

Brooks: I NEVER, EVER WILL.

IT'S AN OBJECT THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT.

WE ARE THE STEWARDS OF THIS CHAIR.

AND SO, NO SITTING.

Narrator: FROM THE COMFORT OF THIS COMMAND CHAIR,

CAPTAIN KIRK CAN GIVE AN ORDER LIKE...

Kirk: LIEUTENANT SULU, ACTIVATE TRACTOR BEAMS.

Narrator: ...AND HEY, PRESTO,

AN INVISIBLE BEAM OF ENERGY CALLED A TRACTOR BEAM

GRABS HOLD OF ANY PASSING OBJECT IN SPACE

AND PULLS IT ALONG LIKE AN INTERSTELLAR TOW TRUCK.

Adam: WE LOVE TRACTOR BEAMS,

ALTHOUGH YOU NEVER SAW A BEAM IN THE ORIGINAL SHOW,

BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO PUT A BEAM.

[LAUGHS]

TURN ON THE TRACTOR BEAM,

AND THEN THE THING WOULD SOMEHOW FOLLOW ALONG.

Narrator: PHYSICS PROFESSOR DAVID GRIER

IS MAKING HIS OWN TRACTOR BEAM

IN HIS LAB AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

USING BEAMS OF LIGHT IN THE FORM OF HIGH-ENERGY LASERS.

David Grier: WE'VE SEEN IT ON TV, RIGHT?

BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE DOING IT FOR REAL?

OK, SO, HERE'S THE WAVE.

THEN YOU HAVE A TRACTOR BEAM.

Narrator: HAVING FIGURED OUT THE EQUATION FOR A TRACTOR BEAM...

DAVID CAN GO BACK TO THE LAB AND USE HIS LASERS

TO GRAB HOLD OF TINY PARTICLES OF MATTER.

David: WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT HERE

IS GOING ON IN THE OPTICAL TABLE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S HAPPENING LIVE.

WE ARE ACTUALLY MANIPULATING OBJECTS.

WE'RE MOVING THEM AROUND WITH THE FORCES EXERTED BY LIGHT.

Narrator: WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN

IS JUST A MILLIONTH OF A METER--

WAY SMALLER THAN A STAR TREK SHUTTLECRAFT.

David: TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE SCALE,

THIS TV SCREEN HERE

IS ABOUT ONE QUARTER THE SIZE OF A HUMAN HAIR.

Narrator: IT MAY BE TINY, BUT THIS IS A SCIENTIFIC FIRST.

David: IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT IT WORKS.

FROM THE, UH, FROM THE EQUATIONS TO THE TV SCREEN.

Narrator: AND IN TEN YEARS' TIME

DAVID WANTS TO PUT HIS TRACTOR BEAM INTO OUTER SPACE.

David: ONE APPLICATION, EARLY APPLICATION FOR TRACTOR BEAMS,

WOULD BE TO PUT IT ON THE SPACE STATION,

BEAM IT INTO SPACE, AND JUST KEEP PULLING BACK THE MATERIAL--

KEEP ANALYZING IT, KEEP PULLING BACK.

IT'S A FISHING NET OF LIGHT-- IT'S A TRACTOR BEAM.

Narrator: BUT STAR TREK WASN'T JUST PUSHING

THE BOUNDARIES OF SCIENCE.

David Gerrold: THE CHALLENGE WITH STAR TREK

WAS TO RATTLE THE BARS OF THE CAGE,

WAS TO PUSH THE LIMIT.

Narrator: AND IT WOULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY

WITH A KISS.

Narrator: BUT COMING UP FIRST-- SET PHASERS TO STUN.

STAR TREK ON A BATTLEFIELD NEAR YOU.

[EXPLOSION]

AT THE OFFICIAL STAR TREK CONVENTION

IN LAS VEGAS,

THE FANS ARE GETTING EXCITED FOR THE 50th ANNIVERSARY.

John Van Citters: THEY LOVE THE SHOW,

AND THEY JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH.

Narrator: BUT THERE'S NO BIGGER FAN THAN THIS GUY.

MEET GERALD GURIAN, WHO'S BUILT THE BRIDGE

OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE IN HIS LIVING ROOM!

Gerald Gurian: STEP RIGHT THIS WAY, BROOKS.

Brooks: LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS FANTASTIC.

Gerald: OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Brooks: VERY COOL.

Narrator: AND GUESS WHAT GERALD'S GOT.

IT'S ONE OF THE RAREST PROPS OF THEM ALL--

AN ORIGINAL PHASER FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES.

Brooks: IT'S LIGHT. Gerald: YES.

Brooks: YOU KNOW, AS A KID YOU ALWAYS IMAGINE

IT'S GOT THIS WEIGHT TO IT.

Gerald: IT'S HOLLOW FIBERGLASS.

Brooks: THIS IS REALLY MIND-BLOWING,

BECAUSE AS FAR AS WE KNOW

THERE ARE ONLY TWO PHASERS IN EXISTENCE.

IT'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO SINCE I WAS TEN, YOU KNOW,

IS LIKE HOLD A PHASER.

THAT WAS REALLY HARD

TO LIKE KEEP IT COOL AND BE ALL PROFESSIONAL,

YOU KNOW, LIKE YEAH, YEAH,

WHEN JUST THERE'S THIS NINE-YEAR-OLD KID IN ME

GOING "OH, MY GOODNESS, THE PHASER."

♪

Narrator: STAR TREK'S PHASER IS LIKE A SOUPED-UP VERSION

OF THE ORDINARY LASER,

WHICH WAS INVENTED IN THE 1960s.

TODAY IN LOCKHEED MARTIN'S RESEARCH LAB

IN BOTHELL, WASHINGTON,

SCIENTISTS ARE DEVELOPING LASERS MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER BEFORE,

AND THEIR GOAL IS TO CREATE A PHASER FOR REAL.

Rob Afzal: SO HOW COULD WE ACTUALLY MAKE A PHASER?

