They have a 'bible' of TREK continuity for the writers of the series; in fact, you can actually
see
this bible laid out in the form of a 'history timeline' at the STAR TREK EXPERIENCE attraction in the Las Vegas Hilton. [...] It's an incredible monument to a fandom.
But I'd say, au contraire, it's an enjoyable corporate extension of a media property--it would be a monument to a fandom if it was in somebody's basement in Peoria and she spent 10 years putting it together, or whatever. I watched my first B7 tape because of Jenkins, and I still think he's right--fandom is the assertion that the real story of the show belongs to the people who love it, not the people who (by a mere technicality) happen to have a TV studio.
-(Y)