The iconic original gene roddenberry series that inspired a generation earned emmy nominations. Star trek the original series the complete first season. The truth about what went wrong with the third season of. List of star trek films and television series wikipedia. It originally aired from september 8, 1973 to october 12, 1974 on nbc, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. And theres a whole damn lot of it, even if you cut it down to the current eight different shows in. Each season of this show has a different arrangement of the theme music over the closing credits, although not every episode uses the arrangement specific to its corresponding season.
The best episodes, though, rank among televisions very finest. Numerous undeveloped star trek episodes were written for star trek. The second series in the star trek franchise, it is the first sequel. Star trek aka tos the original series 19661969 introduced us to the optimistic world of gene roddenberry. The original series episode guide lets watch star trek. Arm the photon torpedoes and set your phaser to stun.
Star trek aired on nbc from september 8, 1966, to june 3, 1969, and was actually seen first on september 6, 1966, on canadas ctv network. A powerful artificially intelligent earth probe, with a murderously twisted imperative, comes aboard the enterprise and mistakes capt. The original series 19661969 1966 1967 1968 1969 1988. This was the first original series episode i ever saw and it still blows my mind, says jordan hoffman. Season one in 1966, star trek set out to boldly go where no series had gone before, beginning a threeyear mission that led to a franchise that would last decades. When the show first aired on tv, and until lowering budget issues in its third season resulted in a noticable drop in quality episodes and placed in a 10pm friday. These stories were submitted or developed for production, but for various reasons never aired.
The transfer of this series to bluray has resulted in it being and looking better than it was when it was first shown on nbc back in the 60si am. Going boldly where no man had gone before, gene roddenberrys cult phenomenon star trek debuted in 1966 and reflected that decades optimistic preoccupation with space travel. Below are the bulletpointed notes i jotted down while watching wolf in the fold. This year, the milky way will be the victim of attacks by at least three planetkilling entities including a perfectionseeking machine, a giant robot, and an enormous singlecelled amoebalike creature. The episodes are listed in order by original air date, which match the episode. This week, the star trek community suffered a great loss when writer dorothy catherine d. The second pilot was accepted, and production on star trek began in earnest with the filming of its first regular episode, the corbomite maneuver. Every star trek season of tv ever, ranked from worst to best. From its opening montage to its largely uninteresting characters to its storytelling, enterprise was inarguably the weakest of the star trek series. It also ran for fewer seasons than any star trek series since the original. Whom gods destroy 1969, a thirdseason episode, uses the secondseason arrangement of the theme. Enterprise 20012005 took us back in time to the early days of starfleet before the formation of the federation.
The mirror universe concept was established this season with mirror, mirror and we also learned about spocks mating habits and pon farr in amok time. The third volume in mark cushmans essential these are the voyages series of books about the making of star. This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pilot episode, the cage. The first season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Star trek tos restoration of original galileo shuttle. In the first chapter of the series that started a cultural phenomenon, kirk, spock, and mccoy project humanity into the 23rd century with compassion, boldness, and a curiosity to meet the unknown. A deserved classic, the humorous story centers on an everexpanding mass of furry creatures that memorably rain themselves down on top of captain kirk william shatner and into the middle. The first television series, simply called star trek and now referred to as the original series, debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on nbc. I really enjoy watching a lot of the episodes especially those from the second and third seasons when chekov. A powerful being claiming to be the greek god apollo appears and demands that the crew of the enterprise disembark onto his planet to worship him. Star trek is an american sciencefiction television series created by gene roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship uss enterprise and its cre. Once again, the remastered effects versions are here in full hd along with the original untouched versions. Seven enterprise crew members go on a shuttle mission with spock in command air date. On this date in history, the us saw the nationwide release of the graduate, starring dustin hoffman.
Star trek 40th anniversary tribute 1966 2006 by enterprisenx01. Star treks nielsen ratings while on nbc were low, and the network cancelled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it had its stinkers too so were ranking all 79 episodes. Ran for three seasons 79 episodes from 1966 to 1969. Picard features sir patrick stewart reprising his iconic role as jeanluc picard, which he played for seven seasons on star trek. The series was produced from september 1966 to december 1967 by norway productions and desilu productions, and by paramount television from january 1968 to june 1969.
The episodes are listed in order by original air date, which match the episode order in each seasons original, remastered, and bluray dvd box sets. The original series, view video clips and full episodes on cbs. Join the conversation and connect with cbss star trek. Star trek the original series the complete seasons. The original series and exhausted from running the first two seasons, star trek creator gene roddenberry took a severely decreased role in the production of the shows third season, ceding control to producer fred freiberger. When the show first aired on tv, and until lowering budget issues in its third season resulted in a noticable. Season 1 includes five special collector data cards 29 brilliantly remastered episodes season 2 is 26 remastered episodes snd 4 new collector data cards and season 3 includes 24 remastered episodes with four new collector data cards.
Here at last is the first season of the original series all in one box, 29 episodes in their original broadcast order. The mind behind many great trek episodes, fontana delved into vulcan and romulan culture, explored ai, and even received a hugo award nomination for cowriting the series premiere of the next generation, encounter at farpoint with gene roddenberry. The animated series tas, originally aired as star trek and as the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek, is an american animated science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry. This has to be one of the greatest series in history. Created by gene roddenberry, the science fiction television series star trek which eventually acquired the retronym star trek. But in fairness, there were some good points in it. Whom gods destroy 1969, a third season episode, uses the second season arrangement of the theme. If you are a fan of the original star trek series this is the set to order. The new series will follow this iconic character into the next chapter of his life. The original series starred william shatner as captain james t. Weve assembled a list of star trek s 20 best original series episodes. Serialization and thus continuity was essentially nonexistent. For the crew of the uss enterprise, our galaxy must seem a distinctly unfriendly place.
Top 10 star trek the original series episodes by rowan j coleman. The most famous episode in franchise history, the trouble with tribbles, is one of the highlights of the second season of star trek. Star trek is an american media franchise based on the science fiction television series. Freiberger was faced with a severely slashed budget, an awful time slot, and a writers room thin on talent. Mccoy and the rest of the enterprise crew embark on a fiveyear mission of space exploration. The series is produced by cbs television studios in association with secret hideout and roddenberry entertainment. The first television series, called star trek and now known as the original series, debuted on september 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons on nbc. There is narration of the history of how star trek started and originally failed to be picked up by the networks. It consisted of twentynine episodes, which is the highest number of episodes in a season for the original series of star trek. Never a ratings success despite a growing population of devoted fans, star trek was canceled after its second season, prompting a letterwriting campaign that resulted in the series third season. Season 3 was the final season of the original series of star trek and we were lucky to get this as the show was cancelled after the second season but fans sent in letters of support, inundating the studios who relented and gave it a third season. For more than 40 years, viewers hungry for optimism have found inspiration from gene roddenberrys visi. The show lasted three seasons until canceled in 1969. Star trek the original series s01e01 the man trap video.
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