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Star Trek Day: Free Virtual Discussions With Cast Members Including Original 1960s Series

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Evelyn Kanter

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Today is Star Trek Day, with three hours of FREE virtual discussions with cast members, writers and others – including from the original 1960s series – and the legacy of the various generations of the popular series.

Appearances include Patrick Stewart, who played Captain Picard, and George Takei, who was Sulu in the original series with William Shatner as Captain Kirk and the late Leonard Nimoy as Dr. Spock.

Wil Wheaton and Mica Burton are hosts for this special event that reunites iconic cast members and creative minds from nine “Star Trek” television series.

Star Trek Day is presented by CBS All Access, to promote the third season of Star Trek: Discovery, premiering October 15.

These are some of the panels, which start at 3pm Eastern:

Host Wil Wheaton speaks with the Deep Space Nine cast about the series’ arguably most famous episode, “Far Beyond the Stars,” along with other iconic episodes and the powerful messages they still hold today.
 
Wheaton also  sits down with George Takei and Rod Roddenberry to discuss the first episode of Star Trek and The Original Series’ continued impact on society both yesterday and today.
 
For the first time ever, the cast and writers of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds discuss the exciting upcoming adventures of Pike, Spock and Number One.
 
Stewart and Frakes. Picard and Number One. Two friends revisit their time across Star Trek and how it informed their most recent appearances on Star Trek: Picard in this heartfelt conversation.
 
Scott Bakula and the cast of Star Trek: Enterprise recall the making of the adventures of the Enterprise NX-01 and its unique position in Star Trek history.
 

See the full schedule here.

 
Also, for every person who tweets the hashtag #StarTrekUnitedGives from 12AM until 11:59PM PT, CBS All Access will donate $1 to organizations who do the real-world work of championing equality, social justice and the pursuit of scientific advancements.
 
These organizations include the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (NAACP LDF), National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Learn more about at the organizations at www.naacpldf.org, www.nacme.org, and www.eji.org.

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