WHAT'S NEW

This page lists the changes that this Animated STAR TREK web site has undergone. If you are a frequent visitor to this site, check this page to see what has been added lately. This material is ordered from newest to oldest, with the newest stuff being listed first.



December 28, 2007:
  • I added a note to the Main, Filmation and References pages pertaining to the new book about Filmation by Lou Scheimer due out next May.

December 5, 2007:
  • Since so many Filmation-produced animation series have recently been released, I have added images and links to Amazon.com for the boxed sets of these classic shows to the Filmation page.

July 20, 2007:
March 24, 2007:
  • Added a new question and answer concerning rumored animated STAR TREK public service announcements (epilogues that tell the show's moral) to the Questions & Answers page.

March 19, 2007:
  • Added information concerning tie-ins to Gene Roddenberry's original pitch for STAR TREK and STAR TREK: The Next Generation episode to the notes on the "The Lorelei Signal" page.
  • Added a note about auroras to the "Albatross" episode page.
  • Added a note about Starfleet Command's opinion of James Kirk to the "Bem" episode page.

February 8, 2007:
  • Added a note to "The Jihad" episode page about the female characters in that episode being voiced by veteran voice actor Jane Webb. I also added this credit to the Production page.

January 2, 2007:
  • Added information to the Series History page mentioning that Dorothy Fontana left as Associate Producer of the animated series after the first season.
  • Added a note to four episode pages mentioning that the DVD release of the animated series changed the opening credits to indicate that Bill Reed was the director of "The Pirates of Orion", "Bem", "Albatross" and "The Practical Joker".

December 15, 2006:
  • Added new pages to this site for the recurring characters of Lt. Gabler and Lt. Kyle.
  • Added information about writer David Wise to the Notes page.

December 2, 2006:
November 28, 2006:
  • Added information to the Series History page about the conceptual sketches presented by Filmation at their preliminary meetings with Gene Roddenberry, including images of these sketches.

November 21, 2006:
  • Added information to the Main page announcing that the animated series has been released to DVD.
  • Added a new uniform and a new starship insignia to the to Uniforms & Insignia page. They are circa 2115 and they belong to the crew of the S.S. Bonaventure.

November 19, 2006:
  • Added information to the Kzin, Orion, Phylosian and Romulan entries on the Lifeforms page.
  • Added a note to "The Time Trap" page and to the Insectoid entry on the Lifeforms page suggesting that they might the Xindi insectoids that were seen on STAR TREK: Enterprise.
  • Revamped the starship profiles on the U.S.S. Enterprise and S.S. Bonaventure pages.
  • Once again, I corrected information on the S.S. Bonaventure page pertaining to the ship's registry number. The correct registry number is NCC-10281.
  • Revamped the Klingon battle cruiser profile and created a new profile featuring the Romulan battle cruiser with its elaborate yelloe and red markings on the Klingon/Romulan ship page.

November 9, 2006:
October 31, 2006:
  • Added information and images to all 22 episode pages.
  • Added information and images about Romulan ships to the Klingon/Romulan ship page.

September 23, 2006:
  • Added information to "The Slaver Weapon" and References pages pertaining to the three story treatments written by Larry Niven for the Animated STAR TREK series. The information was learned from page 503 of Niven's Playgrounds of the Mind book published in 1991.
  • Also added an anecdote to "The Slaver Weapon" and the Traitor's Claw pages pertaining to the Kzin spaceship's color.
  • Added a bit more information to the Background History page.
  • Added several more books to the References page.

July 23, 2006:
  • Updated the note on this site's Main page listing many extra features and official box art.

June 11, 2006:
  • Corrected information on the S.S. Bonaventure page pertaining to the ship's registry number which had been incorrect on this site for years. The correct registry number is NCC-10283.

December 21, 2005:
  • The Animated STAR TREK series will be released on DVD in the Fall of 2006. I added a note to this site's Main page giving details of the release.

January 15, 2005:
  • Added a note about the STAR TREK Starfleet Corps of Engineers novel #44 which is a direct sequel to the Animated STAR TREK episode "The Time Trap."

    By the way, the book features a Starfleet character named Lieut. Cmdr Curt Danhauser in honor of me!


