Rick Berman Talks Series 5

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The source for the following is TrekWeb (Steve Krutzler).

In the latest issue of te STAR TREK COMMUNICATOR, Rick Berman talks about the new series...

Q: Rick, what is the current timeline for the new Star Trek TV series?
A: Well, these decisions are currently resting with Paramount, but I think it is pretty certain that te target date is September/October 2001. Obviously, with the impending writer and actors strike, that could change.

Q: Is t safe to say that the pilot and concept have been given the "green light" at this point?
A: Brannon and I have written the script together and have gotten very positive responses from the people at Paramount. We have handed in our second draft and the studio is very much behind the project. The question now is where is it going to end up? Who will be in t, etc.? All those fun things!

Q: You have intimated before that this series might be the first to not have the name "Star Trek" in it. Is that still your idea?
A: I think that there is a definite possibiity that we may have a title that does not include the words Star Trek. Thatmay be a sacrilegious thought but we have an idea that may include the need for that.

Q: Each Star Trek series has walked the line between the old and the new--keeping Gene's original philosophy while trying something new to stand on ts own. What s your goal for this new series that helps it to stand apart from the other shows?
A: We want the show to reflect the tone and beliefs of all the previous Star Trek series, especially The Next Generation, but at the same time, we feel it is absolutely essential, probably more so than ever before, that this show have a fresh and different tone to it. This show is going to be dramatically different from the other Star Trek series that have come before it and we hope we are going to do that successfully within an envelope of the Roddenberry spirit.

Q: Will this show have a primary starship that it takes place on?
A: Yes, this show will have a primary starship.

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little star :)
 
All the rumour mongering about this series has been that it is set 300 years before Next Gen, DS9 & Voyager, and at the start of the Federation, even before TOS. There doesn't seem much scope to do much in that to me.......... Old Technology that we have already seen, no new aliens that we haven't already seen, and the future already mapped out.

Little Star wrote
Q: Will this show have a primary starship that it takes place on?
A: Yes, this show will have a primary starship.
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But what if it was a Klingon ship that was the primary starship........COOL!:cool:
 
Originally posted by david676
All the rumour mongering about this series has been that it is set 300 years before Next Gen, DS9 & Voyager, and at the start of the Federation, even before TOS. There doesn't seem much scope to do much in that to me.......... Old Technology that we have already seen, no new aliens that we haven't already seen, and the future already mapped out.
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I agree that the pre-TOS setting would appear to be limiting.

This quote about the new series comes from space.com:

"To add suspense, it will feature a 29th century villian who is trying to prevent the Federation from being born. An educated guess suggests that Captain Braxton and the Federation Starship Relativity might make an appearance"

If this is true, the time-travel element might provide some interest, still allowing us to see new technology, races, etc. I have usually enjoyed the ST time-travel storylines, but the writing has to be good. Otherwise, it's easy for inconsistencies/implausibilties to arise.

What does anyone else think?

little star :)

BTW, a Klingon ship would be cool!
 
I love Time Travel stories.

Only they seem to get so complicated in Trek. They have to give some reason for it, first of all, usually a different one from one they've used before.

But then there is all the business of how can you dig up Data's head when he's still alive? " Time's Arrow " or how can Sela be Tasha's daughter " Yesterday's Enterprise " and " Redemption I and II ".

It begins to make my brain hurt!
 
In some ST episodes, time travel is portrayed as difficult, yet in others it's just a matter of a few quick calculations.

If the writers make it appear easy and commonplace, they should also come up with some explanation why it wouldn't be used and abused constantly. On ST:VOY we heard of the Temporal Prime Directive. Any opinions on whether or not something like this would actually be enforceable?

little star :)
 
Berman and Braga never give anything away do they?

I just had a thought - How can thay have a series with Captain Braxton and his timeship? Didn't Captain Braxton go mad, try to destroy Voyager for what they had done to him, and presumably got locked away? Or was that a different version of him from another parallel timeline?

Yes, the pain is starting!

That's the trouble with time travel stories, they can write anything they like, make anything they like happen; and it doesn't have to be a dream, it's still all real, but just not in our timeline.
 
Set and Costume designers are starting work on Series V. There is a new report at StarTrek.Com http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=119163
I can see that from past experience, they are going to keep details of the show under tight wraps.

Also, I looked up that episode of Voyager with Captain Braxton, and it was a different 'sane' version of him that helped USS Voyager, so he is still out there somewhere.
 
Fans views on Series V concepts.