WELL, WHEN I LOOK AT A DEVICE LIKE THIS,

THE FIRST THING I THINK ABOUT IS THE ENERGY,

THE POWER THAT'S REQUIRED TO GET THE PHASER EFFECT.

[BANG]

THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGH WOULD COME

FROM BEING ABLE TO STORE ENOUGH ENERGY IN A DEVICE LIKE THIS

SO THAT YOU COULD PROJECT THAT BEAM AND GET YOUR EFFECT.

Narrator: AND HOW CLOSE IS LOCKHEED MARTIN

TO ACHIEVING THIS?

WELL, TAKE A SNEAK PEAK.

Rob: YOU SEE THE ROCKET LAUNCH.

AT THIS POINT THE LASER WEAPON SYSTEM

HAS TO ACQUIRE THE ROCKET, TRACK IT,

PUT THE HIGH ENERGY LASER BEAM ONTO IT,

AND THAT WHITE SPOT THERE IS AN ACTUAL REFLECTION

OF THE HIGH ENERGY LASER BEAM ON THE ROCKET,

OVERHEATING THE WARHEAD, CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE.

[EXPLOSION]

Narrator: BEFORE ROB CAME ALONG, THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO DO THIS

REQUIRED A GENERATOR THE SIZE OF THIS...

OR EVEN THIS...

MAKING IT AS NIMBLE AS YOUR AVERAGE STAR TREK ALIEN.

[GROWLING]

AND NOW ROB'S LASERS ARE HOW BIG?

Rob: AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COMPLETE LASER WEAPON SYSTEM

IS ABLE TO BE CARRIED ON THE BACK OF A FLATBED TRUCK.

Narrator: BUT DO SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THERE COULD ONE DAY BE

A HANDHELD PHASER LIKE IN THE TV SERIES?

Rob: AND OF COURSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT

TO PREDICT THE FUTURE,

BUT I WOULD NEVER BET AGAINST SCIENCE.

Narrator: AND IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE ROB'S PHASER

WILL GO FROM THE TEST RANGE TO THE BATTLEFIELD.

[EXPLOSIONS]

THE PHASER, LIKE ALL THE PROPS

IN THE ORIGINAL SERIES OF STAR TREK,

WAS DESIGNED TO BE CHEAP AND CHEERFUL.

Kirk: CLOSE THAT DOOR.

David Gerrold: THE PROPS WERE ALWAYS A PROBLEM.

MOST OF THEM WERE JUST WOODEN THINGS SLAPPED TOGETHER

AT THE LAST MINUTE.

DC: PLASTIC, LITTLE BITS OF METAL,

WHATEVER, THAT COULD LOOK GOOD ON SCREEN

AND FUNCTION IN A CERTAIN WAY.

Spock: INTERNAL INJURIES.

Narrator: AND BECAUSE IT WAS A CHEAP SHOW,

THE SCRIPTWRITERS HAD TO COME UP WITH INGENIOUS WAYS

OF MAKING IT LOOK LIKE COOL SCIENCE.

Spock: 70% KIDNEY FAILURE.

ENERGIZE.

Narrator: INCLUDING THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS

SCIENCE FICTION INVENTION OF THEM ALL--

THE TRANSPORTER.

Brooks: A LITTLE SCARY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,

HAVING ALL YOUR MOLECULES TURNED TO INTO ENERGY

AND SHOT DOWN THIS RAY TO MILLIONS OF MILES AWAY,

AND YOU'VE GOT TO TRUST THAT THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

I MEAN, WE PUT OUR TRUST IN SOMETHING

WHICH BASICALLY MINCES YOU.

Simon: AS A NARRATIVE DEVICE IT'S BRILLIANT

BECAUSE YOU CAN GO FROM ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT

VERY, VERY QUICKLY,

AND IT'S A GENIUS PIECE OF INVENTIVE WRITING

AND ALSO FEELS VERY SCIENCE FICTION, YOU KNOW,

LIKE A MATTER TRANSFER.

BUT IN STAR TREK YOU BUY IT BECAUSE IT'S THE FUTURE,

AND THINGS LIKE THAT EXIST IN THE FUTURE.

Narrator: ACTUALLY THE FUTURE IS NOW--

BECAUSE NASA ALREADY HAS A TRANSPORTER,

THANKS TO ITS VERY OWN SCIENCE OFFICER,

FRANCESCO MARSILI.

BUT THERE'S ONE BIG DIFFERENCE FROM STAR TREK.

Francesco Marsili: WE'RE NOT TELEPORTING CAPTAIN KIRK,

BECAUSE THE TELEPORTATION SHOWN IN STAR TREK TRANSFERS MATTER.

WHEN THE DETECTOR SWITCHES...

Narrator: WHAT FRANCESCO CAN TELEPORT

IS THE STATE OF A PHOTON,

USING ONE OF THESE-- A PHOTON DETECTOR.

A PHOTON IS A SUBATOMIC PARTICLE OF LIGHT.

IF YOU CAN CHANGE THE STATE OF ONE PHOTON,

YOU CAN CHANGE THE STATE OF ANOTHER,

EVEN IF IT'S MILES AWAY.

Francesco: EINSTEIN CALLED IT "SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE,"

WHICH IS WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS.

Narrator: THINK OF IT LIKE A COLOR.

FRANCESCO CAN TELEPORT THE COLOR OF ONE PHOTON TO ANOTHER

WITHOUT ANY TRANSFER OF MATTER.

IT'S CALLED QUANTUM TELEPORTATION--

AND IN FUTURE MISSIONS, NASA PLANS TO USE IT

TO COMMUNICATE IN DEEP SPACE.

Spock: FASCINATING.

Narrator: AND, YES, FRANCESCO DOES HAVE

A LITTLE SCIENTIFIC CRUSH ON YOU KNOW WHO.

Francesco: SPOCK.

Spock: I HAVE A BLIP ON THE MOTION SENSOR, CAPTAIN.

Francesco: THE REASON WHY I LIKE HIM

IS BECAUSE OF THE VULCANS.

THEY ARE ADVANCED, THEY ARE LOGICAL MIND.

