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How Much Would It Cost To Build The Starship Enterprise?

So you want to build the Enterprise. Don’t we all! Well good news: according to some quick, messy, napkin maths, it’s possible. Kind of. The bad news? It’s going to be stupid expensive. But not unfathomably so! Start scrounging up your space-pennies.


How Big Is The New Enterprise Compared To The Old One?

725.35 metres. That’s how big the new super-sized Enterprise is. Here you can see it compared against the Galactica, the good old Enterprise, the Blockade Runner, and the ISS.


Star Trek’s Commander Riker Was Amazing At Sitting Down

You walk into a room. You’re standing up, feeling pretty good. You’re master of all you survey. But now it’s time to sit down. How to sit while maintaining ownership of the room? Try Commander Riker’s tried-and-true technique. It’s amazing.


This Stop-Motion Star Trek Battle Is So Good

What’s better than an awesome space battle in a movie? An awesome space battle made entirely out of stop-motion bricks set in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek universe. I know, right?


Who’s The New Girl In Star Trek Into Darkness?

Star Trek Into Darkness hits cinemas tonight, and you might have been wondering who the new girl is on the USS Enterprise crew. Here’s a spoiler-free insight into her awesome role.


JJ Abrams Sits Down With Gizmodo Australia

It’s official, the torch has been passed: JJ Abrams is the next-generation Steven Spielberg, and now holds the key to the future of franchises like Star Trek and Star Wars, making him the new beacon of geek culture. We sat down with him to talk about Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Wars and the movies based on Portal and Half-Life.


Everything Wrong With Star Trek

You probably couldn’t be more excited for Star Trek: Into Darkness. Well, ahead of the flick’s release on May 9, our favourite flaw-counting nerds have taken their scalpels to the many instances of narrative discontinuity, faulty logic and all-around flawed filmmaking in J.J. Abrams’s remake. As our cynical narrator notes of error number 52: “Why call something the “core” if it’s not remotely central to the ship’s operation.”


This Audi Ad With Young Spock And Old Spock Is Freaking Hilarious

The best thing about the last Star Trek movie was the extended Leonard Nimoy cameo alongside young Spock, played by Zachary Quinto. Now Quinto and Nimoy are back in this ad for Audi, and it’s so good.


This Is How You Make The Starship Enterprise Into An Awesome Transformer

Transformers are excellent toys — not only do you get a cool vehicle, but a combat-ready robot as well. Who’s going to be all negative about a two-in-one plaything? No one, just like no one could have anything bad to say about this custom Transformer that can turn itself into the Enterprise E from Star Trek: First Contact (and later films in the Prime universe).


This Is The Badass Dark Enterprise Kirk Battles In The Next Star Trek Film

There are still a lot of mysteries surrounding the next film in J.J. Abrams’s reborn Star Trek series — including who exactly Benedict Cumberbatch is playing — but now we’ve got one more piece of the puzzle. It was briefly teased in the last trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness, but via the film’s mobile app, we now have a great shot of the Dark Enterprise.


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