Across the nation, science fiction fans’ seven-year wait for a new Star Trek movie just came to an end as “Star Trek” opened across the nation. In Concord, the wait has ended May 8, when rare Star Trek items went on display at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, 2 Institute Drive.
A uniform worn by chief engineer Janice Rand, played by Grace Lee Whitney in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” is on display, as well as chairs from the set of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” The items were purchased at the October 2006 “40 Years of Star Trek” auction at Christie’s in New York. Fans can come see the Star Trek memorabilia and sit in some of the actual chairs used by Captain Jean Luc Picard and crew.
“Everyone here loves science fiction,” said Jeanne Tiberius Gerulskis, executive director.
“And the amazing technology of Star Trek from medical scanners to communicators gave us all a glimpse of the future.”
Star Trek is an American science fiction phenomena that began in 1966 with Gene Roddenberry’s original series about the crew of the starship Enterprise and its five-year mission “to boldly go where no man has gone before.” The show ran three seasons until 1969. Ten years later, the first Star Trek motion picture premiered, based on the plot line of James Kirk at the command of an upgraded Enterprise battling a hostile energy cloud threatening Earth. “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” was the second television series, set 70 years after the first show.
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