Spock: WE'VE LOST THEM, CAPTAIN.

THE ODDS AGAINST YOU AND I BOTH BEING KILLED ARE 2,228.7 TO 1.

Francesco: HE'S LIKE THE PERFECT SCIENTIST.

Kirk: SPEED, MR. CHEKOV?

Chekov: WE'RE MOVING AT WARP 8. Kirk: NEW COURSE.

Narrator: WE LOVE THE SHOW BECAUSE WE LOVE THE CHARACTERS.

Chekov: AYE, SIR.

Karl: THE MORE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW,

YOU SPEND WITH THESE CHARACTERS, THE MORE YOU CARE FOR THEM.

Narrator: EVEN THE BREATHTAKING ENTERPRISE HERSELF!

EVER WONDER WHERE SHE ENDED UP AFTER ALL THESE YEARS?

WE'LL GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH HER LATER ON.

BUT COMING UP NEXT, STAR TREK'S UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR

ON YOUR VERY OWN SMART PHONE!

Man: EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS.

Narrator: IT MAY HAVE HAD SHAKY SPECIAL EFFECTS,

AND IT MAY HAVE HAD MAKESHIFT PROPS,

BUT THE WORLD CREATED BY STAR TREK

WAS UTTERLY CONVINCING.

Uhura: CAPTAIN, WE'RE GETTING A SIGNAL FROM THE SPACECRAFT.

Simon: WHEN YOU WATCHED IT,

AS A FAN YOU NEVER QUESTIONED IT,

YOU JUST--YOU BOUGHT IT,

YOUR SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF WAS COMPLETE,

YOU WERE LIKE "YEAH, FINE."

Brooks: SO THIS IS A COMMUNICATOR.

THIS IS ONE OF THE ACTUAL PROPS, IT WAS PROBABLY USED

BY EVERYONE ON THE SHOW AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.

Scotty: ENTERPRISE TO CAPTAIN KIRK, COME IN, PLEASE.

Kirk: KIRK HERE. WHAT IS IT, ENTERPRISE?

Karl: THESE GUYS ARE USING, LITTLE COMMUNICATOR DEVICES,

AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY,

AND MOST OF US ARE WALKING AROUND

WITH THESE SMART PHONES THAT CAN DO ALL OF THAT.

Kirk: KIRK TO ENTERPRISE. Uhura: ENTERPRISE HERE.

Narrator: BUT STAR TREK DIDN'T ONLY INVENT THE FLIP-PHONE--

IT IMAGINED A WORLD OF WIRELESS BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY.

Uhura: I'M GETTING NO SIGNAL FROM IT, SIR.

Brooks: THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNKIER PIECES

OF STAR TREK DESIGN.

IT HAS A REAL '60s LOOK ABOUT IT.

Uhura: CONTACT ESTABLISHED, CAPTAIN.

Brooks: UNLIKE SO MANY TV PROPS WHICH, WHEN YOU LOOK UP CLOSE,

YOU SAY "OH, I CAN TELL THIS IS A PROP,"

THIS IS COOL TECHNOLOGY ALL THE WAY DOWN.

IT NEVER STOPS LOOKING COMPLETELY REAL

AND COMPLETELY CONVINCING.

Uhura: HAILING FREQUENCIES OPEN, SIR.

Nichelle: HAILING FREQUENCIES OPEN, CAPTAIN.

I'M NICHELLE NICHOLS,

AND I PLAYED LIEUTENANT UHURA IN STAR TREK.

David: WELL, SHE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON ON THE BRIDGE.

WHEN LIEUTENANT UHURA SAYS "CAPTAIN,"

EVERYBODY TURNS AROUND TO LOOK.

YOU CANNOT HELP BUT FALL IN LOVE WITH HER.

[DING]

[LAUGHS]

Uhura: STARFLEET COMMAND EXTENDS GREETINGS TO COMMISSIONER...

Narrator: SHE EVEN HAD A GROUNDBREAKING LOVE SCENE

WITH NONE OTHER THAN CAPTAIN KIRK HIMSELF!

Uhura: I WOULD SEE YOU SO BUSY AT YOUR COMMAND.

Brooks: THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT EPISODE

IN BOTH STAR TREK HISTORY AND TELEVISION HISTORY,

BECAUSE IN IT, CAPTAIN KIRK, WILLIAM SHATNER,

KISSES LIEUTENANT UHURA.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST, MOST FAMOUS INTERRACIAL KISSES

ON TV.

AND AT THE TIME IN THE '60s,

THIS WAS CONSIDERED A VERY BIG DEAL.

Nichelle: IT WAS JUST A KISSING SCENE.

Narrator: IN FACT, SOME U.S. TELEVISION AFFILIATES

EVEN REFUSED TO AIR THIS EPISODE AT THE TIME!

♪

REMEMBER, THIS WASN'T REALLY THE 23rd CENTURY--

IT WAS THE 1960s AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

AND THE STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL EQUALITY.

Uhura: SECURITY SWEEPS OF ALL DECKS

ARE NEGATIVE, MR. SPOCK. NO EVIDENCE...

Nichelle: AFRICAN AMERICANS SAW THE SHOW AND WENT,

"WHAT?" YOU KNOW, LIKE "WE'RE ON TV!"

Aprille: SHE PRESENTED A TOTALLY,

A SORT OF OUT OF THE BOX OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THINK

"HEY, THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE."

Uhura: ANALYSIS SECTOR, CHANNEL ONE...

Narrator: ROMANCE, POLITICS AND SCIENCE--

STAR TREK HAD IT ALL--

PLUS ITS FAIR SHARE OF INTERSTELLAR CONFLICT.

[ZAP]

Kirk: WE ARE ON A PEACEFUL MISSION

IN THIS PART OF THE GALAXY.

WE HAVE NO HOSTILE INTENTIONS.

Narrator: RESOLVING CONFLICT THROUGH COMMUNICATION

WAS AT THE HEART OF THE STAR TREK VISION.

Spock: AND IT SIMPLY TRANSLATES ITS FINDINGS INTO ENGLISH.

