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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

• On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.
• After an explosion on their moon, the Klingons have an estimated 50 years before their ozone layer is completely depleted, and they all die. They have only one choice - to make peace with the Federation, which will mean an end to 70 years of conflict. Captain James T. Kirk and crew are called upon to help in the negotiations because of their experience with the Klingons. Peace talks don't quite proceed, and Kirk and McCoy are convicted of assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor, and imprisoned on Rura Penthe, a snowy hard-labor prison camp. Will they manage to escape? And will there ever be peace with the Klingons? — Colin Tinto <[email protected]>
• After a lunar cataclysm brings the Klingons to their knees, the foreign concept of peace with the Federation may be finally within reach. After 70 years of hostility, the Federation and the Klingon Empire prepare for a peace summit. Ironically, Captain James T. Kirk has been assigned as the first emissary to broker that peace. However, the prospect of intergalactic glasnost with sworn enemies is an alarming one. When the Klingon flagship is attacked and the USS Enterprise is held accountable, the dogs of war are unleashed again, as both worlds brace for what may be their final, deadly encounter. — Robert Lynch <[email protected]>
• As a Klingon moon, Praxis, explodes without warning, the star ship USS Excelsior, commanded by Captain Hikaru Sulu, is struck by the shock wave and its crew discovers that much of the moon has been obliterated. The loss of their key energy production facility and the destruction of the Klingon home world's ozone layer throws the Klingon Empire into turmoil. The explosion was caused by over mining and in-sufficient safety precautions. No longer able to maintain a hostile footing, the Klingons sue for peace with their longstanding enemy, the United Federation of Planets. Accepting the proposal before the Klingons revert to a more belligerent approach, Starfleet sends the USS Enterprise-A to meet with the Klingon Chancellor, Gorkon, and escort him to negotiations on Earth. Enterprise's captain, James T. Kirk (William Shatner), whose son David was murdered by Klingons years earlier, opposes the negotiations and resents his assignment. Other officers include Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Medical officer, Montgomery Scott (James Doohan) engineer, helmsman Hikaru Sulu (George Takei), Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) After a rendezvous between Enterprise and Gorkon's battle cruiser they continue towards Earth, with the crews sharing a tense meal aboard Enterprise. Later that night, Enterprise appears to fire on the Klingon ship with a pair of photon torpedoes, disabling the artificial gravity aboard the Klingon vessel. During the confusion, two figures wearing Starfleet suits and gravity boots beam aboard the Klingon ship and grievously wound Gorkon before beaming away. The situation is chaotic on the Enterprise, Scotty confirms that all Torpedoes are in place, yet the data banks suggest that the Enterprise has fired twice upon the Klingon ship. Kirk surrenders to avoid a fight, and beams aboard the Klingon ship with Doctor Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) to attempt to save Gorkon's life. The chancellor dies, and Gorkon's chief of staff, General Chang, puts Kirk and McCoy on trial for his assassination. The pair are found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on the frozen asteroid Rura Penthe. Gorkon's daughter, Azetbur, becomes the new chancellor, and continues diplomatic negotiations; for reasons of security, the conference is relocated and the new location is kept secret. While several senior Starfleet officers want to rescue Kirk and McCoy, the Federation president refuses to risk full-scale war. Azetbur likewise refuses to invade Federation space, stating that only Kirk and McCoy will pay for her father's death. Kirk and McCoy arrive at the Rura Penthe mines and are befriended by a shape Shifter named Martia, who offers them an escape route; in reality, it is a ruse to make their arranged deaths appear accidental. Once her betrayal is revealed, Martia transforms into Kirk's double and fights him, but she is killed by the prison guards to silence any witnesses. Just before the prison warden reveals who set them up, Kirk and McCoy are beamed aboard Enterprise by Captain Spock (Leonard Nimoy), who had assumed command and undertaken an investigation in Kirk's absence. Determining that Enterprise did not fire the torpedoes but that the assassins are still aboard, the crew begins looking for them. The two assassins are found dead, but Kirk and Spock trick their accomplice into believing they are still alive. When the culprit arrives in Sickbay to finish off the assassins, Kirk and Spock discover that the killer is Spock's protege, Valeris (Kim Cattrall). To discover the identity of the conspirators, Spock initiates a forced mind-meld, and learns that a group of Federation, Klingon, and Romulan officers plotted to sabotage the peace talks, fearing the changes their success might bring (the titular "undiscovered country"), and Chang is one of the conspirators. The torpedoes that struck Gorkon's cruiser came from a prototype Bird of Prey that can fire while cloaked and hovered just below Enterprise at the time of the assassination. The crew contacts Sulu, who informs them the conference is being held at Camp Khitomer. Both ships head for the talks as fast as they can. As Enterprise nears the planet, Chang's cloaked Bird of Prey moves to intercept. With Enterprise unable to track his ship's position, Chang inflicts severe damage on Enterprise and then Excelsior. At the suggestion of Uhura, the Enterprise's communication officer, Spock and McCoy modify a photon torpedo to home in on the exhaust emissions of Chang's vessel, using equipment originally intended to study gaseous anomalies. The torpedo impact reveals Chang's location, and Enterprise and Excelsior destroy the Bird of Prey with a volley of torpedoes. Crew from both ships beam to the conference and halt an attempt on the Federation president's life. Kirk pleads for those present to continue the peace process. Having saved the peace talks, Enterprise is ordered back to Earth by Starfleet Command to be decommissioned, but the crew decide to take their time on the return voyage. As Enterprise cruises towards a nearby star, Kirk proclaims that though this mission is the final cruise of Enterprise under his command, others will continue their voyages.