May 10, 2003:
  • Added a note about my involvement with the Animated STAR TREK Trading Cards to the main page and I added a banner link to scifihobby.com the web site of Rittenhouse Archives the makers of the Trading Cards. It is about time that the Forgotten STAR TREK series got the full trading card treatment.

October 20, 2002:
September 1, 2002:
  • Added a note to the "Beyond the Farthest Star" episode page about its being the first episode and how it had aired seven years to the day after the original series debuted.
  • Added a note about a direct tie-in between the animated episode "Yesteryear" and an episode of the Enterprise television series.
  • Added information about James Schmerer to the "The Survivor" episode page.
  • Added a note to the "Bem" episode page about how Bem's disconnected body parts were able to float and move about in midair.
  • To the "Once Upon a Planet" page, I added a mention of Uhura's singing in that episode.
  • Added a note to the "The Jihad" episode page about it being the last episode of the first season.
  • Added information about a direct tie-ins between the animated episode "The Time Trap" and STAR TREK: Voyager.
  • Added a note to the "The Pirates of Orion" episode page concerning George Takei doing the voices of three characters in the episode and the fact that it was the first episode of the second season.
  • Added a note to the "The Counter-Clock Incident" episode page about how the U.S.S. Enterprise's first commander Robert April and this episode were mentioned in Mike and Denise Okuda's STAR TREK Chronology books.
  • Added to the Uniforms and Insignia page a mention and an illustration of the yellow command female duty uniform.
  • I also added a mention of the sixth-season STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine episode "One Little Ship" to the Series History page.

August 13, 2002:
  • Added a note about the last appearance of the smooth-foreheaded Klingons to the "The Time Trap" page.

July 15, 2002:
April 30, 2002:
March 28, 2002:
  • Added a note to the Notes page about dialogue in the seventh season STAR TREK: Voyager episode "Q2" that supports my assumption that Kirk's first five-year mission ended in 2270 and not in 2269.

December 28, 2001:
  • Added a note to the Lieutenant M'Ress and the Lieutenant Arex pages about the appearances of those two characters in two novels published by Pocket Books in October and November 2001.

December 20, 2001:
  • Added pictures to several sections within the Questions & Answers page.
  • Added a picture depicting what M'Ress looked like in the 1975 STAR TREK children's record comic book to the Lieutenant M'Ress page.

December 19, 2001:
August 3, 2000:
  • Added several more images to the full graphics version of the Timeline page, including a picture of M'Ress when she entered the Starfleet Academy in 2262.

August 1, 2000:
  • Added information to the site which was learned from the autobiographies of James Doohan (Scotty) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura).
  • Added James Doohan's autobiography to the References page.
  • Added Nichelle Nichols' autobiography to the References page.

July 28, 2000:
July 25, 2000:
  • Added the Personnel page, which lists the Starfleet members mentioned and seen on the Animated Star Trek series, giving photos and descriptions of each.

July 23, 2000:
  • Added the Lifeforms page, which lists the aliens and creatures mentioned and seen on the Animated Star Trek series, giving photos and descriptions of each.

July 20, 2000:
July 2, 2000:
  • Added a live-action photo of Andorian Starfleet officer Commander Thelin to the "Yesteryear" page.

June 30, 2000:
  • Added information about Walter Koenig's association with the Animated STAR TREK series to the Background History page.
  • Added Walter Koenig's autobiography to the References page.

March 24, 2000:
  • Added the Episode number to the top of each of the 22 Episode pages.

March 7, 2000:
  • Added to the Nurse Chapel page a link to Majel Barrett's own web site which includes detailed biographical information of her life and career.

January 16, 2000:
  • Added information to the Notes page concerning script writers James Schmerer, Stephen Kandel and Len Janson.

January 13, 2000:
  • Removed the note from the Main page about the Animated STAR TREK airing on Nick At Nite's TV Land. That network no longer airs the series.
  • Added information to the Lieutenant Arex page about his appearing in the 1988 STAR TREK novel "Time for Yesterday."
  • Added more information to the Notes page concerning Marc Daniels, script writer of the Animated episode "One of Our Planets Is Missing".
  • Made a few corrections to the Questions & Answers page.

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