2018 (production)


Events

January 
 1 January – Jon Steuer dies.
 3 January – 
  celebrates the 25th anniversary of its premiere episode, .
 Jack Hunsaker dies.
 7 January – the tenth episode of , , and its   premiere on CBS All Access.
 8 January – "Despite Yourself" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
 9 January –
La-La Land Records releases Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection, Volume Two.
 is released.
 14 January – the eleventh episode of Star Trek: Discovery, , and its After Trek  premiere on CBS All Access.
 15 January – "The Wolf Inside" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
 16 January – Star Trek: New Adventures, Volume 4 from IDW Publishing is released.
 20 January – Richard Merrifield dies.
 21 January – the twelfth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, , and its After Trek  premiere on CBS All Access.
 22 January – "Vaulting Ambition" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
 24 January – Issue 2 of the Star Trek: Discovery - The Light of Kahless comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 28 January – the thirteenth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, , and its After Trek  premiere on CBS All Access.
 29 January –
 "What's Past Is Prologue" is released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
 Exploring Picard's Galaxy, by Peter W. Lee, is released.
 30 January – Star Trek: New Visions, Volume 6, by John Byrne, is released.
 31 January – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 16", from IDW Publishing, is released.

February 
 2 February –
Michael Fleisher dies. 
Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1, Chapter 1 soundtrack is released on CD.
 4 February – the fourteenth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, , and its After Trek  premiere on CBS All Access.
 5 February – "The War Without, The War Within" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
 6 February – Gallery DIS novel, Drastic Measures, by Dayton Ward is released.
 7 February – "", Star Trek: New Visions #20 from IDW Publishing, is released.
 9 February – Reg E. Cathey dies.
 11 February –
 The fifteenth episode, and first season finale, of Star Trek: Discovery, , premieres on CBS All Access.
 The fourteenth episode, and series finale, of After Trek, , is released on CBS All Access.
 12 February – "Will You Take My Hand?" is released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
 13 February –  is released.
 18 February – Matt Tufo dies.
 28 February – To Boldly Go: Marketing the Myth of Star Trek by Djoymi Baker, from I.B. Tauris.

March
 3 March –
 Robert Scheerer dies.
 David Ogden Stiers dies.
 7 March – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 17", from IDW Publishing, is released.
 8 March – Autographs of the Final Frontier, by Gerald Gurian, is released.
 9 March – Don Eitner dies.
 14 March –
  dies.
 Issue 3 of the Star Trek: Discovery - The Light of Kahless comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 19 March – David Bischoff dies.
 27 March –
 Pocket VOY novel, Architects of Infinity, by Kirsten Beyer, is released.
 Star Trek: The Next Generation Cats, by Jenny Parks, is released.
 Omnibus edition of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Mirror Broken, from IDW Publishing, is released.

April
 2 April – Morton Greenspoon dies.
 3 April – Star Trek: Light-and-Sound Borg Cube (Miniature Editions) from Running Press is released.
 4 April – Star Trek: Discovery Annual 2018, from IDW Publishing is released.
 5 April – Tim O'Connor dies.
 6 April – Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1, Chapter 2 soundtrack is released in digital format, by Lakeshore Records.
 9 April – Russell Bates and David Quashnick die.
 15 April – Star Trek - A Psychoanalysis is released.
 16 April – Filming begins on the second season of .
 17 April – Star Trek: New Adventures, Volume 5 from IDW Publishing is released.
 18 April – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 18", from IDW Publishing, is released.
 24 April – Star Trek: Light-and-Sound Tricorder (Miniature Editions) is released.
 25 April –
 Issue 1 of the Star Trek: Discovery - Succession comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 "", Star Trek: New Visions #21, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 29 April – Robert Mandan dies.

May
 2 May – Issue 1 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Through the Mirror comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 4 May – Jimmy Nickerson dies.
 6 May – Daniel Cohen dies.
 8 May –
 Marta Dubois dies.
  is released.
 9 May – Issue 2 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Through the Mirror comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 16 May –
 Joseph Campanella dies.
 Issue 3 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Through the Mirror comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 18 May – Robin Ritter dies.
 19 May – Vincent McEveety dies.
 23 May –
 Issue 2 of the Star Trek: Discovery - Succession comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 Issue 4 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Through the Mirror comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 24 May – Jerry Maren dies.
 25 May – 
 George Jensen dies.
 Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1, Chapter 2 soundtrack is released in CD format by Lakeshore Records.
 29 May –
 Titan Books' English translation of Star Trek: Prometheus #2, The Root of All Rage, by Christian Humberg and Bernd Perplies.
 Star Trek: Boldly Go, Volume 3 from IDW Publishing is released.
 30 May –
 Issue 4 of the Star Trek: Discovery - The Light of Kahless comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 Issue 5 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Through the Mirror comic series from IDW Publishing is released.

June
 4 June – Georgann Johnson dies.
 5 June – Gallery DIS novel, Fear Itself, by James Swallow, is released.
 12 June –
 Star Trek: The Official Poster Collection, from Insight Editions, is released.
 IncrediBuilds: Star Trek: The Next Generation - USS Enterprise Deluxe Book and Model Set by Dayton Ward is released.
 IncrediBuilds: Star Trek - USS Enterprise 3D Wood Model and Book is released.
 IncrediBuilds: Star Trek - USS Enterprise Deluxe Book and Model Set is released.
 27 June – "An Unexpected Yesterday", Star Trek: New Visions #22, is released from IDW Publishing.
 28 June – Harlan Ellison dies.