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Star Trek Opening Credits Ranked

Every "Star Trek" series has a different theme and open credits sequence, all influenced by those that have come before. The original series featured a voice-over from William Shatner as Captain Kirk, explaining the mission of the Enterprise before the stirring music crescendos and the ship zooms off into space. Kirk's monologue has become a part of pop culture, and each series has tried to find a way to both pay homage to the original and tell their own story. As such, there are a wide variety of opening sequences, each trying to capture the themes and visuals of their specific show in a matter of minutes. Some are successful, with memorable, hummable themes that invoke a sense of nostalgia. Others are simply forgettable, while there are others still that I wish I could forget. With 11 different "Star Trek" TV shows in existence, there's quite a range of quality in their title sequences, so I've put together a handy ranking of them all, from the great to the truly terrible. 

11. Enterprise

Music:  "Star Trek: Enterprise" automatically loses points for being the only "Star Trek" opening with lyrics in its title music. While the other series feature an assortment of orchestral arrangements, for some mind-boggling reason the folks behind "Enterprise" decided to base the theme on a Rod Stewart song. "Where My Heart Will Take Me" by Russell Watson was adapted from "Faith of the Heart" by Rod Stewart, and it is  corny . And if the song's weird sentimentality sounds familiar, that's because Stewart also wrote a version of "Faith of the Heart" for the Robin Williams movie "Patch Adams," which was notoriously sappy itself.  

Visuals:  Unfortunately, the visuals are just as dated and sentimental as the song choice, showing the history of exploration on Earth before we took to the stars. The idea is kind of cool, but it ends up looking like a NASA recruitment video more than the opening of a "Star Trek" series.

Trek Factor:  While seeing the origins of exploration are neat, there's something about the misspelled "Enterprize" and the other various "old timey" elements that make the show feel weirdly dated, and not in an intentionally historical way. I imply cannot get over how hilariously late-'90s to early-'00s the intro feels, from the bizarre crossfades to the song that sounds a lot like the theme from "Firefly," which came out just a year after "Enterprise." Everything about it is trying to embody Americana, which feels oddly against the themes of intergalactic sharing of knowledge from the rest of "Star Trek." The whole thing feels corporate and sterile, and misses the point of "Star Trek" entirely. 

Music:  The instrumental theme by Jeff Russo is pretty excellent, though it doesn't have the same rousing spirit as many of its forebears. Then again, " Picard " focuses on a man in his twilight years, and isn't about exploring the cosmos or defending a pivotal gateway between universes. It's a little more contemplative, a little more somber, and the theme reflects that with its gentle string arrangements and hints of the theme from "Star Trek: The Next Generation." 

Visuals:  "Picard" unfortunately falls into the recent trend of overlaying a bunch of images in a semi-psychedelic looking way to create a title sequence. The trend started with shows like "Hannibal" and "Nip/Tuck," though those had a unique conceit tied to their show, before eventually blowing up with the incredible title sequence on the first season of "True Detective." After that, everyone tried to mimic the style in their own way, and the opening titles to "Picard" feel more like an attempt at being relevant than staying true to "Trek." 

