Star Trek at 60: the secret of this pioneering series was its exploration of humanity, not aliens
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destentor.nlStar Trek tame and boring? Rather progressive and—certainly in the science fiction world—remarkably hopeful, says reporter and admirer Gudo Tienhooven. Why we can still learn from the TV series, exactly 60 years old today, which achieved its iconic status for several reasons.
On September 8, 1966, the first episode of "Star Trek" was on US television for the first time. Today, the franchise is still popular with fans. Perhaps also because a better future is promised there. By L. Fettich
Six decades ago, the popular science fiction franchise Star Trek was born. The anniversary of the release of the first episode of the television series Star Trek: The Original Series, which was the beginning of one of the longest-running franchises, spanning 11 television series, 14 films and more than 900 episodes, will be commemorated with various events around the world.
On September 8, 2026, Star Trek is 60 years old, and why NBC closed the show after three seasons, how fans saved him, and how "Star Trek" changed the world.
Sixty years ago, the Starship Enterprise set out to the stars. The series was not a success at first. Its greatest legacy to date is not a vision of technology, but the belief that humanity is more than the sum of its errors.
Star Trek at 60: the secret of this pioneering series was its exploration of humanity, not aliens
Stephen McVeigh, Professor of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swansea University When Star Trek first appeared on television screens 60 years ago, audiences expected science fiction to offer aliens, monsters and futuristic technology. What they encountered was something far more ambitious. From its very first broadcast episode on September 8 1966, Star Trek established that […]
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