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<center> <a href="https://vaughn.live/race_bannon" target="_blank" class= "indexTxtLink" rel= "”noopener">https://vaughn.live/race_bannon</a> <a href="https://vaughn.live/secureteam10" target="_blank" class= "indexTxtLink" rel= "”noopener">https://vaughn.live/secureteam10</a> <a href="https://vaughn.live/the_old_west" target="_blank" class= "indexTxtLink" rel= "”noopener">https://vaughn.live/the_old_west</a> 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Season 1 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0) The Cage Pilot 11/05/1965 - 10/04/1988 The crew of the Enterprise follow a distress signal to the planet Talos IV, where Captain Pike is taken captive by a group of telepathic aliens who create realistic illusions. The events of this pilot are revisited in the two-part Season 1 episode "The Menagerie". 1) The Man Trap 09/08/1966 The Enterprise visits planet M-113 for routine medical examinations of the husband-and-wife archaeological team stationed there, but the woman has been replaced by a shape-shifting creature, forced to survive by extracting the salt from the bodies of the members of the crew, killing them. 2) Charlie X 09/15/1966 The Enterprise picks up Charlie Evans, an unstable 17-year-old boy, who spent 14 years alone on a deserted planet and lacks the training and restraint to handle his superhuman mental powers wisely.[2] This episode serves as the backstory for the unofficial miniseries Star Trek: Of Gods and Men. 3) Where No Man Has Gone Before 09/22/1966 After the Enterprise attempts to cross the Great Barrier at the edge of the galaxy, crew members Gary Mitchell and Elizabeth Dehner develop "godlike" psychic powers, which threaten the safety of the crew. 4) The Naked Time 09/29/1966 A strange, intoxicating infection, which lowers the crew's emotional inhibitions, spreads throughout the Enterprise. As the madness spreads, the entire ship is endangered. 5) The Enemy Within 10/06/1966 While beaming up from planet Alpha 177, a transporter accident splits Captain Kirk into two beings: one "good", who is weak and indecisive, and one "evil", who is overly aggressive and domineering. 6) Mudd's Women 10/13/1966 The Enterprise pursues a vessel and rescues its occupants; Harry Mudd, an interstellar con man, is transporting three mysteriously beautiful women to become the wives of dilithium miners. 7) What Are Little Girls Made Of? 10/20/1966 In search of Nurse Chapel's fiancé, renowned exobiologist Roger Korby, the Enterprise visits the icy planet Exo III, where Korby has discovered an ancient machine that allows him to duplicate any living person with an android replacement. Korby plans to use the machine to spread controlled androids throughout the Federation, and replaces Captain Kirk with such a duplicate in an effort to take over the Enterprise. 8) Miri 10/27/1966 After discovering what appears to be a duplicate of the planet Earth, Captain Kirk and his away team find a population ravaged by a strange disease, which only children appear to have survived. 9) Dagger Of The Mind 11/03/1966 While the Enterprise is on a resupply mission to a rehabilitation colony for the criminally insane, a former doctor — now insane — sneaks on board the ship. Beaming down to the planet, Kirk and a female crew member discover that the chief doctor has been using a device that destroys the human mind. Spock performs a mind meld for the first time in this episode. 10) The Corbomite Maneuver 11/10/1966 The Enterprise is menaced by a gigantic alien ship whose commander condemns the crew to death. The alien ship appears all-powerful, and the alien commander refuses all attempts at negotiation, forcing Kirk to employ an unorthodox strategy to save the ship. 11) The Menagerie, Part I 11/17/1966 Spock hijacks the Enterprise to take his crippled former captain, Christopher Pike, to the forbidden world of Talos IV. He then demands a court martial, where he uses the events of "The Cage" to tell the tale of Pike's captivity on the planet years earlier. 12) The Menagerie, Part II 11/24/1966 After witnessing the Talosians' capabilities of mental illusion, Kirk realizes that Spock intends to return Pike to the planet to live a life of illusion, unencumbered by his crippled condition. 13) The Conscience Of The King 12/08/1966 While visiting an old friend, Kirk suspects a Shakespearean actor may actually be the murderous former governor of Tarsus IV, where Kirk grew up. Kirk invites the acting troupe aboard the Enterprise to investigate, but soon, assassination attempts are made on Kirk and another crewman, who was an eyewitness to the murders. 14) Balance Of Terror 12/15/1966 While investigating a series of destroyed outposts, the Enterprise discovers a lone Romulan vessel with a cloaking device. The Romulans, having never been seen by humans, are revealed to visually resemble Vulcans, casting doubt on Mr. Spock's loyalty, as the two ships become locked in a cat-and-mouse battle through space. 15) Shore Leave 12/29/1966 Captain Kirk orders shore leave for the Enterprise crew on a seemingly uninhabited planet in the Omicron Delta system. The landing parties begin to see strange sights, such as a White Rabbit a la "Alice in Wonderland", Don Juan, and a sword-wielding samurai. Also, Kirk sees (and fights) an image of Finnegan, a rival from his Starfleet Academy days. Spock discovers that the planet seems to be drawing a large amount of energy from the ship's engines, placing the Enterprise in danger. 16) The Galileo Seven 01/05/1967 Spock and a scientific party are sent to study the Murasaki 312 quasar aboard the shuttle Galileo. During the survey, the Galileo is forced to make an emergency landing on the planet Taurus II, where the crew fights the planet's dangerous inhabitants. As the crew begins to make repairs, Scotty determines that the shuttle does not have enough fuel to reach orbit carrying all seven passengers, and Spock must contemplate leaving some of his fellow crew behind. 17) The Squire Of Gothos 01/12/1967 The Enterprise discovers a rogue planet drifting through space, inhabited by an eccentric being named Trelane, who uses his apparently unlimited power over matter and form to manipulate the crew. 18) Arena 01/19/1967 The Enterprise comes under attack by unknown aliens while investigating the near-destruction of the Cestus III colony. While chasing the aliens into unexplored space, both ships are captured by the powerful Metrons, who force Kirk and the alien captain (later identified as a member of the Gorn race) to trial by combat; the winner's vessel will be set free, while the loser's ship will be destroyed. 19) Tomorrow Is Yesterday 01/26/1967 After accidentally traveling back in time to 1969, the Enterprise rescues USAF Captain John Christopher from his crippled fighter jet. The crew struggles to return to their own time, while simultaneously returning Christopher to the Air Force, removing his knowledge of the future and all record of contact with the Enterprise. 20) Court Martial 02/02/1967 Captain Kirk is placed on trial for negligence after a crewman is killed during a severe ion storm. Kirk maintains that his actions were proper and should not have led to the officer's death, but the evidence seems strong against him. 21) The Return Of The Archons 02/09/1967 The Enterprise discovers a planetary population controlled by a powerful being called Landru. While investigating, Captain Kirk and his landing party are taken captive, and discover that the Enterprise crew will be the next to be "absorbed" into Landru's control. 22) Space Seed 02/16/1967 The Enterprise discovers an ancient sleeper ship, the SS Botany Bay, which escaped from Earth's Eugenics Wars in the late 20th century. The genetically engineered passengers, led by war criminal Khan Noonien Singh, seize control of the Enterprise and attempt to destroy the ship. (This episode serves as the backstory to the second Star Trek film.) 23) A Taste Of Armageddon 02/23/1967 On Eminiar VII, the Enterprise finds a civilization at war with its planetary neighbor. Unable to discern any signs of battle from orbit, Captain Kirk leads a landing party to the surface, where he discovers the entire war is fought by computer. Though the war is simulated, citizens who are listed as virtual casualties still report to termination booths to be killed for real. After the Enterprise is destroyed in an attack simulation, Kirk must fight to keep his crew from death. 