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Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

For information about 2006 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 2006.

Table of Contents:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Media

Events[]

The 40th anniversary

January[]

1 January – Jerry Summers dies.
8 January –
- G4 television begins airing Star Trek: The Next Generation in syndication.
- Phil Hetos dies.
20 January – Pocket SCE eBook The Cleanup is released.
22 January – Allen Pinson dies.
31 January – Pocket ENT Rosetta is published.

February[]

13 February – Andreas Katsulas dies.
17 February –
- Paul Carr dies.
- Pocket SCE eBook Progress is released.
21 February – Richard Snell dies.
27 February – John Lendale Bennett dies.
28 February –
- Roberta Storm dies.
- Pocket Books Star Trek: New Frontier: Missing in Action is published.
- Pocket VOY novel Evolution is released.

March[]

7 March – Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg DVD set is released.
8 March – Rhoda Williams dies.
18 March – Star Trek Magazine issue 126 is released.
22 March – Sadie Munroe is born.
24 March – Titan Books omnibus collection The Battle Within is released.
26 March – Anthony Gordon dies.
28 March – Pocket DS9 Warpath is published.

April[]

1 April – Pocket SCE eBook The Future Begins is released.
3 April – Joseph Bernard dies.
4 April –
- Star Trek: Fan Collective - Time Travel DVD set is released.
- The Literary Galaxy of Star Trek reference work is released.
6 April – Randy D. Thornton dies.
8 April – Tom Huff dies.
10 April – G4 television begins airing Star Trek: The Original Series episodes as Star Trek 2.0, adding such features as on-screen chat, pop-up facts, and a "Spock market".
13 April – Bob Trochim dies.
20 April – The Daily Variety reports that production on an eleventh Star Trek film is officially underway, under the supervision of J.J. Abrams.
25 April – Pocket ENT Last Full Measure is published.

May[]

8 May – Philip Barberio dies.
11 May – Byron Morrow dies.
15 May – Pocket SCE eBook Echoes of Coventry is released.
22 May – Star Trek: The Next Generation Region 2 DVDs are re-released.
23 May – Pocket TOS novel To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh is released in paperback.

June[]

1 June – Pocket SCE eBook Distant Early Warning is released.
3 June – George Kashdan dies.
4 June – John Horton dies.
6 June – Star Trek: Fan Collective - Q Region 1 DVD set is released.
20 June – Pocket Star Trek: Vulcan's Soul novel Exiles is released.
23 June – Titan Books omnibus The Trial of James T. Kirk is released.
25 June – Casey Kono dies.
26 June – Jeff Winkless dies.
27 June – Pocket Star Trek: Vanguard novel Summon the Thunder is released.

July[]

25 July –
- Pocket TOS novel Burning Dreams is released.
- Pocket rereleases Vulcan's Glory and Strangers from the Sky.

August[]

1 August –
- Star Trek: Fan Collective - Klingon DVD set is released in Region 1.
- The 2007 Original Series calendar is released.
4 August – Ava MacKinnon is born.
6 August – Tony Roque dies
10 August – Star Trek Magazine issue 128 is released in the UK. This will become the first issue to be distributed in North America on 22 August.
13 August – Tony Jay dies.
14 August – Star Trek: Fan Collective – Time Travel DVD set is released in Region 2.
22 August –
- Pocket TOS novel Captain's Glory by William Shatner (with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens) is released.
- Fan-submitted story collection Strange New Worlds 9 edited by Dean Wesley Smith is released.
25 August – Joseph Stefano dies.
26 August – Pocket rereleases The Entropy Effect.
29 August –
- Pocket TOS novel Provenance of Shadows (book 1 of the Crucible trilogy) by David R. George III is released.
- Pocket rereleases Federation.
Pocket Star Trek: Mere Anarchy eBook Things Fall Apart is released.

September[]

1 September – Pocket SCE eBooks 10 Is Better Than 01 and Many Splendors are released.
5 September –
- Pocket TOS short story collection Constellations edited by Marco Palmieri is released.
- Del Rey rereleases the Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual, and the Star Trek Logs omnibuses.
- Tokyopop releases the first volume of Star Trek: The Manga, "Shinsei Shinsei".
8 September –
- Star Trek celebrates its 40th anniversary.
- TV Land airs three TOS episodes, "The Man Trap", "The Trouble with Tribbles", and "Plato's Stepchildren".
10 September – Kevin G. Tracey dies.
16 September – "Re-mastered" versions of Star Trek: The Original Series begin airing in syndication, starting with TOS: "Balance of Terror" and "Miri".
18 September – Star Trek: Fan Collective – Klingon DVD set is released in Region 2.
22 September –
- Edward Laurence Albert dies.
- Titan Books omnibus Maelstrom is released.
23 September – Remastered version of TOS: "The Devil in the Dark" airs.
24 September – John M. Ford dies.
25 September – Star Trek: Fan Collective – Q DVD set is released in Region 2.
30 September – Remastered version of TOS: "The Naked Time" airs.
Pocket Mere Anarchy eBook The Centre Cannot Hold is released.

October[]

1 October – The 2007 Star Trek Stardate Calendar is released. This is the final edition of the day-to-day calendar.
3 October – Star Trek: Encounters is released.
5 October –
- Hal Lynch dies.
- Sale 1668, the 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection auction, begins at Christie's in New York. The auction continues until 7 October.
7 October – Remastered version of TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" airs.
10 October – Thomas J. Booth dies.
14 October – Remastered version of TOS: "I, Mudd" airs.
16 October – Tommy Johnson dies.
20 October – Jane Wyatt dies.
21 October – Remastered version of TOS: "Arena" airs.
27 October – Star Trek: Tactical Assault is released for the Nintendo DS.
28 October – Remastered version of TOS: "Catspaw" airs.
Pocket Mere Anarchy eBook Shadows of the Indignant is released.

November[]

4 November – Remastered version of TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" airs.
7 November – Pocket reference book Ships of the Line is released.
8 November – Basil Poledouris dies.
10 November – Jack Palance dies.
11 November – Remastered version of TOS: "Mirror, Mirror" airs.
13 November – Star Trek: The Original Series begins airing every weeknight on TV Land.
14 November –
- Star Trek: Tactical Assault is released for the PlayStation Portable.
- Pocket reference book Voyages of Imagination is released.
18 November –
- Remastered version of TOS: "Space Seed" airs.
- John Buonomo dies.
21 November –
- Star Trek: The Animated Series DVD is released in Region 1.
- Star Trek: SCE anthology Aftermath edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido is released.
23 November – Dave Cockrum dies.
25 November – Remastered version of TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I" airs.
28 November –
- Pocket TOS novel The Fire and the Rose by David R. George III, book 2 of the Crucible trilogy, is released.
- Pocket TOS novel The Empty Chair by Diane Duane, the final volume of the Rihannsu sequence, is released, along with an omnibus edition of the sequence, The Bloodwing Voyages.

December[]

2 December – Remastered version of TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II" airs.
5 December – Star Trek: Legacy for the PC is released in the United States.
9 December – Remastered version of TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver" airs.
15 December – The It's A Wrap! sale and auction begins.
21 December – Lois Hall dies.
22 December –
- Phillip Pine dies. His death is not reported until May 2007.
- Titan Books omnibus The Return of the Worthy is released.
28 December – Pocket SCE eBook Turn the Page is released. This release sees the series become Star Trek: Corps of Engineers.
29 December – Pocket SCE eBook Troubleshooting is released.

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