Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II (formerly known as Star Trek: New Voyages) is a fan-created

Fan film

A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by...

 science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 series set in the Star Trek

Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...

universe. The series was created by James Cawley

James Cawley

James Cawley is an American executive film producer and actor, known for his assumption of the role Captain James T. Kirk in the fan film series Star Trek: Phase II.-Star Trek: Phase II:...

 and Jack Marshall in April 2003. The series, released exclusively via the Internet

Internet

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, is designed as a continuation of the original Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

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(aka ST:TOS or just TOS), beginning in the fourth year of the starship Enterprise's

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)

The USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, is a fictional starship in the Star Trek media franchise. The original Star Trek series depicts her crew's mission "to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before" under the command of Captain James...

 "five-year mission." The first episode of the series was released in January 2004, with new episodes being released at a rate of about one per year, though producers have expressed their desire to accelerate production.

CBS

CBS

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 (and previously Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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), which owns the legal rights to the Star Trek franchise, allows the distribution of fan-created material as long as no attempt is made to profit from it without official authorization, and Phase II enjoys the same tolerance.

Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II stars James Cawley as Captain Kirk, Brandon Stacy as Mr.