Popular Culture
The Presidio has been featured several times in the media of popular culture:
- In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Presidio is the location of Starfleet Academy, while the Fort Baker cantonment (opposite the Presidio) and the Marin Headlands are the grounds of Starfleet Command.
- In the final episode of Star Trek: Voyager, Admiral Janeway points out to her present-day self that the USS Voyager is preserved and located on the grounds of the Presidio.
- In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Kirk and Spock have a discussion while walking on the shore adjacent to Fort Point in present-day 1986.
- The Presidio, a 1988 American action movie starring Mark Harmon, Sean Connery, and Meg Ryan is set in and around the military base.
- As seen in the 2004 Metallica movie, Some Kind of Monster, the band members start recording their new album St. Anger at the Presidio in January 2001.
- The Presidio appeared as Paradiso in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- The 2005 television movie Murder at the Presidio is loosely based on actual events.
- The Presidio was featured in the Sci-fi Channel reality show, Ghost Hunters, on October 3, 2007 in the episode entitled "Spirits of San Francisco."
- The Presidio was featured as a racing track in the 1999-2000 video game San Francisco Rush 2049
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