宇宙艦隊士官である父親を幼いころに亡くしたカークは、自由な心を持つ行動的な青年に成長するが、父の遺志を継ごうと宇宙艦隊アカデミーに入学。やがてバルカン星からの緊急救助要請を受け、宇宙艦隊のUSSエンタープライズが出発することになり、カークや親友マッコイらアカデミーの若者たちも乗り込むことに。バルカン星を襲ったのは好戦的なロミュラン人だった。カークはサブリーダーのスポックと対立するようになるが……。

覆面監督による作品として話題を呼んだ、異色SF大作。宇宙を行く緊急救助船が、任務遂行中に致命的な事故に遭う。

Prof. Jim Al-Khalili tackles the biggest subject of all, the universe. Through a series of critical observations and experiments that revolutionised our understanding of our world Jim guides us through the greatest cosmic detective story of all. He takes us from the beginning of the universe to the end time and answers the question: where did the universe come from and how will it end?

At 4.6 billion years old, the Solar System is our solid, secure home in the Universe. But how did it come to be? In this episode we trace the system's birth from a thin cloud of dust and gas. Shocked by a nearby supernova, the pull of gravity and natural rotation spun it into a flat disc from which the Sun and planets coalesced. It all happened in the space of 700 million years, during which the planets jockeyed for position, dodging the brutal bombardment of deadly asteroids and setting into the neat, stable system that we now realize might be a rarity in the universe.