Showing posts with label These are the Voyages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label These are the Voyages. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager, Enterprise, These are the Voyages:

Star Trek: Voyager (1998)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2005)
These Are the Voyages - TOS: Season Three (2015)
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: The Omega Directive.

Released April 15, 1998.

Directed by Victor Lobl.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Lisa Klink, Jimmy Diggs, Steve J. Kay, Bryan Fuller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jeff Austin, Kevin McCorkle, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Glenn Goldstein.
 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Bound.

Released April 15, 2005.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Manny Coto.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, William Lucking, Cyia Batten, Derek Magyar, Crystal Allen, Menina Fortunato, Christopher Jewett, Duncan K. Fraser, Alexandrea Ortiz, Jef Ayres, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Joe Davis, Evan English, Henry Farnam, Peter Godoy, Tamara Hambly, John Jurgens, Melissa O'Keeffe, Bobby Pappas, Cecelia Specht, Aaron White.
 

These Are the Voyages - TOS: Season Three

by Marc Cushman & Susan Osborn.

Foreword by David Gerrold.

These are the Voyages series.

Published by Jacobs Brown Press.
Published 2015.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0989238180
ISBN-13: 978-0989238182

Description:
Marc Cushman's biography of Star Trek the original series (TOS) takes you back in time for the final season of this iconic television show, to the production offices, the writers' room, onto the soundstages, and in front of your TV sets for what many thought would be Star Trek's final voyage. Included are hundreds of memos between Roddenberry, the producers and staff, production schedules, budgets, fan letters, behind-the-scene images, and the TV ratings. You'll find out the real reason Star Trek was cancelled. So buckle your seat belts, this final trek gets really bumpy.

Monday, April 13, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek, These are the Voyages, Picard:

Star Trek (1967)
These are the Voyages - TOS: Season Two / book (2014)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)
 

Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 29.

Episode entitled: Operation -- Annihilate!

Released April 13, 1967.

Directed by Herschel Daugherty.

Written by Steven W. Carabatsos.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Joan Swift, Maurishka, Majel Barrett, Craig Huxley / Craig Hundley, Fred Carson, Jerry Catron, David Armstrong, Bill Blackburn, Bob Bralver, Frank da Vinci, Carey Foster, Jeannie Malone, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto.
 

These are the Voyages - TOS: Season Two

by Marc Cushman & Susan Osborn.

Introduced by Walter Koenig.

These Are The Voyages series.

Published by Jacob Brown Media Group.
Published 2014.

ISBN-10: 0989238156
ISBN-13: 978-0989238151

Description:
"Compelling, page-turning ... the most important book of Star Trek journalism ever done and is just as gripping as [Marc Cushman's] look at the shows and launch of the first season." – Jeff Bond, Editor, Geek Magazine.

"With These Are the Voyages - TOS: Season Two, author Marc Cushman has topped his amazing predecessor!" – Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood.

"You can trust these books! You won't be reading a P.R. man's spins. This is honest and this is how it was being there making Star Trek." – Walter Koenig.

SATURN AWARD WINNING BOOK! The second installment of the These Are the Voyages, TOS trilogy. Now, travel back to 1967, with Star Trek entering its second season on NBC as the incredible, in depth, behind-the-scenes story gets even more remarkable. For Gene Roddenberry and his talented team, launching Star Trek was nearly an impossible task. Keeping it on the air was even harder. Learn why Leonard Nimoy almost didn't return for Season Two. Explore why Lucille Ball, whose Desilu Productions, had gambled big on financing Star Trek, would lose her studio. Discover the real reason producer Gene Coon suddenly quit in the middle of the second year. Find out about the unproduced episodes written by renowned science fiction masters. Read the memos from Roddenberry and his staff, and NBC, concerning all 26 Season Two episodes. Witness the continuing deception by the network over the show's ratings, and how the fans took on a corporate giant to save their favorite series.
 

Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Võx.

Released April 13, 2023.

Directed by Terry Matalas.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Kiley Rossetter, Sean Tretta, Chris Derrick.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo, Frederik Wiedmann.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Todd Stashwick, Alice Krige, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Elizabeth Dennehy, Mica Burton, Joseph Lee, Jin Maley, Nolan North, Majel Barrett, Amy Earhart, Grace Gregory, Jane Edwina Seymour.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek Universe - Voyager, These are the Voyages:

Star Trek: Voyager (1996)
These Are The Voyages / book (2013)
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Innocence.

Released April 8, 1996.

Directed by James L. Conway.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Lisa Klink, Anthony Williams.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Marnie McPhail, Tiffany Taubman, Sarah Rayne, Tahj Mowry, Richard Garon, Patrick Barnitt, Minh Collins, Tarik Ergin, Kerry Hoyt, Louis Ortiz, Gordon Simmons, Ian Spelling, Simon Stotler, Scott Strozier.
 

These Are The Voyages

by Marc Cushman & Susan Osborn.

The Original Series, Season One.
These Are The Voyages series.

Published by Jacobs Brown Press.
Expanded, Revised edition.
Published 2013.Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0989238121
ISBN-13: 978-0989238120

Description:
"The level of research is astounding ... an incredible job ... The reviews are wonderful and well deserved." – Leonard Nimoy.

"The definitive look at the original series hadn't been written - until now. An exhaustive, episode-by-episode history." – Jeff Bond, Geek Magazine.

"The best book ever written on Star Trek!" – Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood.

"Trek fans will die and get beamed up to heaven!" – Billy Heller, New York Post.

"Everything there is to know about TOS Season One. A great read! I guarantee it!" – Walter Koenig.

In the 1980s Gene Roddenberry and Robert H. Justman gave Marc Cushman permission to write the definitive history of the first Star Trek. They backed their stamp of approval by providing documentation never before shared with the public. These are the Voyages, published in three volumes - one designated for each season of TOS - will take you back in time and put you into the producers' offices, the writers' room, onto the soundstages, and in front of your TV sets for the first historic broadcasts. Included are hundreds of memos between Roddenberry and his staff, production schedules, budgets, fan letters, behind-the-scenes images, and the TV ratings, documenting the making of each episode of the "Classic 79" in staggering detail. Buckle your seat belts, the trek of a lifetime begins here.