July
 4 July –
 Big Finish Productions releases audiobooks of Star Trek: Prometheus novels Fire with Fire and The Root of All Rage.
 Issue 3 of the Star Trek: Discovery - Succession comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 12 July – Roger Perry dies.
 17 July – The  of The Star Trek Calendar, from Universe Publishing, is released.
 18 July – Ann Chatterton dies.
 19 July – Star Trek and the Politics of Globalism, by George A. Gonzalez, is released.
 21 July – 
 Terry Windell dies.
Set Phasers to Teach!, by Stefan Rabitsch and Martin Gabriel, is released.
 24 July –
 Douglas H. Grindstaff dies.
 Paperback edition of The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard, by David A. Goodman, is released.
 25 July – Issue 1 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Terra Incognita comic series is released from IDW Publishing.
 28 July – Donald R. Pike dies.
 31 July – The  of the Star Trek Daily Calendars, is released from Universe Publishing.

August 
 1 August – Issue 4 of the Star Trek: Discovery - Succession comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 2 August –
 Ted LeGarde dies.
 Star Trek Fluxx, Star Trek: The Next Generation Fluxx, and Star Trek Fluxx Bridge Expansion are released from Looney Labs and Gale Force Nine.
 5 August – David Landsberg dies.
 6 August – John Eskobar dies.
 7 August –
 Richard H. Kline dies.
 The  of Star Trek: Ships of the Line, from Universe Publishing, is released.
 The  of the Star Trek Poster Calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.
 8 August –
 Brioni Farrell dies.
 Omnibus edition of Star Trek: Discovery - The Light of Kahless, is released by IDW Publishing.
 17 August – Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1, Chapters 1 & 2 soundtrack selections are released in vinyl format.
 21 August
 Star Trek: Lost Scenes, by Curt McAloney and David Tilotta, from Titan Books, is released.
 Star Trek: New Visions, Volume 7 from IDW Publishing is released.
 The  of the Star Trek Engagement Calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.
 The  of the Star Trek: Discovery calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.
 22 August – Issue 2 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Terra Incognita comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 23 August – Russ Heath dies.
 27 August – Audrey Gelfand dies.

September 
 4 September
 Live Long and...: What I Might Have Learned Along the Way, by William Shatner with .
 Titan Magazines Star Trek Magazine special edition Star Trek: Discovery Official Companion, with Titan Books hardback Star Trek: Discovery - The Official Companion.
 10 September –  is released.
 12 September – Frank Serafine dies.
 14 September –  released on vinyl by Varèse Sarabande Records.
 William Bastiani dies.
 15 September
 John M. Dwyer dies
 Star Trek: A Cultural History, by M. Keith Booker, is released.
 18 September – Live Long and Evolve, by Mohamed Noor, is released.
 21 September – Arell Blanton dies.
 25 September – Star Trek: Shipyards - Starfleet Ships 2151-2293, by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley, from Random House.
 26 September –
 Issue 3 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Terra Incognita comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 Issue 1 of the Star Trek vs. Transformers comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
 27 September – Yvonne Suhor dies.

October 
 4 October – , the first episode of Star Trek: Short Treks, premieres on CBS All Access.
 7 October – Celeste Yarnall dies.
 9 October –
 Star Trek: Locutus of Borg Collectible Mask, from Miniature Editions, is released.
 Second edition of Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library, by Larry Nemecek, is released.
  of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Through the Mirror is released from IDW Publishing.
  of Star Trek: Discovery - Succession is released from IDW Publishing.
 10 October – Ken Lesco dies.
 16 October –
 Updated version of Obsessed with Star Trek, by Chip Carter, is released.
 Star Trek: Designing Starships - The Enterprises and Beyond, a mass-market reprint of Star Trek: Designing Starships Volume One, by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley, is released from Random House.
 17 October – "Star Trek vs. Transformers, Issue 2" is released.
 24 October – "Star Trek: The Next Generation - Terra Incognita, Issue 4" is released.
 28 October – Frank Atienza dies.

November 
 5 November – Robert Phillips dies.
 6 November – Stephen Markle dies.
 8 November – , the second episode of Star Trek: Short Treks, premieres on CBS All Access.
 9 November – James Greene dies.
 12 November – Stan Lee dies.
 13 November –
 DIS Season 1 Blu-ray and DIS Season 1 DVD is released in Region A/1.
Star Trek: Shipyards - Starfleet Ships 2294 to the Future, by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley, from Random House, is released.
  is released.
 15 November – Mike Noble dies.
 19 November – DIS Season 1 Blu-ray and DIS Season 1 DVD is released in Region B/2.
 21 November – Issue 3 of the Star Trek vs. Transformers comic series is released from IDW Publishing.
 27 November –
 Titan Books' Star Trek: The Art of John Eaves, by Joe Nazzaro is released.
 Titan Books' English translation of Star Trek: Prometheus #3, In the Heart of Chaos, by Christian Humberg and Bernd Perplies is released.
 Star Trek: Epic Episodes, by Titan is released.
 29 November –
 John D.F. Black dies.
Star Trek: Fleet Command launches on iOS and Android devices.

December 
 4 December – Anthony Giger dies.
 5 December – Issue 5 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Terra Incognita comic series is released from IDW Publishing.
 6 December – , the third episode of Star Trek: Short Treks, premieres on CBS All Access.
 12 December – "Star Trek: Waypoint Special" from IDW Publishing.
 21 December – Filming is completed on the second season of .
 23 December – Star Trek and the British Age of Sail, by Stefan Rabitsch.
 25 December – Abdul Salaam El Razzac dies.
 26 December – Brad Blaisdell and Virginia Darcy both die.
 Big Finish Productions' audiobook of Star Trek: Prometheus #3, In the Heart of Chaos.

Unknown month
Dan Uhrich dies.

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