poll.
Across five TV series and 11 films, the franch💎ise has built-up scores of classic moments. In the lead-up to the release of we wanted to determine, once and for all, what are the very best of the best.
, and asked readers of our and to make their own nominations. We were overwhelmed by the response!Having ploughed through them all and noted what was popular, we've drawn up a final ♋shortlist of 75 for you to vote on. To help you keep track, we've numbered them 1-75 and ordered them by TV series/film (series first, followed by the films) - and on the next page you'll find .
Once you've decided on your favourites, simply tick as many as 10 boxes , then click on "vote". NB: If you'd like to pick less than 10 options, you can do that too - you'll just have less impact on the results. All your selections will be counted equally - you can't pu🥂t them in order of preference.
The results will form the basis of a feature in a future issue of SFX . If you'd like to leave a comment explaining any of your choices, feel free - we might use them in ꩵthe mag!
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STAR TREK (THE ORIGINAL SERIES)
1. The death of Edith Kee꧟ler. (TOS🗹, “City On The Edge Of Forever”)
2.ไ Spock and Kirk fight to the death. (TOS, “Amok Time”♒)
3. Sulu's topless fencing. (TOS, “The Naked Tim♈e”)
4. Kirk’s &𓃲ldquo;Risk is our business” speech. (TOS, “Return To Tomorrow”)
5. Kirk emerges from a massiv👍e pile of Tribbles. (TOS, “The Trouble With Tribbles”)
6.ꦓ Our first sight of the goateed Mirror Universe Spock.
7. The look of 💦delight on Spock's face when he sees that Kirk's alive. (TOS, “Amok Time”)
8. McCoy fixes the Horta: "I'm beginning to think I🅘 can cure a rainy day!" (TOS, “Devil In T✤he Dark”)
9. Kirk w𒐪aits to be beamed off as the Doomsday Machine nears the Constellation. (TOꦛS, “The Doomsday Machine”)
10. Kirk walks off the bridge after bein♚g called “Captain Dunsell”🃏. (TOS, “The Ultimate Computer”)
11. Kirk explains the rules of “Fizzbin”. (TOS, “A Piece Of The A🔥ction")
12. The Fesarius f�🍸�ills the Enterprise’s viewscreen. (TOS, "The Corbomite Manouver")
13. The Romulan captain tells Kirk, "In a diffܫerent reality, I could have called you friend.” (TOS, “Balance of Terror")
THE NEXT GENERATION
14. Riker unscrews Data's hand, then turns him off. (TNG, "The Measure Of A Man"ꦦ)
15. “I am Locutus of Borg...”/“Mister W🌌orf – fire!” (TNG, “The Best Of Both Worlds Part One”)
16. Picard plays the Ressikan flute ꦦin his quarters. (TNG, “The Inner Light”)
17.🙈💎 Picard: “There are four lights!” (TNG, “Chain Of Command”)
18. Worf: ”Sir, I protest &nd😼ash; I am NOT a merry man!” (TNG, "Qpid")
19. Picard joins in the poker🌺 game – “The sky’s the limit.” (TNG, “All Good Thing♐s”)
20.ღ Data reads “Ode To Spot.” (TNG, “Schisms”)
21. Picard: "Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise.” (TNG, &♏ldquo;Yesterday's Enterprise”)
22♌. Picard breaking down in front of his brother. (TNG, "Family")
23. Q gives Data th💮e gift oꦑf laughter. (TNG, “Deja Q”)
24. Tasha Yar’s hologram speaks at her memo🧜rial servi💞ce. (TNG, “Skin Of Evil”)
25. Scotty enters a holodeck prog🐼ram of the original Enterprise bridge. (TNG, “Relics”)
26. Lal thanks 🤡Dat꧋a for her life. (TNG, "The Offspring")
27. Picard’s final speech at the hearing to decide whether Data is property. (TNG, "Measure Of A M💯an")
28. Picard and Riker destroy the parasite-possessed Remmick. (TNG, “Conspiracy&rdq𓄧uo;)
29.⛎ Tasha Yar learns Data is "fully functional.” (TNG, “The Nakedꩵ Now”)
DEEP SPACE NINE
30. G𝐆ul Dukat takes over DS9, and finds Sisko has left his baseball. (DS9, &ld﷽quo;Call To Arms”)
31. We discover Dr Bashir has been replaced by ❀a changeling. (DS9, “In Purgatory's Shadow”)
