STAR TREKWhat does Star Trek mean to you .

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STAR TREK – SCREENED FIRST IN THE USA 8 SEPTEMBER 1966 (IMDB,2011)

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Why did the series have a cult following?

Release Date:12 July 1969 (UK) BBC (Anderson, J. 1985)

GENE RODDENBERRY (1921-1991)

Ex –pilot & LAPD officer Wanted long term TV show Arthcur C Clarke Wanted to talk about love, war, nature, God,

sex and pass the sensors “it all seems so make believe” (Dillard. 1996) Westerns on TV (Worland.2003) Budget

“ONE TO BEAM UP”(FOSTER, D. 1979)

Cheap TV Two pilots Three year run Cancelled Why?

What then happened?

WORLD WIDE success – SOLD in OVER 300 territories ( Hise, J.1995)

A NEW HOPE (LUCAS 1977)

With the success of Star Wars – Paramount studios commissioned a movie

STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE

The over 20 year 10 sequels

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION

With the success of the movies. On TV The 70s & 80s

US SCI-FI CRAZY

UK SCI-FI CRAZY

THE NEXT GENERATION

See trailer

First season Making the series became cheaper.

STAR TREK - FRANCHISE

Exhibition – Science museumBooksConventionsComicsGames

TREK THE PHILOSOPHY

The future (Huxley) New concept in sci-fi – cultural effect Klingon Roddenberry’s legacy Breaking boundaries -Political

PRACTITIONER/THEORIST

Television is the first truly democratic culture

- the first culture available to everybody

……..

Clive Barnes

TREK PHILOSOPHY

Do you know that you have the first non-stereotypical role on television? You're a first. This is not a female role. This is not a black role. This is a quality role, and this is an equal role, and it is in a command position. You have to carry on, because not only do little black children and do women see you and aspire and do you have meaning for them, but everyone else sees us for the first time the way we are supposed to be - on an equal basis, and on a level of dignity and authority and with the highest of qualifications.

Martin Luther King to Nichelle Nichols

STAR TREK FAMILY

STAR TREK FAMILY

STAR TREK FAMILY

TECHNOLOGY

Science fiction to science fact

David A. Batchelor (2009). "The Science of Star Trek". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Lawrence M. Krauss (1995). The Physics of Star Trek.

Star Trek Navigraphic - how Trek tech compares with existing technology

TECHNOLOGY

Science fiction paves the way to science fact by showing us a possible vision of a positive future

THE DATAPAD

THE COMMUNICATOR

THE BORG COLLECTIVE

PRACTITIONER/THEORIST

Science fiction has never really aimed to tell

us when we might reach other planets, or

develop new technologies, or meet aliens.

Science fiction speculates about why we

might want to do these things, and how their

consequences might affect our lives and our

planet. John Clute (1995)

PRACTITIONER/THEORIST

In the 23rd century universe of "Star Trek," people talked to each other using wireless personal communicators, had easy access to a vast database of information and spent hours gazing at a big wall-mounted video screen…on 21st century Earth, that future is already here.

Evangelista (2004)

PRACTITIONER/THEORIST

When I designed the UI (user interface) for

the Palm OS back in '93, my first sketches

were influenced by the UI of the Enterprise

bridge panels”

Rob Haitani, product design architect for Palm-One Inc

THE FANS

TO GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE (RODENNBERRY, G. 1982)

IF YOU WERE WRITING ABOUT STAR TREK

What would you write about. What would you compare? What would you discover? What arguments would you raise? Would you write about anything else apart

from the TV series? What kind of research would you do? Where sources would you use (methodology) What kind of citations would you use?

FIND A SOURCE ON STAR TREK

Find one source on Star Trek that sums up what you have learned.

Direct quote Citation Journal/article that looks at something

different