01 Star Trek Night Introduction

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00:00the

00:06announcers log bbc 2 monday with craig charles in command this promises to be a night like no other

00:13in 1966 captain james tiberius kirk set forth on his first voyage to the final frontier

00:19it was only meant to be a five-year mission the space equivalent of popping around the

00:23corner for the bag of chips but 30 years later star trek is still engaging warp factor nine

00:28so now for one whole evening of television bbc 2 opens all hailing frequencies for star trek night

00:58star trek night begins by seeking out semi-intelligent life amongst the trekkers

01:12in a not-so-logical quiz which attempts to boldly go where no quiz has gone before chickity tar

01:18rock logical why because it's a song from abba 1979 well done farpoint station

01:27mark hardware it isn't it's a life form shape-changing alien which disguised itself as a space station

01:34after the natural-born trekkers come the celebrity of the species famous fans from all walks of life

01:39have crawled out of the closet to confess their passion for all things trek he's a true born

01:45leader um he's solid he has the most wonderful voice he's very intelligent that's what i loved

01:55about the women in star trek they're all dressed like they just come from either a strip joint

01:58or a go-go dancing club after like watching a few episodes of the next generation i mean that totally

02:04blew me

02:08more tasty star trekkers are sprinkled throughout the evening

02:10at eight we've reached the warp core with science the final frontier a film which investigates just

02:16how far star trek spaced out scientific vision matches up with current scientific fact engage warp

02:22speed mr data the problem with g-forces is that every time a card says engage he's committing suicide

02:30in fact the crew would be turned into chunky salsa you see when you take off from a stoplight you go from

02:38zero to 60 miles per hour in a few seconds you get pushed back in your seat but with the impulse

02:43drive you're going from zero to say half the speed of light in a few seconds and half the speed of

02:48light is about a hundred thousand miles per second so you'd never survive at nine chill out in the 10

02:54forward lounge as we set faces on fun and dredge the intergalactic archive for the all-time best star trek

03:00spoofs hello hello hi hi we are from the starship uss enterprise oh well uh uh welcome to our um

03:13some of you are sitting there thinking what's all the fuss about it's just another tv series

03:18to show how wrong you are star trek story at 9 25 unravels the show's history and examines how the

03:24legacy of the enterprise's 30-year voyage has seeped into all our lives astronauts became astronauts

03:32because of star trek movie makers became movie makers because of star trek or it changed a life

03:41and sent it in another direction okay so they could pilot a starship through space but could they sink

03:48well at 10 20 john peele pricks up his pointy ears to seek out the forgotten recording careers of

03:54starfleet's finest

04:00the first episode of star trek's latest incarnation for your jet is on screen at 10 50 an eager new

04:20crew a brand new enemy and a spanking new ship you're breaking up stand by to transport wait

04:30so starfleet commands instructions for star trek night checkout like this

04:437 20 to boldly go where no quiz has gone before then it's star trekkers eight o'clock science the final

04:50frontier nine o'clock spoof trek next it's some more trek fever 9 25 star trek story 10 20 funk

05:00me up scotty followed by more trek eulogies 10 50 voyager and finally the last of star trek celebrity fans

05:10that's a heck of a lot of track for your money

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