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"Submerged in Star Trek:" 1986 ST 4 Article
This time we look at an article from issue #111 of Starlog, published October 1986, that spotlights the production of "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."(Click on images to enlarge. You may have to click...
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"Shatner: Then And Now" 1977 Article
From issue #3 of the "All About Star Trek Fan Clubs" magazine, published in June 1977, comes this loose filmography that features some photos of Bill from his various appearances. The feature runs out...
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1987 Cracked Star Trek IV Spoof
From the July 1987, issue #228 of Cracked magazine, comes this spoof on "The Voyage Home," published significantly later than when the movie came out, which was in December of 1986. The cover is...
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Star Trek Poster Book #4
The Star Trek Giant Poster Book (actually a magazine) was one of the greatest publications to come out in the 70's on the show, and I never missed an issue. I said earlier that I would post all of...
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A Paragon Of A Blog!
"V'Ger seeks the Creator!"Â Flash: the creator of the long-lost fan film "Paragon's Paragon" speaks at last! We fans have been curious about the fan-film "Paragon's Paragon" since reading about it in...
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R.I.P. Charlie Washburn
Another veteran of the original series, this time a behind-the-scenes name, has passed off the scene. Charlie Washburn, assistant director during the the second and third years of the program's run,...
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Starlog #1 Color Star Trek Section
When the first issue of Starlog came out in the July of 1976 (see the cover here), fans like me didn't just embrace it, we ran up to it on the magazine rack and placed wet sloppy kisses over it as we...
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1968 Article "Spock: Teenage Outcast"
Hello all, Frederick beaming back in for a quick post! I hope to be able to start posting again (more often) so check back in soon for more! I have always kept to my own personal collection for this...
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Star Trek IV Plate Ad
Over the years, my name got on the mailing list of a lot of companies offering Trek items; I rarely bought the actual items, I just saved the ads. Here is one from 1994, a four-page glossy flyer for...
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"Spock Must Die!" Novel
As I was mulling over what to post next on this blog, I began to realize that I had focused very little, comparatively, on the classic Trek novel covers, of which there are many. I decided to rectify...
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Phaser Rifle Prop Found!
I was always taken by the cool phaser rifle that Kirk used in "Where No Man Has Gone Before." It was such a sleek and functional-looking weapon, far beyond the usual sci-fi rayguns we had seen before...
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Shuttlecraft from TV Sci-Fi Monthly
The British publication TV Sci-Fi Monthly, published in the mid-70's, was a rare item to find, and a great one. Here is an image and blueprint of the shuttlecraft from the inside cover of issue #3,...
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Happy Birthday Bill!
Happy 82nd Birthday to William Shatner, a man that makes the Energizer Bunny tired just watching him! Shatner brought a lightness to a role that could have been deadly serious, giving us a shooting,...
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Happy Birthday Leonard!
Happy 82nd birthday to Leonard Nimoy, who was the person that brought to life one of science fiction's most interesting characters, not only television's. He made being very intelligent look cool,...
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Vintage Nichelle Discovery
Caution: Vintage Nichelle Ahead! If you are as big a fan of Nichelle Nichols as I am, a couple of these photos might blow your mind. I found them online, but I would dearly love to locate the actual...
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Kirk and The Gorn: The Rematch
This video advertising the new Star Trek game is hilarious! Bonus: Below, Clint Eastwood and his children visit the set during the filming of the memory wall scene not used in "Star Trek: The Motion...
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1978 Article: The Girls Of Star Trek
The trashy publication "Star Warp" magazine was noted for its generic spaceship paintings on the cover, the cheap paper and sloppy layout, among other detractions (traits shared by all the titles put...
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Happy Birthday, Grace!
Happy Birthday to Grace Lee Whitney! As Janice Rand, she got a raw deal, unceremoniously booted to make room for other women in Kirk's life, but she will always be there in the earlier episodes for us...
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Leonard Nimoy Demonstrates Magnavision LaserDisc Player
Forget Blu-Ray or watching movies on your iPad and such, for the absolute height of cutting-edge video technology, one must absorb this 1981 demonstration of the Magnavision LaserDisc Player by Leonard...
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1977 Article: The Roddenberry Tapes
I don't know why I have neglected to post from this issue heretofore, but when I took it out of the bookcase I decided to change that immediately! Media Spotlight was a fine, if short-lived magazine,...
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