Narrator: AND THEY DID THIS USING THE UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR--

A HANDY DEVICE,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T LIKE READING SUBTITLES.

Kirk: WE WISH TO TALK TO YOU.

Simon: YOU CAN SPEAK TO ANYBODY IN THE GALAXY

BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS THING,

AND YOU DON'T REALLY QUESTION HOW IT WORKS,

AND IT'S NOT YOUR POSITION NOR PLACE TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS.

YOU'RE NOT A SCIENTIST; YOU'RE A TELEVISION WATCHER.

Narrator: BEHIND THE SHINY PLATE GLASS WINDOWS OF GOOGLE HQ

IS TODAY'S UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR.

IN ORDER TO TRANSLATE THIS...

Barak Turovsky: COFFEE WITH SUGAR, BUT NO MILK, PLEASE.

Narrator: GOOGLE'S COMPUTERS HAVE BEEN SCANNING THE WEB

FOR EVERY DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED,

LEARNING OVER A HUNDRED LANGUAGES

SO YOU CAN ORDER A SKINNY SHOT LATTE IN RUSSIAN.

[PHONE SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

Kirk: COMPANION, TRY TO UNDERSTAND...

Barak: OUR GOAL IS TO JUST, LIKE IN STAR TREK,

JUST SPEAK FREELY AND, UH, THE MOBILE PHONE,

GOOGLE TRANSLATE, IDENTIFIES,

AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFIES THE LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK.

Computer: WORKING.

Narrator: BUT GOOGLE CAN NOW DO MORE

THAN JUST VOICE RECOGNITION.

IT CAN ENABLE YOUR SMART PHONE TO READ DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

Otavio Good: EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS.

WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO

IS I WANT TO MAKE A WINDOW INTO A WORLD THAT'S IN YOUR LANGUAGE.

SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN HOLD IT UP

AND JUST WHEREVER YOU POINT IT, EVERYTHING IS IN YOUR LANGUAGE.

I'LL FIRST CHOOSE A LANGUAGE, CHOOSE "RUSSIAN TO ENGLISH."

CLICK THE CAMERA AND SEE WHAT THIS SAYS.

"FIVE-YEAR MISSION."

Narrator: OVER 100 BILLION WORDS A DAY ARE BEING TRANSLATED

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

Otavio: THAT TAKES A COUPLE MILLISECONDS.

Narrator: BUT NOT AS FAST AS WARP SPEED, JUST YET.

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

Translator: TO BOLDLY GO WHERE BEFORE WAS NOT A SINGLE PERSON.

[CHUCKLES]

Narrator: AND IT SEEMS THAT WHETHER YOU'RE ON ALPHA CENTAURI

OR PLANET EARTH, THERE IS JUST ONE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.

Barak: ACROSS ALL LANGUAGES, THE TOP THREE TRANSLATED PHRASES

ARE "THANK YOU," "HOW ARE YOU," AND "I LOVE YOU."

Nichelle: WE CAN SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE

OR A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS, AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT.

I KNOW I AM.

Narrator: STAR TREK'S VISION OF HOPE

IS PART OF ITS ENDURING APPEAL.

Karl: IT WAS BRIGHT AND VIBRANT AND SEXY AND FULL OF ACTION

AND HAD AN INSTANT APPEAL TO IT.

Narrator: NOT LEAST, SEX APPEAL...

Kirk: UM, MR. CHEKOV.

Narrator: COMING UP, THE SECRET ARCHIVE

THAT REVEALS MR. SPOCK THE MAN, NOT THE VULCAN.

BUT FIRST, THE HOLY GRAIL FOR TRUE STAR TREK FANS.

GET READY TO MEET THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE HERSELF.

Narrator: IN THE DAYS BEFORE COMPUTER ANIMATION,

A MODEL OF THE ENTERPRISE WAS USED TO FILM SHOTS LIKE THESE.

AS IT TURNED ON A GIMBAL, THE CAMERA PASSED BY ON A TRACK,

AS THOUGH THE MODEL WAS TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE.

John: IS IT BEAUTIFUL? IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S AN AMAZING OBJECT.

I LOVE THE SHIP.

Kirk: FIRE ALL PHASERS!

[THUNDER]

Narrator: BUT THE SHOW WAS CANCELLED

AFTER JUST THREE SEASONS...

[SLAM]

AND THE MODEL WAS DONATED

TO THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

IN WASHINGTON, DC,

WHERE IT'S BEEN ON AND OFF DISPLAY EVER SINCE.

THE MUSEUM ENTRANCE IS ALREADY PACKED TO THE RAFTERS

WITH ICONIC ARTIFACTS.

THERE'S THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, SPUTNIK,

AND THE APOLLO LUNAR MODULE.

BUT SMITHSONIAN CURATOR MARGARET WEITEKAMP

THINKS IT'S STILL ONE STARSHIP SHORT OF A STARFLEET.

Margaret Weitekamp: I'M A FAN. I LOVE STAR TREK.

IF WE COULD HAVE ONE OBJECT THAT TELLS THE STORY

OF IMAGINATION AND INSPIRATION

THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SPACE FLIGHT,

TO REAL SPACE FLIGHT,

IT'S GOT TO BE THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.

WOW.

Narrator: THE MODEL IS CURRENTLY IN THE CONSERVATION LAB.

Man: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

Narrator: MARGARET HAS RECRUITED HER OWN STAR TREK BRAIN TRUST--

A TEAM OF TECHNICAL WIZARDS WHO HAVE WORKED ON DOZENS

OF STAR TREK FEATURE FILMS AND SERIES--

TO HELP PRESERVE IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

♪

Margaret: AS SOON AS WE WALK INTO THE ROOM

I COULD SEE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO COME TOGETHER,

AND THE EXCITEMENT IN THE GROUP WAS REALLY JUST ELECTRIC.

Adam: YOU SEE THE MODEL THERE,

YOU'RE LIKE, "OH MY GOSH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL,"

BECAUSE REMEMBER, ITS FUNCTION IS TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

ITS FUNCTION IS NOT TO FLY;

ITS FUNCTION IS TO BE ATTRACTIVE IN THE MOVIE CONTEXT.

