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[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.