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My Star Trek Story

Hi! My name is Ruth and as you can see I'm a big Star Trek fan. This site will be unlike any Star Trek site you have ever seen. But first the story of how I got hooked on Star Trek.

I didn't get into Star Trek until after it went off the air, but when I did, I did it in a big way. I started out taping it on audio tapes. My husband and kids thought I was nutz. This was back in the mid '70s. I saw "The Menagerie Part 2" twice before I ever saw Part 1. That was when NBC was rerunning them. When Paramount was suppose to revive it in the late'70s I couldn't wait for it to came back. Needless to say, I was very disappointed when I found out it wasn't coming back. By this time I was a devoted Star Trek fan and wanted more of it!

When the movies came out I went to see each one. Really like them a lot. Have all nine of them on video tape.

Then when they announced that "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was coming out I was skeptical. I wanted more of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew, not a new Enterprise and crew. Well, being a big Star Trek fan I watched it, just knowing I wouldn't like it, and I didn't! I loved it! It had a great crew and some fantastic stories. Got them all on tape.

When "Deep Space Nine" came out, I couldn't wait. Loved that show too. Then couldn't wait for "Voyager". But, alas, I had to because they put it on UPN and at the time I couldn't get it. I watched "The Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine" on the Fox Channel. Then I found out that "Deep Space Nine" was going to be on UPN for its fourth season and I wouldn't be able to watch it, real bummer. *pout*. But in January 1996 Fox started running the fourth season *VBS*, so I got to see all but one ("The Visitor") and I really want to see it because its where Sisko dies and Jake is all grown up and I don't know what happens!! ***UPDATE*** I finally got to see this one and it was GREAT!!!

When "The Next Generation" went off the air after seven years I was frantic. Thought it was appropriate that Q was in the last one ("All Good Things"), since he was in the first one ("Encounter At Farpoint"). Really liked the last show. I hated the fact that they took it off the air. As the years went by it got better and better. I still had "Deep Space Nine" at the time though and watched it faithfully.

When they transferred "Deep Space Nine" to UPN I was lost for awhile. Couldn't watch "Deep Space Nine" or "Voyager". Missed the first two and part of the third season of "Voyager" and part of the fifth season of "Deep Space Nine". Then we got UPN and I've been watching "Voyager" and "Deep Space Nine" faithfully every week. Now what happened, off goes "Deep Space Nine" *pout*pout*pout*. But I still have "Voyager" for a couple more years, hopefully, and have my tapes so I can still watch them all. Plus I'm getting videos of "Voyager" so I can catch up with it.

The last few shows of "DS9" were really great and really liked the two-hour season finale, ("What You Leave Behind"). The way it ended I know they'll be coming out with a movie. They left too many loose ends. Also thought killing off Jadzia at the end of the sixth season with only one more to go was nutz but I found I like Ezrie.

Some of my favorite Shows:

Star Trek--"The Trouble With Tribbles" My all-time favorite.

Star Trek: The Next Generation--"Inner Light" My all-time favorite Next Generation.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine--"Trials and Tribble-ations" Naturally, another Tribble story.

Star Trek: Voyager--"Course Oblivion" Liked it because Tom and B'Lanna got married, didn't like it that everyone died, because they were replicas from the Demon planet.

My favorite Star Trek Movies:

Star Trek III--"The Search for Spock"

Star Trek VI--"The Undiscovered Country"

Star Trek IX--"Insurrection"

As a collector of Star Trek, well that's another story. Check out my link to My Star Trek Collection and you'll see why!

Live long and prosper!

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