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Star Trek: Strange New WorldsSeason 3, Episode 7“What is Starfleet?”Written by Kathryn Lyn & Alan B. McElroyDirected by Sharon Lewis.
Subspace Chatter
New Star Trek Logo for the 60th
Sept. 8 Will Be a Great Day for Star Trek Fans
Star Trek Is Officially Coming To LEGO – Watch Announcement Teaser – TrekMovie.com
Teaser | Star Trek x LEGO – YouTube
Star Trek Boldly Goes into its 60th Year with Fan-Centric Anniversary Celebrations Throughout 2026
Star Trek plans packed lineup for the franchise’s 60th anniversary, with Lego sets and YouTube show – WTOP News
‘Star Trek’ Day Announcements Include a Lego Collaboration and a YouTube Kids’ Series
startrek.com/60
Star Trek To Celebrate 60th Anniversary With Celebrations Next Year
New Star Trek 60th Anniversary Celebrations Unveiled! – Trek Central
Star Trek To Kick Off 60th Anniversary Year Celebration With With Rose Parade Float – TrekMovie.com
Doctor Who’s TARDIS pops up in Star TrekLatest ‘Strange New Worlds’ Has ‘Doctor Who’ Easter Egg And More Star Trek Lore – TrekMovie.com
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Debuts With Stronger Streaming Numbers Than Season 2 – TrekMovie.com
Canceled Star Trek Series Hits Record Streaming Numbers (so Why Is It Ending?) – ComicBook.com
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Climbs The Streaming Top 10 – TrekMovie.com
‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Wins 2 Hugo Awards, First Franchise Wins Since TNG Finale – TrekMovie.com
Star Trek: Lower Decks Wins Hugo Award 30 Years After TNG
Star Trek: Infection VR Is A Quest 3 & PC VR Narrative Survival Game
NEW GAME ANNOUNCED – Star Trek: Infection – Trek Central
Star Trek: Infection — a new horror-themed VR game announced – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
‘Star Trek: Infection’ VR Game Coming This Year – Watch Announcement Trailer – TrekMovie.com
Star Trek Online “Timeless Legacy” Starship Bundle Now Available On Consoles – TrekMovie.com
Celebrate Star Trek Day With A Golden Enterprise G Model From Fanhome – TrekMovie.comSimon Pegg Developed Star Trek Spin-off Movie About Jaylah; Wanted Archer’s Dog In ‘Beyond’ – TrekMovie.com
They Might Be Making the Perfect ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Game
Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown – NEW Star Trek Game is Coming! – YouTube
Star Trek Heads To New York Comic Con For ‘Starfleet Academy,’ ‘Strange New Worlds,’ And “Surprises” – TrekMovie.com
Honor the Empire with the TOMY+ 1:350 KLINGON D7 Battle Cruiser Replica – BackerKit
Adam Savage’s Hands-On With Star Trek Klingon Battlecruiser Model! – YouTube
Paramount Hires Star Trek Fan To Head Streaming Originals; ‘Origin’ Movie Producer Talks Trek – TrekMovie.com
Paramount+ Eyes Expanding STAR TREK Original Content; Hires Apple TV Exec Chris Parnell
Honor the Empire with the TOMY+ 1:350 KLINGON D7 Battle Cruiser Replica – BackerKit
No Man’s Sky Goes Full Star Trek In Massive Ship Customization Update
Review: EXO-6’s Star Trek “Arena” Gorn Figure Is Here To Slay – TrekMovie.com
Star Trek toys revealed ahead of series’ 60th anniversary
New from Master Replicas:
U.S.S. Defiant Light Up MSD– Master Replicas
Raktajino Mug: Deep Space 9 Promenade– Master Replicas
The Picard Tea Cup Set– Master Replicas
Variants: Raktajino Mug: Quark’s Bar– Master Replicas
Raktajino Mug: Quark’s Bar– Master Replicas
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Ending With Short Season 5 Instead Of Paramount+’s Movie Plan
Celia Rose Gooding Takes You Behind-the-Scenes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – YouTube
Watch: New Promo Highlights How Star Trek “Lives” On Paramount+ – TrekMovie.com
Star Trek Lives Here | Paramount+ – YouTube
Shatner, Mulgrew, Spiner, Frakes, And More Coming To Creation’s Star Trek Cons In New Jersey And Chicago – TrekMovie.com
Preview: ‘Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – The Making of the Classic Film’ With Authors Interview – TrekMovie.com
Superfan Ben Stiller Has A Star Trek Pitch, Says It’s Important For Franchise To Return To Big Screen – TrekMovie.com
Michelle Yeoh Admits “We Could Have Done Better” With ‘Star Trek: Section 31’ – TrekMovie.com
Michelle Yeoh Addresses Star Trek Movie Flop Section 31: ‘It’s Very Hard to Please All of Your Audience All of the Time’ – IGN
Here are links to 130 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories.
CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966 – 1969) [3 seasons]
Harry Mudd was Star Trek: The Original Series’ most lovably infamous rogue
‘Star Trek’ premieres
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994) [7 seasons]
How ‘Q’ Became STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION’s Ultimate Moral Test for Humanity — GeekTyrant
Scotty’s Best Star Trek Episode Is The Next Generation’s “Relics”
Star Trek: Voyager (1995 – 2001) [7 seasons]
Star Trek TV Show Scene Slammed By Cosmic Void Expert
A Wild Star Trek Rumor Reveals the Real Reason for Voyager’s Strangest Character Change
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001 – 2005) [4 seasons]
What might have been for Star Trek: Enterprise season 5
STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017 – 2024) [5 seasons]
Star Trek: Discovery’s Interesting Focus on a Main Character
Star Trek Fans Think the Borg Created This Villain, But Discovery Quietly Confirmed Another Origin
Star Trek: Picard (2020 – 2023) [3 seasons]
Strange New Worlds’ Scavengers Twist Complicates Star Trek: Picard’s 21st Century Timeline
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022 – present) [5th/final season announced]
‘Star Trek Strange New Worlds’ Paul Wesley Interview Kirk Spock
Captain Kirk’s Journey In Strange New Worlds vs. J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 6 Review – Captain Kirk’s Return To Strange New Worlds Was Well Worth The Wait
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 306 “The Sehlet Who Ate Its Tail” Review: The Birth of a Captain – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
Preview ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Finale With 17 Images From “New Life and New Civilizations” – TrekMovie.com
‘Star Trek’ Is Born on ‘Strange New Worlds’
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Director Breaks Down Seminal Captain Kirk Episode
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Retcons Kirk and Pike’s TOS Relationship
I Just Found Out Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Snuck A Big Doctor Who Easter Egg Into Season 3, And It Has Me Pumped For Upcoming Episodes | Cinemablend
The Beat’s STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS midseason 3 roundtable
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Goes Full Documentary in This Week’s Episode
59 Years Later, Star Trek Just Redefined Its Most Resourceful Character
New photos from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 307 “What is Starfleet?” – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
Preview “What Is Starfleet?” With 11 New Images From ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Episode 307 – TrekMovie.com
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 7 Is A Deep Dive Into Starfleet’s Purpose
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds recap – season 3, episode 7
Star Trek’s Jonathan Frakes Said Strange New Worlds Parody Episode Had Showrunners Getting ‘Cold Feet’ Over William Shatner And Gene Roddenberry Portrayals
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Just Ruined The Best Idea Of The Series By Copying Ice Cube’s War Of The Worlds
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 7 Review – This Groundbreaking Episode Reminded Me Why So Many Love Star Trek
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds asks if Starfleet are colonizers
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Solved A Heartbreaking Next Generation Mystery
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3’s Funniest Episode Is A Sequel To A Season 1 Story
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Ethan Peck on the ‘Surprising’ Amount of Spock’s Love Life This Season – TV Guide
Patton Oswalt’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Role Explained
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Gives Kirk’s A Surprising Encounter With Khan
Denise Crosby Talks Original Sela Pitch To Return To TNG, Sexism On The Star Trek Set, And More – TrekMovie.com
RECAP | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 308 – ‘Four-and-a-Half Vulcans’
Oh Dear, ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ just made Voyager’s darkest moment even worse
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Celia Rose Gooding Talks Vulcan Uhura & Relationship With Beto (VIDEO) | Entertainment | wataugademocrat.com
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds recap – season 3, episode 8
Boldly Faithful: Star Trek Reveals Captain Pike Is a Christian| National Catholic Register
Watch: How The Jikaru In ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Was Made + Ep. 307 Included Touching Tribute – TrekMovie.com
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Easter Egg Honors Melissa Navia’s Late Partner
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Nearly Reused Chris Pine Captain Kirk’s Favorite Song
A Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Movie Almost Happened — Here’s What Stopped It
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Reveals Captain Batel’s Exit Strategy
Star Trek Finally Delivers Something Fans Have Demanded For Years – ComicBook.com
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds needs to avoid a grave Captain Pike mistake | Radio Times
Analysis: Who Are The Vezda In ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’? – Breaking Down The Prime Suspects – TrekMovie.com
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Celia Rose Gooding on Uhura Blurring the Rules to Save Ortegas
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 9’s Ortegas Gorn Encounter Echoes TOS & TNG Classics
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Melissa Navia Talks Ortegas’ Gorn Episode
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Finally Gave Fans The Ortegas Storyline They’ve Wanted
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 309 “Terrarium” Review: Beyond the Arena – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
Interview: Melissa Navia Talks Acting Challenges And Star Trek History In Her ‘Strange New Worlds’ Episode – TrekMovie.com
Star Trek Just Turned Its Most Beloved Characters Into Racists
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy [season 1 in production, season 2 ordered]
Becky Lynch Expects Return in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2
Star Trek: Voyager’s Robert Picardo Addresses Return as The Doctor in Upcoming Series
Jonathan Frakes Reveals Why Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Features A Starship
STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY Pilot Episode Knocked Actor Robert Picardo “On My Holographic Butt”
Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ Writer Kirsten Beyer On Balancing New Audience And 800+ Years Of Star Trek Canon – TrekMovie.com
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s Showrunner Teases Severance-Inspired Opening Credits
Unannounced “Star Trek: Year One” series.
