Lillyan Ratcliffe

Lillyan Ratcliffe

On the set of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, directed by William Shatner. (Photo by Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Rod Roddenberry is trying to obtain the missing Enterprise model

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 14: Actors in the SAG-AFTRA union join the already striking WGA union, film and tv writers on the picket line, on the first day of a SAG-AFTRA strike, in Los Angeles, CA, on July 14, 2023. (Photo by Katie McTiernan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Star Trek: The Animated Series benefitted from the 1973 WGA strike

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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 10: Recreation of the Enterprise bridge from the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" TV series on display at "Star Trek - The Exhibition" at the Hollywood & Highland complex on October 10, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)

1988 strike impacted Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Star Trek: Prodigy. Image Courtesy Nickelodeon, CBS Television Studios

How canceling Star Trek: Prodigy is terrible

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 08: (L-R) Jonathan Del Arco, George Takei, John Billingsley, LeVar Burton and Natalia Castellanos join the United We Trek picket line outside Paramount Studios on September 08, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Members of SAG-AFTRA and WGA (Writers Guild of America) have both walked out in their first joint strike against the studios since 1960. The strike has shut down a majority of Hollywood productions with writers in the fourth month of their strike against the Hollywood studios. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)

Can Star Trek survive the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike?

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PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 09: Show runner/Executive Producer Terry Matalas (L) and Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman speak on stage during TCA Paramount+ “Star Trek: Picard” Panel at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 09, 2023 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Paramount+)

Sela from Star Trek: The Next Generation deserved a better plotline in Star Trek: Picard

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386838 05: Actor Ethan Phillips Stars As (Diplomatic Advisor, Neelix) In The United Paramount Network's Sci-Fi Television Series "Star Trek: Voyager." (Photo By Getty Images)

Neelix in Star Trek: Voyager had some amazing character growth

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Star Trek: Prodigy. Image Courtesy Nickelodeon, CBS Television Studios

Paramount+ canceling Star Trek: Prodigy may backfire

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Pictured: John de Lancie as Q and Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD. Photo Cr: Trae Patton/Paramount+ ©2022 ViacomCBS. All Rights Reserved.

Star Trek: Picard spin-off may make Star Trek: The Original Series character Trelane part of the Q Continuum

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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: Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer in STAR TREK: ENTERPRISEPhoto: Ron Tom/CBS©2005 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Was Porthos one of the best written characters on Star Trek: Enterprise?

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LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 09: Actress Chase Masterson from 'Star Trek Deep Space Nine' poses with cosplayers inside Quark's Bar at the 14th annual official Star Trek convention at the Rio Hotel & Casino on August 09, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)

Overused elements impact Star Trek success

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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: Avery Brooks as Commander Sisko in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINEScreen grab: ©1998 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Did Benjamin Sisko underestimate Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?

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Michael Dorn as Worf of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD. Photo Cr: Joe Pugliese/Paramount+. © 2022 CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

A Star Trek: Worf spinoff needs to include an exploration of identity

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William Shatner, best known as Captain Kirk on Star Trek: The Original Series, signs autographs at the Fanboy Expo held at the Knoxville Convention Center on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. The 2021 edition of Fanboy Expo, a popular comic convention, features celebrity guests like William Shatner, George Tekai, Walter Koenig and more and will continue through Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021.Kns Fan Boy Expo Bp 12

Why Star Trek: The Animated Series deserves a second chance

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Ed Speleers of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD. Photo Cr: James Dimmock/Paramount+. © 2022 CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Jean-Luc Picard almost had two criminal sons in Star Trek

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CHICAGO, IL - FEBRUARY 28: Actor Walter speaks during 2020 C2E2 Koenig at McCormick Place on February 28, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/WireImage)

A countdown of all of Pavel Chekov’s love interests on Star Trek: The Original Series

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