24) This Side Of Paradise 03/02/1967 Despite exposure to fatal radiation, the Federation colony on Omicron Ceti III appears to be thriving. A landing party from the Enterprise investigates, finding the colony's population to be healthy beyond explanation. Leila Kalomi, an old friend of Mr. Spock's, shows the landing party strange flowers that seem to impose a state of pure bliss and perfect health on all exposed to its spores (even Spock), but at the cost of ambition and self-discipline. 25) The Devil In The Dark 03/09/1967 Dispatched to the mining colony on Janus VI, the Enterprise is to investigate rumors of a strange, subterranean creature responsible for destruction of equipment and the deaths of 50 miners. Kirk and Spock discover a silicon-based life form, a Horta, which lives in the surrounding rock. After Kirk and Spock find the strange creature, Spock performs a mind meld, discovering the reason behind the Horta's attacks. 26) Errand Of Mercy 03/23/1967 Peace negotiations have collapsed between the Federation and the warlike Klingon Empire. The Enterprise is ordered to protect Organia, a peaceful planet located near the Klingon border. Kirk and Spock beam to the surface to warn the Organians about the Klingons, but a Klingon fleet soon arrives, forcing the Enterprise to abandon the duo on the planet. The natives protect Kirk and Spock, even as Kor, the new Klingon governor, orders mass executions of the Organian people. As both Federation and Klingon fleets converge above the planet, Kirk and Spock execute a daring raid on the Klingon headquarters in an effort to destabilize their control over the planet. 27) The Alternative Factor 03/30/1967 While orbiting an apparently dead planet, the Enterprise seems to experience a strange moment of "nonexistence". Captain Kirk discovers a man named Lazarus on the planet below, who claims the effect was caused by his "enemy", later revealed to be an insane version of Lazarus from an alternate dimension. The sane version of Lazarus asks for Kirk's help in defeating his counterpart. 28) The City On The Edge Of Forever 04/06/1967 After accidentally overdosing on a powerful stimulant, Dr. McCoy becomes unbalanced and disappears through the Guardian of Forever, a newly discovered time portal on a remote planet. Kirk and Spock follow after learning that McCoy somehow changed history, removing everything they once knew, including the Enterprise. Arriving in the 1930s, the duo meets Edith Keeler, a New York social worker, who gives them a place to stay. As the days pass, and McCoy is nowhere to be seen, Kirk finds himself falling in love with Keeler, but Spock discovers that Keeler must die to restore the timeline. 29) Operation -- Annihilate! 04/13/1967 The Enterprise arrives at Deneva - the home of Captain Kirk's brother, Sam, and his family - and discovers that the entire planet has been infested with large, amoeba-like aliens that have attacked and killed much of the human population. One of these aliens attaches itself to Spock, who volunteers to become a subject in Dr. McCoy's medical tests. McCoy and Kirk find a cure in time to save Spock and the remainder of the Denevan population. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Season 2 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 ~ 2x1) Amok Time 09/15/1967 Spock undergoes a Vulcan stage of life known as the Pon Farr where he is forced to mate with his bride, T'Pring. Trouble starts when T'Pring announces she would rather marry Stonn, a full Vulcan. T'Pring evokes her right to have Spock fight for her. However, she chooses Kirk as her champion, leaving Spock with a devastating choice... 2x2) Who Mourns For Adonais? 09/22/1967 The Enterprise crew are held captive by a powerful being who claims to be the ancient Greek God Apollo. The being demands the crew transfer down to the planet so they may worship him. Attempting to leave, Kirk soon discovers that he is the target of all the "God"s wrath and anger. 2x3) The Changeling 09/29/1967 The Enterprise is sent to investigate the destruction of a star system and its four billion inhabitants. When it arrives at the coordinates, the Enterprise is threatened by a probe calling itself Nomad. When Kirk identifies himself by name, Nomad mistakes him it's creator. 2x4) Mirror, Mirror 10/06/1967 Kirk, Scott, McCoy and Uhura enter a parallel universe where the crew of the Enterprise act as sadistic savages. Unbeknownst to them, their evil counterparts have entered their "normal" universe and seem determined to wreak havoc. 2x5) The Apple 10/13/1967 When a landing party beams down to the planet Gamma Trianguli VI, they find what appears to be an idyllic paradise. They quickly discover, however, that the planet is deadly, sporting plants that shoot thorns, rocks that explode, and incredibly accurate lightning bolts. 2x6) The Doomsday Machine 10/20/1967 Investigating the destruction of several planetary systems, the Enterprise discovers a crippled starship floating in space. Commodore Decker is the only one left on the ship and is soon found to be less than sound-minded when he takes control of the Enterprise and exposes it to lethal danger. 2x7) Catspaw 10/27/1967 Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to planet Pyris VII to discover Scotty and Sulu have been transformed into mindless zombies by beings known as Korob and Sylvia. The trio are taken prisoner and soon demonstrated the extend of their captors' powers when the Enterprise is subjected to immense heat. 2x8) I, Mudd 11/03/1967 The Enterprise is commandeered by an android masquerading as a Starfleet officer. Calling himself "Norman", the android takes the ship to a planet where the crew's old nemesis, Harry Mudd, has named himself leader of the colony of androids. 2x9) Metamorphosis 11/10/1967 Escorting Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford for emergency medical treatment, the Galileo shuttlecraft is pulled off course by a mysterious energy entity which deposits it on a planet where none other than Warp Drive inventor Zephram Cochrane is living. 2x10) Journey To Babe 11/17/1967 The Enterprise plays host to Federation ambassadors on their way to the Babel Conference, including Sarek of Vulcan -- Mr. Spock's father. En route to Babel, Tellarite ambassador Gav is murdered and Sarek is the prime suspect, but he soon suffers a Vulcan heart attack. Soon thereafter, Captain Kirk is critically injured as well leaving Mr. Spock torn between his duties as a Starfleet officer and his duties as a son. 2x11) Friday's Child 12/01/1967 Sent to negotiate a mining treaty on planet Capella IV, Kirk discovers a Klingon agent has infiltrated the culture and become embroiled in a deadly conflict. Kirk and Spock must reveal the Klingon's involvement before it's too late and the planet plunges into permanent civil war. 2x12) The Deadly Years 12/08/1967 An Enterprise landing party finds an entire research team on Gamma Hydra IV suffering from rapid aging. Soon thereafter, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty and Lieutenant Galway begin to suffer from the affliction as well. Concerned about his command ability, Commodore Stocker convenes a competency hearing against Kirk with Mr. Spock as the prosecutor. 2x13) Obsession 12/15/1967 When an entire landing party is killed, Captain Kirk leads the Enterprise on a mission to destroy a malevolent entity that nearly destroyed him eleven years earlier. 2x14) Wolf In The Fold 12/22/1967 Scotty is implicated in a series of murders on planet Argelius II. Hengist, the local authority, wants to arrest Scotty, but Kirk intervenes and seeks the help of a priestess to clear his Engineer's name. Unfortunately, she's killed and once more the blame seems to fall at Scotty's feet... 2x15) The Trouble With Tribbles 12/29/1967 The Enterprise crew must contend with secret agents, insulting Klingons and furry Tribbles on a mission to protect a shipment of quadrotriticale stored aboard Space Station K-7. 2x16) The Gamesters Of Triskelion 01/05/1968 Captain Kirk, Chekov and Uhura are kidnapped from the Enterprise and held captive on the planet Triskelion where they are forced to participate in barbaric exhibitions for the amusement of the unseen "Providers". 2x17) A Piece Of The Action 01/12/1968 Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy beam down to the planet Sigma Iotia to find the culture contaminated by a previous visit by the U.S.S. Horizon and modelled after Chicago's gangs of the 1920s. 2x18) The Immunity Syndrome 01/19/1968 After losing contact with the U.S.S. Intrepid and the Gamma 7-A star system, the Enterprise encounters a giant amoeba that is preparing to reproduce. 2x19) A Private Little War 02/02/1968 On a planet Captain Kirk had visited thirteen years earlier, he finds that the Klingons have been arming one side of the planet's natives and disrupting the balance of power. Meanwhile, injured on the planet's surface, Mr. Spock fights for his life in sickbay. 2x20) Return To Tomorrow 02/09/1968 Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. Ann Mulhall volunteer their bodies to three super-beings so they can experience corporeal form once again, but one of the beings soon refuses to give up Mr. Spock's body. 2x21) Patterns Of Force 02/16/1968 The Enterprise finds that Federation historian John Gill has instituted Nazi-ism on the planet Ekos. 2x22) By Any Other Name 02/23/1968 The Enterprise is captured by extragalactic aliens known as the Kelvans who plan to use the ship to return to their own galaxy; a voyage that will take over 300 years. 2x23) The Omega Glory 03/01/1968 The Enterprise encounters the U.S.S. Exeter abandoned in orbit of Omega IV. After boarding the ship, the landing party finds that the crew has been killed by a mysterious virus and that the ship's captain may be violating the Prime Directive. 2x24) The Ultimate Computer 03/08/1968 The Enterprise is outfitted with the new experimental multitronic unit, the M-5, a computer that may threaten the future of human exploration of space, but the experiment soon takes a terrible turn for the worse. 2x25) Bread And Circuses 03/15/1968 Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy are taken prisoner on planet 892-IV where they find that the culture has taken a form very similar to ancient Rome. 2x26) Assignment: Earth 03/29/1968 The Enterprise travels through time to the year 1968 to fulfil its role in history when they encounter the mysterious Gary Seven, a space traveller with an unknown intent for an orbital nuclear warhead. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Season 3 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 ~ 3x1) Spock's Brain 09/20/1968 A woman appears on the Enterprise, incapacitates the crew, and removes Mr. Spock's brain. Captain Kirk leads a landing party to Sigma Draconis VI where the crew finds the males and females of the planet to be totally separated, leaving us all to wonder "what do they want with Spock's brain?" 3x2) The Enterprise Incident 09/27/1968 An unusually restless Captain Kirk suddenly orders the Enterprise into Romulan territory where the ship is quickly surrounded by enemy forces. 3x3) The Paradise Syndrome 10/04/1968 When an asteroid threatens to destroy a primitive civilization, Captain Kirk is stricken with amnesia and mistaken for a God by the natives. Calling himself "Kirok", the only thing he can remember of his real life, he takes a wife named Miramanee who soon caries his child. 3x4) And The Children Shall Lead 10/11/1968 The Enterprise finds the Starnes expedition to Triacus dead with the exception of their children, who grieve no loss for their parents. But are the children really emotionless or are they being controlled by an evil alien? 3x5) Is There in Truth No Beauty? 10/18/1968 The Enterprise picks up Kollos, an ambassador from the Medusan race -- a species so ugly as to cause insanity to those who look at them, along with specialist Laurence Marvick and telepath Dr. Miranda Jones. When Marvick attempts to kill Kollos, he goes mad and steers the Enterprise into an unexplored region. 3x6) Spectre Of The Gun 10/25/1968 Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty and Chekov are put in the roles of the Clanton gang by the Melkotians as punishment for trespassing in their space and face a showdown with the Earps at the O.K. Corral. 3x7) Day Of The Dove 11/01/1968 All out mayhem sweeps through the Enterprise when the Starfleet crew are pitted against a Klingon crew by an alien that thrives on the hate of others. 3x8) For The World Is Hollow, And I Have Touched The Sky 11/08/1968 When Dr. McCoy is stricken with xenopolycythemia, a terminal disease and learns he has a year to live, he retires from Starfleet, but not before the Enterprise encounters the asteroid-ship Yonada, on a collision course with a Federation planet. 3x9) The Tholian Web 11/15/1968 The Enterprise encounters the U.S.S. Defiant slipping into the mirror universe and the ship's crew brutally murdered by their own hands. But before the landing party can escape, Captain Kirk is pulled into interspace along with the Defiant. In order to save the captain, Mr. Spock risks the Enterprise in a battle with the Tholians. 3x10) Plato's Stepchildren 11/22/1968 On the planet Platonius, the Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Lieutenant Uhura and Nurse Chapel become the toys of the telekinetic Platonians, who hold Dr. McCoy in their custody. 3x11) Wink Of An Eye 11/29/1968 The super-accelerated Scalosians, invisible to the naked eye, plan to use the Enterprise crew to sustain their civilization. When Ensign Compton and Captain Kirk drink the Scalosian water, they super-accelerate into the "Scalosian realm." 3x12) The Empath 12/06/1968 On a planet in the Minaran star system, Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy encounter a mute alien, whom McCoy names "Gem" and the Vians, who torture the crew. 3x13) Elaan Of Troyius 12/20/1968 The Enterprise transports the Dohlman of Elas, Elaan, to her wedding with the leader of the planet Troyius, but when Captain Kirk falls under the spell of Elaan's tears, it leaves the Enterprise vulnerable to a Klingon attack. 3x14) Whom Gods Destroy 01/03/1969 Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are held hostage by Captain Garth, one of Kirk's heroes, but also an insane man who has captured the Elba II insane asylum. 3x15) Let That Be Your Last Battlefield 01/10/1969 Commissioner Bele pursues Lokai, both from the planet Cheron, aboard the Enterprise. But when Bele tries to take control of the ship, Captain Kirk has no choice but to arm the vessel's self-destruct sequence. 3x16) The Mark Of Gideon 01/17/1969 On a diplomatic mission to the planet Gideon, a world plagued by overpopulation, Captain Kirk is captured and trapped inside an exact duplicate of the Enterprise with O'Donna, a Gideon woman he finds there. 3x17) That Which Survives 01/24/1969 Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy and Sulu are trapped on an unexplored planet with a woman who has looks that could kill and a touch that certainly does, while the Enterprise screams through space on a warp factor to destruction. 3x18) The Lights Of Zetar 01/31/1969 While transporting Lieutenant Mira Romaine to Memory Alpha, the Enterprise is invaded by a mysterious energy storm that attacks the young officer. 3x19) Requiem for Methuselah 02/14/1969 On a desperate search for ryetalyn to cure the Enterprise of Rigellian Fever, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy encounter Flint, a man who is more than he appears and his daughter Rayna, whom Kirk takes a liking to. 3x20) The Way To Eden 02/21/1969 The Enterprise takes aboard insane Dr. Sevrin and his group of "hippie" followers on their quest to find the planet Eden, including one who is a long-lost-love of Ensign Chekov. 3x21) The Cloud Minders 02/28/1969 On the planet Ardana, the Enterprise finds class inequities between the rulers of the planet who live in the cloud city of Stratos and the working class Troglytes who toil on the surface. 3x22) The Savage Curtain 03/07/1969 A replica of Abraham Lincoln invites Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock to beam down to the planet Excalbia where they meet Surak of Vulcan and are pitted against Colonel Green, Zora, Genghis Khan and Kahless the Unforgettable in a battle of good versus evil. 3x23) All Our Yesterdays 03/14/1969 On a mission to investigate the planet Sarpedion, whose sun is about to go nova, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy are pulled into the planet's past; Kirk into a time of witchcraft and superstition and Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy into the Sarpedion ice age where they meet a beautiful woman named Zarabeth. 3x24) Turnabout Intruder 06/03/1969 Dr. Janice Lester forcibly trades bodies with Captain Kirk to obtain what she always wanted: command of a starship, but when "Captain Kirk" begins to exhibit strange behaviour, the Enterprise crew turn to mutiny. In this final adventure, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and Scotty are sentenced to death by what appears to be their captain. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Trivia 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the hallways of the Enterprise there are tubes marked "GNDN" - - these initials stand for "goes nowhere does nothing". When NBC was promoting Star Trek in magazines, all shots of Spock's pointed eyebrows and ears were airbrushed out of the pictures because NBC thought that no one would watch the show due to Spock's resemblance to the Devil. However, this concern was quickly invalidated upon the series' airing with Spock becoming not only one of the most popular characters, but also a sex symbol with young female viewers, an audience reaction no one in the cast or crew anticipated. Spock's resemblance to the devil is subtly hinted at at the end of Star Trek: Catspaw (1967)(#2.7) when McCoy & Kirk say "I wonder if there are there any demons on board this ship" while looking at Spock. Leonard Nimoy recounted The A.V. Club in July 2010: "the gesture that I introduced into 'Star Trek', the split-fingered Vulcan salute, we'll call it... that came from an experience - I'm going all the way back to my childhood again - when I was about eight years old, sitting in the synagogue at high holiday services with my family. There comes a moment in the ceremony when the congregation is blessed by a group of gentlemen known as Kohanim, members of the priestly tribe of the Hebrews. And the blessing is one that we see in the Old and New Testament: 'May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord cause His countenance to shine upon you', and so forth. When they give this blessing, you're told not to look! You're supposed to avert your eyes. I peeked, and I saw these guys with their hands stretched out-there were five or six of them, all with their hands stretched out toward the congregation-in that gesture, that split-fingered gesture. Sometime later, I learned that the shape that hand creates is a letter in the Hebrew alphabet, the letter shin, which is the first letter in the word Shaddai, which is the name of the Almighty. So, the suggestion is that they're using a symbol of God's name with their hands as they bless the congregation." Shortly after the cancellation of the series, the staff of the marketing department of NBC confronted the network executives and berated them for cancelling this show, the most profitable show on the network in terms of demographic profiling of the ratings. They explained that although the show was never higher than number fifty-two in the general ratings, its audience profile had the largest concentration of viewers of ages sixteen to thirty-nine, the most sought after television audience for advertisers to reach. In other words, the show, despite the low ratings, had the precise audience for which advertisers hungered, which was more than ample justification to consider the show a big success. Leonard Nimoy's father was a barber, who was still operating a barbershop at the time the series became popular. In a mid-1960s interview with 16 Magazine, Nimoy revealed that youngsters often came into the shop asking for a "Mr. Spock" haircut, never realizing that "Mr. Spock's dad" was cutting their hair. Gene Roddenberry and James Doohan (Lieutenant Commander Scott), after death, had vials containing small amounts of their ashes launched into orbit via satellites. Doohan's family also tried to petition NASA to bring another small vial of his ashes to the ISS, which was subsequently denied. Not being deterred, they reached out personally to an astronaut going up to the ISS and were able to get them to "smuggle" them aboard. James Doohan (Scotty) lost his right middle finger during World War II. Most of his scenes are shot to hide it. However, it is very noticeable in Star Trek: Catspaw (1967). When Scotty is holding a phaser pistol on Kirk and Spock, only two fingers are holding the butt of the phaser. This is also noticeable in Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles (1967), when Kirk's food comes out of the food dispenser filled with tribbles and Scotty walks in carrying a big load of tribbles. The series was originally produced at Desilu Studios, which was owned by Lucille Ball. Ball heavily advocated for the show, and it was largely her influence with NBC which lead to a second chance after rejection of the original pilot. Ball was also said to be a genuine fan of the show, and often is affectionally referred to as Star Trek's Godmother. The uniforms were color coded to show what division of the ship the crew member was assigned to. The colors were: 🟦blue: sciences, including medicine 🟨gold: command (including navigation and weaponry); 🟥red: operations (including engineering, security, and ship's services, such as communications) It was a few shows into regular series production before red shirts appeared, however, with Uhura and Scott being seen in command gold. In practice, the gold uniforms often appeared apple green, which some have attributed to local interference with television signals. However, the command tunic was actually green, but under most lighting conditions on the set it appeared gold. The true color can be seen in Kirk's special "wrap-around" tunic and to some extent in the special occasion "dress" uniforms, both of which were made out of other materials which reflected the light differently. The uniforms were dry-cleaned, but the velour tended to shrink, so they had to constantly be altered which is why they often looked short on the actors and actresses. Gene Roddenberry created Uhura and Nurse Chapel especially for Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett respectively, both of whom were having affairs with Roddenberry. Nichols broke off her affair with Roddenberry not long after the series began; Barrett eventually married him, and they remained together until his death. Barrett also played another two roles in the later "Trek" series: Lwaxana Troi, and the voice for Starfleet's computers (up through the 2009). In 2000, the show was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the largest number of spin-off productions, which included the feature film franchise and the numerous television series. It's revealed in Star Trek: Wolf in the Fold (1967) that Scotty's full name is Montgomery Scott. The name was improvised by James Doohan and Gene Roddenberry: "Scott" because Roddenberry liked Doohan's Scottish brogue, and "Montgomery" because it's Doohan's middle name. Scotty's first name is mentioned again in Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty? (1968) It's mentioned in Star Trek: Day of the Dove (1968)(#3.7) that Chekov is an only child Sulu is clearly attracted to ("has a crush on") Uhuru. This is indicated in Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4) & Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967)(#2.4) Nurse Chapel also has a crush on Spock. This is indicated very clearly in Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4). In fact she even tells him that she is in love with him in Star Trek: Amok Time (1967)(#2.1). On at least two occasions (Star Trek: Miri (1966) and Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)) the exterior Mayberry set from The Andy Griffith Show (1960) was used. In "City", as Kirk walks Edith home, they pass by the easily recognizable courthouse, Floyd's barbershop, Emmett's repair shop, and the grocery. The shimmer of the transporter beam was actually a film of aluminum powder being blown into the air by an industrial fan, under a bright spotlight. Leonard Nimoy modeled Spock after George Burns and his cigar. George's amused and unflustered acceptances of Gracie Allen's ramblings influenced Spock's interactions with Dr. McCoy. This is what led to the whales in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) being named George & Gracie. Had the series been renewed for a fourth season, producers planned to bring back Koloth from "Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles (1967)" as a recurring villain. The fourth season would also have seen Roger C. Carmel playing Harry Mudd for the third time, and an introduction of McCoy's daughter Joanna. Largely reflecting their on-screen roles as Kirk and Spock, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy came to be close friends in real life. However, some of the other cast members, notably James Doohan (Scotty) and George Takei (Sulu), have said they