Set Phasers to Stun

Marcus Berkmann

Forty-seven years after NBC killed it off Star Trek celebrates its half-century in a state of rude health. Boldly going where several other people have been before Marcus Berkmann tells the story of this sturdy science fiction vehicle from its first five-year mission (rudely curtailed to three) through the dark years of the 1970s the triumphant film series and The Next Generation to the current 'reboot' films with a younger cast taking on the characters of Kirk Spock McCoy and co.

With wit insight and a huge pile of DVDs he seeks to answer all the important questions. Why did Kirk's shirt always get torn when he had a fist fight? What's the most number of times Uhura said 'Hailing frequencies open sir' in a single episode? (Seven.) And what's the worst imaginable insult in Klingon? (Your mother has a smooth forehead.)