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s made by fans using elements of the ''
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'' franchise.
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, CBS, and their licensees are the only organizations legally allowed to create commercial products with the ''Star Trek'' name and
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community has received some coverage from the mainstream media.


Films


''Paragon's Paragon'' (1974)

''Star Trek'' fan films have been made since the 1960s by individuals and various fan groups but, before the advent of inexpensive digital cameras, editing and effects in the 1990s, most were on a simple home movie level. An early effort to achieve something more was John Cosentino's ''Paragon's Paragon'', which was an unofficial adaptation of James Blish's '' Spock Must Die!'', an early ''Star Trek'' spinoff novel. The film ran for an hour and was shot on
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using a full-size recreation of the Bridge set. It also used a wide variety of film
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techniques on a budget of over $2,000 ($ in dollars) and received considerable coverage in Don Dohler's Cinemagic magazine for low budget filmmakers. Dohler subsequently used its crew to make his first feature film, '' The Alien Factor'' (1978).


''Digital Ghost'' (2000)

''Digital Ghost'' was a German-language ''Star Trek'' fan film set within the continuity of the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' movies. It is the story of two (previously unseen)
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officers from USS ''Enterprise''-E (played by Erich Redman and German Big Brother star Kerstin Klinz) delegated to test the next, completely automated starship, the ''Enterprise''-HC. The film was directed by Thomas Wolff, produced by Joost van Wingerden, with CGI from Tobias Richter (later involved in production of ST New Voyages and Axanar).


'' Star Trek: Of Gods and Men'' (2007-2008)

A three-part mini-series directed by
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and starring several original ''Star Trek'' stars, including Nichelle Nichols and
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. The first part was released in December 2007; parts 2 and 3 were released in 2008.


''Star Trek: Chains of Betrayal'' (2008)

A fan-fiction comedy film written and directed by Derek Howard and Racan Souiedan, the film is an episode of approximately forty minutes in length that takes place during season five of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', soon after the events in " Unification". The script was written during the summer months of 2005. The film is non-profit in nature and was meant as a tribute.


'' Star Trek: Axanar'' (2014)

In 2014, fans and former cast members organized a fan-made short film called '' Prelude to Axanar'', setting up a
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project with a target of $10,000, but which raised well over $100,000 instead. This short film was to be followed by a full-length feature film called ''Star Trek: Axanar'', funded by a much larger Kickstarter project. Both films were to star Richard Hatch, J. G. Hertzler,
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, Gary Graham, Michael Hogan, and
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, all mainstream actors who were veterans of
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's ''Star Trek'' franchise and the rebooted ''
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''. ''Prelude to Axanar'' featured both new and familiar characters from the ''Star Trek'' universe: * Richard Hatch as Kharn, the
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Supreme Commander * Michael Hogan As Captain Robert April * J. G. Hertzler as Captain Samuel Travis * Gary Graham as Soval, Vulcan Ambassador to the Federation The short film for ''Prelude to Axanar'' was released in June 2014. In August 2014, the production raised $638,000 on Kickstarter, and writer-producer Alec Peters went into pre-production for the feature film ''Star Trek: Axanar''. On December 29, 2015 the project was hit by a lawsuit from CBS and Paramount Pictures filed in Central California federal court, stating the ''Axanar'' works infringed upon their intellectual property by making use of "innumerable copyrighted elements of ''Star Trek'', including its settings, characters, species, and themes." In March 2016, Peters' Axanar Productions filed a
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or strike Paramount and CBS's claims, saying the elements mentioned in the court filing are not protected by copyright and is seeking premature relief from a work, the ''Axanar'' feature film, that does not exist. The motion to dismiss or strike was denied by the court and the case went to a jury trial in January 2017. On January 21, 2017, the lawsuit was settled. On June 26, 2016, during the ''Axanar'' lawsuit, CBS and Paramount released a set of guidelines for ''Star Trek'' fan films to follow. Notably, these restrictions require films to: be no more than 15 minutes long and have no stories longer than two installments (for a total of 30 minutes); play on
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without commercials; and all participants are required to be amateurs who have never worked on ''Star Trek'' or another licensee of CBS or Paramount Pictures. The creation and release of ''Axanar'' would only be allowed on these terms.


'' Star Trek: Renegades'' (2015)

''Star Trek: Renegades'' is a fan-created project to create a pilot for a new ''
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'' series. CBS declined to pick up the show. Several former ''Star Trek'' actors appear, including
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,
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, Manu Intiraymi, and
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. It is set 10 years after ''Voyager''s return from the Delta Quadrant. Plans have been announced for a ''Renegades'' web based series. In June 2016, the team announced that in response to new requirements on ''Star Trek'' fan films issued by CBS and Paramount Pictures, their upcoming film ''Requiem'' would remove all references to ''Star Trek''. The series itself was renamed ''Renegades''.


''Star Trek: Horizon'' (2016)

''Star Trek: Horizon'' is set in ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' era, directly after the 4th season of the series. The film is about the Romulan War. The Kickstarter campaign launched on April 19, 2014. The film was released February 25, 2016 to backers and was also on the internet

:In April 2016, co-producer Tommy Kraft issued the following regarding a proposed follow up production. ''Star Trek - Horizon'' sequel, ''Federation Rising'', shut down. - Tommy Kraft, ''Star Trek: Horizon'' creator


Awards

''Star Trek: Horizon'' won four of twelve categories in the 2017 Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards (Best Special & Visual Effects; Best Original Music; Best Original Story or Screenplay; and Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form), presented at and by Treklanta.


''What We Left Behind'' (2019)

In 2017, eighteen years after the '' Deep Space Nine'' finale, What You Leave Behind, aired, Ira Steven Behr announced a
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documentary named ''What We Left Behind'', deriving its title from the name of this episode (which itself is based on the
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quote, " What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others"), which met its goal of $150,000 within 24 hours. The documentary reflects on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''s legacy, featuring interviews with the cast and crew of the series and speculating on what would have happened had there been an eighth season. It was released in 2019. Cast includes Alexander Siddig, Avery Brooks, Colm Meaney, Michael Dorn, Nana Visitor, Rene Auberjonois, and Terry Farrell.


Series


'' Star Trek: Hidden Frontier'' (2000-2007)

A series with fifty produced episodes, the series is set shortly after the end of the Dominion War and centers on the starship ''Excelsior'' and its home base, Deep Space 12, as they mediate disputes between various races and fend off attacks from a powerful new alien race, the Grey. Fan Films Quarterly listed ''Hidden Frontier'' as one of the ten most pivotal moments in fan film history in its Summer 2006 issue. The BBC in 2006 called the series "the most prominent" ''Star Trek'' fan film following '' Star Trek: Enterprise'''s cancellation. ''Hidden Frontier'
spawned several spinoffs
four live-actions series (''Voyages of the USS Angeles- prequel'', ''Star Trek: Odyssey'', ''The Helena Chronicles'', and ''Federation One''), the 23rd-century movie era audio series ''Star Trek: Grissom'', two 24th-century audio series (''Henglaar, M.D.'' and ''Diplomatic Relations''), and three videos made jointly with Starship Intrepid Productions.


'' Starship Exeter'' (2002-2014)

An online series produced by Jimm and Joshua Johnson that focuses on the adventures of the ''Constitution''-class starship USS ''Exeter'' (NCC-1706), a sister ship of the USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701) in the original series era, with production design matching the era. It has been mentioned by ''
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'' and ''Register-Guard'' (Oregon). Two episodes were released.


'' Star Trek: New Voyages'' (2004-2016)

(formerly known as ''Star Trek: Phase II'') Co-creators James Cawley and Jack Marshall aimed to complete the original series' five-year mission, with actors cast as Kirk, Spock and the rest of the ''Enterprise'' crew on an exact replica of the original bridge set. One episode, "To Serve All My Days," was written by D. C. Fontana, story editor on the original ''Star Trek'' series, and featured
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guest-starring as an older version of
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, his character from the original series. Several other actors from the original ''Trek'' series have also now signed on to appear in future episodes.
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reprised his role of Hikaru Sulu in the third episode, "World Enough and Time", joining the original Yeoman Janice Rand, Grace Lee Whitney. ''Fan Films Quarterly'' listed ''New Voyages'' as one of the ten most pivotal moments in fan film history in its Summer 2006 issue, and it has been reported on by
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. New Voyages also won TV Guide's 2007 Online Video Award for best sci-fi Webisode. On February 16, 2008, during an appearance at the Farpoint Science Fiction Media Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, James Cawley announced that the series would shed the ''New Voyages'' moniker and become known as ''Star Trek: Phase II'' to reflect the transition between the original series and '' Star Trek: The Motion Picture''. 10 episodes and 3 short vignettes have been released by 2015.


''Star Trek: Dark Armada'' (2006-2016)

The first episode of ''Dark Armada'' takes place ten years after the events in ''Star Trek: Nemesis'' on board the USS ''Batavia'', named after the famous 17th-century Dutch ship, when Capt Richardson and his crew make a shocking discovery which will determine the fate of life on Earth and throughout the Federation. It was started in March 2005 by an energetic group of young film-makers gathered from ''Star Trek'' fan clubs in the Netherlands and Belgium. Filming began in Jan 2006, a test/pilot episode was released that September, and three short episodes were released in 2009 and 2010.


'' Star Trek: Odyssey'' (2007-2011)

A spin-off from the ''Hidden Frontier'' team with its first episode "Illiad" launched in September 2007. It is the story of the USS ''Odyssey'', a Federation ship which has become trapped in the distant
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. With ''Odyssey's'' captain and first officer dead, along with most of the command staff, Lt. Commander Ro Nevin is forced to take command in order to get the remaining crew home.


''Starship Farragut'' (2007-2016)

Launched in July 2005, this series takes place during the original-series era, and tells the story of the crew of the USS ''Farragut'' (NCC-1647), sister ship of the ''Enterprise''. ''Farragut'' stars John Broughton as Captain John Carter, Michael Bednar as Commander Robert Tacket, and Holly Bednar as Chief Engineer Michelle Smithfield with an ensemble cast. The premise is simply put, "New Ship, New Crew, New Adventures". The episodes "For Want of a Nail" and "A Rock and a Hard Place" won the award for Best Fan Film at the Wrath of Con Film Festival in Panama City, Florida in 2008 and 2009 respectively. As of April 2020 seven episodes had been released. The eighth and series finale "Homecoming" was in post-production with an anticipated release in 2021.


'' Star Trek: Intrepid'' (2007-2018)

A U.K. based fanfilm, and the first such production from
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, ''Intrepid'' is set in the 24th century, several years after '' Star Trek: Nemesis'', and revolves around the effort to colonise a distant and largely unexplored sector of the galaxy. ''Star Trek: Intrepid'' was filmed entirely in Scotland and was released on May 26, 2007.
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presenter
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has a brief appearance in Intrepid and the production has received extensive coverage in both national and international media, such as
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,
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, and
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. ''Intrepid'' was featured on the UK Sci Fi Channel's Sci Fi 360 video podcast. Executive Producer and cast member Nick Cook has also collaborated with the ''Hidden Frontier'' crew several times, including the joint episodes ''Orphans of War'' and ''Operation Beta Shield'', as well as the finale of ''Odyssey''.


''Star Trek: Osiris'' (2008)

''ST Osiris '' takes place before ''Star Trek Nemesis'', where the first voyage of the ship ''Osiris'' gets interrupted by a crew mutiny. The series was filmed entirely on a green screen in Detroit and ended after just four episodes. It was criticized for poor writing and the mutineers being portrayed as personal opportunists rather than being committed to a noble cause.


'' Star Trek: Phoenix'' (2010)

''Star Trek: Phoenix'' is a fan-film series that is set 42 years after the events of the motion picture '' Star Trek: Nemesis''. The pilot episode, "Cloak & Dagger", premiered on the Internet May 2, 2010.


''

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'' (2013–2017)

First produced in 2013 by the Starship Farragut team, this series looks to chronicle the "lost seasons" of ''
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'' (in similar fashion to ''Star Trek: Phase II''; see below). The series features voice actors
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and
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as Kirk and Spock, respectively. Other notable cast include Chris Doohan (son of
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) as Scotty, author-producer Larry Nemecek as McCoy, and concurrently by voice actor
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. It also co-stars Grant Imahara (''
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'') as Sulu. The first episode, " Pilgrim of Eternity" (with
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reprising his role as Apollo from the original series episode " Who Mourns for Adonais?") was released in 2013. The second episode, " Lolani" (featuring guest star
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), was released in February 2014, and a third episode, "
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" was released in June 2014 and won a Burbank International Film Festival award for "Best New Media – Drama". ''Star Trek Continues'' also won a Geekie Award for "Best Web Series". On June 19, 2015, Episode 4 of the series was posted and titled "White Iris". All eleven full episodes have been released as of December 2017.


''Starship Valiant'' (2014-2021)

''Starship Valiant'' is based on the original star trek series taking place approximately during the latter half of the third and beginning of the fourth season of that show. The series has the distinction of being the first fan series to star an African American first officer and then promoted to captain of the USS Valiant. There has been three full episodes running at 24-26 minutes and a special preview of a proposed episode that would have been feature length but the CBS guidelines prevented the feature length episode from being made. The show is still in production. (2014).


''Starship Grissom'' (2016)

''Starship Grissom'' is an educational fan film based on the original ''Star Trek'' by Gene Roddenberry. The episode is approximately 15 minutes with Common Core and STEM subjects.


Potemkin Pictures (2010–2020)

80+ Episodes and spin-offs: Project Potemkin, Starship Tristan, Starship Deimos, Starship Endeavour, Battlecruiser Kupok, Starship Triton, Hospital Ship Marie Curie, Starship Alexander, Starship Webster. Set at the TOS movies timeline.


''Star Trek: These Are The Voyages...'' (2017–2019)

After the positive reception to their first short film, the filmmakers of the award winning ''Needs of the Many'' set about to produce an anthology of five short films set during the '' Star Trek: Enterprise'' era of the franchise. "The Derelict" was released in 2017, followed by "Good Men" and "The Fall of Starbase One" in 2018. The final production "Line of Duty" wa
released
July 27, 2019.


Blood of Tiberius (2019)

''Blood of Tiberius'' is a fan series set 50 years after the events of ''
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'' and is derived from the episode "
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". The 3-D animated series takes place in the year 2319 and follows Livia Avitus, the granddaughter of the Captain James Kirk, as a Special Agent for the Federation of Planets.


''Dreadnought Dominion'' (2015-2022)

Created by Frank Parker Jr who portrayed the original Commodore Samuel Grissom was launched in April 2015, this series takes place during the original-series era, and tells the story of the crew of the USS ''Dominion'' (NCC-2115), Dreadnought Dominion is the only fan film or series to feature the Dreadnought class Star ship designed by Franz Joseph (artist) Schnaubelt and published in the '' Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual'' 1975. ''Dreadnought Dominion'' stars Gary Davis as Captain Jason Brousseau, Randy Wrenn as Chief Engineer Commander Stephen Denson and Tracey Davis as Communications officer LCmdr Paula Tompkins with an ensemble cast. As of November 2022 16 episodes had been released. The 17th episode is planned to be shot in early 2023.


Theatre


''Klingon Tamburlaine'' (2019)

In 2019, Los Angeles based theatre company
School of Night
premiered their show in the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival. The show is a creation from Christopher Marlowe’s medieval pageant of will, war and conquest re-imagined as epic sci-fi spectacle. Tragedy! Romance! Mighty verse! Great battles waged on land and in space! Honor and glory! Qapla’! ''Klingon Tamburlaine'' is an unofficial fan production adapted from Christopher Marlowe’s ''Tamburlaine the Great'', Parts I and II. During its run, the show gained a large amount of attention throughout the Los Angeles community. It won several awards, including the Encore Producers' Award and the Pick of the Fringe Award.
Klingon Tamburlaine
' was offered a three week run in October and November a
The Complex Hollywood
Theater.


Audio


'' Star Trek: The Continuing Mission''

This independent production is the story of the USS ''Montana'', a ship from the end of the era of " cowboy diplomacy" that travels seventy years into the future--into the new world of careful steps and slow deliberation. Flung to a new time and into a new culture, the crew of the ''Montana'' is forced to adapt--but this hardly stops them from facing new adventures in the 24th century. The pilot episode, "Ghost Ship," was released in December 2007, and since then seven more episodes have been released, most recently "Cathedral in the Void" on May 10, 2014.


''Star Trek: Defiant''

This monthly audio drama produced by Pendant Productions follows the adventures of the USS ''Defiant'' from '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. It was honored as the best fan-produced ''Star Trek'' audio drama of 2009 by TrekMovie.com. The drama was cancelled in May 2012, and all produced episodes were removed from the website with no reason given.


''Star Trek: Excelsior''

''Starship Excelsior'' has twice been nominated for the
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for speculative fiction podcasting. The series concerns the 24th century adventures of the crew of the U.S.S. ''Excelsior'' (NCC-2000-C - the "fourth starship to bear the name") in the
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.About. Starship Excelsior.com
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(RPG) set on the USS ''Excelsior''-C. According to the show's website, "episodes are recorded in more than two dozen places on three continents," and by July 2010 voice actors in the US lived in nine different states while one resided in Australia and another in New Zealand. Original theme music was composed by Sam Gillis. ''Starship Excelsior'' was a Parsec Award nominee in 2010 and a finalist in 2011 for Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form).


''Star Trek: Lost Universe''

Created by Jeff Lincoln and produced by StarForce Media, ''Star Trek: Lost Universe'' debuted on SoundCloud in early 2015. The Dominion War is over, the Reman threat to destroy the United Federation of Planets has been foiled, and an uneasy peace between the Romulan Star Empire and the Federation is in place. The next chapter in Federation History begins. The USS ''Jamestown,'' an experimental, ''Nebula'' Class vessel finds itself trapped in an alternate reality where the Romulan Star Empire has conquered nearly the entire Alpha Quadrant. Without allies and without a place to call home, the ''Jamestown'' begins a one-ship-rebellion against the Romulan Star Empire in an attempt to restore what was once a shining light in the Alpha Quadrant.


''Star Trek: Outpost''

This monthly audio drama produced by Tony Raymond and Dan McIntosh of Giant Gnome Productions follows the adventures of the crew of Deep Space 3 and the USS ''Chimera''. The show premiered in 2009 and is still in active production, averaging 11 episodes per season. It was nominated for the
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each year from 2010 to 2013, and was selected as a finalist in 2010, 2012 and 2013. Star Trek: Outpost was awarded the 2013 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form). Star Trek: Outpost is notable for receiving numerous favorable reviews, praised for both its "vivid characters" and for being "leagues better than the usual Star Trek audio drama". The show is currently in active syndication on 90.9 FM KDWG and on Trek Radio.


''Endeavor''

Set near the end of the 24th century and featuring among its crew an adult Naomi Wildman from ''Voyager'', ''Endeavor'' focuses on a joint Federation/Klingon/Romulan/Cardassian mission to explore the (relatively speaking) nearby Andromeda galaxy. Special emphasis is given to issues of queer representation and neurodiversity, as well as a return to the bright, hopeful future promised by earlier incarnations of the franchise. A ten-episode first season was released in 2019; the second season has posted seven episodes as of November 2020.


''Endless Vigilance''

Created by Robert J. Harrower, Vince Lauria and produced by Two Sober Dwarves Productions ,''Endless Viglance: A Star Trek Fan Production'' debuted on SoundCloud in early 2020. Commander Mitchell Quinn takes the center chair of the USS Vigilance NCC-75635, a defiant class starship attached to CURE station deep within the Courtyard, an area of space between the Klingons, Romulans, and the Federation, as all three powers begin to pave the way for galactic peace.


Parodies


''Improvised Star Trek''

Winner of 2015 Audio Verse Awards for Best Fan/Adaptation Comedy, and th
2016 Parsec Award for Best Comedy Podcast
''Improvised Star Trek'' is a comedy podcast that follows the voyages of the USS ''Sisyphus''. Initially created as live show at the iO Theater of Chicago in 2009, with a cast of professional comedians, the podcast is entirely improvised from title suggestions submitted by listeners via social media, with music and effects added in post-production. The show is not a direct parody of any specific ''Star Trek'' series, but instead uses the ''Star Trek'' setting to explore general Sci-Fi premises and character-based comedy, on a starship operating contemporaneous to the events of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space 9'', and '' Star Trek:Voyager''. New episodes are released bi-weekly and can be found at th
shows website


'' Redshirt Blues''

David Rogers' film presents the tale of a space weary security officer on the ''Enterprise'' who is sick of Kirk, the ship, and the red shirt he must wear every day. While on patrol, he meets another redshirt on his first assignment and to whom he reveals the truth about redshirts. This film was screened on the Sci Fi Channel's '' Exposure'' in 2001.


''Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation''

A 16-minute film written by Ryan K. Johnson and Darrell Bratz, with Johnson producing and directing. It primarily parodies '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', although it also pokes fun at ''
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'', ''
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'',
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, and
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. The film premiered at the Norwescon science fiction convention in March 1988, and won best film at the convention's film festival. In this 1988 film, the "Ferrari" have stolen all of the Pepsi from Starbase Seven-Up, and it is up to the crew of the ''Enterprise'' to rescue it. Captain Picard, along with Doodah the android, Ya Har, Jordashe, Rigor Mortis, Sexx Toii (the Betamax counselor), Ensign Expendable, and Weasley Crushme all leap into action. Along the way, viewers meet the harried ''Star Trek'' writing crew and the Ferrari's fearsome leader. On August 26, 1996, the BBC aired a documentary on ''Star Trek'' parodies, and ''Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation'' was one of the featured films.


''Stone Trek''

An Flash animated series that presents episodes of ''Star Trek'' as it might have appeared on television in the universe of ''
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''. The series was created by Brian Matthews with assistance of Jim Jenkins as writer and Wally Fields as voice talent and takes place aboard the stoneship USS ''Magnetize''. Characters include Captain James T. Kirkstone, the Vulcano first officer Mr. Sprock, and ship's doctor Leonard "Fossils" RcKoy. The series also includes a running count of redshirts killed in each episode, and fans could write in to nominate themselves to be
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d as a redshirt in future episodes. The production's website was a Sci-Fi.com "Site of the Week" in May 2001
Easily found (YouTube)


'' Steam Trek: The Moving Picture''

A silent film showing a ''Star Trek'' episode as might have been made by François Méliès. Produced in 1994 and set in 1980, "hundreds of miles" out in space, a crisis besets the ship when it runs low on coal.


''Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning''

'' Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning'' is a 2005
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produced by five friends in a two-room flat with a small budget and the support of a few hundred fans and several dozen acquaintances. It is the seventh production in the '' Star Wreck'' movie series, and the first of professional quality and feature length. It is a dark science fiction comedy about domination of the world and the universe, and a parody of the ''
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'' and ''
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'' franchises. The audio track is in Finnish and has English subtitles.


''Star Trek x 60's Batman Crossover''

Christopher Allen published a parody in 3 parts/episodes. In his own words: "A fanfilm based on the 1960s television shows Star Trek and Batman. In a time warp, the crew of the USS Enterprise arrives in 1967 to encounter the Dynamic Duo. An explosive and fun confrontation between two of the greatest TV shows of all time!"
Easily found (YouTube)


''Up The Enterprise''

A surreal parody of '' Star Trek: Enterprise''. Th
pilot
has been released, as well as a 90-secon
trailer


'' Voyage Trekkers''

A comedic YouTube series about the "worst crew in the galaxy" made by Squishy Studios. A labour of love production that was inspired by classic ''Star Trek'' crossed with ''Galaxy Quest.''
Season 1

Season 2Full Length episode


Machinima

;''Borg War'' ''Borg War'' is a 90-minute animated movie originally distributed as individual short episodes. Footage for ''Borg War'' was produced using Trek-themed computer games (a process known as machinima) and then extensively edited to create the final movie, repurposing the games' voiceover clips to create a new plot. ''Borg War'' was nominated for two "Mackie" awards by the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences. An August 2007 screening at a ''Star Trek'' convention in Las Vegas was the first time that CBS/Paramount had approved the screening of a non-parody fan film at a licensed convention.


Trailers

;''Bring Back Kirk'' When Captain Kirk was killed in ''
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'', fans started the "Bring Back Kirk" campaign. The original ''Bring Back Kirk''
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was released in 2001 and became popular at conventions, such as the 2003 Starfleet Ball and Brazilian Trek Con at São Paulo. A second trailer, released in March 2004, was mentioned in ''Star Trek Monthly'' and ''
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'''s Starr Report.


Legal issues

The attitude of the ''Star Trek''
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and
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holders toward fan works has varied over time. In early 1996, Viacom (which purchased Paramount in 1994) sent cease and desist letters to webmasters of ''Star Trek'' fan sites that contained copyrighted film clips, sounds, insignia, or other copyrighted material. In the lead-up to the release of '' Star Trek: First Contact'', then-president of Paramount Digital Entertainment David Wertheimer stated that Viacom was targeting sites that were "selling ads, collecting fees, selling illegal merchandise or posting copyrighted materials." Under threat of legal action, many websites shut down. Jennifer Granick, a
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criminal
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who went on to champion cyber rights, felt that the unofficial sites should be covered by the
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doctrine in
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. In 1998, then-
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associate professor Howard Besser claimed the entertainment industry as a whole was, and cited Viacom's actions toward ''Star Trek'' site webmasters as an example of, "exploiting concerns over digitization and attempting to reshape the law by strengthening protection for copyrights holders and weakening public rights to access and use material." ''Star Trek'' fan films have, until recently, operated in an informational vacuum, since Paramount has made few official statements regarding their existence. Fan filmmakers have generally kept a low profile, hoping not to draw attention to themselves. However, with the demise of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' in 2005, the fan film community began drawing more attention in the media, and even a certain amount of recognition from the entertainment industry. '' Star Trek: Phase II'', one fan series, has established an understanding that Paramount must be properly credited as the owner of ''Star Trek''-related intellectual property. On December 29, 2015 (weeks after announcing Star Trek:Discovery) CBS and Paramount Pictures filed a lawsuit in California federal court against ''Star Trek: Axanar'' stating the ''Axanar'' works infringed upon their intellectual property by making use of "innumerable copyrighted elements of ''Star Trek'', including its settings, characters, species, and themes." In June 2016 Paramount issued guidelines to assist fan-made productions from litigation; in summary: * Fan-made productions must be original stories and must be short (less than 30 minutes in total for a single storyline). * Actors and other creative talent must be amateurs; they cannot be compensated for their work nor be previous employees of official ''Star Trek'' productions. * The productions must be non-commercial. Crowd-sourced fundraising is permitted up to US$50,000, but distribution of fan-made works must be on a no-cost basis and must not generate revenue. * Fan-made productions may not use bootleg props: on-screen props must be other fan-made or be official ''Star Trek'' merchandise. * Fan-made productions must be family friendly; they may not include profanity, nudity, obscenity, pornography, or depictions of harmful or illegal activities such as use of illegal drugs. * Fan-made productions must provide a disclaimer indicating that ''Star Trek'' intellectual property is owned solely by CBS Studios. Further, the guidelines restrict how the name ''Star Trek'' may be used in titling the production. Because of the guidelines issued by Paramount as a result of the ''Axanar'' case, ''Star Trek: Renegades'' made changes to the script of their upcoming film ''Requiem'' to remove all references to ''Star Trek''. The series itself was renamed ''Renegades''.


See also

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References

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