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Budget. $45 million. Box office. $146 million. Star Trek: First Contact is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in his feature film debut. It is the eighth movie of the Star Trek franchise, and the second starring the cast of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- $45 million
- November 22, 1996
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- Star Trek's alternate 'Kelvin' timeline explained
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How-to
By Richard Edwards
published 8 June 2020
Whether you're wanting to check out the Original Series or Discovery, figuring out how to watch Star Trek in order is a breeze with this easy guide!
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Is it just us or is figuring out how to watch Star Trek in order getting more and more complex with each passing year? The prospect of watching Star Trek in order would be daunting for even the most decorated of starship captains with multiple series being brought to life on both the big and small screens. But fear not Trekkies - we've got you covered!
This is probably the list you're looking for if you're trying to figure out how to watch Star Trek in order. It's where things get really interesting, as Star Trek movies and TV shows have a habit of jumping around the franchise's chronology with sequels, prequels and bits in between. There are even two distinct timelines – but don't worry, we'll explain all that.
The original ‘Prime’ timeline was started by the Original Series, the Next Generation-era TV shows, and the first ten movies, The alternative ‘Kelvin’ timeline, meanwhile, was created in JJ Abrams’ first Star Trek (2009) to allow the familiar Enterprise crew of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura and Chekov to have new adventures without contradicting canon. To avoid confusion, we've defined the two timelines as separate entities below.
This list doesn't, however, include all of the brief Short Treks – short stories which are mostly set around the Star Trek: Discovery era – and adventures where Starfleet crews time-travelled to the eras before any of the shows/movies are set (eg visits to 1986 in The Voyage Home and 2063 in First Contact). We've also left out upcoming Discovery spin-off Star Trek: Section 31, since it's not yet in production. (Also, we're not entirely sure exactly when it'll be set.)
Let's start with everything in one big list.
•Star Trek: Enterprise (seasons 1-4)
•‘The Cage’
In 2009's Star Trek movie directed by JJ Abrams, Spock Prime tries to save Romulus from a supernova, inadvertently creates a black hole while doing so, and gets pulled into the past, along with Romulan mining vessel the Narada. Once there, the Narada attacks the USS Kelvin on the day James T Kirk is born. The ship is destroyed as Kirk's father, George, sacrifices himself to save the rest of the crew.
When all that happens, the alternative ‘Kelvin’ timeline is created, with events unfolding in parallel (but with remarkable similarity) to the original Prime timeline.
Got all that? There are just three movies set in the Kelvin timeline:
•Star Trek (2009)
•Star Trek into Darkness
•Star Trek Beyond
•Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969)
•Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974)
•Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
•Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
•Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock (1984)
•Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home (1986)
If you just want to know how to stream the 13 Star Trek movies and eight TV shows in the US and the UK, we've laid it out below.
In the US, the newly rebranded Paramount Plus (formerly CBS All Access) is definitely the place to go, with every TV show available to watch. In the UK, Netflix hosts all the Star Trek series except for Picard and Lower Decks.
Watching the 13 Trek movies is a rather more complex affair, with the films spread across numerous streaming services in the US and UK – and some of them you'll have to pay to rent/buy.
The TV shows
•Star Trek: The Original Series (US: Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video UK: Netflix)
•Star Trek: The Animated Series (US: Paramount Plus UK: Netflix)
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Rated: 3.5/4 • Apr 8, 2023. The Enterprise and its crew follow a Borg ship through a time warp to prevent the Borg from taking over the Earth in a past era. Stuck in the past, Geordi La Forge ...
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Star Trek: First Contact. 71 Metascore. 1996. 2 hr 0 mins. Drama, Suspense, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction. PG13. Watchlist. Captain Picard and crew swear vengeance against their enemy, the ...
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