found it difficult to work and deal with Shatner, who they felt had a massive ego. Shatner regularly hugged the spotlight at the expense of other actors, whereby he often insisted that his character be given the good lines of others. This resulted in Doohan and Takei taking a dislike to him on a personal level. To his credit, Shatner later apologized for his behavior while interviewing Walter Koenig (Chekov) in Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008). He explained that at the time, the studio wanted the show to be all about Kirk, Spock and McCoy, and the other characters were regarded as little more than extras. Since the other actors never really discussed their frustrations with each other until long after the show ended, Shatner was unaware of their real feelings, and wished that someone had just come up to him at the time to set him straight. Many elements of the Spock character were improvised by Leonard Nimoy during production. For instance, the "Vulcan neck pinch" was his suggestion during filming of "Star Trek: The Enemy Within (1966)" for how Spock could subdue an opponent. The "Vulcan salute" was created during the production of Star Trek: Amok Time (1967) using a version of a traditional Jewish religious hand gesture as a distinctive Vulcan greeting. The slanting crawlway that leads up to the warp-drive nacelles is referred to as a "Jefferies tube." This is a reference to art director Walter M. Jefferies. Leonard Nimoy's make-up had a faint greenish hue to it, because of his green Vulcan blood. Because the make-up was hand-mixed, the amount of green varied slightly, and in many shots (even close-ups) it's not really visible. Two models of the U.S.S. Enterprise were used on this show. One is three feet long and the other is eleven feet long. James Doohan was cast largely for his ability to speak in multiple accents and dialects. Gene Roddenberry had no set nationality or ethnic background in mind for the Chief Engineer. Upon being cast, Doohan tried out many accents for the character, and along with Roddenberry determined the Scottish accent worked best. Doohan also pointed out the history of great engineers of Scottish origin or descent, most notably Robert Fulton. Gerry Anderson's series Fireball XL5 (1962) also featured a Scottish engineer called Jock Campbell. William Shatner requested his name in the opening credits be ten percent larger in size than those of his co-stars, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley. The series' running gag, "I'm a doctor, not a..." may have originated in the mystery "The Kennel Murder Case (1933)." The coroner in that movie, played by Etienne Girardot, repeatedly claims to be a doctor not a reporter, detective, etc. The eleven-foot studio model of the U.S.S. Enterprise is on display in the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Stagehands would pull the turbolift doors on cue with ropes and cables. They would also slide panels by to give the illusion of decks being passed inside the turbolift cars. Some of the more familiar bloopers are that of main actors nonchalantly running into sliding doors that hadn't opened as their characters needed to show full faith in the technology of the Enterprise while stagehands often missed their cues. One of the show's "blooper reels", often shown at Star Trek conventions, includes a full minute of shots of William Shatner walking into various doors and reacting with profanity. Even though they played father and son, Mark Lenard (Sarek) was only six years older than Leonard Nimoy (Spock). Gene Roddenberry originally conceived the Klingons as looking more alien than they do in the series, but budget restriction prevented this, although a very metallic cast to the skin was added to the make-up design in the third season. When the show finally was made into a series of movies, the higher budget and demands of film finally enabled what Rodenberry had envisioned to come to fruition. The resulting continuity break between the original series and all other Star Trek projects was addressed by a humorous comment from Gene Roddenberry, as a "difference between Northern and Southern Klingons". On-screen explanations were played with. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials and Tribble-ations (1996) where members of DS9 travel back in time, Dr. Bashir and Miles O'Brien speculated about the differing appearance being the result of genetic engineering or viral mutation. Worf said Klingons "do not discuss it with outsiders". In the fourth and final season of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), a two-parter comes up with an explanation which turns out to be a combination of those two things. The first American television series to display an interracial kiss. "Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren (1968)" was broadcast to considerable controversy. Though the series was well-known for its social commentary, Nichelle Nichols later claimed that more letters were received about the kiss between her and William Shatner than anything else during the show's run. According to George Takei, William Shatner had Takei's lines and camera time cut due to Shatner's ego. Shatner denied this and their relationship was contentious ever since. According to episode writer Norman Spinrad, Shatner had it in his contract that he would have more lines than anyone and had some of the other actors' lines cut. One of the writers, D.C. Fontana, was told to use the initials "D.C." by Gene Roddenberry because networks at the time generally wouldn't hire women writers. Her first name is Dorothy. Uhura was one of the first black regular characters on any series (predating Diahann Carroll in Julia (1968) by two years). Uhura was especially significant as her character avoided many of the stereotypes that were common among depictions of African Americans on television at the time. Nichelle Nichols has said that Martin Luther King himself told her how important it was for her to keep playing the role, since it was so rare to see a positive portrayal of a black character on television. Star Trek: Assignment: Earth (1968)(#2.26). During her interview for Trekkies (1997), Nichols said that she later heard from at least one viewer for whom King's words had been true as a child: when Whoopi Goldberg (who went on to star in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)) first watched Star Trek (1966), she yelled out, "Momma! There's a black lady on TV, and she ain't no maid!" In a 2011 "Storycorps" interview, Carl McNair, brother of Ronald McNair, recalled the impact that watching "Star Trek" had on Ron: "Now, 'Star Trek' showed the future where there were black folk and white folk working together. I just looked at it as science fiction, 'cause that wasn't going to happen, really. But Ronald saw it as science possibility. He came up during a time when there was Neil Armstrong and all of those guys; so how was a colored boy from South Carolina, wearing glasses, never flew a plane, how was he gonna become an astronaut? But Ron was one who didn't accept societal norms as being his norm, you know? That was for other people. And he got to be aboard his own Starship Enterprise." Because of her status as the first black person "in space," NASA hired Nichols to help recruit minorities and women to the program. NASA Astronaut Group 8 yielded the astronauts she helped sign, including Guion Bluford, Judith A. Resnik, and Ron McNair. Four of those astronauts (Judith Resnik, McNair, Ellison Onizuka, and "Dick" Scobee) perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was later commemorated during the introduction of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). According to William Shatner's Star Trek TV memoirs, DeForest Kelley was the first one considered for the role of Spock. Kelley's own claims contradict this, however. He preferred working in Westerns, but Roddenberry talked him into playing a lawyer in a pilot which did not sell, and subsequently approached Kelley for the role of a doctor, in what turned out to be a science fiction setting. Noting that Hollywood was making fewer and fewer Westerns, the actor accepted. The Enterprise is a Constitution-class ship, The space shuttle Enterprise, which was named for her after a fan lobbying campaign of N.A.S.A., was originally supposed to be named Constitution. Further, Enterprise NCC-1701 was named for the aircraft carrier Enterprise CVN-65, which, along with "Old Ironsides", U.S.S. Constitution is the