Trek Factor: With no voiceover, a much more serene theme, and no footage of starships, planets, or really any of the things we have come to associate with "Star Trek," it's clear that "Picard" is just about Picard. That's fine and dandy, but it doesn't make for a good "Star Trek" opening. 

9. Discovery

Music:  "Star Trek: Discovery" features another theme by Russo, and it's significantly more "Trek" than the theme to "Picard." It's rousing and exciting with big orchestral swells — exactly the things that belong in a "Star Trek" theme. While it's not as instantly recognizable as some of the classic "Trek" themes, it still fits right in among them. 

Visuals:  " Discovery " has an interesting opening sequence, with blueprints and design schematics animated around the U.S.S. Discovery. It all looks very cool, but a "Star Trek" opening without stars just doesn't have the same feeling. The series was trying to set itself apart and become a bold new kind of "Trek," so the move away from the standard "ship flying through space" visuals is understandable. 

Trek Factor:  The title sequence to "Star Trek: Discovery" feels tangential to "Trek" without being directly a part of it. The visuals and music both hew closer to the sharp designs of the Kelvin timeline films, but at least it still feels "Trek"-adjacent. 

Music:  The opening sequence for "Star Trek: Prodigy" is scored by Michael Giacchino, who also composed the scores for the three Kelvin-timeline films starting with "Star Trek" in 2009. It's a rousing theme that sounds a little more "Star Wars" than "Star Trek," but since "Prodigy" is for kids , that whimsical, fantastical sound kind of fits. It's not the best "Star Trek" theme, but it's still pretty cool, and definitely feels age-appropriate. 

Visuals:  The visuals are where "Star Trek: Prodigy" really shines. The animation is gorgeous as the ship flies around the galaxy, zipping around planets and asteroid belts before more abstract but beautiful things start flying around the ship itself. The whole thing is designed to be awe-inspiring and get kids excited, and I can only imagine how thrilled I would have been watching these credits as a child. We even get a version of Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), made from stardust. How cool is that? 

Trek Factor:  This opening has all of the basic requirements for a quality "Star Trek" opening: a ship flying through space, a good theme, and some fun little visual treats, but it's still very clearly intended for kids and it's a little more fantastical than your average "Trek" opening. It's perfect for introducing young viewers to "Star Trek," but doesn't have the same nostalgic oomph as some of the other openings. 

7. The Animated Series

Music:  Composers Ray Ellis and Norm Prescott took the theme from "Star Trek: The Original Series" and turned it into something more befitting an animated series. The theremin and orchestral arrangements are replaced by something significantly more poppy and upbeat, and when the titles actually show up and the big swell into the theme happens, it sounds more like "The Love Boat" than "Star Trek." It's a product of its time, though it's honestly incredibly charming. 

Visuals:  There's a little animated Enterprise zooming around the galaxy, mimicking the credits from "The Original Series" in animated format. It's old, cel-shaded, hand-drawn animation, and by golly, it's fun.

Trek Factor:  William Shatner reads the original series voice-over, the theme is based on the original theme to some degree, and the animation is a near carbon-copy of the original series credits. You really can't get much more "Trek" than this, but it's just too much a product of its era to inspire more than amusement. If you want to feel like you've been teleported back in time to the 1970s, just watch this intro. 

6. Deep Space Nine

Music:  The theme by Dennis McCarthy is great. It starts soft and builds into a big swell, as "Star Trek" themes are wont to do, but it stands just apart enough from the themes of the original series and "Next Generation" to clearly be its own thing. This is the first "Star Trek" opening without a voice-over, setting a precedent that would remain until "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." Since "Deep Space Nine" was trying to take "Trek" in new directions, a different kind of opening makes a lot of sense. 

Visuals:  We see the space station Deep Space Nine, located near both the planet Bajor and the wormhole that leads to the Gamma Quadrant. One of the coolest things about the "Deep Space Nine" opening credits is the way they change as the seasons progress, adding the docked Defiant and occasionally other docked ships, representing various plot points in the series. 

