“To boldly go where no man has gone before.” (Later, “no one”.)
Created by Gene Roddenberry and first broadcast on 8 September 1966: the crews of Starfleet, exploring the galaxy for a federation of planets that has more or less got rid of war, poverty and money. Sixty years later it’s thirteen TV series, about 970 episodes, and fourteen films.
The series, in order:
- Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969)
- Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)
- Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)
- Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2024)
- Star Trek: Short Treks (2018-2020)
- Star Trek: Picard (2020-2023)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020-2024)
- Star Trek: Prodigy (2021-2024)
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022-)
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2026-)
The films come in three batches: six with the original crew (1979-1991), four with the Next Generation crew (1994-2002) and three reboots set in an alternate timeline (2009-2016), plus Section 31 (2025) for streaming.
The faces: James T. Kirk, Spock, Leonard McCoy and Nyota Uhura from the original crew; Jean-Luc Picard and Data from The Next Generation; Benjamin Sisko (Deep Space Nine) and Kathryn Janeway (Voyager).