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Why was Star Trek cancelled?
It’s common knowledge that Star Trek was cancelled, but the fandom kept a momentum going that lead to a planned reboot and later to the motion picture.
I assumed that it was canceled because of low ...
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Has concept art for the Gorn in the original Star Trek series been published somewhere?
Pretty much what it says in the title. Any examples of concept art for the Gorn (both their gross anatomy, and their ships, clothing, or buildings) will be a satisfactory answer to the question. I ask ...
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Collection of Star Trek stories. Read between 1983 and 1988
I borrowed this book from a UK library. I think all the stories were written by the same author though I might be mistaken.
There is an alien who is enslaved by Klingons. Someone from the Enterprise ...
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Is Spock performing a mind meld in Dagger of the Mind?
Memory Alpha lists TOS: Dagger of the Mind as an episode where Spock performs a mind meld - this would be the first on-screen appearance of a mind meld in Star Trek.
However, I always assumed that ...
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Why do holographic characters become "unstable" if they run for too long? [duplicate]
In the beginning of Star Trek Voyager, characters mention how the Doctor is not supposed to run for "too long" or his personality becomes "unstable". I'm interested in the answer ...
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Enterprise finds crashed spaceship, crew repairing it but it's a false hope
Enterprise finds crashed spaceship, crew repairing it but it's a false hope. Crew replacing good components with good components. Crew false belief that they could escape, but the ship will never fly ...
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Does Strange New Worlds take place before or after TOS?
I first thought Strange New Worlds was set before Kirk took command of the Enterprise but the second season finale and third season premiere feature the Gorn- which I was under the impression the ...
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Where does the authority to arrest someone on board a Federation starship come from?
We have seen lower ranking officers arresting higher ranking officers. For example, Pressman in TNG: The Pegasus was arrested by Picard and ultimately held by the security team comprised of much lower ...
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What is the actual transporter malfunction in "The Doomsday Machine?"
In "The Doomsday Machine" (S02E06) near the end, when Lt. Kyle is trying to beam Kirk back to the Enterprise, Scotty is in the Jeffries Tube working on the transporter systems and, when Kyle ...
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Why was this switch made on who explained the Genesis device?
In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1984), scientist Carol Marcus explains the idea of the Genesis Device on a recording. While in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), a similar recording is ...
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how does the universal translator work during in person interactions
I can understand how a UT might work for view screen communication the ships computer takes the transmitted audio and translates the wording to something the mostly human crew can understand (whilst ...
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What was the first depiction of Klingons using cloaking devices?
The earliest example I saw of a Klingon ship using cloaking technology was Kruge's ship in The Search for Spock (I don't know if this is relevant, but I've read the antagonists for that film were ...
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In ST: TNG 6x25, "Timescape", what happens to the Romulan ship?
At the end of the episode, the warbird vanishes and Data says:
Judging from the residual temporal fluctuations, I believe they have returned to their own time continuum.
Why were the Romulans in a ...
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How can this Star Trek timeline anomaly be explained?
I've just started watching Star Trek: Discovery (S01E01 is all I've seen so far) and it had me questioning the timeline of when this show takes place. I looked at Wikipedia's Timeline of Star Trek ...
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What is a “phased ion cannon” as first described in the Star Trek: Voyager episode, “Resistance?”
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Resistance" (S02E12) there is a weapon called a phased ion cannon. I believe it to be a fully charged plasma weapon, but nothing is given in Star Trek ...