Narrator: THE MODEL IS 3.5 METERS LONG

AND WEIGHS AROUND 90 KILOGRAMS.

IT'S MADE OUT OF WOOD,

MOLDED PLASTIC AND SHEET METAL--

ALL OF IT GLUED AND SCREWED TOGETHER.

Adam: IT'S MADE OUT OF OLD AUTOMOBILE LIGHTS

DOING THE LIGHTING,

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS DOING THE BLINKING THING.

Narrator: BUT AFTER 50 YEARS,

IT'S NOW IN DANGER OF FALLING APART.

[EXPLOSION]

[ALARM]

Malcolm Collum: YOU CAN SEE THE LOAD FROM THE WEIGHT

OF THE ENGINE NACELLE DROPPING DOWN

HAS CAUSED THE WOODEN GLUE JOINT HERE TO SEPARATE.

SO THE FACT THAT THIS CRACK IS RUNNING ACROSS HERE

IS THE BIGGEST FEAR THAT I HAVE,

IS THAT, YOU KNOW THIS ENTIRE HULL SECTION

COULD JUST SPLIT OPEN LIKE AN EGG.

[ALARM]

[EXPLOSION]

IF YOU SEE THIS AREA HERE,

YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE OF THIS FLAKING PAINT.

THE PAINT THROUGH HERE

IS JUST LITERALLY CLEAVING OFF IN THESE LARGE CHIPS.

Kirk: RED ALERT!

[ALARM]

Narrator: SO, IN A RACE TO GET HER READY

IN TIME FOR HER 50th BIRTHDAY,

THE MODEL IS BEING TAKEN APART-- PROBED, PAINTED, AND POLISHED.

Margaret: THE STAR TREK ENTERPRISE MODEL

IS RECEIVING THE SAME STANDARDS OF CARE

THAT WE WOULD GIVE TO ANY ARTIFACT

IN THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION.

♪

Narrator: AND WHEN SHE'S FINISHED,

SHE'LL TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE NEXT TO THE APOLLO LUNAR MODULE.

Ariel O'Connor: MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE

THAT THE STAR TREK STARSHIP ENTERPRISE FILMING MODEL

AND THE APOLLO LUNAR MODULE ARE CONTEMPORANEOUS SPACECRAFT.

SO THEY WERE BOTH BUILT IN THE 1960s

DURING A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE FICTIONAL SPACE EXPLORATION

IS BECOMING REALITY.

Neil Armstrong: IT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN,

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.

Man: HEY, IS THE LIGHTING HALFWAY DECENT?

David: STAR TREK WAS THE DREAM,

BUT THE APOLLO MISSION WAS THE REALITY,

AND WHEN NEIL ARMSTRONG LANDED ON THE MOON,

I MEAN, I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE,

THERE WERE A LOT OF US IN TEARS OF JOY.

Announcer: THREE, TWO, ONE, FIRE.

Announcer: WE HAVE IGNITION OF NASA'S SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM...

Narrator: TODAY, NASA'S GOAL IS TO SEND ASTRONAUTS TO MARS,

AND IT'S TESTING THE BIGGEST ROCKET EVER BUILT--

THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM--

WHICH IS 34 TIMES MORE POWERFUL

THAN A JUMBO JET ON FULL THROTTLE.

OF COURSE THE ENTERPRISE DIDN'T NEED ROCKETS

BECAUSE IT HAD WARP DRIVE.

Kirk: RESUME ORIGINAL COURSE, WARP FACTOR 2.

Chekov: WARP FACTOR 2, SIR.

Karl: IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR CAR INTO SPORT MODE

AND DRIVE REALLY FAST.

Simon: I DON'T PARTICULARLY UNDERSTAND IT,

AND I'M IN CHARGE OF THE ENGINE ROOM AT THE MOMENT.

IT JUST MEANS YOU GO FAST, AND THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.

[LAUGHS]

Kirk: GO TO WARP 6.

Narrator: BUT COULD WE EVER TRAVEL AT WARP SPEED FOR REAL?

ACCORDING TO EINSTEIN,

NOTHING CAN TRAVEL FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT,

BUT IF YOU COULD WARP SPACE-TIME,

YOU COULD GET FROM HERE TO THERE

NOT JUST FAST, BUT INSTANTANEOUSLY.

AND ONE WAY OF DOING THAT

MIGHT BE TO USE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES.

EINSTEIN HIMSELF PREDICTED THEIR EXISTENCE

A HUNDRED YEARS AGO--

AND TODAY, AT THE LIGO OBSERVATORY IN LOUISIANA,

THEY'RE DETECTING THEM FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

IT'S A WORLDWIDE COLLABORATION

OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS--

INCLUDING OPERATIONS MANAGER RICHARD ORAM,

WHO, WHEN HE'S NOT MAKING

THE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY,

LIKES TO WATCH RERUNS OF STAR TREK.

Richard Oram: I'VE WATCHED ALL OF THEM MULTIPLE TIMES,

AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE TIMES.

BUT I'VE NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF TO BE A TREKKIE,

BUT I'M BEGINNING TO REALIZE PERHAPS I MIGHT BE.

Narrator: RICHARD IS LIGO'S ANSWER

TO THE ENTERPRISE'S CHIEF ENGINEER, SCOTTY.

Scotty: THE SHIP'S NOT STRUCTURED TO TAKE THAT SPEED

FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.

Simon: "OOH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT,

IT'S GONNA TAKE THIS LONG,"

WHEN REALLY HE CAN DO IT IN A BIT SHORTER,

BUT HE'S GIVING HIMSELF THE ROOM TO MAKE MISTAKES.

Scotty: CAPTAIN, WE CAN'T MAINTAIN

WARP 8 SPEED MUCH LONGER,

PRESSURES ARE APPROACHING A CRITICAL POINT.