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Ethan Peck Says a ‘Year One’ Series Would Be ‘Wonderful’ | Features | news-daily.com
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Replacement Show Gets Full Support From the Stars
Trek series that never were, for one reason or another, [such as “Phase II”]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Why Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan Is The Best Star Trek Movie, Despite Rotten Tomatoes Score
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – The Making of the Classic Film Review: Here’s to the journey – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1989)
Star Trek VI’s Director Has A Major Regret About A Spock Moment
Untitled Star Trek Kelvin-verse movie [currently not on Paramount announced roster]
Noah Hawley Elaborates (a Little) on His Never-Made ‘Star Trek’ Movie
Star Trek: TNG, Data Would’ve Been the Focus of Noah Hawley’s Films
OTHER MEDIAStar Trek books, audio books
New ‘Star Trek: Klingon Next Door’ humor book reveals what the angry aliens do in their down time | Space
Star Trek video games/board games
Fly a nuclear corvette in this Cold War-era Star Trek homage from one of my favourite space game devs | Rock Paper Shotgun
Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines
Star Trek: The Last Starship Writers Tease ‘Brand New Take’ on The Franchise
Preview New Horror-Themed Comic ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Seeds of Salvation’ #1 – TrekMovie.com
Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming #1 – Comic Book Review
Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming #1 Preview: Janeway’s Last Rodeo
REVIEW- Star Trek: Voyager ‘Homecoming’ – Trek Central
Star Trek: Voyager’s Comic Sequel Debuts To Mixed Reactions From Fans
Star Trek: Red Shirts #2 – Comic Book Review
EXCLUSIVE preview: IDW’s next wave brings TMNT, Godzilla, and Star Trek into bold new chapters • AIPT
MISCELLANEOUS
Paramount (a Skydance Corporation)
New Star Trek movies would be closely connected to the Paramount Plus shows
This Day in History: Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is born
Star Trek related science news
Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek – YouTube
AI governance, agentic misalignment and the lessons from ‘Star Trek’ | Opinion | Compliance Week
Star Trek as Refuge for the Science-Minded – The Provincetown Independent
Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous
Star Trek Ranked: All The Movies, TV Shows, And Everything Else
3 times Spock made us emotional
10 Most Unique Ships In Star Trek
Redneck Star Trek Warps Into Hilarious Fan-Made AI Video — GeekTyrant
How Star Trek Won Me Over As A Star Wars Fan – ComicBook.com
Star Trek Needs A Very Specific Genre Of Show
Best Medicine with Eric Brown: Asheville needs to channel its inner Star Trek – Mountain Xpress
The best Star Trek episodes every Trekkie should watch
4 Essential Star Trek Series To Binge Now That They’re Finished
I’m Shocked at How Fast 2 of the Best Star Trek Shows Cemented Themselves as Must-Watch Masterpieces
3 Star Trek books written by Star Trek franchise actors
Convention news/fandom
Destination, unofficial Star Trek convention, warps into Blackpool soon – downthetubes.net
Actor Watch
Malcolm McDowell dishes on Star Trek, Stanley Kubrick
Celia Rose Gooding embraces “Star Trek” icon Uhura: “It’s just fun to play a recognizable, playful version of this character” – CBS News
Christina Chong’s New Music: The Perfect Companion To Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
Actress Michelle Yeoh takes centre stage after lobbying for Star Trek: Discovery spin-off | The Straits Times
‘Star Trek’ Actor Has a Message for Fans Following Concern – Parade
In Conversation – Star Trek Stars Navia and Picardo – Trek Central
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Star Melissa Navia Found One Ortegas Scene All Too Relatable [Exclusive]
End Of Show
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