TrekWeb News Nexus | August 6th, 2002 / Issue 1.1

Upcoming Stardates:

Aug 6: ST2: TWOK Director's Edition DVD release.

Sept 3: ST:TNG Season Four DVD box set release.

Sept 18: ENTERPRISE season two premiere, "Shockwave, Part II."

Oct 22: ST3: TSFS Special Edition DVD release.

Dec 13: STAR TREK: NEMESIS hits U.S. theaters.

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1 São Paulo, Brazil
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Table of Contents

1. From the Editor
2. News headline round-up
3. Article round-up
4. Upcoming stardates and conventions
5. Feature: Behind the Scenes of "Yesterday's Enterprise"
6. Column: Star Trek in Print
7. TV Listings
8. Contests and Monthly Wallpaper
9. Community Update
10. Promenade Update

From the Editor

Hello MEMBERNAMEHERE!

Welcome to the premiere issue of the TrekWeb News Nexus email newsletter, brought to you by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The Director's Edition, now available on DVD!

After six years of bringing you the latest Star Trek news, features, chats, inside information and original features, TrekWeb is proud to deliver even more content straight to your email box. We've compiled not only summaries of the biggest news stories and original TrekWeb features over the last month, but useful information, brand new articles, contests and special updates about the TrekWeb community.

First is a round-up of important Star Trek news stories that have broken over the last month as well as what to look forward to in the next month. We've also made a list of the TrekWeb features we've run recently so you can be sure not to miss a beat of original content. Next we have two brand new articles for the News Nexus: writer Eric A. Stillwell gives us a sneak peak inside his new book, The Making of "Yesterday's Enterprise, and columnist Jaqueline Bundy provides a concise summary of the varied Star Trek summer reading possibilities.

We've also put together a comprehensive television listings section, giving you a detailed schedule of which TREK episodes are airing around the U.S. and beyond over the next month. There's also the first of a monthly TrekWeb/Star Trek-themed desktop wallpaper design contest. You can download this Wrath of Khan-themed wallpaper and even submit your own for September's entry. We've also picked the first winner of our Star Trek Communicator FREE subscription giveaway, so check to see if you're the winner!

Check out the Community Update for brief overviews of some of the interesting discussions at TrekWeb's STAR TREK BBS forums over the last month and our latest opinion poll results. Finally, we've provided a Promenade Update section where you can learn about not only the many ways you can help support TrekWeb, but special offers available only to TrekWeb visitors.

We hope you'll find this first issue informative and easy to utilize. We welcome your feedback and submissions for future issues. You can also drop us a line if you'd like to join the newsletter as a contributor: send email to s_krutzler@trekweb.com.

Peace and long life,

Steve Krutzler
Editor, TrekWeb.com

News Round-up

Here are some of the biggest STAR TREK news headlines over the last month:

7/24 | STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK Special Edition -- Paramount Home Entertainment announced that the special edition DVD of the third STAR TREK feature film will arrive October 22nd. The release will include all new featurettes and audio commentaries by director Leonard Nimoy, writer/producer Harve Bennett and actors Christopher Lloyd (Kruge) and Robin Curtis (Saavik). Get the full details in the original story or pre-order the DVD from Amazon to help support TrekWeb.

7/18 | ENTERPRISE Leads UPN With Five Emmy Nominations for Hair, VFX and More -- The fifth STAR TREK series scored five technical Emmy nominations three weeks ago, continuing the franchise's recognition in hair, makeup and visual effects categories. Check out the full nominations in the original story.

6/26 | ENTERPRISE season premiere plot revealed -- TrekWeb was the first outlet to report on the story for the season season premiere of ENTERPRISE, "Shockwave, Part II," over a month ago. Picking up with Captain Jonathan Archer stranded in the 31st century, the script resolves the cliffhanger from May with the Suliban about to destroy the Enterprise after Archer uncovered a plot to frame the NX-01 for the destruction of an alien colony. The must fight to thwart the Suliban plans while Archer struggles to get back to the 22nd century and learns subtle hints about his own destiny in the "correct" timeline. For the full spoiler-filled synopsis, check out the "Shockwave, Part II" original story.

