10 Greatest Star Trek Moments In 2025
Join us as we look back at the absolute best Treks of the year.
In 2025, a barrage of uncertainty and far more attention to industry trends took much of our focus. Star Trek may be owned by a billion-dollar company, but, for all of the noise in the trades, it actually produced a lot of fun, happy moments throughout the year.
Though Star Trek has been multimedia for decades, we were treated to an audio drama that was far more than a short story, a new series aimed at encouraging the youngest among us to look to the stars, and more teases and tidbits about the upcoming Starfleet Academy than we can shake a jumja stick at.
For the moments this year that have failed to raise our spirits, we have produced a list of the 10 worst Star Trek moments in 2025. Here, we're focusing on what made us happy, what made us smile with hope, and what we feel were some truly special additions to the Trek universe.
As the year comes to a close, it is something that we, as a community, have the opportunity to reflect on. Let us focus on the good times, the best of times, as it were. 2025 was light on new on-screen episodes, but that does not mean those we received weren't thoroughly enjoyable. Added to that, it took nearly five years, but a certain pilot finally got her due. And, selfishly, a certain TrekCulture writer and presenter popped up in not one but TWO Trek publications, prompting a year-long barrage of excitement at his colleagues (and he's not one bit sorry!)
This list is a collaboration effort between Brandon Meece (who also gets the fun job of editing this into a beautiful video) and Seán Ferrick. If you can humour us for just a little bit longer, let's turn those frowns upside down to see out 2025 with a smile.
10. The Lego Icons USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D
In our best Cadet Tilly voice...
You guys, this is so f*cking cool!
Announced on November 6th and launched for her maiden voyage on November 28th, the Lego Icons U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D is the first of what will hopefully be a long line of Star Trek models. It includes minifigures of all the senior officers, as well as Guinan, Wesley, and most importantly, Spot. If purchased between November 28th and December 1st, 2025, it also came paired with a free Type-15 Shuttlepod as a gift, as well as a mini Ro Laren to pilot it.
This thing is insanely detailed and huge, clearly intending to match Star Wars counterparts like the Death Star or Venator-class Star Destroyer. In addition to the minifigures, the Enterprise-D comes with its own stand and has a removable saucer section for those who may be interested in recreating certain scenes. To be perfectly honest, this model is a dream come true for many of us.
Of course, many of you will be aware of a slightly misspelt decal included with the original release, which Lego has offered to replace for free. However, for those of you who prefer to boldy go, you might just be sitting on a treasure chest of future rarity value.
While it is currently on backorder, with estimated shipping dates out into mid-March, you can still pick one of these up for yourself. Like the previously mentioned Star Wars models, this one does not have a small price tag (£349/$399), but we would say it’s worth it if you’ve got the scratch. Just ask Seán and Kris, who got to build their own! Check out our video documenting the process here.
With Star Trek’s 60th anniversary literally on the doorstep - stay tuned for more about that - we hope we will see much more collaboration between Star Trek and the Lego Group.