By the mid-to-late 1970s, Star Trek was about as far removed from just being a canceled television series as you could get.

With the exciting release of season three of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Disney+, which came out on 17th July, Star Trek fans are bound to be thrilled. Let's take a step back in time, though ...

Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released to theatres in 1979, 10 years after the original series ended its run, and the entire cast had been rehired … with the exception of Leonard Nimoy.