For information dealing with this year in the timeline of the fictional Star Trek universe, see 2007.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 2 Release gallery

Events Edit

January Edit

• 7 January - Frank Corsentino dies.
• 8 January - Sci-Fi Channel and HDNet begin to air Star Trek: Enterprise.
• 9 January - Don Whipple dies.
• 15 January - G4 begins to air Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 2.0 interactive format.
• 17 January - IDW releases the first comic in the Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Space Between mini-series, titled "History Lesson".
• 23 January - David M. Ronne dies.
• 27 January - Tige Andrews and Claude Binyon, Jr. die.
• 30 January - Pocket TOS novel Demands of Honor, book 2 of the Errand of Fury trilogy, is published.
• 31 January - Lee Bergere dies.

February Edit

• 1 February - Pocket TOS novel The Star to Every Wandering, book 3 of the Crucible trilogy, is released.
• 11 February - Carol Lundberg dies.
• 15 February - Walker Edmiston dies.
• 19 February - IDW releases the second comic in the The Space Between mini-series, titled "Captain's Pleasure".
• 20 February - Pocket Books novel Glass Empires, the first book of the Mirror Universe series, is published.
• 27 February - Paramount Pictures sends out their first press release on Star Trek

March Edit

• 1 March - Harold Michelson dies.
• 3 March - Phil Chong dies.
• early March - Pocket ENT novel The Good That Men Do is released.
• late March - Pocket Books novel Obsidian Alliances, the second book in the Mirror Universe series, is released.

April Edit

• 12 April - Bob Miles dies.
• 24 April - Roy Jenson dies.
• 30 April -
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine slimpack DVD sets are released in Region 2 areas.
  • Pocket DS9 omnibus Twist of Faith is released, collecting Avatar, Books One and Two by S.D. Perry, Abyss by David Weddle & Jeffrey Lang, and Demons of Air and Darkness and "Horn and Ivory", both by Keith R.A. DeCandido
• early April - Its Hour Come Round by Margaret Wander Bonanno, the final eBook of the Star Trek 40th anniversary miniseries Mere Anarchy, is released.

May Edit

• 1 May - The Corps of Engineers eBook The Art of the Comeback by Glenn Greenberg is released. This is a sequel to Greenberg's 2004 eBook The Art of the Deal.
• 7 May - Arch Whiting and Nicholas Worth die.
• 30 May - Nick Ramus dies.
• early-to-mid May - Pocket TOS novel Epiphany by Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz, Book 3 of the Star Trek: Vulcan's Soul trilogy, is released.

June Edit

• 1 June - The Corps of Engineers eBook Signs from Heaven by Phaedra M. Weldon is released.
• 7 June - Zachary Quinto is offered the role of young Spock in Star Trek.
• early June - Star Trek: Vanguard novel Reap the Whirlwind by David Mack is released.
• 17 June - Ross Taylor dies.

July Edit

• 8 July - Jack B. Sowards dies.
• 10 July - Fan-submitted story anthology Strange New Worlds 10, edited by Dean Wesley Smith with Paula M. Block, is released.
• 13 July - Corps of Engineers eBook Ghost by Ilsa J. Bick is released.
• 20 July - John Graffeo dies.
• 24 July - Star Trek: Fan Collective - Captain's Log DVD is released in Region 1.
• 26 July - J.J. Abrams announced that Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto will portray Spock in Star Trek.
• early July - The Buried Age by Christopher L. Bennett, part of The Lost Era range, is released.
• early-to-mid July - Corps of Engineers print omnibus Grand Designs, collecting #29-36 of the eBook series, is released.

August Edit

• 11 August - Richard Compton dies.
• 12 August - Paula Moody dies.
• 23 August - Robert Symonds dies.
• 24 August - Bill Catching and Denny Martin Flinn die.
• 28 August -
  • Dayton Anderson dies.
  • the Pocket TNG novel Resistance by J.M. Dillard is released.
• 31 August - Jerry Bono dies.

September Edit

• 6 September - Percy Rodriguez dies.
• 11 September - Tokyopop's second volume of TOS-based manga stories, Kakan ni Shinkou, is released.
• 13 September -
  • Michael Hungerford dies.
  • The Corps of Engineers eBook Remembrance of Things Past, Book 1 by Terri Osborne is released. This is a two-part crossover with Star Trek: The Next Generation, as part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of TNG.
• 19 September - Robert Sabaroff dies.
• 24 September - Slimline versions of the Star Trek: Voyager DVD sets are released in Region 2, alongside that region's edition of Fan Collective - Captain's Log.
• 25 September - Pocket TNG novel Q&A by Keith R.A. DeCandido is released.
• 28 September - Star Trek: The Next Generation celebrates its 20th anniversary.

October Edit

• 1 October - Pocket TNG eBook Slings and Arrows miniseries debuts with Book 1, A Sea of Troubles by J. Steven York & Christina F. York. This miniseries chronicles the first year of the USS Enterprise-E, leading up to Star Trek: First Contact.
• 16 October -
  • Pocket TNG short story collection The Sky's the Limit is released.
  • Pocket TOS novel Academy: Collision Course, by William Shatner with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, is released.
• 26 October - Tom O'Loughlin dies.
• 30 October - Pocket TNG novel Before Dishonor by Peter David is released.

November Edit

• 1 November - The Corps of Engineers eBook Remembrance of Things Past, Book 2 by Terri Osborne is released. Part 2 of the TNG anniversary crossover.
• 4 November - George A. Rutter dies.
• 7 November -
  • Principal photography on Star Trek begins.
  • Pocket TNG eBook Slings and Arrows miniseries Book 2, The Oppressor's Wrong by Phaedra M. Weldon, is released.
• 13 November -
  • A theatrical presentation of the remastered edition of TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I" and "The Menagerie, Part II" takes place at 300 movie theaters in the US and Canada. Theaters in the UK, Australia and across Europe show the presentation over the next two weeks.
  • Monty Westmore dies.
• 20 November -
  • Original Series remastered season 1 released on HD DVD/DVD combo discs.
  • Star Trek: Conquest video game for the Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 2 is released.
• 27 November - Star Trek: Titan novel Sword of Damocles by Geoffrey Thorne is released.

December Edit

• 1 December -
  • Pocket TNG eBook miniseries Slings and Arrows book 3, The Insolence of Office by William Leisner, is released.
  • Gary Epper dies.
• 5 December - Ken Southworth dies.
• 11 December - Corps of Engineers print omnibus Creative Couplings is released.
• 15 December - John Berg dies.
• 20 December - Natalie Norwick dies.
• 26 December - Pocket TOS novel Excelsior: Forged in Fire by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels is released.

Release galleryEdit

2006 productions

Star Trek Production timeline Births • Deaths

2008 productions