William Shatner hosts a program about how the technology and ideas presented in classic Star Trek have affected both real-world technology and our ideas about what is possible in the future.

Footage of the erstwhile Captain Kirk goofing on his own image (that guy has very possibly the best sense of humour about himself of any celebrity) is intercut with interviews and documentary-style footage (narrated by Shatner, of course) of real scientists and engineers (many of whom, you will be unsurprised to learn, were inspired as youngsters by the original Star Trek series). The result is an informative, funny and often inspiring view of what it really means to live "in the future."