William Shatner Kirk Leonard Nimoy Spock DeForest Kelley McCoy James Doohan Scotty George Takei Sulu Nichelle Nichols Uhura Walter Koenig Chekov Majel Barrett Chapel Stephen Collins Decker Persis Khambatta Ilia
Three Klingon starships and Starfleet's Epsilon 9 station are destroyed by a massive machine/organism called V'Ger. Sol sector placed on alert when V'Ger is found to be heading toward Earth at warp 7.
Refitted U.S.S. Enterprise returned to service to investigate the threat. Starfleet Admiral Nogura temporarily reinstates Admiral James Kirk as Enterprise captain, assigning former captain Decker to serve as executive officer. Commander Spock And Dr. McCoy both return to Starfleet duty.
Kirk is successful in averting the V'Ger threat to Earth, although Commander Decker and Lieutenant Ilia are reported missing in action.
William Shatner Kirk Leonard Nimoy Spock DeForest Kelley McCoy James Doohan Scotty George Takei Sulu Nichelle Nichols Uhura Walter Koenig Chekov Bibi Besch Carol Marcus Merritt Butrick David Marcus Paul Winfield Terrel Kirstie Alley Saavik Ricardo Montalban Khan
Admiral James Kirk celebrates his 52nd birthday. Kirk and Spock, now serving as Academy instructors, later shuttle up to the Enterprise to participate on an inspection and cadet training exercise.
Lieutenant Saavik takes the Kobayashi Maru test at Starfleet Academy on Earth. Saavik later pilots Enterprise out of spacedock on the training exercise.
Federation starship Reliant continues a survey mission to find a lifeless planet to serve as a test site for Project Genesis. While surveying the planet Ceti Alpha V, the Reliant landing party accidentally discovers the encampment of Khan Noonian Singh, the former tyrant of Earth's Eugenics War. Khan commandeers the Reliant and uses the ship to gain control of space station Regula I and the Genesis project being developed there. It is later learned that this was an effort to win vengeance on Captain James Kirk for his role in exiling Khan to Ceti Alpha V in 2267.
Although Khan is ultimately thwarted, Captain Clark Terrell is killed and his ship, the Reliant is destroyed when Khan attempts to steal the Genesis device.
Captain Spock dies of severe radiation exposure during the Genesis crisis, but his actions permit the Enterprise to escape the detonation of the device. Khan and his followers are also reported killed in the explosion. Spock's coffin is consigned to the depths of space.
William Shatner Kirk Leonard Nimoy Spock DeForest Kelley McCoy James Doohan Scotty George Takei Sulu Nichelle Nichols Uhura Walter Koenig Chekov Merritt Butrick David Marcus Christopher Lloyd Kruge
The Enterprise returns to spacedock in Earth orbit for repairs following battle in the Mutara Sector. Upon arrival, James Kirk is informed by Admiral Morrow that rather than being refit, the Enterprise is due to be scrapped.
U.S.S. Grissom science team consisting of Saavik and Marcus, investigating the Genesis Planet in the Mutara Sector, discovers an extraordinary range of life forms, including the regenerated, living body of Captain Spock. It is speculated that the torpedo serving as his coffin somehow soft-landed on the planet. During the investigation, the Grissom is attacked by a Klingon vessel resulting in the loss of all hands except Saavik and Marcus, who are stranded on the planet's surface. Marcus is later killed by a Klingon landing party.
Admiral James Kirk commandeers the Enterprise, taking it to the Mutara Sector in an effort to recover the body of Spock from the Genesis Planet so that it can be returned to planet Vulcan. During the unauthorized mission, Kirk orders the destruction of the Enterprise to prevent the ship from falling into Klingon hands. Kirk gains control of the Klingon vessel, using it to return Spock's now-living body to Vulcan.
The Genesis planet disintegrates due to protomatter used in its creation matrix.
Vulcan High Priestess T'Lar presides over the ancient Fal-tor-pan ceremony, re-fusing Spock's katra, residing in the mind of Dr. McCoy, with Spock's body, recovered from the Genesis Planet.
