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68-428: " Year of Hell " is a two-part episode from the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager which aired on UPN in November 1997. It aired in two parts, on November 5 and November 11, 1997. Part I was directed by Allan Kroeker and Part II by Mike Vejar ; it was written by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky. This includes a number of guest stars, including Kurtwood Smith. Set in

136-911: A Starfleet officer with a backstory similar to Locarno's. In 2023, he reprised the role of Nick Locarno in Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 . Other credits include Zebulon in " Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat " at the Paper Mill Playhouse and Judas in Godspell at the Lamb's Theatre . McNeill began his directing career with several episodes of Voyager . He then wrote, produced, and directed two award-winning short films, The Battery and 9mm of Love , and began to direct other episodic television shows. While he has since performed as

204-528: A female superhero, wears traditional folkloric clothes and tries to save traditional elements of Dutch society against the factory owners. Italian TV shows include A come Andromeda (1972) which was a remake of 1962 BBC serial, A for Andromeda (from the novels of Hoyle and Elliott), Geminus (1968), Il segno del comando (1971), Gamma (1974) and La traccia verde (1975). French series are Highlander: The Series , French science-fiction/fantasy television series (both co-produced with Canada) and

272-605: A galactic map which should shave five years from their journey. Seven informs Captain Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) that the area of space they are in belongs to a species that the Borg know as the Zahl. Upon entering this space, a small vessel appears off of Voyager ' s port bow and begins an unprovoked attack. The ship is a Krenim destroyer, and the captain of the vessel declares that Voyager must leave Krenim space or be destroyed. As

340-453: A group of Dutch space explorers and their adventures, De duivelsgrot (The devil's cave), broadcast from 1963 to 1964, about a scientist who finds the map of a cave that leads to the center of the Earth and Treinreis naar de Toekomst (Train journey to the future) about two young children who are taken to the future by robots who try to recreate humanity, but are unable to give the cloned humans

408-559: A guest star on television shows such as The Outer Limits and Crossing Jordan , McNeill is now focusing on his directing career, helming episodes of Dawson's Creek , Everwood , Star Trek: Enterprise , Dead Like Me , The O.C. , One Tree Hill , Las Vegas , Summerland , and Supernatural . His directing credits for 2006–2007 include episodes of Desperate Housewives , Medium , Standoff , The Nine , The Knights of Prosperity , In Case of Emergency , What About Brian , and My Boys . In 2007, he directed

476-630: A man who becomes trapped in a telephone booth, while passersby seem unable to help him, won the 1973 International Emmy Award for Fiction. The series Plutón B.R.B. Nero (2008) was a brutal SF comedy by Álex de la Iglesia , in the line of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , Red Dwarf , or Doctor Who , with 26 episodes of 35 minutes. Other series of the 2010s were Los protegidos (2010-2012), El barco (2011-2013), and El internado (2007-2010), all three inspired by North American productions, with minor SF elements. The latest success

544-411: A new source of income for actors, who began to charge money for autographs that they had previously been doing for free. This became significant enough that lesser-known actors would come to conventions without requesting any appearance fee, simply to be allowed to sell their own autographs (commonly on publicity photos). Today most events with actor appearances are organized by commercial promoters, though

612-469: A number of fan-run conventions still exist, such as Toronto Trek and Shore Leave . The 1985 series Robotech is most often credited as the catalyst for the Western interest in anime. The series inspired a few fanzines such as Protoculture Addicts and Animag both of which in turn promoted interest in the wide world of anime in general. Anime's first notable appearance at SF or comic book conventions

680-428: A number of smaller fiction/fantasy television series, including Tang in 1971, about a secret organization that attempts to control the world with a new super weapon, "Les atomistes" and 1970 miniseries "La brigade des maléfices". Another French-produced science fiction series was the new age animated series Il était une fois... l'espace (English: Once upon a time...space ). Anime-influenced animation includes

748-413: A running battle with many Krenim ships over a period of two months, suffering heavy damage and casualties. During one attack, Seven of Nine uses an unexploded Krenim chroniton torpedo to devise a method of shielding Voyager against the weapons; however, the weapon partially explodes, blinding and severely burning Tuvok. When utilized, the shielding also affects the temporal waves in the region, attracting