longest-serving warship in the U.S. Navy, having been commissioned in 1797. Television shows of the era that filmed at the same studios often shared minor cast members. It is common to see familiar faces in episodes of this show, Batman (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966), Get Smart (1965), The Time Tunnel (1966), Lost in Space (1965), and The Wild Wild West (1965). Many were The Twilight Zone (1959) veterans as well. The series' opening theme has lyrics which were never used (although they were published in the book "The Making of Star Trek", by Stephen J. Whitfield). The lyrics were written by Gene Roddenberry, not so they would be sung on-screen (which he never intended or even wanted), but so he could take a co-writer credit, and receive residual payments for the theme's use alongside Composer Alexander Courage. Roddenberry did this nearly a year after the show was first aired, taking advantage of a contract clause, of which Courage claimed not to have been aware. Although Courage never took the matter to court, he expressed resentment on numerous occasions to the way Roddenberry "swindled" fifty percent of the popular theme's royalties from him. Roddenberry's response was, "Hey, I have to get some money somewhere. I'm sure not going to get it out of the profits of Star Trek." After the first season of Star Trek, the two never worked together again, although the music has been used in various forms in many of the spin-off projects. In several episodes, prop beverage bottles were modified from existing alcohol bottles. Aldeberan Whiskey bottles were Cuervo Gold 1800 Tequila bottles. Bottles used for Saurian Brandy were George Dickel Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey carafes. According to producers Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman, William Shatner originally wore 1.5" lifts in his shoes so he would appear taller than Leonard Nimoy. Since Shatner was only 5'9", the combination of lifts and the 2" heels of his shoes brought his height to over 6'. It distorted his posture to such a degree that his stomach stuck out. Understandably, Gene Roddenberry forbade him to wear them, instead opting to dress Nimoy and DeForest Kelley in shoes with only a 1" heel as opposed to Shatner's 2" heel. As the first season progressed, producers feared that Leonard Nimoy would eventually quit the series. As a result, they put together a list of actors to consider for re-casting the role of Spock should Nimoy have left. Amongst the actors considered was Mark Lenard who would eventually be cast as Spock's father Sarek. The green Captain's uniform was developed because William Shatner tended to gain weight during the season. On this show, the "arrowhead" badge worn by the crew of the Enterprise was meant to be an insignia for the Enterprise only. If you'll notice, on any "guest" Starfleet character, they all wear different symbols on their uniforms. And Commadores wore a "starburst" or "sun" insignia. By the time Star Trek hit the big screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), the Arrowhead insignia was adopted as the official Starfleet symbol and has remained so throughout the movies and spin-off series, with the exception of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), which pre-dates this show. Many "guest" voices were actually supplied by James Doohan, including those of Sargon (Star Trek: Return to Tomorrow (1968)), the M-5 and Commodore Enwright (Star Trek: The Ultimate Computer (1968)), Providers 2 and 3 Star Trek: The Gamesters of Triskelion (1968)), a N.A.S.A. technician (Star Trek: Assignment: Earth (1968)), and a radio announcer (Star Trek: A Piece of the Action (1968)). George Takei claimed in 2014 that his homosexuality was a guarded secret amongst the cast. Nevertheless, he privately pitched to Gene Roddenberry a story idea in which homosexuality would be allegorically depicted by an alien race the crew encounters. Takei claimed that Roddenberry liked the idea, but reluctantly decided it would be too controversial. During the second season, there were rumors that the series was to be cancelled due to its low ratings. A group of science fiction fans, led by Bjo Trimble, organized a letter writing campaign to NBC, begging that the show be renewed for a third season. This campaign was so successful, inundating the offices of NBC with thousands of letters that the series was not only renewed, but voice-over announcements were made over the credits of several episodes of the summer reruns of the show, thanking the viewers for their support of the show and promising that it would return for a third season in the fall. Unfortunately, the third season episodes were then broadcast on Fridays between 10 and 11 p.m., commonly known as the "Friday night death slot" when viewing rates are lowest. Combined with significant budget reductions that caused a drop in the show's quality, the resulting drop in ratings finally led to its cancellation, prompting allegations that the network intentionally tried to kill the show. It wasn't until this show went into syndication that the show attracted a large audience, and was finally considered a success. Kirk's nickname for McCoy "Bones" stems from the term "sawbones", which is often used as slang for a surgeon, particularly a Naval or Military doctor, but also appeared in westerns which Gene Roddenberry, DeForest Kelley, and other members of the cast and crew "cut their teeth on" prior to this show. The term refers to the process of amputation, a distressingly common response to an inordinate number of problems until very recently. Kirk did call McCoy "Sawbones" once, in Star Trek: A Piece of the Action (1968). In original scripts for Star Trek: Shore Leave (1966), Sulu called McCoy "Sawbones". Interestingly, a different origin for the nickname was presented in Star Trek (2009); during his first conversation with Jim Kirk, McCoy tells about how he lost everything in his divorce, and all he has left are his "bones". Gene Roddenberry once hypothesized that the Enterprise carried a platoon of Starfleet Marines, but they never appeared on-screen in the original series. The Starfleet Marines would eventually make an appearance, but not until Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). The idea was revived with the addition of a group of "space marines", called "M.A.C.O.S.", beginning in the 2003-2004 season of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). Mark Lenard, best known for his role as Sarek, Spock's father, was the first actor to play a member of all three of the major alien races: Romulan (Star Trek: Balance of Terror (1966)), Vulcan (Star Trek: Journey to Babel (1967) and other entries), and Klingon (Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)). Gene Roddenberry originally conceived Spock's skin color to be red, which would have meant extra hours in make-up for Leonard Nimoy. Fortunately for him, an early make-up test showed the red color appeared as black on black-and-white televisions. As most televisions in the '60s were still black-and-white, the idea was dropped. During the nine days when N.A.S.A. astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison was a mission specialist on her spaceflight (STS-47, September 12-20, 1992), she would start each shift not according to N.A.S.A. protocol for opening communications with Mission Control, but instead with the words "hailing frequencies open." These were the words that Lieutenant Uhura used on this show whenever she opened lines of communication. Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, has said in many interviews that seeing Uhura on this show as a child was a major inspiration for her to become an astronaut. After retiring from N.A.S.A., Jemison had a small guest-starring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation: Second Chances (1993), making her the first person to have travelled in space and appeared on a Star Trek show. Due to budget constraints, the element of "parallel" or "mirror" Earth planets was used on several occasions to keep set and make-up costs down. (i.e. Star Trek: Miri (1966), Star Trek: Bread and Circuses (1968), Star Trek: A Piece of the Action (1968), Star Trek: Patterns of Force (1968) and more.) However, although visited in past timelines, Earth was never visited in the present time of the USS Enterprise crew. Stardates are used throughout the series to give the audience an unrealistic look at the time-frame in which the series occurred. However, NBC paid no attention to the producers' intents when deciding on airing order, so the dates were not heard in numerical sequence. Captain Kirk's birthplace was established to be the state of Iowa, according to Gene Roddenberry in his book "The Making of Star Trek". Although an exact city was never established throughout the series, in 1985, the town of Riverside, Iowa officially proclaimed itself to be the "Future Birthplace of James T. Kirk". Steve Miller, a member of the Riverside City Council, who had read Roddenberry's book, suggested to the council that Riverside should proclaim itself to be the future birthplace of Kirk. Miller's motion passed unanimously, and the council later wrote to Roddenberry for his permission to be designated as the official birthplace of Kirk, to which Roddenberry agreed. The town is home to many Star Trek-related attractions, events, and displays, including a replica of the U.S.S. Enterprise (named the U.S.S. Riverside), as well as playing host to the annual Riverside Trek Festival. Recently, James Doohan's son attempted to purchase a life-sized wax replica of his father at a Hollywood wax museum auction, but was outbid by an unidentified fan. Sulu and Uhura didn't have first names in the series. Sulu did get a first name (Hikaru) in source books, but it was not spoken on-screen until Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). In the season two DVD Special Features, Nichelle Nichols revealed that she and Gene Roddenberry accepted the first name "Nyota" for her character, which is a Swahili word meaning "Star". Uhura is a "girly" variant of "Uhuru", Swahili for "freedom". However, the 1968 book, "The Making of Star Trek" by Stephen J. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry, gave her the first name of Penda. Trek fandom's insistence on ignoring this remains a mystery, as they cite this work on many other points. Nyota was finally spoken on-screen in Star Trek (2009). Grace Lee Whitney was supposed to be the lead female character, hence her prominent role as Yeoman Janice Rand in the first season. However, the producers let go of the character after the first half of the first season, much to the fans' regret. Whitney, however was asked back for most of the "Star Trek" movies, reprising her role as Janice. Leonard Nimoy's favorite episodes were Star Trek: This Side of Paradise (1967), Star Trek: Amok Time (1967), Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967), Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966), Star Trek: Journey to Babel (1967), and Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark (1967). The Klingons were created by Gene L. Coon, and first appear in "Star Trek: Errand of Mercy (1967)." They were named after Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan, who served with Gene Roddenberry in the Los Angeles Police Department. In the early appearances of Klingons, if you listen carefully most characters pronounce the name Klingon like "Klingin". In the mid 2000s, a competition was held amongst real-life Scottish cities and towns to be declared as Scotty's Official Birthplace (and Home Town). Linlithgow made a strong push, claiming direct reference in some of the show's production notes. Aberdeen won out, largely on the basis of a brief line of dialogue from Star Trek: Wolf in the Fold (1967). James Doohan also said he based Scotty's accent on that of someone he knew who had been from Aberdeen. Spock's farewell remark "Live long and prosper" was ranked number five in TV Guide's list of "TV's 20 Top Catchphrases" (August 21-27, 2005 issue). In the first season, only William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy had their names appear in the opening credits. It wasn't until the start of the second season that the opening credits were slightly extended to include DeForest Kelley as well. The names for James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, and George Takei have all appeared in the closing credits for all three seasons of the show, since they didn't always appear together in every episode. The series takes place from 2266 to 2269. A recurring theme within the series concerned the frequent death of security crewmen wearing red uniforms. Fans who did a thorough investigation, concluded that about seventy-three percent of characters who died in the series wore a red shirt (yet, only ten percent of the red shirts seen eventually died). This became such an inside joke that the term "red shirt" later became synonymous for a stock character in a series whose sole purpose is to be killed off in the story. Star Trek: Catspaw (1967)(#2.7) is one example of the other 27%, where the one fatality was wearing a yellow shirt. It's also the only episode where Sulu has no lines. Ranked number one in TV Guide's list of the "30 Top Cult Shows Ever!" (June 28, 2007 issue). When Nichelle Nichols was asked what her favorite episode was, she replied, "Any time Uhura got off the bridge." Kirk never says "Beam me up, Scotty" in any episode, although this misquote is one of pop culture's most popular Star Trek mottoes (used frequently in spoofs), and the title of a memoir-book by William Shatner. Kirk says many similar lines throughout the series -"Scotty, beam us up", "Beam me up", "Scotty, beam me up", "Beam them out of there, Scotty", et cetera - but never "Beam me up, Scotty." The closest came during the animated spin-off "Star Trek: The Animated Series: Yesteryear (1973)," when Kirk said "Beam us up, Scotty." The creation of the the show's "transporters" and concept of beaming off and on the ship was largely due to budget constraints and pacing issues. Gene Roddenberry was unable to find a way to plausibly show the Enterprise repeatedly landing on and taking off from different locations in almost every episode. In many episodes, alien art work and wall hangings were in reality discarded protective Styrofoam shipping box liners from tape recorders used by fellow Desilu/Paramount show Mission: Impossible (1966), spray painted various colors and arranged into various combined forms. At the time of N.A.S.A.'s first space shuttle launches, Nichelle Nichols was an official spokeswoman for the administration. Chekov at one point was to be British, as his looks and appearance were modelled after The Beatles and The Monkees, who are also said to be the inspiration for the creation of the character. Both pilots for Star Trek - "Star Trek: The Cage (1966)" and "Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966)" - were the only episodes not filmed at the present-day Paramount Studio lot in Hollywood. They were filmed at the present-day Sony Pictures Culver Studios in Culver City, California. The entire series ran before the U.S. put a man on the moon. Favorite episode(s) of each cast member: William Shatner: Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark (1967). Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek: This Side of Paradise (1967). DeForest Kelley: Star Trek: The Empath (1968). James Doohan: Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine (1967). Nichelle Nichols: Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren (1968). George Takei: Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966). Walter Koenig: Star Trek: Spectre of the Gun (1968). For many decades, unbeknownst to the fans, the color shirt Captain Kirk, Mr. Sulu, and Ensign Checkov wore was NOT yellow/gold, as everyone believes, but instead the shirts are actually green. In recent interviews, various cinematographers who worked on the series have stated that the series utilized two different types of film stock. One of the film stocks caused the greens of the uniform shirts to come out yellow/gold in the processing. The other film stock also was a little off, which is why the gold sometimes has a greenish hue. However, according to the crew members on the show, the shirts were indeed an olive green. This also explains why Captain Kirk's alternate uniform shirt of a wrap around tunic with the "arrowhead" insignia as a belt was green as opposed to his regular "gold" uniform. Because of the public perception that the shirts were yellow/gold, this "error" was accepted into series and Trek Universe canon and all of the subsequent series and films utilized the gold color from the original series onward. Gene Roddenberry originally envisioned the Enterprise as one of only about twelve to fifteen starships comprising the Federation Starfleet due to the incredible cost in time