Starship Exeter

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show_name = Starship Exeter


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format = Science fiction
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creator = Jimm & Josh Johnson, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
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executive_producer = Jimm Johnson
starring = James Culhane
Holly Guess
Michael Buford
Joshua Caleb
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country = United States
network = World Wide Web
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first_aired = December 19, 2002
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num_episodes = 2
website = http://www.starshipexeter.com/
imdb_id = 0466584
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"Starship Exeter" is a "Star Trek" fan film project, one of the earliest of the semi-professional fan film projects that have become an increasingly common fixture of the internet video scene. Although fan films have been produced for almost as long as there have been film fans, they were generally few and far between before the advent of home video. It is only with the two-pronged revolution of digital video production/editing and the advent of internet distribution that they have become something more than a curiosity to be shared by a few intimates. The series has been mentioned by [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/arts/television/18trek.html?ex=1151208000&en=2050008861af3700&ei=5070&emc=eta1 "The New York Times"] and [http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/09/03/printable/ol.startrek.0903.u7H891U1.phtml?section=oregonlife "The Register-Guardian" (Oregon)] .

"Starship Exeter" is set within the continuity of the . It takes place on one of the sister ships of the famous USS "Enterprise", the titular USS "Exeter", NCC-1706, which appeared in the original "Star Trek" episode "The Omega Glory".

Produced by Jimm and Josh Johnson for the non-profit Exeter Studio. To date, there is one complete episode, one nearing completion, and a third in development.

Episodes

;"The Savage Empire" (2002):Written & Directed by Jimm & Josh Johnson:STARDATE: 4943.5 – The USS "Exeter," freshly recrewed and commanded by Captain John Garrovick, is on a mission to save a ship infected with the deadly Canopus Plague. The "Exeter" must travel to the homeworld of Andorian Lieutenant B'fuselek to find the cure. But Andorian rebels have other plans… and so do the Klingons!

;"The Tressaurian Intersection" (2005): Teleplay by Dennis Russell Bailey, Story by Jimm & Josh Johnson, Dennis Russell Bailey and Maurice Molyneaux
Directed by Scott Cummins
: STARDATE: 5013.1 – Starbase 16 is destroyed and Captain Garrovick's old ship, the USS "Kongō," is missing. On a hunt for the perpetrators, the "Exeter" encounters a strange ghost out of Garrovick's past — the Tressaurians, a savage Gorn-like race responsible for stranding Garrovick on planet Tangaro as a young cadet. Now, the Tressuarians are tampering with a deadly new technology. Can the crew of the "Exeter" uncover its secrets in time, or will this discovery lead to an even greater threat?

;"The Atlantis Invaders" (pre-production): STARDATE 5792.8 – A code factor one call from the mining colony on Atlantis VI brings the USS "Exeter" speeding across the quadrant, but when Garrovick and his team beam down, all seems strangely quiet. One by one, miners are disappearing, while the colony director is trying every trick in the book to get the "Exeter" to leave. Indeed, a stealthy invasion has begun — but who are the "real" Atlantis Invaders?

Cast

Main characters

NOTE: "James Culhane" and "Joshua Caleb" are pseudonyms, or stage names, for the Johnson brothers.

External links

Official websites
* [http://www.starshipexeter.com/ "Starship Exeter" official website]
* [http://www.exeterstudio.com "Exeter Studio" official website]