William Shatner Kirk Leonard Nimoy Spock DeForest Kelley McCoy James Doohan Scotty George Takei Sulu Nichelle Nichols Uhura Walter Koenig Chekov Catherine Hicks Dr. Gillian Taylor
The Klingon Ambassador demands extradition of Admiral Kirk for alleged crimes against the Klingon nation. The Federation Council declines the request, citing pending Federation action against Kirk for violation of nine Starfleet regulations.
An alien space probe of unknown origin damages several space crafts and wreaks environmental havoc on Earth. The probe returns to deep space after communicating with two humpback whales brought to this century by Admiral Kirk.
Cetacean biologist Gillian Taylor, originally from Earth's 20th century, becomes a scientist on a Federation science vessel.
Admiral James Kirk and his shipmates vote to return to Earth to face charges stemming from acts committed during the rescue of Captain Spock. Kirk is found guilty of disobeying orders, and is demoted to captain, and assigned to command the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701-A.
William Shatner Kirk Leonard Nimoy Spock DeForest Kelley McCoy James Doohan Scotty George Takei Sulu Nichelle Nichols Uhura Walter Koenig Chekov David Warner General Korrd Laurence Luckinbill Sybok
The U.S.S. Enterprise undergoes final testing and preparation for service under the direction of Engineering Officer Montgomery Scott.
Romulan, Federation and Klingon diplomatic representatives on planet Nimbus III are seized by Sybok, Spock's half brother. The starship Enterprise is dispatched to parlay for their release. Negotiations are unsuccessful, and an attempt is made to free the hostages by force. The attempt is also unsuccessful, resulting in the capture of the Enterprise by Sybok and his followers.
Sybok commandeers the Enterprise in a search for the mythical planet Sha-ka-Ree, located at the center of the galaxy. The planet is eventually located, but Sybok is killed by a malevolent entity living there.
William Shatner Kirk Leonard Nimoy Spock DeForest Kelley McCoy James Doohan Scotty George Takei Sulu Nichelle Nichols Uhura Walter Koenig Chekov Kim Cattrall Valeris David Warner Gorkon Christopher Plummer Chang
The Klingon moon Praxis explodes, causing severe damage to the Klingon Homeworld of Qo'noS. Federation starship Excelsior also damaged by subspace shock wave from the explosion.
Klingons launch a major peace initiative, during which Captain Spock agrees to serve as special envoy at the request of Ambassador Sarek. Initial talks appear encouraging, but Klingon chancellor Gorkon is assassinated while en-route to Earth for a peace conference. Enterprise captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard H. McCoy are convicted by a Klingon court for the murder, and are sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rura Penthe dilithium mines. The peace conference is rescheduled to take place at Camp Khitomer.
Kirk and McCoy are later found to be innocent of Gorkon's murder when the crime is found to be the work of Starfleet Admiral Cartwright and other Federation and Klingon forces opposed to the change in status quo. Kirk, commanding the Enterprise, and Captain Sulu, commanding the starship Excelsior, are successful in preventing another attempt by these forces to disrupt the peace conference. The Khitomer conference becomes a major turning point in galactic politics, representing the rapprochement between the two adversaries.
This page is still under construction due to denial of permission to include text from the book "A Look At The Stars."
William Shatner was born on March 22, 1931 in Montreal, Canada. Shatner attended McGill University where he made it his business to be as active in campus theatrical productions as possible. He graduated from McGill in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. By then he had done some voice work on Canadian Radio. Soon he was working with the National Repertory Theater of Ottawa where he earned a wealth of experience. During this time he came to hate fruit salad, which he still hates today. He admittedly wanted to become an actor of the caliber of Sir Lawrence Olivier (ha, ha ... my note). He joined the Stratford, Ontario repertory company. For three years he played in Shakespeare and other classical writers of the stage. At the age of 25 he won the Tyrone Guthrie Stratford Festival Scholarship and used it to move to New York City. In the fifties a lot of TV production originated in New York City, and Shatner took advantage of that, managing to land one role after another without having to pound the pavement for years trying to prove himself with sporadic roles. He played in such movies as "The Brothers Karamazov", and declined television roles in shows such as "Dr. Kildare" and "The Defenders." After playing in "The World of Suzie Wong," he moved to Hollywood and worked in many films and TV series. In 1965 he agreed to star in a TV pilot for a show called Star Trek. While the series did sell and ran for three seasons, it brought Shatner popularity and recognition, but at the cost of his marriage. During the seventies he played in movies such as "The White Comanche," "Impulse," "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and "The Andersonville Trial." During the filming of this he met Marcy Lafferty, who later became his second wife.
