Gene Roddenberry plan to bring Star Trek back to television in the mid-1970s , under the name Star Trek : Phase II . The Spock - less serial would have bring in some Modern characters alongside Kirk and friends , and detailed the crew ’s second five - year missionary post . But the show never happened , and contribution of the concept terminate up in the first Trek movie and The Next Generation . Now , after 30 - plus years , fans are finally make it happen .
The fan series , which stream online for free , boasts episodes write by original series writers DC Fontana and David Gerrold and guest - shots from original serial publication actors George Takei and Walter Koenig . It used to be called Star Trek : New Voyages but changed its name to Star Trek : Phase II out of increased sureness , as executive producer James Cawley explains . And maybe a little fanboyish desire to fulfillanother part of Gene Roddenberry ’s bequest :
New Voyages set about as a sports fan film project , as a bunch of friends who love Star Trek working together to prove there was still plenty of creative life in Gene Roddenberry ’s original vision of Star Trek . With our late Online Video Award from TV Guide for Best SciFi Webisodes , we think we ’ve proven that . We ’re ready now to move to a high level — Phase II , Gene ’s purpose title for a second Trek serial that would ’ve aired in the 1970s .
The show will contribute the fictitious character of Xon , who was hypothesise to replace the absent Spock in the 1970s serial , but will keep Spock as well . And Cawleyplansto start incorporating other ideas from Phase II into the series — including uniform that ’ll be somewhat closer to the dreaded ace which show up in The Motion Picture . And Scotty ’s moustache .
The handwriting for the show ’s latest sequence , the George Takei fomite “ World Enough and Time ” , has been nominated for Best Script in this year ’s Nebula Awards — up against the scripts for nestling of Men and Pan ’s Labyrinth , amongst others — so do n’t feel too guilty when enjoying it despite the production values and hammy acting . The Science Fiction Writers of America are properly there with you . Star Trek Phase II[Star Trek New Voyages.com ]
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