2016 (production)


Events

January 
 6 January –
 "Issue 2" of IDW Publishing's  is released.
 Star Trek: New Visions #10, "Mister Chekov" from IDW Publishing is released.
 7 January – Richard Libertini dies.
 12 January – Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection, Volume Two by La-La Land Records is released.
 13 January –
 Henry Murph dies.
 "Reunion, Part 1", issue 53 of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing, is released.
 20 January –
 Bairbre Dowling dies.
 David G. Hartwell dies.
 26 January – Pocket VOY novel, A Pocket Full of Lies, by Kirsten Beyer.

February 
 2 February – Star Trek, Volume 11 from IDW Publishing.
 3 February – "Reunion, Part 2", issue 54 of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing, is released.
 4 February – Betty Hankins dies.
 15 February – Anthony Fredrickson dies.
 16 February – Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man, by William Shatner, is released.
 17 February – "Issue 3" of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is released.
 22 February – Pocket TOS eBook, Miasma, by Greg Cox, is released.
 23 February – Pocket TOS novel, The Latter Fire, by James Swallow, is released.
 28 February – Lee Reherman dies.

March 
 2 March – "Legacy of Spock, Part 1", issue 55 of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing, is released.
 3 March – Gary Hutzel dies.
 10 March –
 Ken Adam dies.
 Ralph Moratz dies.
 To Boldly Go: Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage - Season One is released.
 15 March –
 Roma Lee Tracy dies.
 Star Trek: Behind the Scenes is released.
 16 March – "Issue 4" of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, from IDW Publishing is released.
 17 March – Larry Drake dies.
 23 March – Star Trek: New Visions, Volume 3 by John Byrne, from IDW Publishing is released.
 24 March – Set Phasers to Stun: 50 Years of Star Trek is released.
 29 March – Pocket ENT Rise of the Federation novel, Live by the Code, by Christopher L. Bennett is released.

April 
 4 April – The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy is released.
 5 April –
 Price Stern Sloan's  Star Trek Mad Libs, by Eric Luper is released.
  is released.
 6 April – "Legacy of Spock, Part 2", issue 56 of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing is released.
 12 April – IDW Publishing's  of Star Trek - Green Lantern: The Spectrum War is released.
 13 April – IDW Publishing's "Star Trek: Manifest Destiny, Issue 1" is released.
 17 April – Scott Nimerfro dies.
 19 April – Virginia Kearns dies.
 20 April – IDW Publishing's "Issue 5" of  is released.
 26 April –
 Pocket TOS novel, Elusive Salvation, by Dayton Ward is released.
 Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume 1, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 29 April – Star Trek: The Classic Episodes anthology from Random House is released.

May 
 4 May
 "Star Trek: Manifest Destiny, Issue 2" from IDW Publishing is released.
 Star Trek: New Visions #11, "Of Woman Born" from IDW Publishing is released.
 8 May – William Schallert dies
 11 May – "Legacy of Spock, Part 3", issue 57 of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing is released.
 13 May – Dave Armstrong dies.
 17 May –
 Price Stern Sloan reference book, What Would Captain Kirk Do?, by Brandon T. Snider is released.
 Price Stern Sloan reference book, Starfleet Logbook, by Jake Black is released.
 Anniversary edition of Smart Pop's unauthorized reference book Boarding the Enterprise, edited by David Gerrold and Robert J. Sawyer, is released.
 18 May – "Star Trek: Manifest Destiny, Issue 3" from IDW Publishing.
 24 May – 
 Running Press reference book and model Star Trek: Light-and-Sound Communicator by Chip Carter is released.
 The 2017 edition of The Star Trek Calendar from Universe Publishing is released.
 26 May –
 Angela Paton dies.
 Star Trek: The Starfleet Academy Experience opens at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.
 31 May –
 Pocket DS9 novel, Force and Motion, by Jeffrey Lang, is released.
 Star Trek: New Adventures, Volume 3 from IDW Publishing is released.
 Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek is released.

June 
 1 June –
 David Spielberg dies.
 Star Trek: Gold Key Archives Volume 5 from IDW Publishing is released.
 3 June – Marcy Vosburgh dies.
 4 June – Rico Bueno dies.
 7 June – 
 The director's cut of  on Blu-ray Disc is released.
 National Geographic reference book Star Trek: The Official Guide to Our Universe, by Andrew Fazekas, is released.
 The Star Trek Book – Strange New Worlds Boldly Explained by Paul Ruditis is released.
 "Legacy of Spock, Part 4", issue 58 of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing is released.
 IDW Publishing's "Star Trek: Manifest Destiny, Issue 4" is released.
  is released.
 14 June – 
  on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray is released.
  on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray is released.
 Ronnie Claire Edwards dies.
 19 June – Anton Yelchin dies.
 21 June – The Best of Star Trek: Volume 1 - The Movies, from Titan Comics, is released.
 26 June – Joan Swift dies.
 28 June – 
 St. Martin's Press reference book, The Fifty-Year Mission: The First 25 Years, by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, is released.
 Star Trek: Legacies #1, Captain to Captain, by Greg Cox, is released.

