Template:Realworld The Science of Star Trek was a documentary produced by PBS, and broadcast as part of their The New Explorers strand on 18 January 1995. The show focused on comparing the fictional science of Star Trek with the present-day reality, exploring subjects including wormholes, robotics, antimatter and tricorders. The show was researched over the course of a year, and the producers noted that the breadth of material could have made for an additional episode. (Official UK Fan Club Magazine issue 10)
The documentary was hosted by Bill Kurtis, and featured interviews with Avery Brooks, André Bormanis, Stephen Hawking, Colm Meaney, Leonard Nimoy, Michael Okuda, Michael Westmore, Herman Zimmerman, and Robert Picardo, amongst others. It premiered the same week as "Caretaker", the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager, and was the highest-rated edition of The New Explorers at the time.