Starbase 410 is the premier Star Trek and sci-fi / Fantasy club in East Anglia. Started in 1999 by two ladies who had a vision and today that vision is reality. They shared their dream with others and the first meeting was in June 1999. Anglia television covered the event and brought us links with other clubs.

Starbase 410 is a family club with our youngest member at present being 4 years old in September and our oldest was 57 this year. Next year we look forward to celebrating our 10th anniversary and our committee are already working on a program of celebratory events. Although primarily a Star Trek club our interests go much wider and members have interests in many different science fiction and fantasy programmes etc.

As you explore the Starbase feel free to visit the embassies where you will be made welcome, become acquainted with the personnel, learn more about our away missions and see what is coming up in the future.

We were proud to have as our president Barry Morse until his death in Feb 2008 (see below) at the ripe old age of 89. In April 2008 we were pleased to announce that Jean Luc Picard look-alike Derek Wheatland had agreed, after a long and close association with the club, to step into Barry's shoes and become club president.

Finally if you would like to visit us see details of times of meetings. You will be made very welcome and I look forward to meeting with you on Starbase 410

Vice-Admiral Anarita Jat
Commanding Officer

WHAT WE DO
Discussions, quizzes, talks, videos, science and engineering projects, raffles, barbecues and away missions, plus anything else the members decide they would like to do. We have instituted a points system for earning promotions. We also have an active junior section (under 16's) with their own ranks, promotion system and activities. We have Embassies for those who do not wish to be members of Starfleet.

There are refreshments available. And for those who like to go on away missions in full costume and make-up, there are advice and practical sessions.

As you can see, we are a very active club, with activities for all ages. There is no obligation to get involved in anything, if you just want to drink raktajino and chat all afternoon, you can.... but if you want to get in on the action then you can do that too!

BARRY MORSE 
JUNE 10th 1918 - FEBRUARY 2nd  2008

It is with much sadness I heard of the death of our club President Barry Morse on 2^nd February at the University College hospital in London at the age of 89.
Barry was our guest at some of our early dinner and dances and those who remember him will remember a lively humorous man who regaled us with stories especially about his early dealings with William Shatner who he always referred to as young Billy Shatner.  He gave him his very first job and his acting hasn’t changed much since.
Barry enjoyed his time with us staying with Jeanette a former member and was happy as long as we kept him supplied with red wine.  It worried Jeanette that he would then take sleeping tablets when he went to bed.
Barry gave us his time freely not even requiring travelling expenses and his philosophy was that without the fans he was nothing and he didn’t approve of those who charged vast amounts to appear.
We first met Barry through Clacton Sci fi convention as Kevin the organiser gave us his details when he knew we were looking for a guest. And we asked him to be our guest and he was pleased to accept.
My first memory of Barry was as Lt Philip Gerard in the original Fugitive series in the 60s.  Many others remember him for his role as Prof. Victor Bergman in the 1975/76 season of Space 1999.
Born to a Cockney family, Barry was a 15-year-old school dropout and errand boy when he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He performed the role of the lion in Androcles and the Lion and as a result, came to know George Bernard Shaw, a patron of the Royal Academy. His first paid job as an actor, while still a student, was in If I Were King. At graduation he starred in the title role of Shakespeare's Henry V, presented as a Royal Command Performance for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Upon graduation, Morse won the BBC's Radio Prize which led to several parts and a leading role in The Fall of the City. Later he played the lead in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and starred as 'Paul Temple' in the radio series Send for Paul Temple Again, among dozens of other roles. He later performed on CBC radio beginning in 1951 and continuing to the 1980s, including the long-running series A Touch of Greasepaint, the Joe McCarthy-inspired The Investigator, and 1984. He also starred in a number U.S. productions in the 1970s and 1980s for producer Yuri Rasovsky, including The Odyssey of Homer, which won a Peabody Award.
Morse's last radio performance, Rogues and Vagabonds - A Theatrical Scrapbook, aired on internet radio KSAV August 7 and August 9, 2007, prior to being released on compact disc. The hour-long special audio drama was comprised of a half-dozen vignettes and performances culled from theatrical history, including William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw.
Morse guest starred in more than a thousand drama, comedy, and talk show presentations in the U.S., Canada, and the UK. Early American appearances include the U.S. Steel Hour, Playhouse 90, and Encore. He also guest starred on such TV series as Naked City, The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train, and The Defenders. In The Outer Limits episode "Controlled Experiment" he starred with Carroll O'Connor and Grace Lee Whitney. This episode was shot as a pilot for a proposed series starring O'Connor and Morse as two Martians sent to Earth to examine human life and experiences. CBS instead opted for the series My Favorite Martian with Ray Walston and Bill Bixby.
His long-awaited theatrical memoir, Remember With Advantages - Chasing 'The Fugitive' and Other Stories from an Actor's Life (ISBN 9780786427710), (written with Robert E. Wood and Anthony Wynn), details his life and career. The book features a foreword written by Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau and was released by McFarland and Company publishers in Spring 2007.
Morse wrote the foreword to the upcoming book Talkin' Trek and Other Stories, by Anthony Wynn (ISBN 1593930747), in which he reminisced about his experience as a character actor, working with varied Star Trek performers such as William Shatner, James Doohan, Grace Lee Whitney, Paul Carr, and others. The book is to be released by BearManor Media in early 2008.
Barry Morse long supported a number of charitable organizations, including the Toronto-based Performing Arts Lodges of Canada, the Royal Theatrical Fund, the London Shakespeare Workout Prison Project, Actors' Fund of Canada, The Samaritans, BookPALS, and Parkinsons disease treatment and research.
The Parkinsons disease cause in particular held a special place in Morse's heart as his wife of more than 60 years, actress Sydney Sturgess, had a 14-year long battle with the disease prior to her death in 1999. In recent years, he also became an advocate for senior citizens in his adopted homeland of Canada.
Barry was one of natures Gentlemen and he will be sorely missed.

Ann Thomas