Gene Roddenberry

Dec 1, 2024 | cbr.com | Gene Roddenberry |Joshua Patton

TV Sign in to your CBR account Perhaps the biggest complaint about Star Trek: Voyager was that the series ended before audiences ever saw the wayward ship return to Earth. However, at the time, the universe created by Gene Roddenberry was in a unique place. The studio and the producers considered bringing the USS Voyager back to the known Star Trek galaxy in Season 5, two years before the show was supposed to end. This idea highlights how (like the ship itself) the franchise was in uncharted...

Nov 16, 2024 | cbr.com | Gene Roddenberry |Alexander Martin

Star Trek Sign in to your CBR account The best science fiction stories are the ones that tackle social and political issues through a unique lens, using their fantastical mediums and settings to talk about modern topics. Star Trek was ahead of its time on network TV, one of the earliest examples of a television franchise that was willing to dive into sensitive topics on a nearly weekly basis. After the Original Series, other Star Trek shows continued to push the envelope on what they could...

Oct 26, 2024 | cbr.com | Gene Roddenberry |Deana Carpenter

obituary Sign in to your CBR account Writer and producer Jeri Taylor, best known as the co-creator and showrunner of Star Trek: Voyager, has died at the age of 86. Per StarTrek.com, Taylor, who also worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, died on October 24, 2024. Taylor, born June 30, 1938, joined the crew of The Next Generation during its fourth season and eventually went on to become co-executive producer of the series in the sixth season with Rick Berman...

Oct 16, 2024 | audible.com | Eileen Gonzalez |Gene Roddenberry |Christopher Bennett |John Miller

Star Trek has inspired the kind of passion and loyalty in its fans that most franchises can only dream of. When Star Trek: The Original Series debuted on September 8, 1966, it introduced us to an optimistic view of the future where a peaceful interplanetary alliance, the United Federation of Planets, welcomed humans and aliens of all kinds to participate in far-flung exploratory voyages, scientific endeavors, and diplomatic missions.

Apr 9, 2024 | giantfreakinrobot.com | Gene Roddenberry |Chris Snellgrove

GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT > Movies & TV > Sci-Fi By Chris Snellgrove| Published 25 seconds ago Whenever Star Trek series like Discovery or Strange New Worlds take the franchise in a different direction (say, a musical episode), angry fans question why the franchise has strayed from the original vision of franchise creator Gene Roddenberry. However, such fans should be aware of a sobering fact.