Star Trek only had a British soap opera make it to television.
Star Trek . These adventures continued in the short-lived Star Trek : The Animated Series and six feature films . Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ( sometimes abbreviated to DS9 ) is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe in the Milky Way galaxy , in the years 2369 -- 2375 . Star Trek : The Animated Series ( originally known simply as Star Trek but also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry 's Star Trek ) is a 1973 animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe following the events of Star Trek : The Original Series of the 1960s . Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew .