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From: liam@valentijn.nu
ANIM8Rfsk wrote:
> in article 4464d36a$0$31652$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl, Wouter Valentijn
> at liam@valentijn.nu wrote on 5/12/06 11:26 AM:
>
>> David Johnston wrote:
>>> On 12 May 2006 05:50:12 -0700, "videonovels@yahoo.com"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wouter Valentijn wrote:
>>>>> videonovels@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What I >do< know is that Gene Roddenberry said ST5 is
>>>>>> "apocryphal" and since Roddenberry is the Creator/God of Star
>>>>>> Trek, that movie can not be considered canon. Neither can the
>>>>>> Animated stories (again, per Gene's explicit command).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> Several times the official canon policy link has been posted. I
>>>>> think that one's clear enough. The Franchise owners call the
>>>>> shots.
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> So who was it who decided the Animated Trek is "officially" not
>>>> canon? Rick Berman? Paramount CEOs?
>>>
>>> Neither. Animation is a different medium from live action. That's
>>> what makes it not canon just as books being a different medium makes
>>> them not live action.
>>
>> The medium itself has nothing to do with it. Some background facts
>> from 'Yesteryear' *are* considered canon.
>
> Of course, it's not canon WHAT part of Yesteryear is canon.
>
From: http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/help/faqs/faq/676.html
(Note: There are a few details from an episode of the Animated Adventures
that have entered into the Star Trek canon. The episode "Yesteryear,"
written by D.C. Fontana, features some biographical background on Spock.)
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