Star Trek Franchise

A Star Trek Franchise is an American media franchise in science fiction.

• Context:
  • It can be considered as one of the pioneering franchises that opened doors for complex storytelling, philosophical dialogues, and technological innovations.
  • It can (often) be created by Gene Roddenberry, the franchise began with a television series in the 1960s known as Star Trek: The Original Series.
  • It can have been expanded to include various films, spin-off series, novels, comic books, and video games.
  • It can be a High-Grossing Media Franchise.
  • It can have a cult following known as "Trekkies" or "Trekkers".
  • It can (often) have Star Trek Props, such as a holodeck.
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• Example(s):
  • The franchise inspired real-world technologies, such as the concept of the flip phone, which was based on communicators used in the series.
  • It has led to the development of a constructed language, Klingon, that is studied and spoken by fans.
  • Star Trek has been a platform for discussing social issues, including race, gender, and ethics.
• See: High-Grossing Media Franchises, Cultural Influence of Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series, Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek Novel, Star Trek (Comics), Star Trek Fictional Work, Star Trek Reference Book, Star Trek Technical Manual, Star Trek Magazine, Star Trek: The Magazine.

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2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek Retrieved:2023-10-6.
  • Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into various films, television series, video games, novels, and comic books, becoming one of the most recognizable and highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The franchise began with Star Trek: The Original Series, which debuted in the US on September 8, 1966, and aired for three seasons on NBC. It was first broadcast on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV network. It followed the voyages of the crew of the starship USS Enterprise, a space exploration vessel built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century, on a mission "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before". In creating Star Trek, Roddenberry was inspired by C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series of novels, Jonathan Swift1726 novel Gulliver's Travels, the 1956 film Forbidden Planet, and television westerns such as Wagon Train. The Star Trek canon includes the Original Series, 11 spin-off television series, and a film franchise; further adaptations also exist in several media. After the conclusion of the Original Series, the adventures of its characters continued in the 22-episode Star Trek: The Animated Series and six feature films. A television revival beginning in the 1980s saw three sequel series and a prequel: The Next Generation, following the crew of a new starship Enterprise a century after the original series; Deep Space Nine and Voyager, set in the same era as the Next Generation; and Enterprise, set before the original series in the early days of human interstellar travel. The adventures of the Next Generation crew continued in four additional feature films. In 2009, the film franchise underwent a reboot, creating an alternate continuity known as the Kelvin timeline; three films have been set in this continuity. The newest Star Trek television revival, beginning in 2017, includes the series Discovery, Picard, Short Treks, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds, streaming exclusively on digital platforms. 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. From 1998 to 2008, there was a Star Trek–themed attraction in Las Vegas. At least two museum exhibits of props travel the world. The constructed language Klingon was created for the franchise. Several Star Trek parodies have been made, and viewers have produced several fan productions. Star Trek is noted for its cultural influence beyond works of science fiction. The franchise is also notable for its progressive civil-rights stances. The Original Series included one of the first multiracial casts on US television.

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