Star Trek: The Original Series
American science fiction television series
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| 2024 | The film is selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry, recognizing its cultural significance. |
| 2024 | The United States Library of Congress selects Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan for preservation in the National Film Registry, recognizing its cultural significance. |
| 2023 | The Star Trek franchise received the Peabody Institutional Award, recognizing its significant cultural and entertainment impact across all series. |
| April 4 2023 | Star Trek Generations was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray in standalone and collected formats alongside the other Next Generation feature films. |
| 2022 | 4K version of the Director's Cut released on Paramount+ streaming service and physical media. |
| 2022 | Star Trek: Picard Season 2 canonically introduced the USS Rustazh, named after the novel's character Krenn sutai-Rustazh, as a tribute to John M. Ford's work. |
| 2021 | A 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray of the film was released to commemorate the Star Trek franchise's 55th anniversary. |
| 2019 | CBR rated Star Trek: The Original Series season 2 as the second best season of all Star Trek seasons and the best season of the original series' three seasons. |
| 2019 | CBR ranked Star Trek: The Original Series season 1 as the 10th-best season among all Star Trek seasons at that point in time, providing a retrospective critical assessment of the show's first season. |
| 2018 | Popular Mechanics ranked the 'nuclear wessels' scene with Chekov as the 50th-greatest moment in science fiction |
| 2018 | Star Trek: Discovery again used the theme at the start of the Season 2 episode 'If Memory Serves', referencing the original pilot 'The Cage'. |
| 2017 | Star Trek: Discovery featured a new recording of the original theme during the closing credits of the Season 1 finale episode. |
| 2017 | Star Trek: Discovery officially canonized the 'Black Fleet' concept from The Final Reflection in its premiere episode 'The Vulcan Hello', integrating Ford's original novel's Klingon spiritual afterlife element into the official Star Trek canon. |
| 2017 | Star Trek: Discovery featured a new recording of the original theme during the closing credits of its Season 1 finale episode, and again in a Season 2 episode referencing the original series' pilot. |
| September 6 2016 | Season one re-released as part of the Star Trek 50th Anniversary set on Blu-Ray, including the original series and original-cast films. |
| 2013 | GNP Crescendo Records rereleased the Star Trek Generations soundtrack as a two-disc, expanded collector's edition with previously unheard tracks. |
| 2012 | La-La Land Records, in association with Sony Music, released a 3-CD set containing the complete film score, including unreleased alternate and unused musical cues. |
| March 7 2011 | William Shatner, in character as Kirk, voiced a wake-up call for the crew of STS-133 Space Shuttle Discovery, featuring the Star Trek theme. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Star Trek: The Original Series season 1, Star Trek: The Original Series season 2, The Final Reflection, Theme from Star Trek, Star Trek Generations, The Wounded Sky, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, List of awards and nominations received by Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan & The Rift (Star Trek), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.