How William Shatner Changed the World

• William Shatner

The final frontier - A spaceship is changing the world ( How William Shatner Changed the World and How Techies Changed the World with William Shatner ) is a documentary of Discovery Channel Canada in collaboration with the History Channel and the British channel Five. William Shatner, Actor of Captain Kirk in Star Trek, through the Special and presents people who have evolved from Star Trek inspired and enabled to progress in space and underground engineering and technology.

Broadcast in Germany

The final frontier - A spaceship is changing the world ran on 4 and 5 June 2006 for the first time on German television on the Discovery Channel. The Special was split and shown on two nights as a two-part documentary series. On 25 September 2006, the series ran for the first time on German free TV on DMAX.

On 17 and September 18, 2007 arte showed the two-parter as a space expedition with the following titles The time of departure and the time of darkness. kabel eins repeated the series on 20 May 2009 also, this time under the title of The Enterprise Act - A spaceship is changing the world.

Awards

The documentary special was nominated for two Emmys in 2006 and three Gemini Awards. The Gemini Award in the category Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series he won in 2006.