Your Star Trek Guide - 293

Your Star Trek guide is a brief primer on the history of the franchise. In this episode, you learn the early history of the series. You also find out about the release dates of the various incarnations of the shows. Viewing order is up to the individual, and you learn several methods to watch Star Trek.

Star Trek first aired in September of 1966. The show had 2 pilots, a rarity in television history. The series was created by Gene Roddenberry, but he had quite a lot of help from others. The original series ran 3 seasons for a total of 79 episodes. It came from briefly in the mid 1970s with an animated show. Movies followed, and eventually more television series. Star Trek is one of the most popular televison franchises to ever exist. Your Star Trek guide breaks down the shows history and air dates.

Star Trek release order (films listed in italics)

1. Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS)
2. Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS)
3. The first six Star Trek films (The Motion Picture up to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
4. Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG)
5. Star Trek: Generations
6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9)
7. Star Trek: Voyager (VOY)
8. Star Trek films 8-10 (First Contact, Insurrection, Nemesis)
9. Star Trek: Enterprise (ENT)
10. Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek Beyond
11. Star Trek: Discovery (DSC)
12. Star Trek: Picard (PIC)
13. Star Trek: Lower Decks (LOW)
14. Star Trek: Prodigy (PRO)
15. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (SNW)

Star Trek chronological order (films listed in italics)

1. Star Trek: Enterprise (Year: 2151-2161)
2. Star Trek: The Cage – The Original Series one-off pilot episode (Year: 2254)
3. Star Trek: Discovery seasons 1-2 (Year: 2256-58)
4. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Year: 2259)
5. Star Trek: The Original Series (Year: 2265-2269)
6. Star Trek: The Animated Series (Year: 2269-2270)
7. The first six Star Trek films (Year: 2273-2293)
8. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Year: 2364-2370)
9. Star Trek films 7-10: Generations up to Nemesis (Year: 2293-2379)
10. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Year: 2369-2375)
11. Star Trek: Voyager (Year: 2371-2378)
12. Star Trek: Lower Decks (2380)
13. Star Trek: Prodigy (Year: 2383)
14. Star Trek: Picard seasons 1-3 (Year: 2399-2402)
15. Star Trek: Discovery seasons 3-4 (32nd Century)

Star Trek has television shows, films, books, comics, fan films, toys, replicas, games and so many other things. There is almost nothing that has not been touched in some way by this juggernaut. Also in this episode, we discuss the ever changing face of the Klingons, and the idea of canon.

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