'Star Trek' opened in cinemas worldwide on this day in 2009. The J.J. Abrams reboot, the first of a trilogy, featured the main characters from the classic 60s television series.

Starring Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock and Karl Urban as Dr "Bones" McCoy, the film is a prequel to earlier productions with the characters in training as cadets at the Starfleet Academy before embarking on their first missions aboard the USS Enterprise.