In 1974 he reprised his role as Captain Kirk for 18 episodes of the animated version of Star Trek. In 1979, "Star Trek The Motion Picture" was released. By now Shatner found himself competing directly with his co-star Leonard Nimoy, and he was unhappy that their contracts gave them financial parity. It was also with some chagrin that Shatner heard that Nimoy would be the director of "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock." He finally got his chance at directing in "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." He followed up with roles in "T.J. Hooker," and hosting "Rescue 911." He managed to make an even bigger name for himself outside of "Star Trek" with the "TEK" novel series, which had been sold to Universal where it was made into a TV series in 1994. William Shatner has continued to run hot and cold on Captain Kirk. While he stated that he was willing to gracefully exit the role with "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," a few months later he was discussing story ideas for a possible "Star Trek VII" with Paramount. Paramount passed on the proposal, and as we know it, made "Star Trek: Generations" instead.
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Leonard Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931 in Boston. He played in his first theatrical production at the age of 8. Following high school, he studied at Boston College briefly, then - despite his parents wishes - he packed up and left for California to pursue an acting career. He married Sandy Zober in 1954, while serving in the US Army in Georgia. After his service, he returned to California and enrolled in the famed Pasadena Playhouse, where he later became an instructor. Later he opened his own drama studio for three years, then taught for a year at Synanon. His first movie appearance was in "Queen for a Day," and this was followed by "Rhubarb." His first actual starring role was in the 1952 film, "Kid Monk Baroni." This leading role was apparently a fluke as numerous bit parts and supporting parts followed thereafter. Nimoy then appeared in "Francis Goes to Westpoint" and "Zombies of the Stratosphere." It would be many years before Nimoy would again be offered a leading role in a motion picture. In the early sixties he continued getting a variety of roles although now and then the bit parts on TV shows were gradually growing into meatier roles on such series as "Rawhide," "The Virginian," "Outer Limits" and "Profiles In Courage." His television credits for the 60's cover most of the shows on the air at the time. Because of his rugged features, he was usually cast as the heavy in his guest appearances. Nimoy first met Roddenberry when he appeared in an episode of "The Lieutenant." Although Nimoy was working a great deal, little of it was in shows which would be long remembered, but "Star Trek" would insure that Nimoy would be elevated above the ranks of his fellow everyday working actors. After the cancellation of "Star Trek," he played for two years Paris in"Mission:Impossible." Between that and the resurgence of the movies, he played in stage productions such as "Fiddler On The Roof," "Oliver," "The King and I," and for two years he toured with his own one-man-show "Vincent," which was eventually taped and broadcast on A&E. He also recorded 5 albums, wrote several books of poetry, and a somewhat controversial autobiography. He also had roles in other motion pictures, such as "Catlow," and in the remake of "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers." Besides appearing in all six of the "Star Trek" motion pictures, and directing two of them, he played major roles in movies such as "A Woman Called Golda" (next to Ingrid Bergman) and in the TV movie "Never Forget." Besides directing two "Star Trek" movies, he also directed "Three Man and a Baby," The Good Mother" and "Holy Matrimony." In 1986 he separated from his wife, and later got divorced. In the same year, he also received the "Director of the Year" award. Recently he has started a comic book series "Leonard Nimoy's Primortals", he has appeared in the television productions "Bonanza: Under Attack" and the new "Outer Limits: I Robot". He is also co-executive producer of the planned UPN television series "Deadly Games."