32. The personal log that Sisko delet💖es. (DS9, “In The Pale Moonlight”)
33. A Jem'Hadar kamikaze attack des🦩troys the Odys꧃sey. (DS9, “The Jem'Hadar”)
34. O'Brien and co line-up and are grilled by Kirk. (DS9, "Trials An🌳d Tribble-ations")
35. Garak and Dukat fight side by side as Klingons 🐻attack DS9. (DS9, “Way Of The Warrior&r🥀dquo;)
36. “Those are Klingons?!” ꦅWorf: ཧ"We do not discuss it with outsiders!" (DS9, 'Trials And Tribble-ations'”)
37. The battle of Wolf 359. (DS9, ♛“Emissar𒁃y”)
38. O’Brien confesses a killing: “He was my best 🧸friend and I murdered him.” (DS9, “Hardᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Time”)
39. Vedek Yassim hangs herse෴lf. (DS9, “Rocks and Shoals&🍃rdquo;)
40. Worf yells, "Find him and kill him!" during a baseball game. (DS9, "Take🧸 Me Out To The Holosuite”)
VOYAGER
41. Voyager crashes on an ice planet. (VOY, “🐓Timeless”)
42. Voyage🦩r encounters 15 Borg cubes. (VOY, “Scorpion, Part One”)
43. Voyager’s crew watch the ship leave as they’re marooned. (Voyager, “Basi⛎cs Part One”)
ENTERPRISE
44. The Xindi probeဣ attacks Earth. (Enterprise, “The Expanse”)
45. The opening titles 🙈get a Mirror Universe makeover. (Enterprise, "In a Mirror, Darkly Part One&rdqu൩o;)
THE MOTION PICTURE
﷽46. Kirk and👍 Scotty do a fly-by of the Enterprise. (The Motion Picture)
THE WRATH OF KHAN
47. Chekov and ꦐTerrell have Ceti eels put in their ears. (The Wrath Of Kꦬhan)
48. The death of Spock. (The Wrath Of Khan)
49. Kirk'✱s voice cracks as he deli♉vers Spock's eulogy. (The Wrath Of Khan)
50. "KHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" (The Wrath Of Khan)
51. Kirk: “I don💞't like to loꦿse.” (The Wrath Of Khan)
52. Khan: &ld🧸quo;From hell's heart I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!”
THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
53. As Kirk sꦗteals the Enterprise, the Excelsior grinds to a halt. (The Search For Spock)
54. “You Klingon bastard, you’ve killed m𝓰y son!” ⭕(The Search For Spock)
55. The destruction o♊f the Enterprise. (The Search 🅘For Spock)
THE VOYAGE HOME
56. Spock nerve-pinches the punk on the bu🎃s. (The Voyage Home)
57. Scotty tries to talk to a comp🎃uter by speaking into the 🐽mouse. (The Voyage Home)
58. 🌠Chekov asks for directions to the &ldquo𝓡;nuclear wessels”. (The Voyage Home)
59. "Everyone remember wher🍬e we parked!" (The Voyage Home)
THE FINAL FRONTIER
60. Scotty: "I know this shi𒆙p like the back of my hand" (THUMP!)🤪 (The Final Frontier)
61. McCoy relives the death of his ꦛfather. (The🍨 Final Frontier)
62. Kirk: “I've always 👍known I'll die alone.” (The Final Frontier)
THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
63. The Klingons come to dinner. (♋The Undiscovered Country)
64. General Chang: "Cry havoc, and let slip th🦂e doꦆgs of war!" (The Undiscovered Country)
65. Kirk: "Second star to the right… and straight on 'til morning." (The Uﷺndiscov꧋ered Country)
GENERATIONS
66. Data says “Oh, shit!” as the Enterprise heads for a crash landing. (Generations🐟)
FIRST CONTACT
67. Riker: “𒅌Tough little ship” Worf:ꦇ “Little?” (First Contact)
68. The Borg Queen’s head is lowered ont✅o her body. (First Contact)
69. Picard loses it and smashes his “little ships”. (F꧂irst Contac⭕t)
70. Data says, “Resistance🔯 is futile” before kicking some Borg Queen butt. (Firꦺst Contact)
71. Zefram Cochrane shakes hands with a Vulcan. (F💞irst Contact)
STAR TREK (2009)
72. Geoꦦrge Kirk flies the Kelvin into th𓃲e Narada. (Star Trek - 2009)
73. Captain 🐬Pike dares Jim 🍷Kirk to “do better”. (Star Trek - 2009)
74. The destruction of Vulcan. (Star Trek - 2009)
75. Spo🐟ck makes a suicide run/the Enterprise warps in to save the day. (Star Trek - 2009)
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