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816-674: A science fiction television series based upon Zoran Živković's story, winner of a World Fantasy Award . Návštěvníci (The Visitors) was a Czechoslovak (and Federal German, Swiss and French) TV series produced in 1981 to 1983. The family show aired in a larger number of European countries. For a list of notable science fiction series and programs on television, see: List of science fiction television programs . People who have influenced science fiction on television include: [REDACTED] Media related to Science fiction television programmes at Wikimedia Commons Robert Duncan McNeill Robert Duncan McNeill (born November 9, 1964)

884-407: A sense, virtually all animated series allow characters and objects to perform in unrealistic ways, so they are almost all considered to fit within the broadest category of speculative fiction (in the context of awards, criticism, marketing, etc.) The artistic affinity of animation to comic books has led to a large amount of superhero -themed animation, much of this adapted from comics series, while

952-400: A series of French-Japanese cartoons / anime , including such titles as Ulysses 31 (1981), The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982), and Ōban Star-Racers (2006). The first Spanish SF series was Diego Valor , a 22 episode TV adaption of a radio show hero of the same name based on Dan Dare , aired weekly between 1958 and 1959. Nothing was survived of this series, not a single still; it

1020-584: A small role in the episode " The Pleiades " of the series Summerland . His son Kyle is a singer songwriter. McNeill married Rebecca Jayne Sims in Vancouver, Canada, on March 7, 2021. McNeill grew up in Atlanta , and began his career acting in local and regional productions before becoming a student at Juilliard School in New York City . He enjoyed early success as a professional actor, winning

1088-462: A soul. All three of these television series were aimed mostly at children. Later television series were Professor Vreemdeling (1977) about a strange professor who wants to make plants speak and Zeeuws Meisje  [ nl ] (1997) a nationalistic post-apocalyptic series where the Netherlands has been built full of housing and the highways are filled with traffic jams. The protagonist,

1156-469: A wide array of software. Models have been an essential tool in science fiction television since the beginning, when Buck Rogers took flight in spark-scattering spaceships wheeling across a matte backdrop sky. The original Star Trek required a staggering array of models; the USS Enterprise had to be built in several different scales for different needs. Models fell out of use in filming in

1224-505: Is El ministerio del tiempo ( The ministry of time ), premiered on February 24, 2015 on TVE 's main channel La 1 . The series follows the exploits of a patrol of the fictional Ministry of Time, which deals with incidents caused by time travel. It has garnered several national prizes in 2015, like the Ondas Prize , and has a thick following on-line, called los ministéricos . Serbia produced The Collector ( Sakupljač ),

1292-505: Is an American director , producer , and actor. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television series Star Trek: Voyager . He has also served as an executive producer and frequent director of the television series Chuck , Resident Alien , The Gifted , and Turner & Hooch . McNeill and his first wife, Carol, had three children together before their 2015 divorce. In 2005, McNeill directed his then teenaged daughter, Taylor, when she had

1360-458: Is crippled when one of the ships collides with her. Theorizing that the original timeline may be restored if the Krenim ship is destroyed by its own weapon, Janeway orders the fleet to drop their temporal shields and rams Voyager into the time ship while it is powering up for another incursion. Voyager is destroyed, while the Krenim time ship's temporal core destabilizes and explodes. This erases

1428-434: Is moderate: he advises Voyager that "this area of space is under dispute" and suggests they avoid it. After giving the command to plot a course around the disputed space, Janeway remarks to Chakotay that she is thinking of replicating a bottle of wine for Voyager ’s re-dedication ceremony, saying the vintage is a "good year". Elsewhere, Annorax works diligently in his study. His wife ( Lise Simms ) enters and asks him to enjoy

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1496-438: Is not known if the show was even recorded or just a live broadcast. The 60s were dominated by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador and Narciso Ibáñez Menta , who adapted SF works from Golden Age authors and others to a series titled Mañana puede ser verdad . Only 11 episodes were filmed. The 70s saw three important television films, Los pajaritos (1974), La Gioconda está triste (1977), and La cabina (1972), this last one, about

1564-512: The Asgard characters are puppets in scenes where they are sitting, standing, or lying down. In Mystery Science Theater 3000 , the characters of Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo , two of the show's main (and most iconic) characters, are puppets constructed from random household items. As animation is completely free of the constraints of gravity, momentum, and physical reality, it is an ideal technique for science fiction and fantasy on television. In

1632-527: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Later series made in the 1960s included The Interpretaris (1966) Vega 4 (1967), and Phoenix Five (1970). The country's best known Science Fiction series was Farscape ; an American co-production, it ran from 1999 to 2003. A significant proportion of Australian produced Science Fiction programmes are made for the teens/young Adults market, including The Girl from Tomorrow ,

1700-729: The Super Robots such as Mitsuteru Yokoyama 's Tetsujin 28-go ( Gigantor ) and Go Nagai 's Mazinger Z , and the Real Robots such as Yoshiyuki Tomino 's Gundam series and Shōji Kawamori 's Macross series. Other primary aspects of Japanese science fiction television are the superhero tokusatsu (a term literally meaning special effects ) series, pioneered by programs such as Moonlight Mask and Planet Prince . The suitmation technique has been used in long running franchises include Eiji Tsuburaya 's Ultra Series , Shotaro Ishinomori 's Kamen Rider Series , and

1768-619: The Super Sentai Series. In addition, several dramas utilize science fiction elements as framing devices, but are not labeled as "tokusatsu" as they do not utilize actors in full body suits and other special effects. Among the notable German language productions are: Danish television broadcast the children's TV-series Crash in 1984 about a boy who finds out that his room is a space ship. Early Dutch television series were Morgen gebeurt het  [ nl ] (Tomorrow it will happen), broadcast from 1957 to 1959, about

1836-405: The third season episode " Before and After ". A huge ship appears in the sky above an alien colony and fires an energy beam, transforming the city into mountains and fields. As the wave encompasses the planet, the ship's crew comment on the colony's erasure before targeting the species' homeworld. On board Voyager , Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) and Harry Kim ( Garrett Wang ) have developed

1904-594: The 1950s". Doctor Who , which launched in 1963 and ran until 1989, then was revived in 2005, was listed in the Guinness World Records in 2006 as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world and as the "most successful" science fiction series of all time. Other cult British series in the science fiction genre include The Tomorrow People , Space: 1999 , Blake's 7 , Star Cops and Red Dwarf . Science fiction in Canada

1972-453: The 1970s. No other show attracted a large organized following until the 1990s, when Babylon 5 attracted both Star Trek fans and a large number of literary SF fans who previously had not been involved in media fandom. Other series began to attract a growing number of followers. The British series, Doctor Who , has similarly attracted a devoted following. In the late 1990s, a market for celebrity autographs emerged on eBay , which created

2040-472: The 1990s as CGI became more affordable and practical, but even today, designers sometimes construct scale models which are then digitized for use in animation software. Models of characters are puppets . Gerry Anderson created a series of shows using puppets living in a universe of models and miniature sets, notably Thunderbirds . ALF depicted an alien living in a family, while Farscape included two puppets as regular characters. In Stargate SG-1 ,

2108-586: The 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they were stranded in the Delta Quadrant far from the rest of the Federation . In this episode, Voyager is subjected to several changes in their timeline as an alien ship commander attempts to re-sequence history to his liking. The events in this episode were foreshadowed in

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2176-716: The 25th best episode of Star Trek overall, but the number one best episode of the Star Trek: Voyager TV series. In 2016, IGN ranked "Year of Hell" the 16th best episode of all Star Trek series. In a 2016 article highlighting the best episode from each Star Trek series, Digital Trends declared "Year of Hell" the winner for Star Trek:Voyager . In 2017, Den of Geek included this episode, along with " Scorpion " (Part II), " One ", " Message In A Bottle ", " Living Witness ", and " Hope And Fear " from Season 4, for their abbreviated viewing guide for Star Trek: Voyager . They also ranked Kurtwood Smith as Annorax as

2244-619: The 36th greatest scene in all Star Trek film and television, Janeway's final scene and spectacular VFX sequence of the Voyager spaceship ramming the Krenim Timeship. They note Janeway's line, "“This is one year I’d like to forget" and summarize it as a memorable and high-stakes two parter. SyFy ranked "Year of Hell" as the sixth best time travel plot in Star Trek , in 2016. In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter rated "Year of Hell"