DeForest Kelley was born on January 20, 1920 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 16 when he graduated from high school, at the age of 17 he made a visit to California, and decided that he was going to live there. In the 30's he joined the Long Beach Theater Group. He enlisted when World War Two called, but then was spotted by a Paramount scout while taking part in a Navy training film, and as a result, he was signed to a contract by Paramount, where he stayed for two and a half years. He went to New York in 1948, and gained more experience on stage and in television. When he returned to California, some of his friends from New York helped him to establish himself in the film capital. His motion picture credits include Fear in the Night, Canon City, Gunfight at Comanche Creek, Illegal, Marriage on the Rocks, and a lot more. His various TV appearances in the 50's and 60's include roles on Schlitz Theater, Playhouse 90, Gunsmoke, You Are There, Navy Log, Science Fiction Theater, Zane Grey Theater, Rawhide and Bonanza. Although he worked a lot, he was on the verge of being typecast.
Roddenberry wanted to use Kelley in the first Star Trek pilot, but was rejected by Paramount. But Roddenberry persisted, and Paramount finally reversed their decision, but not until the second Star Trek pilot had been filmed. Kelley joined the cast once the show was picked up as a series. When Star Trek was canceled, Kelley's career momentum slowed considerably. In the 70's he appeared infrequently on television, such as in an episode of the short-lived series The Cowboys as well as in the low budget horror film Night of the Lepus. He was back playing his familiar role of Dr. McCoy in the animated version of Star Trek. Primarily Kelley worked the convention route in that decade. His only screen work since the 70's has been in the Star Trek movies, with one notable exception. In the premier episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Kelley appeared under heavy make-up as a 137 year old Dr. McCoy. DeForest Kelley is a fine actor who has rarely been given the opportunity to prove what he can do. Because of how easy he makes his role of Dr. McCoy appear, he isn't given his due nor is he considered for the more ambitious roles he'd like to play.
James Doohan was born on March 3, 1920 in Vancouver, Canada. During World War II, he was flying an artillery observation plane for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Prior to this, he had been wounded in battle on D-day. Following his military discharge, he returned to school. Doohan eventually became one of the busiest voice artists on radio. He originally came to the US on a scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. He continued to teach there for three years. In 1953 he returned to Toronto, where he lived for the next 8 years. During this time he appeared in more than four hundred live and taped television shows, numerous motion pictures and plays, as well as over three thousand radio shows. In the sixties he became a very busy working actor, particularly on television where he appeared on such shows as Bonanza, Hazel, The Virginian, Blue Light, Daniel Boone, The F.B.I, The Gallant Men, and many others. In 1966 he was invited to join the permanent cast of Star Trek. When Star Trek was revived in 1974 as the animated series, Doohan provided his voice not only for Scotty, but also for several other characters. After Star Trek he secured a recurring role on Jason of Star Command while doing additional voice work on various animated series. Doohan has appeared in all six of the Star Trek feature films and joined the elite group of original Trek actors who appeared on The Next Generation. During the seventies Doohan has become a regular fixture at Star Trek conventions, appearing at them all over the world. In the late eighties he suffered a heart attack but has fully recovered and gone on to maintain a full schedule of activities.
Nichelle Nichols is secretive about her age, but she was born on December 28 in Robbins, Illinois, near Chicago. At the age of 16 she wrote a ballet for a musical suite by Duke Ellington. During her time in New York, she appeared at the famed Blue Angel and the Playboy Club. Nichols has demonstrated her ability as a performer by twice being nominated for the Sara Siddon Award as best actress of the year. She is an accomplished dancer and a beautiful singer. As a vocalist with the Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton bands, she toured the United States, Canada and Europe. On the West Coast, she appeared in "Roar of the Grease Paint, Smell of the Crowd," "For My People" and won high praise for her performance in the James Baldwin play "Blues for Mr. Charlie."
Here are some autograph addresses of actors who appeared in Star Trek:
c/o ICM 8899 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
c/o Gores/Fields Talent Agency, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd. suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90067, USA
c/o The Gersh Agency Inc. 232 N.Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
c/o The Gersh Agency Inc. 232 N.Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
c/o Arnold Rifkin Trierd Artists, 10100 Santa monica Blvd. suite 1600, Los Angeles, CA 90967, USA
c/o Camelen JTG Talent Agency, 822 S.Robertson Blvd. suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA
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