2013 (production)

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

For information about 2013 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 2013.

Table of Contents: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December • Media

Events[]

May[]

2 May – The world gala premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness is held in London.
8 May – IDW Publishing's Red Level Down is released.
9 May – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Austria, Australia, Croatia, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Peru, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
10 May – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Armenia, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and Thailand.
14 May –
- Jerry Ayres dies.
- The US gala premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness is held in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
15 May –
- Star Trek Into Darkness is released in IMAX in the United States.
- Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Egypt and the Philippines.
16 May –
- Star Trek Into Darkness is released in the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates.
- Star Trek: Rivals is released.
17 May – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Colombia, Cyprus, Estonia, Iceland, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Panama, Romania, and Vietnam.
20 May – GNP Crescendo Records releases the expanded score to "The Best of Both Worlds".
21 May –
- Pocket Books novelization Star Trek Into Darkness, by Alan Dean Foster, is released.
- Star Trek Into Darkness soundtrack, by Michael Giacchino, is released.
- Star Trek Online: Legacy of Romulus is released.
22 May – William Douglas Lansford dies.
23 May – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Cambodia and Macedonia.
28 May –
- Star Trek Into Darkness is released in China.
- Pocket TOS novel, The Shocks of Adversity, by William Leisner, is released.
- IDW Publishing hardcover Star Trek: The John Byrne Collection, an anthology of John Byrne's IDW Star Trek work, is released.
- Star Trek Cross-Stitch by John Lohman, is released.
29 May – IDW Publishing's Star Trek After Darkness, Part 1, is released.
30 May – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in South Korea.
31 May – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Poland.

June[]

4 June – Frank da Vinci dies.
5 June –
- Kate Woodville dies.
- Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Belgium and Finland.
6 June – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Portugal.
7 June – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in South Africa and Turkey.
12 June –
- Richard Allen dies.
- Star Trek Into Darkness is released in France and Italy.
13 June – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in the Czech Republic and Israel.
14 June – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Brazil and Pakistan.
18 June –
- Jordan Monheim dies.
- Applause Books reference book, Star Trek FAQ 2.0, by Mark Clark, is released.
23 June – Richard Matheson dies.
25 June –
- Pocket ENT novel, Star Trek: Enterprise - Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures, by Christopher L. Bennett, is released.
- Trade paperback collection of Star Trek – Legion of Super-Heroes, from IDW Publishing, is released.
26 June –
- Karlotta Nelson dies.
- IDW Publishing's Star Trek After Darkness, Part 2 is released.
27 June – Buddy Garion dies.
30 June – Susan Rossitto dies.

July[]

2 July – Victor Lundin dies.
5 July – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Spain.
11 July – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Greece.
17 July – IDW Publishing's fifth collected volume of the ongoing Star Trek comic series is released.
24 July –
- IDW Publishing's Star Trek After Darkness, Part 3 is released.
- Logan Frazee dies.
26 July – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Venezuela.
28 July – Peter Eastman dies.
30 July –
- TNG Season 4 Blu-ray is released.
- Feature-length edition of "Redemption" on Blu-ray is released.
- Pocket TOS novel, From History's Shadow, by Dayton Ward, is released.
31 July –
- The fully restored original full scale Galileo mock-up is unveiled in a highly publicized ceremony at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, where it has found a permanent home after a decades long odyssey of neglect and failed preservation attempts.
- Michael Ansara dies.

August[]

6 August –
- Universe Publishing releases the 2014 Star Trek Into Darkness Calendar, the 2014 Star Trek Engagement Calendar, and the 2014 Star Trek Daily Calendar.
- Universe Publishing and Andrews McMeel Publishing release the 2014 Star Trek Calendar (TOS), and the 2014 Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendar.
- GNP Crescendo Records releases the Star Trek: Insurrection expanded score.
13 August – The Captains Close Up DVD is released.
14 August – IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing #24 is released.
15 August – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Argentina and Chile.
20 August – ENT Season 2 Blu-ray is released.
21 August – Gene Sherry dies.
23 August – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Japan.
26 August – Martin Cassidy dies.
27 August – Revelation and Dust, first book in the Star Trek: The Fall series, by David R. George III, is released.

September[]

3 September – Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz from Titan Books is released.
4 September – Joe Geletko dies.
6 September – A.C. Crispin dies.
7 September – Star Trek: The Next Generation-remastered premieres on a weekly basis on television in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. Each episode is aired twice on state-owned channel Canvas (formerly BRT 2) in the morning time slot 10:20-11:05 am and the sub-prime time slot 18:21-19:05 pm. As usual in Flanders, the episodes are not dubbed, but subtitled and, as a state channel, without commercial breaks. The pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", is the first to be aired, and the usual episode order is followed. Airing continues well into 2014, but is not completed for the entire series. Belgium's northern Dutch speaking neighbor, The Netherlands, has never aired the remastered series (see: Demise of classic syndication).
10 September –
- Star Trek Into Darkness is released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D.
- Star Trek: The Original Series - Origins is released.
- Abrams Books's Star Trek - The Original Topps Trading Card Series is released.
15 September – Star Trek Into Darkness piano songbook is published by Hal Leonard Corporation.
16 September – Kim Hamilton dies.
19 September – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in Uruguay.
22 September – Richard Walker dies.
24 September – The Crimson Shadow, second book in the Star Trek: The Fall series, by Una McCormack, is released.
25 September – The Khitomer Conflict, Part 1 is released.
27 September – Jay Robinson dies.
29 September – Scott Workman dies.