Star Trek: New Voyages, known from 2008 until 2015 as Star Trek: Phase II, is a fan-created science fiction webseries set in the fictional Star Trek universe. The series was designed as a continuation of the original Star Trek (aka ST:TOS or just TOS), beginning in the fifth and final year of the starship Enterprise's "five-year mission". The first episode was released in January 2004, with new episodes released at a rate of about one per year. Production on new episodes halted in June 2016 following the release of new fan film guidelines by CBS/Paramount after they sued the makers of Star Trek: Axanar, with three episodes in post-production left unreleased. The sets constructed for New Voyages were licensed as a 'Studio Set Tour' beginning in July 2016.
The series was the first such show with extensive standing sets, and that attracted the talents of a number of professional writers and actors associated with official Star Trek productions, including George Takei reprising his role as Sulu in "World Enough and Time", and Walter Koenig as Chekov in "To Serve All My Days". Eugene Roddenberry Jr., the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, served as consulting producer.
The show's episode "World Enough and Time" was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form in 2008, alongside episodes of Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Battlestar Galactica, but lost to the Doctor Who episode "Blink".
History In April 2003, Star Trek: New Voyages was created by James Cawley and Jack Marshall. Jack Marshall came aboard as a producer with the idea to market the series on the Internet. The episodes are conventionally numbered as starting with season 4, to convey the idea of continuing from the original three-season series.
In January 2004, the first episode, "Come What May" (S4 E0), debuted on the Internet. The first episodes were filmed on new sets at a long-shuttered car dealership in Port Henry, New York, but production eventually moved to a former grocery store at 112 Montcalm St. in downtown Ticonderoga, New York. This facility is open to the public for tours and is officially licensed by CBS.
In 2006, Jack Marshall went on to work on the Battlestar Galactica reboot.
From 2008 through 2013, for a five-episode run beginning with "Blood and Fire" (S4 E4; December 2008) and ending with "Kitumba" (S4 E8; December 2013), the series title was changed to Star Trek: Phase II, before reverting to New Voyages.
In 2014, New Voyages creator James Cawley, who himself portrayed Captain Kirk in the first nine episodes (S4 E0-8), turned the role over to Brian Gross, deciding to assume a more behind-the-scenes role.
Episodes
Between January 2004 and May 2016 some 11 full-length episodes and a number of short-form "vignettes" were released (see linked article). Three episodes were scripted by professional Star Trek writers: "To Serve All My Days" by D. C. Fontana; "World Enough and Time" by Marc Scott Zicree; and the two-part "Blood and Fire" by David Gerrold. Two other episodes were based on unfilmed stories for the unproduced 1978 Star Trek Phase II TV series: "The Child" and "Kitumba", neither with the permission of Star Trek rights-holders. Additionally, the episode "Mind-Sifter" was based on a piece of fan fiction from the 1970s.
When the series ended due to CBS restrictions in 2016 three additional episodes were in various stages of pre- or post-production.
Origins:The Protracted Man, a story based on David Gerrold's original pitch, "The Protracted Man", for Star Trek: The Original Series, was reconceptualized as a Pike-era story featuring the young Cadet James T. Kirk and his father, Commander George Kirk Sr. In January 2021, the incomplete work print for this abandoned episode was rediscovered and uploaded to YouTube (in two sections) by James Cawley. The episode was in post production and almost complete, missing only a few effects shots.
Torment of Destiny a sequel to the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "For the World is hollow and I have touched the sky" guest starring Richard Hatch star of Battlestar Galactica (1978) in what was his last television role. The footage was found privated on the New Voyages YouTube Channel and made unlisted. The episode was in post production when it was cancelled.
Bread and Savagery to the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Bread and Circuses" around 20 minutes of footage mostly from promotional material can be found online. The episode was in post production when it was cancelled.
Cast and crew
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Crew
The Star Trek: New Voyages pilot episode was produced by James Cawley, Jack Marshall (series director at the time), Pearl Marshall, Doug Drexler (under the pseudonym "Max Rem") and Jerry Yuen. Episode 1 was produced by James Cawley, Jack Marshall, Pearl Marshall, Max Rem, Amanda Stryker, James Lowe, Jeff Quinn, John Muenchrath and Rod Roddenberry (Gene Roddenberry's son). Episode 2 was produced by James Cawley, Jack Marshall, Erik Goodrich, James Lowe, Jeff Quinn, John Muenchrath and Rod Roddenberry.