6/26 | NEMESIS teaser trailer debuts -- June 26th also saw the world premiere of the teaser trailer for the new feature film STAR TREK: NEMESIS. Debuting on the Paramount news journal Entertainment Tonight and on the Internet hours later, the trailer is the first NEXT GENERATION-era movie trailer to consist entirely of new footage and marks a unique effort by Paramount. You can get photos from the trailer and links to download the trailer at the original story.

Check out TrekWeb's own STAR TREK: NEMESIS web site at STNEMESIS.com!

Feature Round-up

Here are some of TrekWeb's original features from the last month. You can find a complete index of TrekWeb Feature Articles by visiting the left-hand menu and choosing Departments --> Features --> Article Archive.

8/5 | Author David George Updates Us on DS9 Relaunch-- TREK novel writer David R. George III updates us on the status of Pocket Books' DS9 Relaunch novel series, kicking up again in September with the four-book MISSION GAMMA series and his own novel, TWILIGHT:

"Twilight picks up the continuity of the so-called "Deep Space Nine"
re-launch. Since the last episode of the series, "What You Leave Behind,"
Pocket Books has published four novels and one short story--Avatar, Books One
and Two, Abyss, Demons of Air and Darkness, and "Horn and Ivory" in What Lay
Beyond--that continue the "DS9" saga forward. Kira now commands the station,
and four characters new to "DS9" have been created--a new first officer for
the station, a new science officer, a new chief of security, and an observer
from the Dominion."

Check out the full interview.

7/26 | STAR TREK II DIRECTOR'S EDITION DVD Review-- TrekWeb has reviewed today's release of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan onto special edition DVD, awarding the two-disc set 4 1/2 stars out of five:

"For STAR TREK fans, the movie finally gets the treatment it deserves and you can treasure those all-enticing "missing scenes" for years to come. Meyer's new cut of the film brings nowhere near the level of improvement Robert Wise brought to THE MOTION PICTURE last year, but the effort here wasn't to improve so much as it was to add enjoyment to a superior film."

Read much more in our full, comprehensive DVD review.

7/21 | Dominic Keating Talks "Minefield"-- TrekWeb recently caught up with ENTERPRISE actor Dominic Keating, who gave us a special interview about his hopes for the second season of the prequel series and chatted about the third episode of the year, "Minefield," which finds his Malcolm Reed stuck outside the ship in the series' first deadly Romulan episode:

”We’re shooting it right now,” he says as we reach the lobby. “It’s a great episode, it really bonds Captain Archer and Malcolm Reed, we have a lot of scenes together. It’s kind of ‘Shuttlepod One’ but with the captain outside rather [than trapped together with Reed]. I haven’t seen the sets, [but] it’s a great episode, you’re going to like it!”

Check out the full interview here.

FEATURE: Behind the Scenes of "Yesterday's Enterprise"

Written by Steve Krutzler

Lincoln Enterprises -- the collectibles company founded by Gene and Majel Roddenberry in the 1960’s -- has released a new book entitled “The Making of Yesterday’s Enterprise” written by Eric Stillwell. Stillwell co-wrote the story for that episode and also served as script coordinator on ST:TNG and Star Trek: Insurrection. Serving as production associate for a time on ST:VOY, Stillwell co-wrote the “Prime Factors” story for that series and then in 1998 collaborated with Armin Shimerman (“Quark”) and David R. George III to co-write the story for the best-selling DS9 novel, “The 34th Rule.” Currently the script coordinator on USA Network’s original new series, The Dead Zone, Stillwell thought the time to tell the story of the popular episode from a writer's perspetive had finally arrived.

“For years I had been wanting to write this book because the episode was so popular with the fans," he told us. "I had been saving file folders full of documents I had collected during the actual production of the episode thirteen years ago, including all the drafts of the story as it progressed. Last year, my wife finally convinced me to sit down and write the book.“

The book contains the final shooting script for "Yesterday's Enterprise" as well as all pre-production notations. Stillwell says he was inspired to take this angle for the book was a similar effort for the original series, "The Making of Star Trek," by Gene Roddenberry and Stephen E. Whitfield.

“That book inspired my fascination with the behind-the-scenes aspects of television-making and eventually led me on my own path to Hollywood where I was extremely fortunate to land a job on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987,” Stillwell recalls.

This initial fascination eventually resulted in a travelling writer's workshop that Stillwell developed with other behind-the-scenes STAR TREK personnel took around the world to TREK conventions. The idea was to educate the hundreds of people submitting scripts under the TNG open script submission policy on some of the basics of Hollywood scriptwriting.

