Media Reports - Star Trek New Voyages / Phase II Fan Films - Germany

29. Feb. 2008 - www.io9.com
Gene Roddenberry's Lost Star Trek Series Finally Sees Daylight

Gene Roddenberry planned to bring Star Trek back to television in the mid-1970s, under the name Star Trek: Phase II. The Spock-less series would have introduced some new characters alongside Kirk and friends, and detailed the crew's second five-year mission. But the show never happened, and parts of the concept ended up in the first Trek movie and The Next Generation. Now, after 30-plus years, fans are finally making it happen.
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18. Feb. 2008 - www.trekmovie.com
New Voyages Heads To Phase II

The popular independent fan production Star Trek New Voyages is changing its name and changing direction. Starting immediately New Voyages will be known as Star Trek: Phase II, adopting the name of the planned but never produced ‘second Star Trek series.’ Show star and executive producer James Cawley announced the change at the Farpoint Convention in Baltimore on Saturday. Cawley talked to TrekMovie.com about the new name and new direction for the show formerly known as New Voyages.
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03. Jan. 2008 - www.blogtalkradio.com
TVOT Live: James Cawley, CEO, Star Trek New Voyages

James Cawley, an Elvis-impersonator and actor, built the bridge of the Enterprise in a barn in New York State and filmed several new professionally-shot episodes of Star Trek based on the original characters. On-demand downloads of these episodes are reaching into the millions. What does this say about the future of on-demand, independent Broadband TV content? itvt.com's editor, Tracy Swedlow, talks to Cawley who also plays Captain Kirk.
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20. Dec. 2007 - CNN
Star Trek DIY: Fans make their own 'Webisodes'

Capt. Kirk was wrong: Space is not "Star Trek's" "final frontier." It's the Internet.

Television seems to have abandoned the 40-year-old franchise for now, leaving fans to create adventures using the Web, high technology and their imaginations.

Two seasoned Web producers are rolling out an unofficial audio podcast based on the Trek universe two years after Paramount canceled its remaining "Star Trek" TV series and a year before producer J.J. Abrams' much-anticipated "Star Trek" film.

"People are hungry for new material," said Sebastian Prooth, co-executive producer of "Star Trek: The Continuing Mission." "But they're not hungry for McDonald's. They're hungry for gourmet."
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16. Dec. 2007 - The New York Times
Nobody Knows the Tribbles He’s Seen

BY any reasonable definition David Gerrold is a major figure in science fiction. He has published some 50 books and won many of his genre’s highest awards, including the Hugo and the Nebula. John Cusack and Amanda Peet starred in “Martian Child,” which was inspired by his novella “The Martian Child” and opened last month.

But Mr. Gerrold seems destined to be forever remembered as the guy who gave the world the alien race of cute, lovable, rapidly breeding fluff balls known as tribbles.

You know, tribbles — the star characters of “The Trouble With Tribbles,” probably the most famous episode of the original “Star Trek.” Initially broadcast 40 years ago (on Dec. 29, 1967), the segment was Mr. Gerrold’s first professional sale. Most Trekkies love it.
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14. Dec. 2007 - www.tvguide.com
Star Trek Talk from Award-Winning Guest Columnist

Guest columnist Marc Scott Zicree shares his thoughts on Star Trek and his original Star Trek New Voyages webisode, "World Enough and Time," which recently won an Online Video Award from TV Guide.
When on September 8, 1966, the NBC network broadcast "The Man Trap" by George Clayton Johnson, the premiere episode of a new series called Star Trek, one thing was certain — television would never be the same. And neither would I.

was 11 years old that night, and that was, I think, the pivotal moment when I began the series of decisions that led to my becoming a writer-producer in television, and now a director. But I was hardly alone in being warped and altered (and, I believe, significantly improved) by Star Trek. In 40 years, that number has grown by many millions.
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01. Dec. 2007 - www.pressrepublican.com
Ti video producer wins national honor
'Star Trek' productions top TV Guide's Sci-Fi Webisodes

TICONDEROGA -- When TV Guide announced its Online Video Awards for the year, organizers of the Ticonderoga-based "Star Trek: New Voyages" productions were surprised to learn they'd won the Sci-Fi Webisodes category.

New Voyages Executive Producer James Cawley of Ticonderoga accepted the award after his Web site won out over nominees including the Sci-Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica," the USA Network's "The 4400" and "Afterworld," a $3 million animated series produced by Santa Monica, Calif.-based Electric Farm Entertainment for MySpace.com.

"I am still shocked, amazed and humbled that we were one of the four shows nominated, but to have actually won, what a great thrill," Cawley said.
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18. May 2006 - www.bbc.co.uk
An Audience With George Takei

George Takei made his only UK appearance this year in Norwich on Sunday 14 May, 2006. In an exclusive webTV interview with BBC Norfolk he talks about equality for the gay community, his childhood in a detention camp and four decades of Star Trek.Fans of sci-fi were beaming when George Takei, aka Star Trek's Mr Sulu, made a visit to Norwich. The event, organised by Norwich science fiction store Kulture Shock, marked the Star Trek star's only UK appearance this year. George Takei was part of the original Star Trek cast, working alongside William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and Leonard Nimoy (Mr Spock). Whilst he's best known for his role of helmsman aboard the USS Enterprise, more recently George Takei has become a leading voice in the campaign for gay equality. In an exclusive webTV interview with BBC Norfolk, Mr Takei talked to Martin Barber about his work as a campaigner for gay rights, his childhood in an American internment camp and of course, 40 years of life with Mr Sulu.
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02. Feb. 2006 - www.bbcnews.com
Star Trek fan acts out dream role  

British actor and Star Trek fan John Carrigan is making a name for himself through his involvement in internet episodes of the cult sci-fi show. Mr Carrigan, from Tonbridge in Kent, plays Captain Kargh of the Klingons in Star Trek: New Voyages. A pilot show and two episodes have been made available for internet download, while two more are also in production. The web series is made by professional actors and crew, many of whom who are also dedicated Trekkies. It is a labour of love as the show is funded by the fans of the 1960s series and its spin-offs and films. Some of the original stars have also made appearances.
"Everyone's put such a lot into this," said Mr Carrigan. When you see the sets and the level of acting and the special effects, no way does it fall anywhere below anything you can see on screen today. It had 30 million downloads on the internet without any advertising. Paramount's Enterprise series had three million viewers, so it really speaks for itself how popular what we did was."
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13. Dec 2005 - www.wired.com
To Boldly Go Where No Fan Has Gone Before

Captain James T. Kirk is working on some much-needed repairs to the bridge of his spacecraft when a member of his crew dares to suggest that the Imperial forces from Star Wars are tougher than the Klingons. "I am so sick of the debates," Kirk says. Then he explains how he could take out the Death Star without firing a single photon torpedo. All he'd have to do is pilot the starship Enterprise in close - out of enemy-weapons range but within the range of his transporter - and beam over a piece of antimatter. Blam! Simple. "I can settle the question once and for all, but you just won't listen," he says wearily.
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