Narrator: RICHARD DOESN'T HAVE A DILITHIUM CRYSTAL MATRIX,

BUT HE DOES HAVE TWO 4-KILOMETER LASERS,

AND LIKE A GIANT OBSERVATORY,

THEY CAN DETECT EVENTS HALFWAY ACROSS THE UNIVERSE.

IN 2015 THEY DETECTED THE COLLISION

OF TWO MASSIVE BLACK HOLES 1.5 BILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY,

WHICH CREATED A GRAVITATIONAL WAVE,

WHICH WARPED SPACE-TIME

AND WAS DETECTED RIGHT HERE IN LOUISIANA.

Richard: WE'RE ONLY REALLY AT THE VERY STARTING POINT

OF UNDERSTANDING GRAVITATIONAL WAVES.

BUT IT'S NOT TOO FAR-FETCHED,

YOU KNOW, FROM THAT STARTING POINT,

TO THINK, WELL, IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND THEM,

WE CAN MAYBE LEARN HOW TO USE THEM.

Narrator: AND MAYBE ONE DAY USE THEM

TO TRAVEL THROUGH SPACE AND EVEN TIME.

FOR STAR TREK FANS,

IT'S A DREAM ENCAPSULATED BY THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.

SO WHAT WILL THEY MAKE OF ITS RESTORATION?

Adam: THERE WILL BE FANS OUT THERE WHO ARE WATCHING

AND LOVING AND EXPECTING IT TO LOOK LIKE WHAT THEY SAW,

AND THEY WILL BE VERY PLEASED AND VERY HAPPY.

AND SOME FANS WILL HATE IT.

Narrator: COMING UP, THE BIG REVEAL.

BUT FIRST, THE CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY;

FROM SCIENCE FICTION TO SCIENCE FACT.

WHEN THE MODEL OF THE ENTERPRISE IS READY,

IT WILL GO ON DISPLAY AT THE SMITHSONIAN

BESIDE TWO INTERMEDIATE RANGE NUCLEAR MISSILES

FROM THE COLD WAR,

WHICH IS THE KIND OF REAL-LIFE ISSUE

THE SCRIPTWRITERS OF STAR TREK NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM.

David: WHILE THE ORIGINAL PREMISE OF THE SHOW

MAY HAVE BEEN LET'S JUST HAVE

SOME ADVENTURES WITH A SPACESHIP,

VERY QUICKLY IT BECAME SOCIAL COMMENTARY AS WELL.

Uhura: OUTPOST 4 REPORTED UNDER ATTACK, SIR.

Narrator: IN THE EPISODE "A BALANCE OF TERROR,"

THE ENTERPRISE FINDS ITSELF

IN STAR TREK'S VERSION OF A 1960s COLD WAR STANDOFF.

Kirk: DID OUTPOST 4 GIVE ANYTHING AT ALL

ON THE ATTACKING VESSEL, LIEUTENANT?

Uhura: NO IDENTIFICATION, SIR.

Narrator: JUST AS THE WEST DISTRUSTED THE SOVIET UNION,

AT THE FAR END OF THE GALAXY THE ROMULANS WERE UP TO NO GOOD.

Simon: ALL THE VILLAINS IN STAR TREK

WERE PROXIES FOR OUR VILLAINS, THE REAL ENEMIES AT THE TIME.

Narrator: THOSE SHIFTY ROMULANS HAD A SECRET WEAPON--

THE ROMULAN INVISIBILITY CLOAK.

Kirk: I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

Spock: INVISIBILITY IS THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE, CAPTAIN,

THE SELECTIVE BENDING OF LIGHT.

BUT THE POWER COST IS ENORMOUS.

Narrator: INSPIRED BY STAR TREK, SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN TRYING

TO MAKE AN INVISIBILITY CLOAK EVER SINCE.

John Howell: OBVIOUSLY STAR TREK IS FICTION,

SO WE DON'T-- IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY SPECIFY

HOW THEIR CLOAK OPERATED,

OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE BUILT ONE A LONG TIME AGO.

Narrator: SO PROFESSOR JOHN HOWELL AND HIS TEAM

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

HAVE MADE THEIR OWN VERSION.

THEY CALL IT THE ROCHESTER CLOAK.

John: INVISIBILITY IS TAKING A LIGHT RAY

AND BENDING IT AROUND AN OBJECT

SO THAT IT GETS TO THE OBSERVER AS IF THE OBJECT WEREN'T THERE.

Narrator: AND YOU CAN DO THIS USING A SIMPLE CONFIGURATION

OF FOUR OPTICAL LENSES.

Joseph Choi: WE HAVE THE ROCHESTER CLOAK,

WHICH IS FOUR LENSES, AND THEY'RE SET APART

SO THAT THE LIGHT THAT COMES IN

FOCUSES, DIVERGES, COMES THROUGH, FOCUSES,

DIVERGES AND COMES THROUGH.

THE ROCHESTER CLOAK CAN HIDE AN OBJECT

BUT ALSO MAKE IT LOOK TRANSPARENT,

SO THAT THE WHOLE THING APPEARS AS IF IT'S NOT THERE.

♪

John: PHYSICS IS NOT MAGIC.

IT'S ONLY MAGIC IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

TO AN 18th CENTURY PERSON TO SEE AN iPHONE.

IT WOULD BE TOTALLY MAGICAL.

Narrator: AND NO ONE WOULD BE MORE IMPRESSED

THAN MR. SPOCK HIMSELF.

♪

Brooks: THIS IS SPOCK'S TUNIC.

♪

THIS, LIKE ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES UNIFORMS,

IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND IT'S SO EMBLEMATIC OF STAR TREK,

AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY PRECIOUS.

Narrator: IN THE UCLA LIBRARY'S SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT,

PEGGY ALEXANDER IS KEEPER OF SOME OF THE ORIGINAL FAN LETTERS

SENT TO LEONARD NIMOY, THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED SPOCK.

Peggy Alexander: LEONARD NIMOY STARTED GETTING

MUCH MORE FAN MAIL THAN

THE OTHER STARS OF THE SHOW,

INCLUDING WILLIAM SHATNER.

