| Star Trek: The Original Series: Season 2 | |||||
| Paramount Pictures (1967) | |||||
| TV Series / Adventure, Science Fiction | |||||
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| William Shatner | Capt. Kirk | |
| Leonard Nimoy | Mr. Spock | |
| DeForest Kelley | Dr. McCoy | |
| Eddie Paskey | Lt. Leslie | |
| Bill Blackburn | Lt. Hadley | |
| Nichelle Nichols | Uhura | |
| James Doohan | Scott | |
| Walter Koenig | Chekov | |
| Frank da Vinci | Lt. Brent | |
| George Takei | Sulu | |
| Roger Holloway | Lt. Lemli | |
| Jeannie Malone | Yeoman | |
| Majel Barrett | Nurse Chapel | |
| John Winston | Transporter Chief | |
| Paul Baxley | Patrol Leader | |
| Walker Edmiston | Space Central | |
| Bob Johnson | Ground Control | |
| Marlys Burdette | Krako's Girl | |
| Jay D. Jones | Mirt | |
| Joe Paz | Vulcan Ceremonial Aide |
| Director |
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| Producer |
Gene Roddenberry
John Meredyth Lucas Gene L. Coon Edward K. Milkis |
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| Writer |
Gene Roddenberry
Robert Bloch John Meredyth Lucas Gilbert Ralston |
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| Cinematography |
Gerald Perry Finnerman
Keith C. Smith |
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| Musician |
Jerry Fielding
Fred Steiner Gerald Fried Sol Kaplan |
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Star Trek was an influential science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that followed the adventures of the crew of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. The show began with the production of the 1964 pilot "The Cage". "The Cage" featured Jeffrey Hunter as Enterprise captain Christopher Pike. The pilot was rejected by NBC executives as being too cerebral. In order to demonstrate the action-adventure potential of the series, another pilot entitled "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was produced. Replacing Jeffrey Hunter as Enterprise captain was William Shatner who starred as Captain James T. Kirk. The new pilot also starred Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock who was the only character to return from the original pilot after NBC's rejection of "The Cage". Response to the second, action-oriented, pilot was good and NBC gave the go ahead to the series. The series premiered on NBC on Thursday, September 8, 1966 in the 8:30-9:30 PM timeslot with the episode "The Man Trap". Critical response to the series was mixed and rating were lower than expected. In its second season, reoccurring guest star DeForest Kelley was added to the series' starring cast and the show was moved to Friday at 8:30. A decline in the ratings, however, prompted NBC to attempt to cancel the series after its second season, but a letter writing campaign by die hard fans of the show saved it from cancellation. An additional season of episodes were produced, but ratings continued to decline most likely due to the quality of the third season episodes and a bad 10:00 PM Friday night time slot. Despite another letter writing campaign, the series was finally cancelled after its third season. The last new episode "Turnabout Intruder" was shown on June 3, 1969. After its three year run Star Trek began running syndication where it was discovered by legion of new fans and became a phenomenon. The show inspired six features films, an animated series, and four additional spin-off television shows. Other spin-off's include novels, comic books, merchandise and an enormous amount of fan-fiction based on the series. Despite its short network run, Star Trek has become one of the most successful shows in television history. Aside from its three main stars, Star Trek featured a large cast of reoccurring guest stars that includes James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, and Grace Lee Whitney. Other notable guest stars include Diana Muldaur, Gary Lockwood, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Kellerman, Julie Newmar, Frank Gorshin, John Colicos, Roger C. Carmel, William Campbell, Ted Cassidy, Michael Ansara and Elisha Cook, Jr. Notable writers for the series include Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon, George Clayton Johnson, Jerry Sohl, Jerome Bixby, Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, David Gerrold, and D.C. Fontana. |
| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 9/15/1967 1. Amok Time | |||
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Spock must go to Vulcan in order to perform the Vulcan mating ritual.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 9/22/1967 2. Who Mourns for Adonais? | |||
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The Enterprise encounters an alien who claims to be the greek god Apollo.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 9/29/1967 3. The Changeling | |||
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The Enterprise encounters an ancient Earth probe bent on the sterilization of all life.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/6/1967 4. Mirror, Mirror | |||
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Kirk and three of his officers are accidentally transported into a parallel ""mirror"" universe where violence, greed, and evil are commonplace.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/13/1967 5. The Apple | |||
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Kirk attempts to assist a primitive people that are ruled over by a computer named Vaal.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/20/1967 6. The Doomsday Machine | |||
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The Enterprise must stop an ancient doomsday weapon that is capable of destroying entire worlds...and has already totalled one Constellation-class cruiser.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/27/1967 7. Catspaw | |||
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When a landing party disappears and one man is beamed up dead, Kirk and Spock investigate and meet a pair of aliens who seem capable of performing magic.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 11/3/1967 8. I, Mudd | |||
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The Enterprise is taken over by a group of androids who are working for Kirk's old nemesis, Harry Mudd.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 11/10/1967 9. Metamorphosis | |||