Trek Factor:  The lack of a voice-over (and Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko could have probably done a pretty cool one) and sheer length of this intro (it's nearly two minutes) unfortunately hold it back from being one of the best. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" may be my favorite "Trek" of them all, but its opening sequence just isn't quite as great as some of the rest.

5. Lower Decks

Music:  The theme by Chris Westlake is pretty much perfect, mixing the sounds of many of the older series together to create something entirely new. From the opening chords, it's impossible to think of anything but "Star Trek." "Star Trek: Lower Decks" is a comedy show, but there's nothing comedic about the score. It just rules.

Visuals:  "Lower Decks" uses the intro to show off the U.S.S. Cerritos, which doesn't get much screen time in the short episodes. We see it going on a bunch of missions and getting pelted by all kinds of space debris, which highlights the comedic aspect of the show. When we get a view looking down from above the ship, however, and we can read the ship's name and designation, it's fabulously nostalgic. 

Trek Factor:  Despite being a cartoon comedy series , the opening to "The Lower Decks" still  feels like "Star Trek." It's both a throwback and something new, which is what all the best "Star Trek" tends to be. 

4. The Original Series

Music:  The original theme by Alexander Courage is what started it all, inspiring the rest of the themes on this list in some way or another. (Except maybe "Enterprise," but that's on them.) The theme has the kind of a military march to it until Shatner finishes his voice-over and the title appears, then it softens and becomes a more melodic, joyful tune. The second half of the theme is exceptionally dated, but it evokes late 1960s television from the first note.

Visuals:  Speaking of exceptionally dated, the images of the Enterprise flying around in outer space aren't exactly modern marvels of special effects. When you remember that they were creating these effects with models, careful camera placement, and matte paintings, they feel a little less silly and more impressive, but they just can't hold a candle to the CGI-created starships in today's "Trek."

Trek Factor:  It's the original , there's no way to be any more "Trek."

Music:  Composer Jerry Goldsmith  really  knows how to write a great "Star Trek" theme. The theme for "Star Trek: Voyager" is one of the best, relishing in a big orchestral sound reminiscent of the themes from the original run of "Star Trek" films (probably because he helped with those, too). The theme to "Voyager" is spectacular, though not quite as catchy or memorable as the top two on the list. 

Visuals:  Yes, some of the CGI on the intro to "Voyager" looks a little dated, but it's not so outlandishly cartoonish that it detracts from the overall impression, which is that "Voyager" voyages. We see the ship zip around space, exploring planets, asteroid fields, and more, and it's really the first "Star Trek" opening that gave a real idea of the scope of Starfleet's exploration. We had seen the Enterprise zooming through space and around a few planets, and we had seen Deep Space Nine chilling next to Bajor, but this was the first time we got to see the full capabilities and range of a Federation starship in the opening credits. 

Trek Factor:  Pretty much the only thing holding " Voyager " back is the lack of a voice-over, because I need my captain to tell me the mission every episode, darn it! 

2. Strange New Worlds

Music:  Composer Jeff Russo got a  lot of practice writing "Star Trek" themes with his work on "Discovery" and "Picard," and it seems like he finally found the perfect vessel for his ideas in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." The theme to the new series has everything you could ask for from a "Star Trek" theme: orchestral swells and booms, hints of the original series theme, and even a theremin to give the end of the theme an otherworldly sound. 

Visuals:  The Enterprise gets to go on the kind of intro ride that Voyager did, exploring space and all of the various hazards it has to offer. The special effects are incredible, and the opening sequence is just gorgeous to watch. 

Trek Factor:  Starship bopping about the galaxy? Check. A smooth-voiced captain (Anson Mount as Christopher Pike) doing a voice-over monologue that starts with "Space... the final frontier"? Check. A theme that gets the blood pumping before delivering chills in its final moments? Check. "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" is a throwback in many ways, but its opening proves that it's also updating and upgrading the old into something even more grand. 

1. The Next Generation

Music:  The theme for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is actually the theme  from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," composed by Jerry Goldsmith and based on the original score by Alexander Courage. When you ask the vast majority of "Star Trek" fans to think of a theme song, this is probably the one that's going to pop into their heads. It marries the original series, the movies, and "The Next Generation," making it  the "Trek" theme for more than one generation. 

