Farragut Forever!

Yesterday, I wrote about Star Trek: Phase II a fan-made production of the original Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Phase II is based on the adventures of the Starship Enterprise. But, there is another production similar to Phase II which also has a few episodes under it's belt. That show is Starship Farragut.

Starship Farragut is a show based on Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek from the 1960's, but set on a sister ship the U.S.S. Farragut. Captained by Jack Carter. The shows take place during the same era as the original series. The first episode has a cross-over with Phase II.

John Broughton who portrays Captain Carter is the Executive Producer, and Michael Bednar who portrays Commander Robert Tacket the Executive Officer of the Farragut is one of the Producers.

In the past, this show shared sets and many actors with Star Trek: Phase II. They have since leased a property in St. Mary's, Georgia and are in the midst of building their own sets.

They've released two full episodes and a vignette, which you can view on their website. In addition, they have produced two Animated episodes in the style of the 1970's Filmation Star Trek The Animated Series. The second episode is still in post production, so only two parts have been released.

The animated episodes are produced by NEO f/x in association with Farragut Films, Inc. Michael Struck is the man behind NEO f/x and does a great job replicating the look and feel of the Star Trek Animated series.

I've enjoyed these shows, and I'm looking forward to future productions from their own sets.

Unlike Phase II, Farragut uses it's own custom composed music by Hetoreyn. The soundtrack for Starship Farragut-for Want of a Nail is available for purchase on Amazon.com. I bought it, and really enjoy it.

If you're a Star Trek fan, you'll enjoy these shows.

There are two other productions I want to mention as well.

In Pre-production is Star Trek: Excalibur, with Joe Kerezman as Executive Producer. They had gotten quite far with sets and all, but lost them when the property they were renting changed hands and the new owner locked them out and destroyed their sets and property in the space.

Another production is Starship Exeter which produced one episode and part of a second. We hope someday to see the conclusion of the second episode. This show was well done.

There are other productions from the TNG Movie era, which I'll post about in a future blog.