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17 January 2012

The MMO video game Star Trek Online has gone free-to-play on 17/01, with a new trailer released on the F2P landing page to introduce new players to the STO universe [1]. The game can be downloaded from here.

14 January 2012

Paramount Pictures announced today that principal photography has commenced on Untitled Star Trek sequel. The film is scheduled for release on 17 May 2013.[2]

12 January 2012

The X Prize Foundation today launched the "Tricorder X PRIZE", a US$10 million reward for anyone who can develop a working Star Trek-like medical tricorder, similar to that used by Doctor Leonard McCoy in The Original Series. The device must be handheld, weigh no more than five pounds (2.2 kilograms) and must be capable of diagnosing at least fifteen separate medical diseases. [3]

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Christopher Lloyd (born 22 October 1938; age 73) played the role of Klingon Commander Kruge in the 1984 film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. He is perhaps best recognized for his roles on the television series Taxi and the successful Back to the Future films.

Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Lloyd attended the prestigious Fessenden School in Massachusetts and later Staples High School in Connecticut, graduating from the latter in 1957. Since embarking on a career in acting, he has appeared in over a hundred film and television projects as well as over 200 stage productions, and has become a highly recognized figure in show business.

Lloyd first rose to fame as Reverend Jim Ignatowski on the ABC (and later NBC) television comedy Taxi. Lloyd won two Emmy Awards for his role as the lovable, burnt-out Ignatowski, one in 1982 and another in 1983. Coincidentally (as revealed in the episode "Jim Joins the Network"), Lloyd's character was a huge fan of Star Trek who resented NBC's decision to cancel the show. However, one of the character's qualms about the series was the male Romulan commander (in "Balance of Terror"), whom he believed "did things no Romulan would ever do."

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Captain James T. Kirk sacrifices the USS Constellation to destroy the planet killer in 2267. (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" remastered)

Today in Trek history

1897

Dame Judith Anderson is born.

1929

Jerry Goldsmith is born.

1934

Barrie Ingham is born.

1967

Donald R. Jankiewicz is born.

Sixth day of filming on TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever".

1973

The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #72 with the ninth of ten installments.

1989

Revised final draft script for TNG: "Pen Pals" is submitted.

1992

Fifth day of filming on TNG: "Cost of Living".

TNG: "The Masterpiece Society" airs.

Final draft script for TNG: "The Perfect Mate" is submitted.

1993

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country released on Laserdisc in Japan.

1997

DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow" airs.

1998

Trek Navigator: The Ultimate Guide to the Entire Trek Saga is published.

1999

DS9: "Field of Fire" airs.

VOY: "Bliss" airs.

2000

Sixth day of filming on VOY: "Live Fast and Prosper".

2004

Sixth day of filming on ENT: "E²".

2008

Steve Gerber dies.