2312-407: The Krenim time ship. The senior staff move to the allied ships while Janeway remains behind on Voyager to pilot the heavily damaged ship herself. With the help of a dissatisfied crew member, Chakotay and Paris take the time ship's temporal core offline, rendering it vulnerable to attack, and beam to the nearest allied ship. Using conventional weaponry, the time ship disables the allied ships. Voyager

2380-594: The Zahl race from existence while making the Krenim vessel bigger and more powerful, and reducing Voyager to a severely damaged state. Now aggressive and more arrogant, the Krenim captain tells Janeway that Voyager must submit to the Krenim Imperium and prepare to be boarded. Janeway takes advantage of Voyager ' s speed to escape. A scan of the region in the new Astrometrics bay reveals that Krenim warships dominate this region of space and it will be difficult for Voyager to sneak past them. Voyager begins

2448-419: The attention of the Krenim "time ship", the large vessel that is causing the disruptions. Krenim scientist Annorax ( Kurtwood Smith ) built the ship to cause "temporal incursions" to be used to erase species from history to strengthen the Krenim Imperium. However, a prior incursion caused a plague that killed millions of Krenim, including Annorax's wife, and he has been seeking a full restoration of his species for

2516-448: The basic concept of a series, influencing all the artistic choices. By the late 1990s, improved technology and more training and cross-training within the industry made all of these techniques easier to use, so that directors of individual episodes could make decisions to use one or more methods, so such artistic choices no longer needed to be baked into the series concept. Special effects (or "SPFX") have been an essential tool throughout

2584-402: The best episode(s) of Star Trek: Voyager . They call it "film level quality", praising everything from the space battles, moral conundrums, and guest star Kurtwood Smith. In 2020, CNET ranked the Krenim timeship the fifth most powerful spacecraft of the Star Trek universe, for its ability to commit genocide by erasing a species from time. In 2020, The Digital Fix said that "Year of Hell"

2652-465: The day with her. Annorax hesitates for a moment, and then decides he can "make the time" for her. They leave while his work remains on his desk, depicting the calculations for his initial alteration of the timeline. During development the writers considered expanding the plot of "Year of Hell" to last for an entire season. "Year of Hell" appears at or near the top of multiple lists of best Voyager episodes. Graeme McMillan of Wired said, "this might be

2720-541: The development of the Massive software application permits producers to include hordes of non-human characters to storm a city or space station. The robotic Cylons in the new version of Battlestar Galactica are usually animated characters, while the Asgard in Stargate SG-1 are animated when they are shown walking around or more than one is on screen at once. In general, science fiction series are subject to

2788-533: The domestic television market, most Canadian productions involve partnerships with production studios based in the United States and Europe. However, in recent years, new partnership arrangements are allowing Canadian investors a growing share of control of projects produced in Canada and elsewhere. Australia's first locally produced Science Fiction series was The Stranger (1964–65) produced and screened by

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2856-559: The earliest forms of media fandom was Star Trek fandom . Fans of the series became known to each other through the science fiction fandom . In 1968, NBC decided to cancel Star Trek . Bjo Trimble wrote letters to contacts in the National Fantasy Fan Foundation, asking people to organize their local friends to write to the network to demand the show remain on the air. Network executives were overwhelmed by an unprecedented wave of correspondence, and they kept

2924-399: The first decade of the 21st century, changes in provincial tax legislation prompted many production companies to move from Toronto to Vancouver . Recent popular series produced in Vancouver include The Dead Zone , Smallville , Andromeda , Stargate Atlantis , Stargate Universe , The 4400 , Sanctuary and the reimagined Battlestar Galactica . Because of the small size of

2992-541: The highlight of the entire series, and something that the show should’ve aspired to from that point onwards." In 2012, Den of Geek ranked this the best episode of Star Trek: Voyager , noting an intense encounter between the USS Voyager and the Krenim that involves a drawn out chrono-conflict between the two. In 2011, Tor.com included this as one of six episodes of Star Trek: Voyager that are worth re-watching. The Krenim time-war spacecraft featured in "Year of Hell"

3060-479: The history of science fiction on television: small explosives to simulate the effects of various rayguns , squibs of blood and gruesome prosthetics to simulate the monsters and victims in horror series, and the wire-flying entrances and exits of George Reeves as Superman . The broad term "special effects" includes all the techniques here, but more commonly there are two categories of effects. Visual effects ("VFX") involve photographic or digital manipulation of