July 
 4 July – Pocket DS9 eBook, Rules of Accusation, by Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann is released.
 5 July –
 IDW Publishing's  of Star Trek: Manifest Destiny is released.
 Star Trek: Countdown Collections, Volume 1, from IDW Publishing is released.
 Star Trek: Countdown Collections, Volume 2, from IDW Publishing is released.
 Paperback edition of Titan Books reference book, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk, by David A. Goodman is released.
 8 July – John Garrett dies.
 12 July –
 Seamon Glass dies.
 Star Trek, Volume 12 from IDW Publishing is released.
 13 July – "Connection, Part 1", issue 59 of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing, is released.
 19 July –
 Insight Editions reference book Redshirt's Little Book of Doom, by Robb Pearlman and Anna-Maria Jung, is released.
 Insight Editions reference book Hidden Universe Travel Guide: Vulcan, by Dayton Ward, is released.
 The 2017 edition of Star Trek: Ships of the Line from Universe Publishing is released.
 The 2017 edition of the Star Trek Daily Calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
 The  of the Star Trek Engagement Calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
 22 July –  is released in North America.
 26 July – Star Trek: Legacies #2, Best Defense, by David Mack is released.
 29 July – The Star Trek Beyond soundtrack  is released by Varese Sarabande.

August 
 2 August 
Aurum Press Ltd's The Impossible Has Happened: The Life and Work of Gene Roddenberry, Creator of Star Trek, by Lance Parkin is released.
David Huddleston dies.
 9 August –
 Barry Jenner dies.
 Running Press reference book and model, Star Trek: Light-Up Shuttlecraft by Chip Carter is released.
 15 August – The Star Trek 50th Anniversary Official Calendar from Danilo is released.
 16 August –
 The  of the Star Trek Poster Calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.
 IDW Publishing's  of  is released.
 17 August –
 "Connection, Part 2", issue 60 of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing, is released, wrapping up the series.
 "Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Cover Celebration" from IDW Publishing is released.
 24 August – The Realization of Star Trek Technologies, by Mark E. Lasbury, is released.
 26 August – Paul Comi and Bob Cummings die.
 30 August –
 Star Trek: Legacies #3, Purgatory's Key, by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore, is released.
 The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years, by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, is released.

September 
 2 September – John Hostetter dies.
 3 September – Star Trek: The Human Frontier, 2nd edition, by Michèle and Duncan Barrett is released.
 4 September – Building Star Trek, is aired by the Smithsonian Channel in the US.
 On 9 September in France on the ARTE channel.
 5 September –
 Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations eBook, Time Lock, by Christopher L. Bennett is released.
 Téléportation 2161 - Kirk, Spock et nous, web documentary by ARTE Creative, is aired on the ARTE channel.
 6 September –
 Susie Stillwell dies.
 Star Trek: 50 Artists 50 Years, from CBS Consumer Products and Titan Books is released.
 On 16 November in France Star Trek: 50 ans, 50 artistes is released from Bragelonne
 Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy, by Richard Michelson is released.
  is released.
 8 September – To Boldly Go: Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage - Season Two is released.
 13 September – The , from Universe Publishing, is released.
 16 September – 
 The Gospel According to Star Trek: The Original Crew by Kevin C. Neece is released.
 Hagan Beggs dies.
 27 September – Star Trek: Prey #1, Hell's Heart, by John Jackson Miller is released.
 28 September – "Star Trek: Waypoint, Issue 1", from IDW Publishing.

October 
 3 October – Strange New Worlds 2016, from Pocket Star Books, is released.
 17 October – Charles J. Stewart dies.
 18 October – becker&mayer! reference book  fourth edition is released.
 19 October – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 1" from IDW Publishing is released.
 25 October – Star Trek: Prey #2, The Jackal's Trick, by John Jackson Miller, is released.
 28 October – Kerrie Cullen dies.
 30 October – Don Marshall dies.

November 
 1 November –
  on Blu-ray is released.
 Building Star Trek documentary is released.
 50 Years of Star Trek documentary is released.
 3 November – Repackaged release of  on DVD.
 4 November – VENTION: Star Trek, by Vincent S. Egolf, is released.
 9 November – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 2", from IDW Publishing.
 15 November – 
  on Blu-ray is released on Region A.
 Star Trek Beyond - Collector's Edition is released.
 16 November – "Star Trek: Waypoint, Issue 2", from IDW Publishing, is released.
 21 November – Ron Thornton dies.
 22 November – Star Trek, Volume 13 from IDW Publishing is published.
 25 November – Ron Glass dies.
 26 November – Fritz Weaver dies.
 28 November –   on Blu-ray is released on Region B.
 29 November –
 Brian Demonbreun dies.
 Star Trek: Prey #3, The Hall of Heroes, by John Jackson Miller, is released.
 The Best of Star Trek: Volume 2 - Fifty Years of Star Trek from Titan Comics is released.
 Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Collection from La-La Land Records is released.

December 
 6 December – For the Love of Spock, from Adam Nimoy, is released.
 12 December – Star Trek Beyond: The Deluxe Edition is released by Varèse Sarabande Records.
 13 December – Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault on Blu-ray is released.
 14 December –
 "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 3", from IDW Publishing, is released.
 "The Hidden Face", Star Trek: New Visions #13, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 15 December – Shep Houghton dies.
 20 December –
 Star Trek: The Original Series Adult Coloring Book from Dark Horse is released.
 Star Trek: The Next Generation Adult Coloring Book from Dark Horse is released.
 IDW Publishing's Star Trek: New Visions, Volume 4, by John Byrne, is released.
 21 December – Issue 1 of Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 24 December – The Absolute and Star Trek, by George A. Gonzalez, is released.
 26 December – Barbara J. Tarbuck dies.
 27 December – Pocket TOS novel and audiobook, The Face of the Unknown, by Christopher L. Bennett is released.

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