Sixty years ago, Gene Roddenberry brought cutting-edge science fiction into homes worldwide with Star Trek. Now, his son Rod Roddenberry is taking a look at the history of the franchise through the artifacts his family has accumulated over the intervening decades. Collider is proud to exclusively present a special preview of Into the Roddenberry Archives, a new series that will stream free on YouTube.
The preview starts in Roddenberry’s office, which is adorned with science fiction memorabilia from a variety of franchises, but first and foremost is a beautiful piece of concept artwork from 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture, depicting Lieutenant Ilia (Persis Khambatta) encountering the mysterious cosmic entity V’Ger. As he takes host John Champion into the archives, he also takes a look at his mother Majel Barrett‘s copy of the script for the original Star Trek pilot, “The Cage,” in which she played Number One; she would go on to play a number of subsequent Trek roles, including Nurse Christine Chapel, Lwaxana Troi, and a bevy of computer voices. There’s also a brief taste of the premiere episode, when Roddenberry will unveil the original 33″ model of the USS Enterprise, which was missing for decades before it was located and returned to the Roddenberry family.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz
WhichSci-Fi WorldWould You Survive?
The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
The Matrix
Mad Max
Blade Runner
Dune
Star Wars
TEST YOUR SURVIVAL →
01
You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do?
The first instinct is often the truest one.
A Pull on every thread until I understand the system — then figure out how to break it.
B Stop asking questions and start stockpiling — food, fuel, weapons. Questions don’t keep you alive.
C Keep my head down, observe carefully, and trust no one until I know who’s pulling the strings.
D Study the patterns. Every system has a rhythm — learn it, and you learn how to survive it.
E Find the people fighting back and join them. You can’t fix a broken galaxy alone.
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02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely?
What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
A Knowledge. If you understand the system, you don’t need resources — you can generate them.
B Fuel. Everything else — movement, power, escape — runs on it.
C Trust. In a world of fakes and informants, a truly reliable ally is rarer than any commodity.
D Water. And after water, information — the two things empires are truly built on.
E Ships and credits. The galaxy is big — you survive it by being able to move through it freely.
AThat reality itself is a lie — that everything I experience has been constructed to keep me compliant.
BA raid. No warning, no mercy — just the roar of engines and then nothing left.
CBeing identified. Once someone with power decides you’re a problem, you’re already out of time.
DBeing outmanoeuvred — losing a political game I didn’t even know I was playing.
EThe Empire tightening its grip until there’s nowhere left to run.
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’04’
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust?
Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