I've just been reading some fan reactions to the rumours about Series V. at Space.Com. http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/tv/trek_roundtable1_000417.html
Lots of differences in opinion, but it looks as though the 'Birth of the Federation' idea is definitely on. Someone suggests something very similar to something I thought about a while ago, which was to not have a series at all, but just stand-alone mini-series, or TV-movies based on different areas each week. So you could have a Section 31 story this week, a Captain Sulu adventure next week, then a Klingon Mythology after that. The extra cost in sets, could be set off against them paying a cast of unknowns.
 
Re: Trek Today Cast List.

This is from the Section 31 website:
http://www.section31.com/

The Dark Horizons website has posted yet another Series V rumor. According to what this tipster states, the show will revolve around a ship that is more futuristic than the Enterprise E. Here is the tipster's report:



"The cast list published by Trek Today (and here with the scans) was indeed a fake - from a certain point-of-view. What I have confirmed is that the characters are similar to the ones to be featured in the new series and that the series will take place in the future as did Next Gen. The pre-TOS and Enterprise rumor are to throw everyone off. The only confirmation that I could obtain with the cast list is that Sub-Commander T'Pau is actually a Romulan, not a Vulcan and I am not sure about the name T'Pau but the military title is correct.

It was published that John Eaves is designing the new ship to be featured in the Series V. I have also confirmed that the ship he has already designed is in fact not pre-TOS but in fact more futuristic looking then the Enterprise E. We have to remember that Rick Berman has been stating time and time again in every interview and basically the jist of it is that they have strayed away from the essence of Star Trek with Deep Space Nine and Voyager. The essence of Star Trek is in fact the Enterprise. Star Trek has always been about the Enterprise and the exploration of space. That's what the new Series will be about"
 
Hi David676!

Well, as you mentioned in the other thread, it is a little inconvenient having two threads going at once on the same topic, but better than no threads, I guess!

Thanks for posting this info. As I've said in the other thread, it's always interesting when someone shares some info, and I appreciate someone taking the time to do it.

By the way, an extra thanks for making me aware of the Section 31 site. It looks like one I'll end up visiting often!

little star :)
 
Links.

Little Star, here are some more links for you:

(You may have given one of them to me! I can't remember.)

Star Trek (official site)
http://www.startrek.com/

Dark Horizons
http://www.darkhorizons.com/index2.html

SQ-ONLINE
http://www.wolfevents.co.uk/sq-online/

SPACE.com:
http://www.space.com/

SCIFI.COM
http://www.scifi.com/

Siriusly ~ Science Fiction
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6683/Sci-Fi.html


Nitpicker Central (Nitpickers Guild)
http://www.nitcentral.com/


NetMoon.com
http://www.netmoon.com/

Outpost 10F - Star Trek / Star Wars Community
http://www.outpost10f.com/

TrekToday
http://www.trektoday.com/

Section 31 - Beaming You Star Trek News
http://www.section31.com/http://www.


Trek News headlines - The Trekker Newsletter
http://www.treknewsletter.com/news/index.html


You Can't Do That On Star Trek!
http://pblaiklock.tripod.com/youcant/#gal

This is basically where I go online regarding Star Trek. Have you got any others?
 
Re: Little Stars URLs.

I like the Mr Spock Quotes.

Is that Magazine American?
It sounds as if it's new, but we have had a similar magazine in the UK, New Zealand and Australia for about 5 years now.

How come you are so far behind?
It has had a lot of good stuff in it, but I find now it tends to be repeating itself- there is only so much that you can write about a subject.
Also, with only Voyager in production and news about Star Trek X and Series 5 non-existant there is little new to write about.
 
Another rumour

Here is yet another rumour

Source: VoyagersDelights.COM

VoyagersDelights received the following rumours about Series 5 from their source known as "The Paramount Spy":

As a person who has connections in high places, I have found out almost by accident that the Star Trek series to be released will be entitled Enterprise by in which the series will deal with several characters, five humans, two aliens. 2 of the humans will be female whilst the other three will be male, as for the aliens there will be one male and one female.
One of the aliens will be Romulan while the other a race not clearly known to the Star Trek franchise.

The setting of the show will be greater than the 26th century and will involve a lot of time travel and space conflict.

It will be a totally different atmosphere to the previous star trek settings and the ship will look some what different to its portrayal in previous movies.

Movie X will see again another destruction of the Enterprise and will see all ends tie up with every character of the old TNG series.

Guest roles include previous TNG series characters and possibly one or two Ds9 characters, provided there are not directors cut out of the final footage of the guest stars, such as previous movies like Insurrections.

This movie draws the end as the series will not deflect on what happened to the Enterprise E, as this is the purpose of the movie.

The ship will be a lot smaller than the E and a lot more technologically advanced and equipped.

We will see all new in this new series- almost everything anyway!
 
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