Spock: FASCINATING.

DC: THE FIRST WEEK WE GOT A BAG OF MAIL. OKAY.

THE SECOND WEEK WE GOT SEVERAL BAGS OF MAIL.

THIRD AND FOURTH WEEK IT GOT COMING IN SO FAST AND SO MUCH,

WE HAD TO HIRE A MAIL SERVICE TO HANDLE IT.

Peggy: "DEAR MR. RODDENBERRY,

SPEAKING FOR MANY TEENAGE GIRLS HERE IN VIRGINIA,

PLEASE LET LEONARD NIMOY, MR. SPOCK,

DO MORE LEADING PARTS.

HE'S SEXY."

Brooks: IS SPOCK SEXY? ABSOLUTELY.

DC: A WHOLE LOT OF YOUNG WOMEN THOUGHT SO.

Peggy: "I LOVE MR. SPOCK.

HE'S THE GREATEST THING TO HIT TV."

DC: WHEN YOU CAN'T GET SOMETHING,

THERE'S AN ATTRACTION THERE.

[LAUGHS]

Peggy: "PLEASE DON'T CHANGE MR. SPOCK."

Adam: HE'S SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPELLING AND UNAVAILABLE.

Peggy: "YOU WOULDN'T CHANGE HIS PERSONALITY, WOULD YOU?

I'D PROBABLY DIE IF YOU DID."

Brooks: DON'T GO FOR THE UNAVAILABLE GUYS.

THEY'RE GONNA BREAK YOUR HEART.

SPOCK IS ALWAYS BREAKING HEARTS.

Narrator: TODAY, SPOCK'S ORIGINAL TUNIC

IS ON DISPLAY AT THE EMP MUSEUM'S

50th ANNIVERSARY STAR TREK EXHIBITION,

TOGETHER WITH THE ICONIC PROPS HE USED.

Brooks: THIS IS A TRICORDER FROM STAR TREK.

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PROP.

YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS USED BY SPOCK, ALSO DR. McCOY.

THE TRICORDER IS A MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE.

IT'S A COMPUTER, IT'S A SCANNER, IT'S AN ANALYZER, IT'S A SENSOR.

IT'S USED FOR SCIENCE, FOR MEDICINE,

ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

IT IS LIKE AN iPAD ON STEROIDS.

Simon: IT WAS ANOTHER BRILLIANT PLOT DEVICE

WHICH ENABLED PEOPLE TO EXPLAIN THINGS BY LOOKING AT,

"OH, YEAH, THAT'S-- THIS IS THAT."

Narrator: AND HOW DOES IT WORK EXACTLY?

Simon: NO IDEA.

[LAUGHS]

Narrator: BUT PETER DIAMANDIS WANTS TO FIND OUT.

HE'S FOUNDER OF THE XPRIZE FOUNDATION,

WHICH SEEKS TO PUSH THE LIMITS

OF WHAT'S SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE.

HE'S OFFERING A $10 MILLION PRIZE

TO THE TEAM THAT CAN INVENT A WORKING TRICORDER.

Peter: THIS DEVICE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO,

IT'S GOT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE CLOUD,

AND IN SUCCESS IT CAN DIAGNOSE YOU,

INITIALLY IN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 15 DIFFERENT DISEASES,

AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN A BOARD-CERTIFIED DOCTOR.

Narrator: SONNY KOHLI IS A DOCTOR,

AND HE GREW UP IN THE '70s WATCHING RERUNS OF STAR TREK.

Sonny Kohli: AS I WALK INTO THE HOSPITAL,

THE AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENS,

YOU KNOW, A THROWBACK TO STAR TREK.

I'M WALKING UP THE STAIRS TO THE ICU,

I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THEM WITH MY COMMUNICATOR DEVICE,

THINKING TO MYSELF, LIKE "WE'RE ALREADY HERE."

THESE GUYS SAW IT COMING.

Uhura: A SIGNAL, CAPTAIN.

Narrator: SO WHEN PETER SAYS...

Peter: THAT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE. WHY DON'T WE HAVE A TRICORDER?

Narrator: GUESS SONNY'S REACTION.

Sonny: AND I WAS LIKE, "COME AGAIN?

THERE'S ACTUALLY A TRICORDER XPRIZE COMPETITION?"

AND I SAID, SURE, I'D LOVE TO SIGN UP.

Narrator: BECAUSE WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BE

THE PHYSICIAN OF THE FUTURE?

McCoy: I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN, JIM, TO SAVE HIM.

Karl: I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT APPEALS TO ME THE MOST ABOUT HIM

IS THAT HE HAS GOT THE MOST APPALLING BEDSIDE MANNER.

Kirk: I DON'T NEED ANY.

McCoy: I'M STILL CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER ON THE ENTERPRISE,

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED AND WHEN YOU NEED IT.

Karl: BUT UNDERNEATH THAT

HE'S ONE OF THE MOST ALTRUISTIC HUMAN BEINGS THAT YOU CAN FIND,

AND HE LOVES ALL SPECIES.

McCoy: THERE'S NOTHING DISGUSTING ABOUT IT,

IT'S JUST ANOTHER LIFE FORM, THAT'S ALL.

Narrator: SONNY, THE 21st CENTURY DR. McCOY,

NOW HEADS UP A TEAM

COMPETING WITH OTHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

IN A RACE TO INVENT A WORKING TRICORDER.

SONNY'S TRICORDER USES AN ARRAY OF SENSORS

TO TRANSMIT YOUR VITAL SIGNS TO THE CLOUD.

Sonny: THERE'S A FUTURE FOR THIS,

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP

UNTIL IT'S OUT THERE IN THE WORLD

BEING USED AND SAVING LIVES.

Narrator: LIKE ANY MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE,

EACH TRICORDER MUST NOW UNDERGO RIGOROUS CLINICAL TESTING

BEFORE A WINNER CAN BE DECLARED

AND SCIENCE FICTION CAN TAKE ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY.

Peter: WE'RE MAKING THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE HAPPEN.

IT'S THE MOST EXCITING TIME EVER TO BE ALIVE.