“During my tenure as script coordinator on TNG, I oversaw the open submission policy launched by executive producer Michael Piller. We literally received thousands of speculative teleplays. We had to return hundreds of scripts unread for technical reasons -- because the authors had little or no knowledge of the most fundamental aspects of formatting or submitting a teleplay," he says. "With this in mind, I approached one of my colleagues, Lolita Fatjo, who subsequently became script coordinator herself, and together we decided to create a Writer’s Workshop for would-be Star Trek writers. We recruited writer/producers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore and took the workshop on the road. While we never presumed to teach people 'how to write,' we did convey a great deal of information about the process of writing for television and the fundamentals of formatting and presenting speculative teleplays in a way that would make the material look professional. The Workshops were extremely popular and very successful."

Throughout the Nineties, Stillwell's group moved on to different things (Braga co-created the fifth TREK series, ENTERPRISE), and it wasn't until just recently that Stillwell found a way to tap back into the wealth of the workshop idea.

“I felt the information from those workshops was still important enough to impart to a whole new generation of would-be television writers, so, in part, “The Making of Yesterday’s Enterprise” is an attempt to share that information and discuss the process of television writing from beginning to end. Since I’m no longer doing the workshops, this is the next best thing," he exclaims.

The third season TNG episode remains a fan favorite after all these years. In the April 2002 TV Guide honoring Star Trek’s 35th anniversary, “Yesterday’s Enterprise” was listed as one of the "top five classic episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Stillwell says the book also serves as a way to document the episode for posterity.

"'The Making of Yesterday’s Enterprise' is geared to a specific nitch audience -- those interested in writing for television -- and fans who are simply curious about what it’s like to work behind-the-scenes on one of the most successful franchises in television history," Stillwell explains. "Because the book includes the complete final shooting script from 'Yesterday’s Enterprise,' plus copies of all the early story drafts and other never-before-seen production documents, I felt Lincoln Enterprises was uniquely suited to represent the book. They're the only company in the world with the license to sell all of the teleplays and screenplays from the Star Trek franchise. They also sell all the Writer’s/Director’s Guides and Technical Manuals developed for the various shows. For aspiring television writers, Lincoln Enterprises is an amazing resource.” says Stillwell.

Additionally, Lincoln Enterprises is under new management. For years the company was run by Majel Barrett Roddenberry and her staff. Today, Gene Roddenberry, Jr. (Rod Roddenberry) is running the company and infusing a new youthful spirit into the company’s operations. Roddenberry is also working diligently to develop new, quality merchandise that will be unique in the Star Trek marketplace.

“Rod is working hard to modernize Lincoln Enterprises and improve the company’s efficiency and reliability. He's dedicated to offering the fans quality products at reasonable prices and strongly believes that is something he owes the fans who have been so loyal to his mother and father over the years.”

For Stillwell, it also brings life as a fan full circle: “When I was a kid, I used to send away for my Lincoln Enterprises catalogs in the mail. I was one of their best customers and I even subscribed to the newsletter they published in the late 1970’s. Through that newsletter, I met Barbara Watson, my pen-pal and very dear friend from Baltimore. We were both in junior high school at the time. That was before computers and email! But we used to write to each other every week for the longest time. As we grew to adulthood, we nearly lost track of each other, but in recent years, with the advent of email, we’ve become regular correspondents again -- 25 years after first being introduced through Lincoln Enterprises! It’s great to renew old relationships -- and that’s exactly how I feel about the chance to work with Lincoln Enterprises.”

Those interested in learning more about what Lincoln Enterprises has to offer can find their catalog online at store.roddenberry.com. To locate “The Making of Yesterday’s Enterprise” online at the Roddenberry store, simply enter the number 6020 in the “Search” field and you’ll be on your way.

COLUMN: Star Trek in Print

Written for TrekWeb by Jaqueline Bundy

Just like the old adage about the glass being either half full or half empty, depending upon your point of view summer has barely begun or it is almost over. But no matter how you yourself choose to look at it there is still plenty of time to catch up on your Star Trek reading this summer. Let’s take a look at what’s about to become available.

