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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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The Tholians were an extremely xenophobic, non-humanoid race with a propensity for precision, native to the Alpha Quadrant.

In 2152 the Tholians made an unusual move and traveled far beyond their territory and actively sought to possess a 31st century time-travel pod discovered by the United Earth starship Enterprise. Four Tholian starships intercepted and disabled the Vulcan cruiser Tal'Kir, while it waited to rendezvous with Enterprise. They would, in turn, attack and defeat the Suliban fleet that was in pursuit of the arriving Terran vessel. They would then successfully remove the pod from Enterprise's possession, only to have the pod return to its proper time moments later.

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The smartest poker game in the galaxy: Data plays with Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, and Sir Isaac Newton on the holodeck. (TNG: "Descent")

Today in Trek history

1912

Marc Daniels is born.

1929

Corky Randall is born.

1940

James Cromwell is born.

1952

Steve Leialoha is born.

1954

Mart McChesney is born.

1957

Frank Miller is born.

1958

Susanna Thompson is born.

1961

Sonia Hillios is born.

1962

Richard Starkings is born.

1964

Floyd, Lloyd and Troy Weaver are born.

1967

Fourth day of filming on TOS: "Errand of Mercy".

Rewritten draft script for TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" is initially submitted (see also 30 January).

1973

Miho Suzuki is born.

The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #70 with the seventh of ten installments.

1985

Katie Soo is born.

1992

TNG: "Hero Worship" airs.

1996

CIC Video releases Star Trek Generations Special Collectors Edition on VHS in the UK.

1997

DS9: "The Begotten" airs.

1999

VOY: "Bride of Chaotica!" airs.

2004

Third day of filming on ENT: "The Forgotten".

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Special Edition) DVD is released in Region 1.

2007

Tige Andrews dies.

Claude Binyon, Jr. dies.

2009

Pocket Books novel A Singular Destiny by Keith R.A. DeCandido is released.