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January 4, 2003

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BBC writer Darren Waters has written a column about the past of Star Trek and it's future. Below is an excerpt:

Star Trek began life as a pilot for the NBC in 1964 as the space race between the US and the then USSR gathered momentum.

Creator Gene Roddenberry's vision of a benevolent imperialism in the form of a federation of planets, and storylines based around exploration and discovery chimed with the age.

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The 1990s marked a furious amount of Star Trek activity, with three different series on air - The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager - and three movies made.

In 1994 the original star of Star Trek Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner, was seen handing on the baton to Picard in the film Star Trek Generations.

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