Visuals:  I'm not going to lie: the visuals for " The Next Generation " are pretty lackluster. The Enterprise zips around the stars a bit, but we don't see anything else out there in space, and the zipping gets a little repetitive. Thankfully, this is also one of the shorter intros, so it's easy to just focus on the killer theme music and Patrick Stewart's phenomenal opening voice-over.

Trek Factor:  If Stewart doing the whole "these are the voyages of the starship Enterprise" thing followed by Goldsmith's theme doesn't get your heart pumping and the hair on your arms standing on end, you might be a Borg. This is "Star Trek" at its most "Star Trek," which is why it's the best opening of all of the series. 

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Captain James T. Kirk: Captain's log, stardate 9522.6: I've never trusted Klingons, and I never will. I could never forgive them for the death of my boy. It seems to me our mission to escort the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council to a peace summit is problematic at best. Spock says this could be an historic occasion, and I'd like to believe him, but how on earth can history get past people like me?

Captain James T. Kirk: They're animals.

Captain Spock: Jim, there is an historic opportunity here.

Captain James T. Kirk: Don't believe them. Don't trust them.

Captain Spock: They're dying.

Captain James T. Kirk: Let them die!

Captain James T. Kirk: Has it occured to you that this crew is due to stand down in three months? We've done our bit for king and country! You should have trusted me.

Captain James T. Kirk: Bones, are you afraid of the future?

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: I believe that was the general idea that I was trying to convey.

Captain James T. Kirk: I don't mean this future.

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: What is this, multiple choice?

General Chang: We need breathing room.

Captain James T. Kirk: Earth, Hitler, 1938.

Captain Spock: Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end.

Captain Spock: What you want is irrelevant, what you have chosen is at hand.

Captain Spock: What we require now is a feat of linguistic legerdemain and a degree of intrepidity.

Chancellor Gorkon: You don't trust me, do you? I don't blame you. If there is to be a brave new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it.

Captain Spock: There is the old Vulcan proverb: only Nixon could go to China.

Captain Spock: If I were human I believe my response would be "go to hell."... If I were human.

Captain Spock: Mr. Scott, I understand you are experiencing difficulties with the warp drive?

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: There's nothing wrong with the bloody...

Captain Spock: Mr. Scott, if the Enterprise responds to hails and returns to Starbase, there is a good chance that we will never see Captain Kirk or Doctor McCoy alive again.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Could take weeks, sir...

General Chang: I can see you Kirk. Can you see me?

Captain James T. Kirk: Chang.

General Chang: Oh, now be honest, Captain. Warrior to warrior. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be. No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."

General Chang: "I am constant as the northern star..."

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: I'd give real money if he'd shut up.

Captain James T. Kirk: Captain's log, stardate 9529.1. This is the final cruise of the starship Enterprise under my command. This ship and her history will shortly become the care of another crew. To them and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man... where no one has gone before.

Commander Pavel Chekov: Course heading, Captain?

Captain James T. Kirk: Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning.

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: What IS it with you, anyway?

Captain James T. Kirk: Names, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant Valeris: I do not remember.

Captain Spock: A lie?

Lieutenant Valeris: A choice.

Captain James T. Kirk: Captain's Log, stardate 9529.1. This is the final cruise of the Starship Enterprise under my command. This ship and her history will shortly become the care of a new generation. To them and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun, and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man... where no *one* has gone before.

Brigadier Kerla: This is Brigadier Kerla speaking for the High Command. There has been an incident on Praxis. However, everything is under control, we have no need for assistance. Obey treaty stipulations and remain outside the Neutral Zone. This transmission ends now.

Captain Hikaru Sulu: An "incident"?

Commander Janice Rand: Do we report this, sir?

Captain Hikaru Sulu: Are you kidding?

Ambassador Nanclus: Mr. President, they are vulnerable... there will never be a better time.

Colonel West: Quite frankly, Mr. President, we can clean their chronometers.

Captain James T. Kirk: You're a great one for logic. I'm a great one for rushing in where angels fear to tread. We are both extremists. Reality has brought us somewhere in-between.

Kirk: Spock, you want to know something?, Everybody's Human.

Captain Spock: I find that remark... insulting.

Captain Spock: The lieutenant was the first Vulcan to be graduated at the top of her class.

Captain James T. Kirk: You must be very proud.

Lieutenant Valeris: I don't believe so.

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: She's a Vulcan all right.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: ...then we're dead.

Captain Spock: I've been dead before.

