Star Trek: The Lost Era Star Trek: The Lost Era Star Trek: The Lost Era is a series of novels that take place during the time period between the 23rd century events of the film "Star Trek Generations" and the first season of the television series "", set in 2364. Editor Marco Palmieri selected the authors for the series, and worked with some of them to develop ideas. "The Lost Era" was designed to be similar to the "" miniseries of novels produced by Pocket Books two years earlier. The idea was to fill in a period of unknown "Star Trek" timeline between Captain James
Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series) extra Bill Blackburn in close-ups. William Shatner recalls standing too close to a stage prop explosion during the filming of the episode, causing tinnitus, which became chronic. Leonard Nimoy was also afflicted. Shatner has it in his left ear and Nimoy had it in his right ear. "Arena" was the first episode of "Star Trek" to be broadcast in color in the UK (BBC, November 1969). Zack Handlen of "The A.V. Club" gave the episode an 'A-' rating, noting the episode's influence and noting the use of a theme of "Star Trek", the "uncertainty of exploration". Arena (Star Trek: The