“Building Star Trek” to air on Smithsonian Channel in September
The Smithsonian Channel will air a new documentary called “Building Star Trek” on the restoration of the original Enterprise model on September 4th.
The story of how the Smithsonian renovated and restored the original Enterprise is the subject of a new two hour documentary form the Smithsonian Channel called “Building Star Trek.” The documentary will take you behind the scenes as part of the team working to get the Enterprise ready for display before Star Trek‘s 50th anniversary.
The documentary isn’t set to premier until September 4th, but we will get a sneak peek at some of it during Comic-Con.
Here’s the full press released on “Building Star Trek”.
"SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ COMMEMORATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF LANDMARK SCI-FI TELEVISION SERIES‘BUILDING STAR TREK’SET TO PREMIERE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 AT 8 P.M. ET/PTTwo-Hour Special to Take In-Depth Look At Far Reaching InfluenceThat Original Star Trek Series Has Had on Science And TechnologyNEW YORK, JULY 6, 2016 – Smithsonian Channel will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek with a two-hour special that will take a look at the lasting influence the original Star Trek series has had on the world. BUILDING STAR TREK will premiere Sunday, September 4 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel.When the series debuted on September 8, 1966, the world was introduced to a number of alien concepts, such as hand-held communication devices, desktop computers, space shuttles, touch screens, and more. Star Trek’s visionary creator was remarkably able to conceive of a world so different from his own that the series would go on to have a profound legacy in television history.BUILDING STAR TREK will follow the conservation team from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum as they attempt to restore and conserve the original 11-foot, 250-pound model of the U.S.S. Enterprise from the original series. The special also will track the effort to rebuild a model of the original U.S.S. Enterprise bridge by using authentic set pieces and props, which recently went on display at Seattle’s EMP Museum.The two-hour special also profiles a new generation of engineers and scientists who are making Star Trek’s visionary technology real, pushing the boundaries of physics with inventions first conceived on the iconic series: warp drives, medical tricorders, cloaking devices and tractor beams.Proving that one TV show has truly gone where no man has gone before, BUILDING STAR TREK will showcase clips from the original series that highlight each scientific innovation and the new technologies that have inspired generations."
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