3128-516: The impossible characters and settings allowed in animation made this a preferred medium for both fantasy and for series aimed at young audiences. Originally, animation was all hand-drawn by artists, though in the 1980s, beginning with Captain Power , computers began to automate the task of creating repeated images; by the 1990s, hand-drawn animation became defunct. In recent years as technology has improved, this has become more common, notably since

3196-505: The long-running Mr. Squiggle , Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left , Ocean Girl , Crash Zone , Watch This Space and Spellbinder . Other series like Time Trax , Roar , and Space: Above and Beyond were filmed in Australia, but used mostly US crew and actors. Japan has a long history of producing science fiction series for television. Some of the most famous are anime such as Osamu Tezuka 's Astro Boy ,

3264-413: The majority of science fiction media fandom has been represented by males of all ages and for most of its modern existence, a fairly diverse racial demographic. The most highly publicized demographic for science fiction fans is the male adolescent; roughly the same demographic for American comic books . Female fans, while always present, were far fewer in number and less conspicuously present in fandom. With

3332-536: The onscreen image, usually done in post-production . Mechanical or physical effects involve props, pyrotechnics, and other physical methods used during principal photography itself. Some effects involved a combination of techniques; a ray gun might require a pyrotechnic during filming, and then an optical glowing line added to the film image in post-production. Stunts are another important category of physical effects. In general, all kinds of special effects must be carefully planned during pre-production . Babylon 5

3400-468: The past 200 years. Annorax decides to destroy Voyager due to the temporal distortions caused by its shields. The crew escape as Voyager is faster, but more damage to the ship ensues. Janeway orders all but the senior staff to abandon ship. She and the senior staff intend to rescue Commander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) and Lt. Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill ), who were abducted by the time ship. Captain Janeway makes an alliance with local races to attack

3468-484: The reach of current reality obliges producers to make extensive use of specialized techniques of television production. Through most of the 20th century, many of these techniques were expensive and involved a small number of dedicated craft practitioners, while the reusability of props, models, effects, or animation techniques made it easier to keep using them. The combination of high initial cost and lower maintenance cost pushed producers into building these techniques into

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3536-404: The rising popularity of fanfiction , a large majority of which is categorized as slash fanfiction . Female fans comprise the majority of fanfiction writers. U.S. television science fiction has produced Lost In Space , Star Trek , The Twilight Zone , and The X-Files , among others. British television science fiction began in 1938 when the broadcast medium was in its infancy with

3604-424: The rising popularity of fanzines, female fans became increasingly vocal. Starting in the 2000s (decade), genre series began to offer more prominent female characters. Many series featured women as the main characters with males as supporting characters. True Blood is an example. Also, such shows premises moved away from heroic action-adventure and focused more on characters and their relationships. This has caused

3672-733: The role of Charlie Brent on All My Children and starring in the feature film Masters of the Universe . He starred in an episode of the 1980s version of The Twilight Zone , " A Message From Charity ". He appeared with Stockard Channing in the Broadway production of Six Degrees of Separation before returning to Los Angeles to pursue roles on television. He appeared in the music video for " Material Girl " as one of several tuxedoed gentlemen dancing with Madonna . He also featured in guest roles on numerous TV series, including L.A. Law ; Quantum Leap ; and Murder, She Wrote . He

3740-403: The same financial constraints as other television shows. However, high production costs increase the financial risk, while limited audiences further complicate the business case for continuing production. Star Trek was the first television series to cost more than $ 100,000 per episode, while Star Trek: The Next Generation was the first to cost more than $ 1 million per episode. One of

3808-458: The season 5 premiere of Las Vegas , the pilot of Samantha Who? (which features his Star Trek: Voyager costar Tim Russ ) and then signed on as a producer-director of the NBC show Chuck , helming numerous episodes, including the first episode of a television show to be broadcast entirely in 3D . In 2010, McNeill directed an episode of V . As of 2019 he has directed two episodes of

3876-406: The second best guest star on Star Trek: Voyager . In 2017, Vulture listed this episode as one of the best of Star Trek: Voyager . In 2018, CBR rated the "Year of Hell", as the 13th best multi episode story of Star Trek . In December 2018, Screen Rant ranked "Year of Hell" as one of the top ten episodes of all Star Trek. In 2020, SyFy Wire ranked the "Year of Hell" episode pairing

