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A Fool's Trek

Posted on Apr 1, 2008Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

It's April Fool's Day, which is often a relished opportunity for creative mischief. An outlet for such comic imagination used to be StarTrek.com — up until its managing geniuses were summarily executed. Fortunately, their past efforts are timeless and are still available through the magic of the Internet Archive. Courtesy its Wayback Machine, I present to you the hilarious news reports of April 1, 2005 (links will load slowly — be patient):

  • Star Trek: Enterprise Saved … With Strings Attached
  • Several New Star Trek Pilots Rejected
  • Your Mirror Universe Twin and You
  • The Galactic Enquirer
  • GQ: Gorn Quarterly

Remember that three years ago this month, we were on the cusp of the cancellation of Enterprise. To see that first headline above set my heart atwitter — until I remembered the date. It was cruel of our overlords to toy with our emotions so carelessly… but they made up for it with the excellent Mirror Universe FAQ.

A few other pieces were not captured by the Wayback Machine but have been reposted to a Trek message board:

  • Bakula Debunks "Holodeck" Rumor
  • BBC to Remake Star Trek
  • New Series Announced: Klingon Eye for the Starfleet Guy

It's nice to know humor will survive into the 24th century!

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Tags: April Fools, BBC, Enterprise, holiday, Klingon Eye for the Starfleet Guy, Mirror Universe

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