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: Guess who's coming to dinner.

General Chang: Indeed. The record shows that Captain Kirk once held the rank of Admiral. And that Admiral Kirk was broken for taking matters into his own hands in defiance of regulations of the law. Do you deny being demoted for these charges? DON'T WAIT FOR THE TRANSLATION. Answer me now.

Martia: They'll respect you now.

Kirk: That's a comfort. I was lucky that thing had knees.

Martia: That was not his knee.

Martia: Not everyone keeps their genitals in the same place, Captain.

General Chang: Cry havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War.

Captain Kirk: Note to Galley; Romulan Ale no longer to be served at diplomatic functions.

Captain Kirk: Checkov you know anything about a radiation surge?

Commander Pavel Chekov: Only the size of my head

Captain Kirk: I know what you mean

Chancellor Gorkon: Well... I see we have a long way to go.

General Chang: To be... or not to be?

Admiral Cartwright: I don't know whether to congratulate you or not, Jim.

Federation President: Let us redefine progress to mean that just because we can do a thing, it does not necessarily mean we must do that thing.

General Chang: "Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge?"

Chief in Command Smillie: Sir, those men have literally saved this planet.

Federation President: Yes Bill, I know. And now they're going to save it again... by standing trial.

Kirk: I'm going to sleep this off. Please let me know if there's some other way we can screw up tonight.

Captain Spock: Doctor, would you care to assist me in performing surgery on a photon torpedo?

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: Fascinating!

Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: You are Crewman Dax?

Crewman Dax: Yes Commander. What is the problem?

Commander Pavel Chekov: Perhaps you have heard Russian epic of Cinderella? If shoe fits, wear it!

Captain Spock: Mr. Chekov...

Captain Hikaru Sulu: In range?

Helmsman Lojur: Not yet sir.

Captain Hikaru Sulu: Come on, come on.

Helmsman Lojur: She'll fly apart!

Captain Hikaru Sulu: *Fly her apart then!*

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: I'm gonna find myself a black pot of coffee

General Chang: Ahh... parting is such sweet sorrow. Don't we hear the chimes at midnight?

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: That Klingon b*tch killed her father.

Uhuru: You understand, we have lost all contact with the Captain and Dr. McCoy.

Captain Spock: Yes, at the moment, they are surrounded by a magnetic shield. However, if I know the Captain, by this time, he is deep into planning his escape.

Chancellor Gorkon: You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: Why, that cunning little Vulcan!

Captain James T. Kirk: People think the future means the end of history, well, we haven't run out of history just yet.

Chancellor Gorkon: You haven't heard Shakespeare until you've heard it in the original Klingon.

General Chang: "taH pagh, taH be?"

Kirk: What are we all doing here?

McCoy: Maybe they're throwing us a retirement party.

Scotty: That suits me. I just bought a boat.

Scotty: This had better be good. I'm supposed to be chairing a seminar at the Academy.

Chekov: Captain, isn't this just for top brass?

McCoy: If we're all here, where's Sulu?

Kirk: *Captain* Sulu, on assignment. Where's Spock?

Admiral Cartwright: Arrest those men!

McCoy: Arrest yourself.

Spock: Good morning. Two months ago, a Federation starship monitored an explosion on the Klingon moon, Praxis. We believed it was caused by overmining and insufficient safety precautions. The moon's decimation means a deadly pollution of their ozone. They will have depleted their supply of oxygen in approximately 50 Earth-years. Due to their enormous military budget, the Klingon economy does not have the resources with which to combat this catastrophe. Last month, at the behest of the Vulcan ambassador, I opened a dialogue with Gorkon, Chancellor of the Klingon High Council. He proposes to commence negotiations at once.

Admiral Cartwright: Negotiations for what?

Spock: The dismantling of our space stations and starbases along the Neutral Zone, an end to almost 70 years of unremitting hostility which the Klingons can no longer afford.

Chancellor Gorkon: I offer a toast. The undiscovered country...the future.

Everyone: The undiscovered country.

Spock: Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1.

Gorkon: You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.

Chang: taH pagh taHbe' [Klingons laugh] "To be or not to be?" That is the question which preoccupies our people, Captain Kirk. We need breathing room.

James Kirk: Earth. Hitler, 1938.

Chang: I beg your pardon? [pause]

Gorkon: Well...I see we have a long way to go.

