Star Trek Costumes Make Halloween Out of This World

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Star Trek Costumes Make Halloween Out of This World

Posted on 14 September 2009. Tags: dr. mccoy, Halloween costumes, james t. kirk, scotty, spock halloween costume, star trek costume, uhura, vulcan costume

by Meredith Francesca T. Peralta

Before Seaquest , Babylon 5 and The Outer Limits, there was Star Trek. Reportedly known as the most popular science fiction television series, Star Trek has had the most number of spin-offs in television history. It produced five additional television series and eleven movies. The Star Trek series, which only aired for three seasons, spawned many cults and followers that would number the stars. The latest addition was the 2009 release, Star Trek. With a tag line, “The Future Begins”, it was a movie that stayed true to the series with time travel, black holes and fabulous Star Trek costumes. This new movie renewed the interest in space, aliens and inter-galactic travel. The younger versions of the original cast propelled the movie’s status to a surefire hit in the box office. To date, it is the highest grossing Star Trek movie franchise.

“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before.”- Captain James T. Kirk

Famous quotes such as those and “Beam me up, Scotty.” have made the Star Trek franchise memorable throughout time. In addition to that would be other classic segments like the Vulcan hand salute with “live long and prosper” said to signify peace, and of course, Mr. Spock’s signature ears and eyebrows. The uniforms have taken many alterations as well but this only served to give fans more options when choosing a Star Trek costume. Thus, for any costume party, any themed event or during Halloween, choose from the original tan tunic to the multi-colored fabric that separates the command personnel from the engineering and medical staff. Add a phaser and the famous flip-top communicator and you now have the ultimate Starfleet get-up.