3944-439: The ship's weapons prove useless against Voyager ' s hull, Janeway ignores the ship and proceeds to negotiate with the Zahl, who disdainfully threaten the weaker Krenim vessel. During their discussion, Tuvok ( Tim Russ ) observes that a temporal disruption involving the homeworld of the Zahl race has just occurred. As they try to understand what happened, a wave of temporal energy reaches their sector of space. The wave wipes

4012-487: The show on the air. Although the series continued to receive low ratings and was canceled a year later, the enduring popularity of the series resulted in Paramount creating a set of movies, and then a new series Star Trek: The Next Generation , which by the early 1990s had become one of the most popular dramas on American television. Star Trek fans continued to grow in number, and first began organizing conventions in

4080-416: The tenth best time travel episode of all Star Trek television. In 2021, Variety said the "Year of Hell" had the defining moment of the entire Voyager series. In 2017, the complete Star Trek: Voyager television series was released in a DVD box set with special features. Science fiction on television The need to portray imaginary settings or characters with properties and abilities beyond

4148-412: The time ship from history, resetting the timeline. As his ship is erased, Annorax witnesses his wife's lock of hair vanish and appears to realize the significance of what is about to happen: reversing all of his changes will bring Annorax's wife back as well, fulfilling his ultimate goal. In the original timeline, Voyager once again ventures into Krenim space. This time, the captain of the Krenim warship

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4216-503: The transmission of a partial adaptation of Karel Čapek 's play R.U.R. . Despite an occasionally chequered history, programmes in the genre have been produced by both the BBC and the largest commercial channel, ITV . Nigel Kneale 's The Quatermass Experiment (1953) and its sequels have been called "one of BBC Television's earliest audience successes" and Kneale became "one of the most influential television and film writers to emerge in

4284-466: Was a featured cast member on the short-lived 1992 series Going to Extremes , Another guest role that same year was in " The First Duty ", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , in which he played Nick Locarno, a Starfleet Academy cadet and squad leader who pressures fellow cadets, including Wesley Crusher , into covering up their wrongdoings. He would later become a Trek regular in 1995 on Star Trek: Voyager , on which he played Tom Paris ,

4352-462: Was an "ambitious time travel tale" and rated it not only the best episode season four, but "possibly the greatest episode" in the entire series. In 2020, ScreenRant said "Year of Hell, Part I" was the 4th best episode of Star Trek: Voyager , based on an IMDB rating of 8.9 out of 10. They said the sequel, "Year of Hell, Part II" was the 8th best episode of Star Trek: Voyager , based on an IMDB rating of 8.7 out of 10. That same year they rated it

4420-588: Was in the form of video showings of popular anime, untranslated and often low quality VHS bootlegs. Starting in the 1990s, anime fans began organizing conventions. These quickly grew to sizes much larger than other science fiction and media conventions in the same communities; many cities now have anime conventions attracting five to ten thousand attendees. Many anime conventions are a hybrid between non-profit and commercial events, with volunteer organizers handling large revenue streams and dealing with commercial suppliers and professional marketing campaigns. For decades,

4488-611: Was produced by the CBC as early as the 1950s. In the 1970s, CTV produced The Starlost . In the 1980s, Canadian animation studios including Nelvana , began producing a growing proportion of the world market in animation. In the 1990s, Canada became an important player in live action speculative fiction on television, with dozens of series like Forever Knight , Robocop , and most notably The X-Files and Stargate SG-1 . Many series have been produced for youth and children's markets, including Deepwater Black and MythQuest . In

4556-457: Was rated as the 6th best spacecraft of Star Trek by Space.com in 2017. In 2015, Screen Rant rated the Krenim spacecraft as the 4th deadliest spacecraft of the Star Trek science fiction universe. In 2016, U.K. film magazine Empire ranked this the 25th best episode of all Star Trek television, noting it as "gritty two-part adventure" but lamenting its "reset button" ending. In 2016, David Brown writing for Radio Times said this has

4624-401: Was the first series to use computer-generated imagery , or "CGI", for all exterior space scenes, even those with characters in space suits. The technology has made this more practical, so that today models are rarely used. In the 1990s, CGI required expensive processors and customized applications, but by the 2000s (decade), computing power has pushed capabilities down to personal laptops running

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