Star Trek er en ren underholdingsbombe av en film, en uimotståelig invitasjon til å ha det gøy. Villbassen James Kirk og den skarpe logikeren Spock, halvt 'vulkansk' og halvt menneske, er blant det rutinerte mannskapet som drar ut på jomfruturen med tidenes mest avanserte romfartøy: U.S.S. Enterprise. På sin eventyrlige og farefulle ferd gjennom galaksen støter de på den onde kaptein Nero, som truer med å utslette hele menneskeheten.

Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose body quickly mutates into a monstrous and deadly form.

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.