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Star Trek: The Original Series has connection to new sci-fi series

By Rachel Carrington

Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available exclusively in the United States on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service.Pictured: William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk (Gold shirt) and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock (Blue Shirt) in STAR TREK (The Original Series)Screen grab: ©1966 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available exclusively in the United States on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service.Pictured: William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk (Gold shirt) and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock (Blue Shirt) in STAR TREK (The Original Series)Screen grab: ©1966 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. /
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Star Trek: The Original Series is part of one of the longest running sci-fi franchises in television so it’s no wonder it can be linked to another series. 

A new sci-fi series is set to premiere on the Syfy channel tonight, and it has a surprising connection to Star Trek: The Original Series. Created by Dean Devlin, The Ark, which will debut at 10 p.m. EST has The Original Series to thank for Devlin’s interest in science fiction as his mother guest-starred on an episode of the series back in 1967.

Pilar Seural, Devlin’s mother, played a psychic princess on Wolf in the Fold. She ends up getting killed by Scotty (James Doohan) when he is possessed by the soul of Jack the Ripper. According to an interview with the New York Post, Devlin was fascinated when his mother brought home the stunt man’s phaser. It was made of rubber and beat up, but it started Devlin’s sci-fi addiction.

The crew of The Ark has a five-year mission just like the crew of Star Trek: The Original Series.

While the Enterprise was out to explore strange new worlds and to seek out new life and new civilizations, The Ark is on a different type of five-year mission. The series is set 100 years in the future and takes place on a state-of-the art spaceship. The Ark is sent to colonize a planet to help save the people of Earth from extinction.

Much like Star Trek: The Original Series in that aspect, The Ark is on a budget. So it was shot in Serbia, which enabled the producers to get more bang for their buck, and Devlin was already familiar with the territory, having filmed another series there, “The Outpost.” was not unfamiliar terrain for Devlin and Glassner.

"“We did another show there called ‘The Outpost,’ and like that series, this show was where we had very big ambitions and very little money — so normally what you do it curtail your vision. Jonathan and I were loathe to do that, so by going [to Serbia] we were really able to get a lot more on the screen.”"

The Ark premieries February 1st at 10:00 p.m. EST.  You can also catch it on Sling TV, YouTube TV, Hulu Live TV, and fubo TV.

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