Year: 2021

Brannon Braga was embarrassed by Extinction

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Jolene Blalock disliked how T’Pol was written

Canceled plot revealed 1st Borg Queen’s origins

HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 15: Actor John de Lancie attends the opening night of the 9th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on August 15, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)

Star Trek Picard: John de Lancie assures fans Q will annoy Jean-Luc

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.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. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2016 - SmithsonianChannel_StarshipEnterprise

Coolest Star Trek ships in TOS season 2

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 03: LeVar Burton attends the 2020 Breakthrough Prize at NASA Ames Research Center on November 03, 2019 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Ian Tuttle/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize )

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Gene Roddenberry had a different plan for Spock

HOLLYWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 07: Actress Nichelle Nichols arrives for the Premiere Of "UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!" held at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on September 7, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)

How Lt. Nyota Uhura got her last name

The cast of "Star Trek Voyager," in its 6th year. CBS Photo Archive

Garrett Wang and his beautiful face saved his Star Trek career

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 01: (L-R) Actors Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, and Leonard Nimoy attend the 2014 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival opening night for 'To Be Takei' at Directors Guild Of America on May 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images)

Why members of the original cast turned down roles in Star Trek: Generations

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 13: Actress Alice Eve attends the "Star Trek: Into Darkness" Live Streaming in Tokyo at the Nicofarre on August 13, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images)

Why Alice Eve was written out of Star Trek: Beyond is just lazy

LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 03: Actor and director Jonathan Frakes speaks at the "TNG - Part 2" panel during the 17th annual official Star Trek convention at the Rio Hotel & Casino on August 3, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)

Jonathan Frakes regrets not directing Nemesis

Photo: Star Trek: Voyager 25th Anniversary Special.. Image Courtesy Titan Comics

Voyager: Why the Maquis were never imprisoned

HOLLYWOOD, CA - JANUARY 13: LeVar Burton speaks at Sir Patrick Stewart's handprints and footprints in cement ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX held on January 13, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)

LeVar Burton will get his shot and will guest-host Jeopardy!

LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 03: Actor Michael Dorn dances at the "TNG - Part 1" panel during the 17th annual official Star Trek convention at the Rio Hotel & Casino on August 3, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)

Michael Dorn will reprise his role of Worf for a video game

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: Alex Kurtzman speaks at the "Enter The Star Trek Universe" Panel during 2019 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on July 20, 2019 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)

Alex Kurtzman doesn’t believe non-connected film/television can work anymore

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 06: William Shatner visits SiriusXM Studios on September 6, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

A pregnancy was deleted in Star Trek: TOS

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 14: President, Development and Production for Paramount Network and TV Land Keith Cox attends the ViacomCBS Winter TCA Tour on January 14, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Viacom )

Paramount was once desperate to get rid of Star Trek

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 18: Honoree George Takei attends PFLAG Gives Thanks: Celebrating Inclusion in the Workplace on November 18, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for PFLAG)

George Takei in “Allegiance” asks us to learn from the past

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.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. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2016 - SmithsonianChannel_StarshipEnterprise

NBC thought “The Cage” was too sexy to air

BALTIMORE, MD - NOVEMBER 11: Michael Dorn speaks onstage at Spotlight: Star Trek's Michael Dorn during day 3 of AlienCon Baltimore 2018 at Baltimore Convention Center on November 11, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HISTORY)

Michael Dorn returning to Star Trek, potentially as Worf but little else is known

NOVI, MI - MAY 17: Walter Koenig , who played Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek, attends Motor City Comic Con at Suburban Collection Showplace on May 17, 2013 in Novi, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Warner/Getty Images)

This episode of TNG would have had a bitter Chekov

LAS VEGAS - AUGUST 12: Actress Kate Mulgrew, who played the character Capt. Kathryn Janeway on the television series "Star Trek: Voyager," speaks at the Star Trek convention at the Las Vegas Hilton August 12, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

An undeveloped episode had Janeway on trial

LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 9: Actors Leonard Nimoy (L) and William Shatner (R) promote the "Star Trek" 40th Anniversary on the TV Land network at the Four Seasons hotel August 9, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Episodes of the show will air September 8. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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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.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. - Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel Copyright: 2016 - SmithsonianChannel_StarshipEnterprise

Coolest Star Trek ships in TOS season 1

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Raw meat and cotton candy set a scene in TNG

Network wanted Captain Archer to die in Season 3