This is the Star trek theme that was written by Jerry Goldsmith for Star Trek: The Motion Picture and later used in the intro for The Next Generation. Here, it’s played on a church organ.

What makes this recital particularly impressive is that the organist for St. Donatus Church in Aachen, Germany – Kantor …

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

I remember the anticipation back in 1979 waiting for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (TMP) to arrive in the cinema and eagerly plonking my ass in a plush red seat to enjoy the movie.

But even me, a die-hard Star Trek fan, was bored with all the Enterprise porn in the movie. The story itself …

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Willian Shatner as James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Phase II

UPDATE: As several people have pointed out, this is actually not a “lost” scene from the “In Thy Name” Star Trek: Phase II pilot from 1977 (despite the description on the YouTube video page) but a scene from the 1974 movie Pray For The Widcats. The yellow and red shirts do look very Trek-esque …

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The Beginning…

Star Trek has been with us for over 40 years beginning with Star Trek: The Original Series in 1966.

Originally cancelled in 1969, Star Trek made a comeback in 1979 with the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Five more movies with the original cast followed between then and 1992 whereupon …

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