In an e-mail to it’s fans the International Federation of Trekkers, sent work of some exciting news to its members

Walter Koenig, the actor who portrayed the character Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek series on television and the first seven feature films, will introduce the premier showing of the Star Trek: New Voyages episode “To Serve All My Days” at the Star Trek: 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration & Conference on September 8, 2006. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Star Trek which made its debut on NBC in 1966, the event will be one of excitement, seeing fans from around the world in attendance at the Planet Xpo convention to mark the event.

Koenig has a special interest in the latest “webisode” of the highly acclaimed Internet series. He stars in it, reprising his role as the dashing navigator aboard USS ENTERPRISE. Koenig will be dedicating the premier showing to his favorite charity, Habitat for Humanity. Koenig has taken great pride in his continues role in the Star Trek mythos exclaiming, “Thank you. I have come home again,” when he walked aboard the bridge set of New Voyages.

The premier showing of the anticipated New Voyages episode “To Serve All My Days” will take place at the Planet Xpo Star Trek: 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration & Conference at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, Washington, being projected onto their 2½ story high movie screen at the show. “We wanted to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Trek in a very special way at our convention and this premier is just that. You can feel Gene Roddenberry’s presence in every New Voyages episode, and this one is the best yet,” explained Sky Conway, owner of Planet Xpo.

Along with Koenig and Conway at the premier will be James Cawley, creator and producer of Star Trek: New Voyages and the actor who plays James Kirk in the series. Cawley stated, “This episode was like a dream come true for us. We’ve had Trek co-stars in every episode, but never before have we produced an episode with a Trek icon like Walter. To work with him and share in the premier with him on such an important day is unbelievable. I am in awe of how everything has worked out.”

Star Trek: New Voyages first hit the fan realm in 2004 and quickly has become the leading fan production on the Internet, and has nestled itself as a continuing part of Star Trek history and future. You can see more information on New Voyages by visiting their website at http://www.startreknewvoyages.com .

Planet Xpo conventions has hosted a number of very notable shows and has a production in the works featuring Koenig as well. Most notably of late was the Jimmy Doohan tribute show “Beam Me Up Scotty…Once last Time” that included Neil Armstrong as their keynote speaker to honor Jimmy…capped off with Doohan’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. More information on Planet Xpo can be found at http://www.planetxpo.com .

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The latest issue of Star Trek Magazine is out in the UK and it the actor who played Odo has some interesting takes on the show. The magazine reports on the Odo Quark relationship “I would have to say that in real life, Armin [Shimerman] is probably more Odo to my Quark. The truth is, we have a way of sort of jousting and joshing each other if we’re out hiking or if we go to dinner or if we’re just talking on the phone. Armin can tend to be wonderfully sarcastic with me, which I think was one of the things Odo did towards Quark.”

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Trek Web have a in interesting report on Connor Trinneer’s views of the last episode of Enterprise, later renamed Star Trek Enterprise . It seems that there were some unhappy cast members on the starship NX-01 Enterprise, when it was revealed they could have no input in the story line.

With regards save enterprise he said “I don’t think that Paramount ever, for a moment, was considering a season five … Save your money, I mean, it’s hard enough out there’

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In the UK, the Sun newspaper is reporting on a Batleth, aka the Klingon weapon of choice, has been ceased by police.

The terrifying Batleth weapon is identical to one wielded by Klingon aliens in the Star Trek sci-fi films.

Officers seized the three-handled sword — which has huge pointed blades at either end — at a home in Gloucester.

It was shown yesterday at the start of a five-week national knife amnesty. Cops hope 30,000 blades will be handed in, with owners free from prosecution.

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In the Uk & Ireland the latest Star Trek magazine (official) has been released and continues with it’s official review of the 40 years of Star Trek. This time the focuse is on Deep Space Nine, the darker, and very well written show which spanned seven years. It features interviews with Nana Visitor, Rene Auberjonois and Rick Berman. Sci Fi Pulse has a review of the magazine here

“We wanted an African American lead. We felt it would be a good thing to do. But we wanted the right actor and if we couldn’t find an actor we felt was right for the character of Benjamin Sisko, we would have gone Hispanic, white or whatever. We read actors from India. We read a number of actors from France and Belgium. We read Black and White and Hispanic actors for the role, but we were hoping we could find somebody who was African American who would work, and we felt we did when we met Avery Brooks.”

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The official Star Trek website is reporting on the sale of Star Trek The experience. The Star Trek attraction has been sold to an Ohio-based amusement park operator. The deal which includes four other parks is set to be valued at 1.24 billion USD. startrek.com reported that

“Cedar will adopt from CBS a 10-year licensing deal to use the Paramount name. However, Cedar officials have said they have not made any decisions about whether to retain, change or simply scrap any branding of rides, according to The Hollywood Reporter…CBS has made assurances that Paramount Parks will remain in full operation throughout the divestiture process. However, the long-term implications of this deal for The Experience remains to be seen, so we will keep a close watch on this story as it develops. “

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In the US, the CBS network has picked up a new series called Shark. Which will star Jeri Ryan aka Seven of Nine for Star Trek Voyager. The show will be on Thursday nights 10pm schedule.

CBS describes the series as a drama focusing on Sebastian Stark, a defense attorney who is so shocked by the outcome of one of his cases that he takes a job heading the Los Angeles District Attorney’s High Profile Crime Unit. Ryan plays Jessica Devlin, “the ambitious and accomplished D.A. who despises his ruthless strategies” and puts him to work with a group of young attorneys in need of mentoring.

13 Episodes of the show have been ordered. Jeri Ryan also stared in Boston Public recently.

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After years of not entering the competition, the Klingon empire has finally entered Eurovision song contest.

The ufpcroatia has an interview with Rick Sternbach, who talked about his Star Trek career. He is the man responsible for the USS Voyager and DS9. Here is a short extract of the interview:

Favorite Star Trek Series? I’d have to say TNG; it was the closest thing we did to what I would consider literate media science fiction.Favorite Star Trek movie? The Wrath of Khan is definitely my choice there. It had the right combination of characters, plot, science fiction elements, and unique Star Trek look.Favorite episode? That’s a tough one, because there are so many good ST episodes from the different series. Maybe “Yesterday’s Enterprise” because of some of the reasons I just mentioned above. It had a good SF “hook” with the twisted timeline, good characters in a strange situation, and fun spaceship action. Kirk or Picard? Hey! Not fair!

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According to the official Star Trek website the producer of Alias and Lost will produce the new Star Trek film. And it will most lightly will not star the ‘Next Generation’ cast. Nobody seems to know what it will be about, but of course there is plenty of rumors flying about the internet. In an interview the now famed producer said:

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