Kirk: HOW IS HE?

Spock: SEVERE HEART DAMAGE...

Narrator: IN THE SPACE OF JUST 50 YEARS, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.

David: IF I HAD KNOWN THAT STAR TREK

WAS GOING TO BE THAT BIG AND CREATE THAT BIG AN IMPACT,

I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TERRIFIED ME.

[GROWLING]

[BOOM]

Narrator: COMING UP,

WHERE WILL IT TAKE US IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS?

AND FIRST, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE STUDIO SET OF THE BRIDGE?

Chekov: 3 HOURS, 4 MINUTES, SIR.

Scotty: BRIDGE TO CAPTAIN,

THAT MECHANICAL BEASTIE IS UP HERE.

Kirk: ON MY WAY, SCOTTY.

Narrator: FROM SCIENCE TO POP CULTURE,

SOCIAL PROGRESS TO FUNKY DESIGN, STAR TREK HAS LED THE WAY,

EVEN THOUGH THE ORIGINAL SERIES WAS CANCELLED

AFTER JUST THREE SEASONS

AND MOST OF THE PROPS TRASHED.

BACK IN 1969, BILL WARD WAS A GRAD STUDENT AT UCLA,

AND HE SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STUDIO SET OF THE BRIDGE.

Bill Ward: WELL, HERE WE ARE AT THE BACK LOT

OF THE SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION AT UCLA,

AND I'M RETRACING THE FINAL VOYAGE

OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.

THIS IS WHERE FLATBED TRUCKS DEPOSITED ALL OF THE SETS

FROM THE ORIGINAL STAR TREK.

I REMEMBER THE TWO SLIDING DOORS.

THEY WERE QUITE MAGICAL

IN THAT THEY SEEMED TO AUTOMATICALLY OPEN AND CLOSE.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THEM

I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A HANDLE ON EACH ONE

SO THAT A STAGEHAND COULD PULL IT OPEN AND CLOSE IT MANUALLY.

Uhura: CAPTAIN, WE'RE GETTING A SIGNAL FROM THE SPACECRAFT.

Bill: I REMEMBER LIEUTENANT UHURA'S COMMUNICATION CENTER

WAS A SHEET OF QUARTER-INCH PLYWOOD,

ALSO PAINTED GRAY, WITH SOME LITTLE THINGS GLUED TO IT

THAT DIDN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING.

BUT SHE PRETENDED LIKE IT DID

AND DID QUITE A GOOD JOB OF THAT.

I THINK IF THEY HAD KNOWN HOW VALUABLE THIS WOULD HAVE BECOME,

THEY WOULD HAVE HELD ON TO IT

BECAUSE IT WOULD BE WORTH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TODAY.

Narrator: INSTEAD OF WHICH, THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE

OF QUARTER-INCH PLYWOOD FLATS

WAS TAKEN APART, PIECE BY PIECE,

AND OVER THE NEXT DECADES,

CANNIBALIZED FOR STUDENT PRODUCTIONS.

Bill: WELL, HERE WE ARE IN THE SCHOOL

OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION SCENE SHOP.

THIS IS WHERE THE ENTERPRISE WAS FINALLY DISMANTLED.

IT TOOK SEVERAL YEARS TO DO IT.

IT WAS USED IN STUDENT FILM PRODUCTION.

THERE MIGHT BE SOME PIECES OF IT STILL HERE.

WHO KNOWS?

Narrator: LUCKILY, THE MODEL OF THE ENTERPRISE

WASN'T THROWN IN THE DUMPSTER.

AND 50 YEARS AFTER IT FIRST FLEW ACROSS OUR TV SETS,

THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE CAN NOW BE REVEALED ONCE MORE

IN ALL ITS RESTORED GLORY.

Margaret: WE KNOW DOWN TO THE MICRON

THAT WE HAVE THE DECALS IN THE RIGHT PLACES,

THE WINDOWS ARE EXACTLY RIGHT,

ALL OF THE DETAILING THAT MAKES THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE

WE HAVE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

♪

THE ENTERPRISE MODEL IS A GENUINE 1960s TELEVISION STAR.

IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE ME,

GIVEN THAT THIS IS A MODEL THAT WAS BUILT FOR TELEVISION,

BUT IT JUST SHOWS UP SO BEAUTIFULLY ON CAMERA.

Narrator: AND FOR CHIEF CONSERVATOR MALCOLM COLLUM,

IT'S A JOB WELL DONE.

Malcolm: IT'S NOT GOING TO FALL APART,

AT LEAST NOT IN MY LIFETIME.

Narrator: STAR TREK MAY VERY WELL OUTLIVE US ALL.

Kirk: DEFLECTOR SHIELDS ON FULL. Chekov: DEFLECTORS ON FULL.

Kirk: KIRK HERE.

DC: WHEN WE WERE PROJECTING THINGS LIKE THE TRICORDER,

THE PHASERS, THE TRANSPORTER,

THERE WAS A BASIS IN SCIENCE ALREADY THAT COULD SAY,

"YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT HAPPEN,

THIS COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE."

David Grier: ALL OF THAT TECHNOLOGY WHICH WAS BEYOND--

YOU COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW TO MAKE IT AT THE TIME--

WE HAVE THAT NOW.

AND WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT THE YEAR

THAT STAR TREK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SET IN,

YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

THAT'S PRETTY THRILLING. [LAUGHS]

Kirk: WARP FACTOR 8.

Peter: SCIENCE FICTION HAS PLAYED A ROLE

OF GIVING A TARGET TO SHOOT FOR.

Otavio: EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS.

David Gerrold: WITH WHAT WE CAN DO NOW,

WITH 50 YEARS OF TECHNOLOGY NOW,

I WANT TO KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY.

Simon: THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.

Adam: ITS FIVE-YEAR MISSION...

Brooks: TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS...

Karl: TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE...

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

Translator: AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS...

David Grier: TO BOLDLY GO...

Nichelle: ...WHERE NO MAN OR WOMAN HAS GONE BEFORE.