This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek


00:03:13 1 Background
00:03:22 1.1 Conception and setting
00:06:08 1.2 Mythology
00:06:54 2 History and production
00:07:04 2.1 Timeline
00:07:12 2.2 Beginnings
00:08:44 2.3 Rebirth
00:11:40 2.4 After Roddenberry
00:14:38 2.5 Film reboots (Kelvin Timeline)
00:17:07 2.6 Corporate ownership
00:18:58 2.7 CBS All Access
00:20:11 3 Television
00:20:43 3.1 iThe Original Series/i (1966–1969)
00:22:09 3.2 iThe Animated Series/i (1973–1974)
00:23:25 3.3 iThe Next Generation/i (1987–1994)
00:25:04 3.4 iDeep Space Nine/i (1993–1999)
00:26:32 3.5 iVoyager/i (1995–2001)
00:28:10 3.6 iEnterprise/i (2001–2005)
00:29:51 3.7 iDiscovery/i (2017–present)
00:30:51 3.8 In development
00:31:41 4 Film
00:32:35 5 Television cast
00:32:44 6 Merchandise
00:33:20 6.1 Books
00:34:55 6.2 Comics
00:35:43 6.3 Games
00:36:44 6.4 Magazines
00:37:41 7 Cultural impact
00:42:17 7.1 Parodies
00:45:14 7.2 Fan fiction
00:45:52 7.3 Fan productions
00:47:12 8 Awards and honors
00:50:06 9 See also



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Star Trek is an American space opera media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as "The Original Series", debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. It followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew aboard the starship USS Enterprise, a space exploration vessel built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century. The Star Trek canon includes The Original Series, an animated series, five spin-off television series, the film franchise, and further adaptations in several media.
In creating Star Trek, Roddenberry was inspired by the Horatio Hornblower novels, the satirical book Gulliver's Travels, and Westerns such as the television series Wagon Train. These adventures continued in the 22-episode Star Trek: The Animated Series and six feature films. Five other television series were eventually produced: Star Trek: The Next Generation follows the crew of a new starship Enterprise, set a century after the original series; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager are set contemporaneously with The Next Generation, and Enterprise is set before the original series in the early days of human interstellar travel. The most recent Star Trek TV series, entitled Star Trek: Discovery, aired exclusively on the digital platform CBS All Access. The adventures of The Next Generation crew continued in four additional feature films. In 2009, the film franchise underwent a "reboot" set in an alternate timeline, or "Kelvin Timeline," entitled simply Star Trek. This film featured a new cast portraying younger versions of the crew from the original show; their adventures were continued in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Its sequel, Star Trek Beyond (2016), was released to coincide with the franchise's 50th anniversary.
Star Trek has been a cult phenomenon for decades. Fans of the franchise are called Trekkies or Trekkers. The franchise spans a wide range of spin-offs including games, figurines, novels, toys, and comics. Star Trek had a themed attraction in Las Vegas that opened in 1998 and closed in September 2008. At least two museum exhibits of props travel the world. The series has its own full-fledged constructed language, Klingon. Several parodies have been made of Star Trek. In addition, viewers have produced several fan productions. As of July 2016, the franchise had generated $10 billion in revenue, making Star Trek one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.Star Trek is noted for its cultural influence beyond works of science fiction. The franchise is also noted for its progressive civil rights stances. The Original Series ...