*New Releases*

The TOS trilogy “Errand of Vengeance” by Kevin Ryan has been the highlight of the Star Trek summer reading offerings. “Errand of Vengeance-Book One, The Edge of the Sword” has won high praise from a number of respected reviewers. In August Book Two, “The Killing Blow” and Book Three, “The River of Blood” hit bookstore shelves and bring this riveting story to an exciting and unexpected conclusion.

In “Errand of Vengeance” the Klingon Empire and the Federation stand on the brink of war. What makes the story so compelling is that it is told from the perspective of Lt. Jon Anderson, a Klingon operative on an undercover assignment aboard the USS Enterprise, and Lt. West, a fresh from the Academy idealist working as an aide at Starfleet headquarters. Despite the cultural differences both men have a lot in common and the reader has a front row seat as their individual experiences force each to question the perceptions and beliefs that until now have always been a cornerstone of their lives.

I was taken aback by the quality of Mr. Ryan’s story. It reminds me in many ways of the classic TOS novel “The Final Reflection” for the insights the story provides into the Klingon mindset and culture during the 23rd century. As events unfold in these three novels the characters are forced to look within themselves to discover what duty and honor really mean.

From 1998 to 2000, Amazing Stories the world's oldest science fiction magazine, presented a series of original Star Trek stories written by a number of bestselling authors. Now these little seen Star Trek adventures have been collected together for the first time in a trade paperback entitled appropriately “The Amazing Stories”. Among the contributors are fan favorites A.C. Crispin, Greg Cox and Christie Golden. All of the stories are either TNG or Voyager and there is quite a bit of variety in the writing styles. Included in this volume of stories are two that were scheduled to be printed before the magazine ceased publication.

The SCE ebook this month is “Foundations-Book 2” by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore. Following up on the events of book one, this second part of the trilogy takes us back to learn what happened on Beta III after Kirk convinced Landru to deactivate itself. Betan society is left in ruins and it’s up to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, along with some of the crew of the Enterprise on special assignment to help them rebuild not only their technology but their culture as well.

“Foundations-Book 2” is now available for download from Amazon.com and will be available within a few days at all the usual book sites offering ebooks. Although the framing story in each part of this trilogy is a story unto itself it’s not necessary to read all three parts to enjoy any one of these ebooks. If you would like to read an excerpt from either book one or two of “Foundations” they are now available at the Psi Phi Star Trek Book Database.

While not a Star Trek title the new hardcover “I’m Working on That” by William Shatner and Chip Walter does have a trek connection. Many of the revolutionary breakthroughs in technology during the past 30 years were inspired by Star Trek’s vision of the future. This book takes a look at what scientist’s the world over are hoping will be the next steps towards that future.

In interviews with dozens of scientists, the inventions that will revolutionize our lives or make it possible to truly explore mankind's last great frontier--space--are laid before us.
From traveling through space at warp speeds, to real-life replicators, to beaming across the continent, journey with Captain Kirk and some of the world's most noted scientific minds on a voyage in the realms of the possible and the probable. This book is surprisingly readable even for those of us lay folk.

*Book News*

Probably the most exciting piece of news from the world of Star Trek publishing is that Andrew Robinson has announced his intentions to write another trek novel. His first novel “A Stitch in Time” was universally acclaimed as one of the best science fiction novels of 2000. A word of caution though, Mr. Robinson’s proposed story still has to undergo the approval process at Paramount so despite the dither that this news has caused in the fan community it will be some time before the book would actually be available. Still, it’s welcome news and I for one am thrilled to learn there is another Garak novel to look forward to.

Congratulations to author Greg Cox; Dreamwatch magazine has chosen “The Eugenics Wars-Volume One” as the best science fiction novel of 2001. Not the best Star Trek novel or best media-tie-in novel; the best SF novel.

Marco Palmieri has announced a schedule change that effects the upcoming “Mission Gamma” titles. The release of “Mission Gamma-Book Four, Lesser Evil” by Robert Simpson has been moved from October 2002 to November 2002. This change will allow the paperback reprint of the Gateways saga conclusion “What Lay Beyond” to move up the list from November to October.

More tidbits about the 2003 novel schedule are trickling out from Pocket Books. Two new TOS paperbacks have been added. “Gemini” by Mike W. Barr has been scheduled for February 2003 and “Garth of Izar” by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski will hit stores in March 2003.

A revised edition of “The Next Generation Companion” will be published In January 2003 and the long anticipated “Voyager Companion” has been approved and should be available in the spring of 2003.