Chang: [over the Enterprise public address speakers] I am constant as the Northern Star...

Leonard McCoy: [to Spock, while fixing a photon torpedo to track down Chang's warship] I'd give real money if he'd shut up.

[The Enterprise and Excelsior crews have just averted the assassination of the Federation president]

Azetbur: What's happened? What's the meaning of all of this?

James T. Kirk: It's about the future, Madame Chancellor. Some people think the future means the end of history. Well...We haven't run out of history quite yet. Your father called the future...the undiscovered country. People can be very frightened of change.

Azetbur: You've restored my father's faith.

Kirk: And you've restored my son's.

[The Enterprise crew see Sulu and the Excelsior bridge crew]

James T. Kirk: Captain Sulu! As much to the crew of the Enterprise, I owe you my thanks.

Capt. Hikaru Sulu: Nice to see you in action for one more time, Captain Kirk. Take care. [Excelsior leaves]

Commander Leonard McCoy: By God, that's a big ship.

Montgomery Scott: Not so big as her captain, I think.

Commander Pavel Chekov: So, this is goodbye.

Kirk: I think its about time we got underway ourselves. [sits on captain's chair]

Commander Nyota Uhura: Captain, I have orders from Starfleet Command. We're to put back to Spacedock immediately...to be decommissioned. [long pause as Kirk contemplates the order]

Spock: If I were human, I believe my response would be...go to Hell. [Kirk looks at Spock] If I were human.

Chekov: Course heading, Captain?

Kirk: Second star to the right... and straight on till morning.

Kirk: Where’s my damn torpedo?

McCoy: She’s ready Jim! Lock and load!

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All Star Trek Series Opening Credits Ranked

😲 Comment below (without indignation, if possible), or post your personal list. The visuals and the music of the opening credits have an impact on the perception of a TV series as a whole that should not be underrated. This is my personal ranking of the intros of all Star Trek series, ordered by how much I like music & visuals and how well I think they represent the series.

11 The Animated Series

The TAS opening sequence is much like an imitation of the one of TOS, only in animated form and with different yet similar music. There is not much special about it except for the peculiarity of the Enterprise that was lazily moved across the screen without a change of the perspective.

The intro of Picard, just like the one of Discovery, comes with elaborate but somehow undecided visuals. It features a calm but too low-key theme (actually the only one I couldn't whistle on request). These credits are technically excellent but they just don't give me Trek vibes. For season 2, the music was changed to sound more dramatic.

9 Discovery

Discovery abandons the theme of space exploration in its opening credits and shows props and graphics from the series with an odd palette that almost looks as if the colors were inverted. The music is subdued. This is all a bit indefinite, and doesn't really fit with the tone of the series either.

8 Strange New Worlds

The SNW opening has the classic Trek vibe. The visuals are spectacular. But the narration and the eight-note fanfare are shameless TOS knock-offs that prey for nostalgia where there ought to be none because it's a reboot. Also, there is little originality in the theme that essentially consists of the TOS melody with slightly different notes.

7 The Original Series

The classic opening credits of TOS appear old-fashioned today, even in the updated version for the remastered episodes. While the fly-by of the Enterprise is iconic, not to mention the music, the intro would and should be done differently for a modern series - like the one of SNW, for instance.

A bit like already the one of Lower Decks, the intro of Prodigy returns to "spacy" visuals and prominent music (that sounds a bit like an upbeat version of the DIS theme). The opening sequence is very dynamic and successfully relays the vastness of space, but I think there are still more memorable credits.

5 The Next Generation

TNG re-uses the title theme of the first Star Trek feature film, which perfectly suits the series with its unabashed optimism. On the visual side, it is much like an update of the TOS intro. I think it could be done somewhat better today, but it has grown on me.

4 Lower Decks

The whole continuity of Lower Decks is built upon the enormously successful Star Trek series of the 1990's, and its opening sequence reflects just that, featuring the ship's (awkward) journey through space and orchestral music for the first time after 25 years.

3 Deep Space Nine

DS9 was supposed to be a departure from TNG, and a toned down title theme was composed, orchestral but with less brass. The visuals illustrate the setting of the series on the station, and were later updated to include the Defiant and appear as more dynamic. An intro that has aged very well!

