Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction media universe, first conceived by Gene Roddenberry in 1963 and operated and curated by the Prometheus Film Collective and fan collective The Federation. It has spanned several TV series, movies, comics, role-playing games, video games, and other media.

The Original Series
Former pilot and veteran TV writer Gene Roddenberry made an initial proposal in 1963, featuring "Captain Pike" and the SS Shiloh, an exploration spaceship for a utopian communist federation in the far future. The proposal got the attention of the Aerospace Exploration and Development Administration and independent film and TV production collective Prometheus Film.

Attached to the project were science fiction writers Robert Heinlein and Mack Reynolds. Roddenberry, Heinlein, and Reynolds would form the leading "troika" of the writers committee, filled out by Norman Spinard, DC Fontana, and Gene L. Coon, as well as concept designers like Matt Jeffries and Ralph McQuarrie

Together, the show was refined into the story of the starship Enterprise, serving the multi-planet communist Federation. Its five-year mission: To explore new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no man has gone before.

Main Characters
Captain Gillian T. Kirk, portrayed by Norma Jeane Baker

Spock, portrayed by Leonard Nimoy

Dr. Leo "Bones" Bogdanov, portrayed by DeForrest Kelly

Uhura, portrayed by Nichelle Nichols

Hikaru Sulu, portrayed by Yoshio Tsuchiya

Paul "Scotty" Scott, portrayed by Robert Reed