Last but not least word comes from author David R. George that he and Armin Shimerman (co-authors of the DS9 novel “The 34th Rule”) have agreed to participate in a writers seminar at the Farpoint convention in February 2003. I’ll pass on more specifics about this when they become available.

Well that’s the latest roundup of Star Trek book news. Be sure to look for new book reviews from Alexander Chase at TrekWeb. Until next time, happy reading!

You can also find excerpts of the following novels at Psi Phi:

Mission: Gamma Book 1: Twilight by David R. George III
Mission: Gamma Book 2: This Gray Spirit by Heather Jarman
"I'm Working on That": A Trek from Science Fiction to Science Fact by William Shatner and Chip Walter
The Last Round-Up by Christie Golden
The Janus Gate Book 3: Past Prologue by L.A. Graf
S.C.E. #18: Foundations Book 2 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
S.C.E. #19: Foundations Book 3 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
S.C.E. #20: Enigma Ship by J. Steven York & Christina F. York

TV Listings

ENTERPRISE on UPN:

08/07/02 017 "Fusion" (7 PM CT/MT, 8 PM ET/PT)
08/07/02 018 "Rogue Planet" (8 PM CT/MT, 9 PM ET/PT)
08/14/02 019 "Acquisition" (7 PM CT/MT, 8 PM ET/PT)
08/14/02 020 "Oasis" (8 PM CT/MT, 9 PM ET/PT)
08/21/02 021 "Detained" (7 PM CT/MT, 8 PM ET/PT)
08/21/02 022 "Vox Sola" (8 PM CT/MT, 9 PM ET/PT)
08/28/02 023 "Fallen Hero" (7 PM CT/MT, 8 PM ET/PT)
08/28/02 024 "Desert Crossing" (8 PM CT/MT, 9 PM ET/PT)
09/04/02 025 "Two Days and Two Nights" (8 PM CT/MT, 9 PM ET/PT)
09/04/02 026 "Shockwave" (9 PM CT/MT, 10 PM ET/PT)
09/11/02 ----- Undetermined programming
09/18/02 028 "Shockwave, Part II" (8 PM CT/MT, 9 PM ET/PT)
09/25/02 027 "Carbon CreekI" (8 PM CT/MT, 9 PM ET/PT)
10/02/02 029 "Minefield" (8 PM CT/MT, 9 PM ET/PT)

ENTERPRISE on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom:

08/07/02 007 "The Andorian Incident" (6 PM GMT)
08/14/02 008 "Breaking the Ice" (6 PM GMT)

ENTERPRISE on Nine in Australia:

08/06/02 018 "Rogue Planet " (10:30 PM)
08/13/02 019 "Acquisition" (10:30 PM)
08/20/02 020 "Oasis" (10:30 PM)
08/27/02 021 "Detained" (10:30 PM)
09/03/02 022 "Vox Sola" (10:30 PM)

VOYAGER in U.S. weekend syndication:

08/03/02 251 "Repression"
08/10/02 252 "Inside Man"
08/17/02 253 "Flesh and Blood" [Part I]
08/24/02 254 "Flesh and Blood" [Part II]
08/31/02 255 "Body and Soul"
09/07/02 256 "Nightingale"

THE NEXT GENERATION on TNN weeknights:

08/06 08PM The Neutral Zone
08/06 09PM Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
08/06 11PM Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
08/07 08PM The Child
08/07 11PM Who Watches the Watchers?
08/08 08PM Where Silence Has Lease
08/08 11PM The Bonding
08/09 08PM Elementry, Dear Data
08/09 09PM Ship in a Bottle
08/09 10PM Timescape
08/09 11PM Booby Trap
08/11 10PM Descent (Part 1)
08/11 11PM Descent (Part 2)
08/12 08PM The Outrageous Okona
08/12 11PM Pre-empted for Oblivious (new game show)
08/13 08PM Loud as a Whisper
08/13 11PM The Enemy
08/14 08PM The Shizoid Man
08/14 11PM The Price
08/15 08PM Unnatural Selection
08/15 11PM The Vengeance Factor
08/16 08PM A Matter of Honor
08/16 09PM Pre-empted for Godfather Part II
08/16 10PM Pre-empted for Godfather Part II
08/16 11PM The Defector
08/18 02PM Too Short a Season
08/18 03PM Home Soil
08/18 04PM Conspiracy
08/18 05PM Peak Performance
08/18 06PM Devil's Due
08/18 07PM Ensign Ro
08/18 08PM Power Play
08/19 08PM The Measure of a Man
08/19 11PM Pre-empted for Obilvious (new game show)
08/20 08PM The Dauphin
08/20 11PM The Hunted
08/21 08PM Contagion
08/21 11PM The High Ground
08/22 08PM The Royale
08/22 11PM Deja Q
08/23 08PM Time Squared
08/23 09PM Liasons
08/23 10PM Sub Rosa
08/23 11PM A Matter of Perspective
08/25 10PM Pre-empted for Conspiracy Zone
08/25 11PM Pre-empted for Real TV
08/26 08PM The Icarus Factor
08/26 11PM Yesterdays Enterprise
08/27 08PM Pen Pal's
08/27 11PM The Offspring
08/28 08PM Q Who?
08/28 11PM Sins of the Father
08/29 08PM Samaritan Snare
08/29 11PM Allegiance
08/30 08PM Up The Long Ladder
08/30 09PM Interface
08/30 10PM Phantasms
08/30 11PM Captian's Holiday

THE ORIGINAL SERIES on Sci-Fi Channel:

06-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK JOURNEY TO BABEL
07-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK FRIDAY'S CHILD
08-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK THE DEADLY YEARS
12-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK WOLF IN THE FOLD
12-AUG-02 7:00 PM STAR TREK SPACE SEED
13-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
13-AUG-02 7:00 PM STAR TREK THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
14-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
14-AUG-02 7:00 PM STAR TREK THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
15-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK A PIECE OF THE ACTION
15-AUG-02 7:00 PM STAR TREK MIRROR, MIRROR
19-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
20-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK RETURN TO TOMORROW
21-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK PATTERNS OF FORCE
22-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK BY ANY OTHER NAME
26-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
27-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK BREAD AND CIRCUSES
28-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK ASSIGNMENT: EARTH
29-AUG-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK SPOCK'S BRAIN
02-SEP-02 7:00 AM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS
02-SEP-02 8:00 AM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH
02-SEP-02 9:00 AM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
02-SEP-02 10:00 AM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION THE MENAGERIE -PT 1
02-SEP-02 11:00 AM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION THE MENAGERIE -PT 2
02-SEP-02 12:00 PM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
02-SEP-02 1:00 PM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION AMOK TIME
02-SEP-02 2:00 PM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION ASSIGNMENT: EARTH
02-SEP-02 3:00 PM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION THE DEADLY YEARS
02-SEP-02 4:00 PM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION PLATO'S STEPCHILDREN
02-SEP-02 5:00 PM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION THE NAKED TIME
02-SEP-02 6:00 PM STAR TREK CHAIN REACTION TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY

TREK IN CANADA

Canada's Space! broadcasts a wide range of TREK every day, with TOS at 10 AM and 2 PM, TNG at 3 PM, DS9 at 4 PM and 5 AM and VOY at 5 PM and 10 PM. Check their comphrensive daily listings for exact episodes.

Thanks to The Trekker Newsletter, The Great Link, Psi Phi and Sci-Fi International for some these listings. The Nexus is currently looking for a TV Listings editor. If you'd like to compile our monthly comprehensive list of TREK episodes airing in the U.S. and elsewhere, please contact us.

Contests and Monthly Wallpaper

We've selected the first winner of our Star Trek Communicator year subscription giveaway: Jason Devers! You'll receive a free year subscription to the magazine of the official Star Trek fan club, compliments of TrekWeb! So be sure to contact us to claim your prize! We'll pick another winner next month, so tell your friends to subscribe to the News Nexus today!

Next month we'll also be giving away a free autographed copy of Eric Stillwell's The Making of "Yesterday's Enterprise" to one lucky Nexus subscriber, so stay tuned and tell your friends!

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Community Update

TrekWeb's STAR TREK BBS Forums are abuzz with summertime discussion and it's never too late for you to take part! From the general discussion of the Shore Leave forum to the heated debate of the Suliban Helix forum and the unique group inhabiting the Holodeck forum, TrekWeb's community is always growing and is a wonderful place to start talking about TREK with fellow fans.

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