On September 28, 1987, Star Trek returned to our televisions with a brand new series: Star Trek: The Next Generation. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, GeekMom is dedicating this week to a franchise that has been inspiring people for 46 years.
The Star Trek franchise is one of the most successful science fiction franchises in history. It consists of six television series — Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise — and 11 motion pictures. Many fans have created their own pieces of the Star Trek universe, including a webseries called Star Trek: Phase II. Some of the fan-created series episodes include stories originally written for the aborted second live-action television series, by the same name, originally set to air in early 1978.
Even though it is the anniversary week for Star Trek: The Next Generation, we have decided to dedicate this week to the entire franchise. The reason for this is because without Star Trek: The Original Series there would not have been the motion pictures, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Without the huge success of Star Trek: The Next Generation, there would not have been the rest of the television series. Every single series has been responsible for bringing in a new batch of fans, and inspiring generations of people to boldly go.
This week, we will be sharing our love of this series, and discussion every thing from Kirk vs Picard, to debating the best series and movie, to discussing how Star Trek has made a real difference in our lives, reviewing Star Trek merchandise, and sharing our own introductions to this series.
How were you introduced to Star Trek? Why is Star Trek important to you?
In the words of Spock, live long and prosper.