Voyager's opening credits come with visuals that are impressive for its time and with one of the most recognizable themes. These credits are still a bit more memorable than those of DS9 and overall a worthy runner-up.

1 Enterprise

The montage about the history of space exploration, accompanied by "Faith of the Heart", is easily my favorite Star Trek series intro - despite or just because the bad rap of the song. This all perfectly illustrates the theme of Enterprise (although the series itself needed some time to live up to it).

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Star Trek: The Next Generation opening title sequences

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Title screen for Star Trek: The Next Generation

The opening title sequences for Star Trek: The Next Generation followed the tradition of the Star Trek: The Original Series opening title sequences closely, highlighting the series lead ship, the USS Enterprise -D , and reprising the opening narration read by the series' new captain , Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard .

Robert Justman claimed ownership for being the first to draft a new "main theme" description, on a hot day at his home computer on 2 November 1986 . ( Star Trek: The Magazine  Volume 1, Issue 5 , p. 9)

" FADE IN as Camera rapidly pulls back from a close shot of Earth and tracks through our entire solar system showing the Sun and its planets in their relationship to each other in a continually changing perspective. As we continue to pull away and our solar system diminishes in size, our Camera executes a 180 degree turn and forges faster ahead through our Galaxy... "

Later, in a memo to Gene Roddenberry dated 5 March 1987 , Justman added more emphasis on the series' new ship, the Enterprise -D. ( Star Trek: The Magazine  Volume 1, Issue 5 , p. 10)

Starting from Season 3, the beginning of the sequence no longer depicted Earth's solar system, instead panning through views of various nebulae, stars, planets, and other celestial objects before revealing the Enterprise.

Season 5 "streaked version"

For TNG Season 5 , Rick Berman had Dan Curry design a "streaked" version of the opening logo to emulate the Superman films. ( Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry , p. 189)

The Star Trek Theme Song Has Lyrics

By eddie deezen | jul 20, 2018.

The Star Trek theme song is familiar to pretty much anyone who lived in the free world (and probably elsewhere, too) in the late 20th century. The tune is played during the show's opening credits; a slightly longer version is played, accompanied by stills from various episodes, during the closing credits. The opening song is preceded by William Shatner (as Captain Kirk) doing his now-legendary monologue recitation, which begins: "Space, the final frontier ..."

The show's familiar melody was written by respected film and TV composer Alexander Courage, who said the Star Trek theme's main inspiration was the Richard Whiting song "Beyond the Blue Horizon." In Courage's contract it was stipulated that, as the composer, he would receive royalties every time the show was aired and the theme song played. If, somehow, Star Trek made it into syndication—which, of course, it ultimately did—Courage stood to make a lot of money. And so did the person who wrote the lyrics.

WAIT... THERE WERE LYRICS?

Gene Roddenberry, the show's creator, wrote lyrics to the theme song.

"Beyond the rim of the star-light, my love is wand'ring in star-flight!"

Why would Roddenberry even bother?

The lyrics were never even meant to be heard on the show, but not because the network (NBC) nixed them. Roddenberry nixed them himself. Roddenberry wanted a piece of the composing profits, so he wrote the hokey lyrics solely to receive a "co-writer" credit.

"I know he'll find in star-clustered reaches Love, strange love a star woman teaches."

As one of the composers, Roddenberry received 50 percent of the royalties ... cutting Alexander Courage's share in half. Not surprisingly, Courage was furious about the deal. Though it was legal, he admitted, it was unethical because Roddenberry had contributed nothing to why the music was successful.

Roddenberry was unapologetic. According to Snopes, he once declared, "I have to get some money somewhere. I'm sure not gonna get it out of the profits of Star Trek ."

In 1969, after Star Trek officially got the ax, no one (Courage and Roddenberry included) could possibly have imagined the show's great popularity and staying power.

Courage, who only worked on two shows in Star Trek 's opening season because he was busy working on the 1967 Dr. Doolittle movie, vowed he would never return to Star Trek .

He never did.

If you're looking for an offbeat karaoke number, here are Roddenberry's lyrics, as provided by Snopes :

Beyond The rim of the star-light My love Is wand'ring in star-flight I know He'll find in star-clustered reaches Love, Strange love a star woman teaches. I know His journey ends never His star trek Will go on forever. But tell him While he wanders his starry sea Remember, remember me.