1972 (production)

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

For information about 1972 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1972.

Events

January

• 1 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #14 with the third of six installments.
• 8 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #15 with the fourth of six installments.
• 10 January – Chris Blackwood is born.
• 12 January – Michelle Paradise is born.
• 15 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #16 with the fifth of six installments.
• 21 January – Keno Deary is born. The first Star Trek convention is held at the Statler Hilton, New York during the weekend of 21-23.
• 22 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #17 with the sixth of six installments.
• 27 January – Alan Gratz is born.
• 28 January – Gillian Vigman is born.
• 29 January – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #18 with the first of five installments.
• 31 January – Al Goto is born.

February

• 1 February – Yoshi DeHerrera is born.
• 5 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #19 with the second of five installments.
• 8 February – Paul "Big Show" Wight is born.
• 9 February – Lee Erwin dies.
• 12 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #20 with the third of five installments.
• 19 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #21 with the fourth of five installments.
• 26 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #22 with the fifth of five installments.
• Star Trek 5 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.
• Gold Key TOS comic #13: "Dark Traveler" is published.

March

• 4 March – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #23 with the first of eleven installments.
• 11 March – Fredric Brown dies. The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #24 with the second of eleven installments.
• 18 March – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #25 with the third of eleven installments.
• 25 March – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #26 with the fourth of eleven installments.

April

• 1 April – Scott Rader is born. The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #27 with the fifth of eleven installments.
• 5 April – Alexander Enberg is born.
• 8 April – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #28 with the sixth of eleven installments.
• 12 April – Matt E. Levin is born.
• 15 April – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #29 with the seventh of eleven installments.
• 22 April – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #30 with the eighth of eleven installments.
• 29 April – Derek Mears is born. The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #31 with the ninth of eleven installments.
• Star Trek 6 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

May

• 2 May – Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is born.
• 6 May – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #32 with the tenth of eleven installments.
• 12 May – Steve Ihnat dies.
• 13 May – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #33 with the eleventh of eleven installments.
• 20 May – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #34 with the first of nine installments.
• 27 May – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #35 with the second of nine installments.
• Gold Key TOS comic #14: "The Enterprise Mutiny" is published.

June

• 3 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #36 with the third of nine installments.
• 4 June – Gary Weeks is born.
• 7 June – Karl Urban is born.
• 10 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #37 with the fourth of nine installments and Bobby Pappas is born.
• 13 June – Matt "Batt" Banning is born.
• 16 June – John Cho is born.
• 17 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #38 with the fifth of nine installments.
• 22 June – One of the very first mentions of a Star Trek motion picture by D.C. Fontana, who writes about it in a fanzine Star-Borne about the possibility of such a production.
• 24 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #39 with the sixth of nine installments.
• 30 June – Leonard O'Grady is born.

July

• 1 July – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #40 with the seventh of nine installments.
• 3 July – Edwin Rodriguez is born.
• 8 July –
  • Glenn Hetrick is born.
  • The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #41 with the eighth of nine installments.
• 12 July – Warren Flanagan is born.
• 15 July – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #42 with the ninth of nine installments.
• 22 July –
  • The Thirty-First UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #43 with the first of five installments.
  • Louise Bale is born.
• 29 July – Wil Wheaton is born. The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #44 with the second of five installments.
• Star Trek 7 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

August

• 3 August – Brigid Brannagh is born.
• 5 August – The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #45 with the third of five installments.
• 7 August – Heather Kadin is born.
• 9 August – Ryan Bollman and Liz Vassey are born.
• 11 August – Marty Murray is born.
• 12 August – The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #46 with the fourth of five installments.
• 13 August – Crystal Allen is born.
• 19 August – The Thirty-First UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #47 with the fifth of five installments.
• 26 August – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #48 with the first of nine installments.
• 27 August – F.J. DeSanto is born.
• 31 August – Dianna Faulkner is born.
• Gold Key TOS comic #15: "Museum at the End of Time" is published.

September

• 2 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #49 with the second of nine installments.
• 6 September – Idris Elba is born.
• 8 September – Cari Shayne is born.
• 9 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #50 with the third of nine installments.
• 16 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #51 with the fourth of nine installments.
• 23 September – Melissa Vinicor is born. The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #52 with the fifth of nine installments.
• 26 September – Anita Hart is born.
• 30 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #53 with the sixth of nine installments.
• George H. Merhoff dies.

October

• 1 October – Marcus Young is born.
• 5 October – Shawn Piller is born.
• 7 October – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #54 with the seventh of nine installments.
• 14 October – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #55 with the eighth of nine installments.
• 20 October – Eric Kagan is born.
• 21 October – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #56 with the ninth of nine installments.
• 28 October – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #57 with the first of seven installments.
• 29 October – Gabrielle Union is born.

November

• 1 November – Zander Cannon is born.
• 4 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #58 with the second of seven installments.
• 6 November – Rebecca Romijn is born.
• 8 November – Jason Matthew Smith is born.
• 11 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #59 with the third of seven installments.
• 18 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #60 with the fourth of seven installments.
• 19 November – Nicole Forester is born.
• 25 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #61 with the fifth of seven installments.
• Star Trek 8 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.
• Gold Key TOS comic #16: "Day of the Inquisitors" is published.
• Thompson Knox is born.

December

• 2 December – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #62 with the sixth of seven installments.
• 9 December – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #63 with the seventh of seven installments.
• 16 December – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #64 with the first of ten installments.
• 23 December – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #65 with the second of ten installments.
• 30 December – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #66 with the third of ten installments.

Unknown

• Dayo Ade is born.
• Massi Furlan is born.
• Mike Gunther is born.
• Vincent Niebla is born.
• Kiante Elam is born.
• The Sixth UK Annual Story is published in the 1972 TV 21 Annual.
• The Seventh UK Annual Story is published in the 1972 Valiant Summer Special.

1971

Production timeline Births • Deaths

1973

External link

• 1972 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works