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Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry and currently under the ownership of CBS. The franchise began in 1966 with the television series Star Trek, later referred to as Star Trek: The Original Series. This series, its spin-off shows: Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise, as well as the film series make up the core of the franchise's mythos. While the critical response to much of the franchise varies, many individual Star Trek episodes and films have won awards and honors including Emmy Awards, Hugo Awards and an Academy Award.

Westerns such as Wagon Train, along with the Horatio Hornblower novels and Gulliver's Travels, inspired Roddenberry when he created the first Star Trek. It followed the interstellar adventures of James T. Kirk and the crew of an exploration vessel of a 23rd century galactic "United Federation of Planets" — the Starship Enterprise. This first series, now referred to as "The Original Series", debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons on NBC. These adventures continued in the short-lived Star Trek: The Animated Series and six feature films. Four spin-off television series were eventually produced: Star Trek: The Next Generation, followed the crew of a new Starship Enterprise set a century after the original series; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, set contemporaneously with The Next Generation; and Star Trek: Enterprise, set before the original series, in the early days of human interstellar travel. Four additional The Next Generation feature films were produced. In 2009, the prequel of the original series (set in an alternate timeline) Star Trek featuring a new cast portraying younger versions of the crew from the original Enterprise appeared. A sequel to this film, Star Trek Into Darkness, premiered on May 16, 2013.

Star Trek has been a cult phenomenon since its beginning. Fans of the franchise are called Trekkies or Trekkers. The franchise spans a wide range of spin-offs including games, figurines, novels, toys, and comics. Star Trek had a themed attraction in Las Vegas which opened in 1998 and closed in September 2008. At least two museum exhibits of props travel the world. The series even has its own full-fledged constructed language, Klingon. Several parodies have been made of Star Trek and its fans, despite the end of Star Trek episodes on TV, and several fan productions have been produced in that void.

Star Trek is noted for its influence on the world outside of science fiction. It has been cited as an inspiration for several technological inventions such as the cell phone. Moreover, the show is noted for its progressive civil rights stances. The original series included one of television's first multiracial casts, and the first televised inter-racial kiss. Star Trek references can be found throughout popular culture from movies such as the submarine thriller Crimson Tide to the cartoon series South Park.

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"Borderland" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise that originally aired on October 29, 2004, on UPN. The script was written by Ken LaZebnik, and was directed by David Livingston. The episode featured the first appearance of Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Brent Spiner in Enterprise, and the last appearance of J. G. Hertzler in the Star Trek franchise. It also featured guest appearances by Bobbi Sue Luther and WWE wrestler Big Show. In this episode, genetically engineered humans called "augments" capture a Klingon vessel, and the Enterprise is sent to find them. They retrieve the augments' creator, Dr. Arik Soong (Brent Spiner), and head in pursuit. After being attacked by Orions and rescuing their crew members, the ship is attacked by the augments who retrieve their creator. The episode is the first of a three episode arc, followed by "Cold Station 12", and "The Augments". It also featured the first appearance of male members of the Orion species, despite female members appearing in the first pilot of The Original Series. The reception from critics was mixed, with Spiner's performance generally praised. The episode was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination.
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Captain James T. Kirk holds a phaser rifle next to a woman with shiny eyes.
Credit: McFadden, Strauss Eddy & Irwin for Desilu Productions

"Where No Man Has Gone Before" was the second pilot of Star Trek: The Original Series, the first episode to be filmed which featured Captain James T. Kirk.

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Denise Crosby, photographed in 2003
Lieutenant Natasha "Tasha" Yar is a fictional character who mainly appeared in the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Portrayed by Denise Crosby, she was Chief of Security aboard the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D. The character concept was originally based upon Vasquez from the 1986 film Aliens. Crosby originally auditioned for the role of Deanna Troi, while Rosalind Chao became a favourite for Tasha. After Marina Sirtis auditioned for the role of Tasha, the show's creator Gene Roddenberry decided to switch the roles for Sirtis and Crosby. The character first appeared in the pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint". After Crosby decided to leave the show, Yar was killed in "Skin of Evil", the 23rd episode of the season. She returned in the third season episode "Yesterday's Enterprise", and again in the final episode of the series "All Good Things..." in events set prior to the pilot. She was described as a forerunner to other strong women in science fiction. The manner of her first death was received with mixed reviews, one critic called it typical of the death of a Star Trek security officer while it was also included in a list of tasteless sci-fi deaths.
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— Gates McFadden, actress, portrayed Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent movies
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Production staff: J. J. Abrams • Ira Steven Behr • Rick Berman • Brannon Braga • Manny Coto • Damon Lindelof • Ronald D. Moore • Michael Okuda • Michael Piller • Gene Roddenberry • Jeri Taylor

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