THE BEST Star Trek

During the Rainer Hersch Orkestra’s 2019 New Year’s concert, Soprano Laura Ruhí Vidal came on stage to perform a “warm up” after arriving in England from Spain. To stretch her vocal cords, she belted out a goosebump-inducing rendition of Alexander Courage’s original theme from Star Trek.

Star Trek fans, tune in for the next 36 minutes for (or 18 minutes if you choose 2x speed on YouTube) and watch as a team of scenic carpenters transform a bare soundstage into the main set pieces for Star Trek: Discovery – including the bridge of the show’s eponymous starship.

Illustrator Boggs Nicolas combines two of our favorite franchises – Star Trek and Fallout, melding Jean-Luc Picard with VaultBoy. The Captain is giving a reassuring thumbs up as he orders his crew to make it so. Comes in tees, hoodies, tank tops, long sleeves, and more. Available only 2/19/2020 on ShirtPunch, so grab yours quick.

Ever wonder how Starfleet crews keep in such good shape during when they’re not fighting Gorn? Robb Pearlman’s amusing workout book offers up exercises like Vulcan side planks, Tribble twists, and those dreaded Wesley crunchers. The perfect gift for Star Trek fans.

When you’re not drinking it from a can, pop open a cold bottle of Romulan ale with this officially-licensed USS Enterprise bottle opener. This substantial metal opener measures 5″ long and removes caps with ease. Also available in gold, white, or black.

CBS All Access drops another look at the upcoming Jean-Luc Picard series, which kicks off with the best Starfleet Captain ever coming out of retirement to come to the aid of a mysterious young woman. And the Captain now has two Number Ones – his cat, and Lieutenant Riker. Premieres 1/23/20.

Nearly 20 years after he left Starfleet, Jean-Luc Picard has retired to his winery in France. But after an encounter with a mysterious young woman, he finds himself longing for adventure and back at the helm of a starship once again. We’re so excited to see a couple of other familiar faces.

A classy new variant on ThinkGeek’s desktop facepalm sculpture. This 6″ bust of Captain Jean-Luc Picard is just the thing for expressing your everyday frustration with the stupidity surrounding you. Made from resin with a bronze patina finish.

If you haven’t heard by now, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is coming back with a new Star Trek series on CBS All Access. In anticipation of the show, we suggest taking in this hard rockin’ cover of the themes from TNG and First Contact by Captain Meatshield.

(PG-13: Language) “Steak. Affirmative rare. From a bear.” Musician and madman Stepasaur performs a kind of bad lip reading of his own, as he raps poetic about what the crew of the Starship Enterprise is having for dinner, and the aftermath of Captain Kirk’s poor choice.

Lenovo will be releasing what appears to be an officially-licensed desktop PC that resembles the NCC-1701A Enterprise from Star Trek. Inside is a projector, a 9th gen Intel Core i9 CPU, a GTX 2080 GPU, up to 32GB RAM and up to 3TB storage. Photos via My Drivers.

Man at Arms: Reforged’s latest build is the Sword of Kahless, the legendary Klingon bat’leth from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The job turned out to be as complex as the weapon’s shape, taking numerous forgings and grindings to complete.

A cast of 4th and 5th graders from Van Buren, Arkansas’ Parkland Elementary performed in this charming musical tribute to Star Trek, in which evil Klingons take the Easter Bunny hostage. Written, directed, and composed by teacher and Emmy winner Kevin Croxton.

Word has it that Quentin Tarantino is really working on a Star Trek film – and we so want to see that. While we wait and see how that turns out, Nerdist went ahead and made a trailer for what they think it might be like, using footage from The Original Series.

Make it so awesome with these sweet custom Trek characters from Minifigs.me. The set includes Picard, Riker, Troi, Data, Worf, Geordi, Dr. Crusher, Wesley – and his epic rainbow sweater. Available in flesh tone or traditional LEGO yellow. Individual figures also available.

Cherry Tree is offering a limited edition run of officially licensed desktop PCs with cases modeled after the Borg Cube from Star Trek. The 6″x 6″x 6″ PC is meant for productivity and entertainment, while the upcoming 12″x 12″x 12″ model will be a gaming rig.

Lounge around your quarters after a long day on the bridge with one of these officially-licensed, Starfleet-issue robes. They come in Gold (Command), Blue (Science/Medical), or Red (Doomed) color schemes, with Starfleet insignias and rank markings on the sleeves.

The Warp Zone celebrates Star Trek: Discovery with a fun medley of themes from The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise. Though we really wanted to hear the lyric “It’s been a long road, getting from there to here…“

While only a handful of us will likely subscribe to CBS All Access to watch every episode of Star Trek: Discovery, there are still plenty of places we can rewatch The Next Generation. Screen Junkies is here to remind why we loved the NCC-1701-D and its motley crew.

From Conan’s cutting room floor comes another hilarious bit with his associate producer Jordan Schlansky, as he goes off on an seemingly endless rant about why Star Wars is so much better than Star Trek – and nobody stops him. Somebody get this guy a lozenge.

It dates back to 2011, but we couldn’t help but share this fantastic medley of some of the classic theme music from the Star Trek universe, performed impeccably on the pipe organ by Cantor Ralph Leinen at St Donatus church in Aachen Brand, Germany.

Our second look at the new Star Trek series is still pretty light on plot, but it does a good job showing off more of the cast of characters, enemies, ships, props, and costumes, all of which have a look that’s pretty different than any other Trek to date. (Thanks Jack!)

Trekkies who prefer to rum and fruit juice cocktails to Romulan ale will be thrilled with this awesome set of tiki glasses, inspired by The Original Series. The set of 14oz. ceramic tikis includes likenesses of Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy, a Gorn, a Klingon, Mr. Spock, and a Mugato.

Sonequa Martin-Green, Michelle Yeoh, Jason Isaacs, and Doug Jones star in the first new Trek series in over a decade. It takes place in the pre-Kirk era, and is being told from the perspective of the ship’s first officer. The pilot hits CBS, followed by a full season on CBS All Access.

Filmmaker Patrick Collins took footage from the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and combined it with Daft Punk’s score from TRON: Legacy, recutting what was originally a slow and plodding 2+ hour film into a 22-minute audiovisual masterwork.