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When their shuttle is diverted to a planetoid, Kirk meets one of the pioneers of space flight, Zefram Cochrane.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 11/17/1967 10. Journey to Babel | |||
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Spock meets his estranged father when the Enterprise escorts a group of ambassadors to a conference on the planet Babel.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 12/1/1967 11. Friday's Child | |||
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Kirk, Spock, and McCoy land on a primitive planet to negotiate a mining treaty, but soon find themselves involved with intrigue and must flee with a pregnant woman into the surrounding mountains.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 12/8/1967 12. The Deadly Years | |||
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A landing party, including the command staff, are infected with a disease that causes rapid aging and senility.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 12/15/1967 13. Obsession | |||
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The Enterprise must deal with a creature from Kirk's past that feeds on human blood.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 12/22/1967 14. Wolf in the Fold | |||
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A serial killer stalks a planet...and Scotty is the prime suspect.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 12/29/1967 15. The Trouble With Tribbles | |||
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Kirk must defuse a Klingon scheme to destroy a grain shipment...and cope with a seemingly benign creature known as a tribble, which reproduces at amazing speed.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 1/5/1968 16. The Gamesters of Triskelion | |||
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Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura are kidnapped and forced to participate in a series of gladiatorial games.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 1/12/1968 17. A Piece of the Action | |||
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The Enterprise travels to a planet suffering from cultural contamination from an earlier expedition - the inhabitants mimic the culture of 1930's gangland Chicago.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 1/19/1968 18. The Immunity Syndrome | |||
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The Enterprise must destroy an enormous space amoeba before it reproduces and threatens known space.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 2/2/1968 19. A Private Little War | |||
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Kirk becomes involved in an arms race when the Klingons equip a native people with superior weaponry.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 2/9/1968 20. Return to Tomorrow | |||
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The Enterprise discovers three discorporeal intelligences who seek their help in gaining physical bodies...but one of them has plans of his own.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 2/16/1968 21. Patterns of Force | |||
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The Enterprise seek out a historical researcher and discover he has contaminated a culture, rendering it into a near-duplicate of Nazi Germany.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 2/23/1968 22. By Any Other Name | |||
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The Enterprise's command crew must thwart an invasion by aliens from another galaxy who plan to conquer this one.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 3/1/1968 23. The Omega Glory | |||
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The Enterprise investigates the disappearance of another starship and discovers a planet where the inhabitants are immortal...and engaged in a strange parallel of Earth's Cold War period.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 3/8/1968 24. The Ultimate Computer | |||
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The Enterprise is used to test a new super-sophisticated computer, but it soon develops a mind of its own.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 3/15/1968 25. Bread and Circuses | |||
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Stardate 4040.7: The S.S. Beagle, missing for six years, is found as debris near Planet IV of System 982. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beam down to the planet to investigate and find a ragged group of fugitive slaves trying to stay hidden from the police. These ""sun worshippers"" distrust the landing party but soon discover that they are not a threat. Kirk informs them that he is looking for another group of strangers led by a man named Merik. Merikus is the First Citizen of the Empire, but Kirk is not sure if it is the same man. Pursuaded to help them find Merik and his crew, the leader of the fugitives sends Flavius, an ex-gladiator, to be their guide. The landing party, however, is soon captured and led into the city where they discover a civilization much like 20th century Earth, but culturally similar to ancient Rome. The landing party find Merik, now First Citizen Merikus, who six years ago abandoned his ship and beamed his crew down to the planet. Those who could adapt survived, and th
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 3/29/1968 26. Assignment: Earth | |||
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Stardate not given: The Enterprise is sent on a mission back to Earth in the year 1968 to discover details about how the planet survived the arms race. While in orbit, the ship intercepts a transporter beam from an unknown part of the galaxy and beams the space traveler aboard. Surprised by what has taken place, the man identifies himself as Gary Seven and claims to be a 20th Century Earthman raised on an unknown world and trained to prevent Earth from destroying itself. Kirk decides to verify Seven's story before releasing him, but Seven escapes and beams down to the planet below. Kirk and Spock follow him to New York City, and Seven meanwhile discovers that two of his fellow agents have been killed in a auto accident. Seven is forced to complete their mission himself which is to sabotage an orbital nuclear platform, just low enough in the atmosphere to scare Earth leaders into prohibiting additional nuclear space weapons. Just as Kirk and Spock arrive, Seven beams out of his office a
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