The pilot and the first two episodes were directed by Jack Marshall. However, after filming of "To Serve All My Days" it was announced (December 29, 2005) that Marshall would leave the series. Marshall had been offered a position with the visual effects team of Battlestar Galactica and moved from Washington DC in February 2006 to Los Angeles California. Max Rem continued his participation for another 6 months of post production and then also left the project.
July 2013 saw major announcements for production of the series, with James Cawley leaving the role of Captain Kirk to focus solely on production of the show and original series writer David Gerrold taking on the duties of Executive Showrunner in hopes of producing episodes with greater regularity. Gerrold also personally announced that due to an overwhelming backlog, the show would no longer accept script submissions, nor would any episodes based on existing Star Trek books, comics, stories or other published works be adapted to the series – due to a request by CBS legal in the fall of 2011. Rather, all further episodes will come from original works by previous Star Trek writers or crew associated with the series.
Trek alumni support Several past members of the Star Trek cast and crew have expressed support for the project, and even contributed to it.
Guest actors Actor Character Episode(s) Notes/Star Trek connection(s) Walter Koenig Pavel Chekov "To Serve All My Days" Koenig played Chekov in the Original Series and subsequent films. George Takei Hikaru Sulu "World Enough and Time" Takei played Sulu in the Original Series and subsequent films. Grace Lee Whitney Janice Rand "World Enough and Time" Whitney reprises her TOS role of Janice Rand in the third episode as an officer on Sulu's ship, the USS Excelsior. (This connects to her appearances as an Excelsior crew member in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback.") Denise Crosby Dr. Jenna Natasha Yar "Blood and Fire" Played the characters of Lieutenant Tasha Yar and Sela in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Also hosted/co-produced the films Trekkies and Trekkies 2. Her character here has been referred to in promotional material for this episode as Yar's grandmother, and even goes so far as to refer to herself as Jenna Natasha Yar. Mary Linda Rapelye Ambassador Rayna Morgan "To Serve All My Days" Rapelye appeared as "space hippie" and former Chekov love interest Irina Galliulin in TOS episode "The Way to Eden." William Windom Commodore Matt Decker "In Harm's Way" Windom reprises his role of Commodore Decker from nearly 40 years earlier in TOS episode "The Doomsday Machine." Malachi Throne Korogh (Kargh's father) and Commodore José Méndez (voice) "In Harm's Way" Throne played Commodore José Méndez in TOS episode "The Menagerie" and Romulan Senator Pardek in the TNG episode "Unification." Eddie Paskey Admiral Leslie "Come What May" Paskey plays the father of Lt. Leslie, an uncredited but frequent character he portrayed in the original series. John Winston Captain Matthew Jefferies "Come What May" Winston played the transporter chief and relief helmsman Lieutenant Kyle in the original series, reprising the role in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as a communications officer on starship Reliant. His character's name here pays homage to Matt Jefferies, who co-designed the original starship Enterprise.
Other support
The first episode, "In Harm's Way," features Rod Roddenberry, the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, as a consulting producer. Sam Witwer is the voice of the Guardian of Forever (credited as "Simon Judas Raye").
For the second episode, "To Serve All My Days," written by original series writer D.C. Fontana, original cast member Walter Koenig reprises his role as Pavel Chekov. Mary-Linda Rapelye (Irina Galliulin in the original series episode "The Way to Eden") appears as an ambassador.
The third episode, "World Enough and Time," was co-authored by Marc Scott Zicree and Michael Reaves. Zicree, who also directed the episode, contributed the stories for the "First Contact" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and "Far Beyond the Stars" for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Reaves, who co-wrote (with Diane Duane) the "Where No One Has Gone Before" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, originally pitched a story to the unproduced Star Trek: Phase II series in which Sulu ages by thirty years, and that story served as the basis for this New Voyages episode. Majel Barrett Roddenberry provided the computer voice in this episode.
Legal status and controversy Like all fan-films, New Voyages existed at the whim of the Star Trek franchise owners CBS (and previously Paramount Pictures), which previously tolerated the distribution of fan-created material as long as no attempt was made to profit from it.