and resources in building such vessels. This accounts for the Enterprise constantly encountering new or relatively unknown planets and aliens, as well as being the only ship "in range" when some crisis would break out. This idea was gradually dropped with the advent of the movies and especially later, with Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) by which time the Enterprise-D has become the flagship of an entire armada of ships patrolling the galaxy. Chekov was added to the show in season two in an attempt to reach out to and expand the show's younger (particularly female) demographics. A discredited story claimed that Chekov was created as a Russian after Gene Roddenberry heard about the Soviet newspaper Pravda complaining about the lack of Russian presence on the series, specifically because the Russians were the first to put men in space. There was no such article, as the Soviet Union did not broadcast this show. Jerry Goldsmith was Gene Roddenberry's first choice to write the theme for this series. Many years later, Goldsmith wrote the theme to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)," which was also used for "Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)." Chekov's middle name was Andreievich. In Russian custom, this means his father's name was Andrei (also transliterated Andrey). Aside from Kirk (James T.) and McCoy (Leonard H.), he was the only original series character whose middle name (or initial) was revealed. Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics for the show's theme: Beyond/The rim of the starlight/My love/Is wandering in star-flight/I know/He'll find in star-clustered reaches/Love/Strange love a star woman teaches/I know/His journey ends never/His star trek/Will go on forever/But tell him/While he wanders his starry sea/Remember, remember me. The Klingons were intended to look slightly Asian in appearance, but the idea was dropped. However, the concept of Klingon's Warrior Class System, and Imperial nature were similar to aspects of some Asian cultures. The Klingons came to be developed as reflecting Soviet Communists in plots paralleling Cold War issues and tensions of the time (with The Federation representing the U.S. and its allies). The real-life changes in the Soviet Union/Russia would subsequently be reflected by the Klingons in the movies and the later Trek series. The Romulans, who were more secretive in nature, and having an uneasy alliance with the Klingons have come to be viewed as reflecting Red China. The name "Sulu" is not Japanese in origin. Gene Roddenberry named the character after the Sulu Sea, which he noted touched the shores of all Asian countries. Actors of various different Asian backgrounds auditioned for the part, and George Takei's Japanese heritage largely lead to Sulu specifically being identified as such. Lloyd Bridges was approached to play Captain Pike in the original pilot Star Trek: The Cage (1966) but turned it down believing that a science fiction show would hurt his career. Jeffrey Hunter, who played Captain Pike, was replaced after his salary demands were deemed to be too high. An episode was written for Milton Berle titled "He Walked Among Us". Berle would have played a sociologist playing God in a primitive society. Berle was a fan of the series and wanted to show his dramatic acting range. But Norman Spinrad's script was re-written by Gene L. Coon into a comedy. Spinrad was so angry that he wanted the episode scrapped. Gene Roddenberry agreed to scrap it after reading the script. The set for Spock's quarters is simply a redressed version of the set for Captain Kirk's. The broadcast rights to this show in the U.K. were originally held by the BBC, and that network banned the episodes "Star Trek: The Empath (1968),""Star Trek: Whom Gods Destroy (1969)," "Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren (1968)," and "Star Trek: Miri (1966)" for many years. "Miri" was shown once in 1970 before being proscribed and "The Empath" was scheduled that year, but not aired. The BBC considered this show to be a children's show and stated that the episodes "all dealt most unpleasantly with the already unpleasant subjects of madness, torture, sadism, and disease." British fans cried foul, and hypocrisy as well, noting that the BBC's "Doctor Who (1963),: aired in the same time slot, had scenes more gruesome than anything on this show and that the BBC also purveyed "I, Claudius (1976)," which featured torture, murder, and even cannibalism. The banned episodes were screened at conventions, released on video, and finally aired by the BBC in the 1990s. Nichelle Nichols revealed in 2011 that she auditioned for Spock. Mr. Spock was played as much more emotional and "human" in the original rejected pilot, Star Trek: The Cage (1966). This is very noticeable during the flashback sequences of Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)/Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part II (1966). The flashbacks were simply scenes from the original pilot, re-edited into the new episodes. Captain Kirk is called "Jim" (as opposed to "Captain") three times : in Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)(#1.11) Spock calls him "Jim" Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967)(#2.4) marks the only time in the series where Scotty addresses Captain Kirk as "Jim" in Star Trek: Catspaw (1967)(#2.7) Spock calls him "Jim" for a second time. Leonard Nimoy received Emmy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Role for each of the show's three seasons. These would be the only Emmy Award nominations in acting categories for any series in the Star Trek franchise. According to the DVD commentary, many of the sets used for the series were built with easily removable wall panels designed to allow for easy camera placement and easy redressing of the sets for other uses. The episode "Star Trek: Who Mourns for Adonais? (1967)" was the first episode to feature all seven members of the original cast, including Walter Koenig (Chekov), who was the last to join the cast, at the beginning of season two. Early on in season two, to save the time in later episodes, the producers took aside George Takei and Walter Koenig and sat them facing the bridge's viewscreen, with the camera directly behind them. While the camera was running, they were asked to carry on as normal pressing buttons, et cetera for a few minutes. Then George was told to "turn to face the camera and look worried." Then Walter was told to do the same. Then they were told to both face the camera and look worried. It is not known how often, or when these shots were edited into the subsequent shows. Martin Landau was originally offered the role of Commander Spock. Landau was not keen on the idea of portraying a character lacking in emotion, so Leonard Nimoy was approached, who had appeared on The Lieutenant (1963), an earlier series produced by Gene Roddenberry, who at the time thought that the actor would be well cast as an alien (when he ran out of choices). Nimoy inspired the creation of the character. Shortly after this show's cancellation, he took over the role of disguise expert on Mission: Impossible (1966) when Landau left that show. "Mission: Impossible" was also filmed on the same lot, therefore, when "Star Trek" ended, Nimoy merely went next door to go to his new job. Also, Landau went on to star in another science fiction space exploration television series, Space: 1999 (1975), whose last season was produced by (the controversial) Fred Freiberger, who also produced this show's final season. William Shatner and James Doohan are originally Canadian. The Star Trek crews from all of the "Star Trek" series were ranked number two in TV Guide's list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (August 1, 2004 issue). Although frequently referred to as a "low-budget series", this is only in comparison to the costs of series made in the following decades, adjusted for inflation. The typical budget per episode of this show was almost equal to an episode of contemporary series such as Lost in Space (1965) and Mission: Impossible (1966). Star Trek: Shore Leave (1966) has the only scene in which the U.S.S. Enterprise is seen orbiting a planet from right to left. The U.S.S. Enterprise also does this briefly in the parallel universe, in the pre-credits sequence of Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967), but by the beginning of Act I, it is again orbiting from left to right. The images displayed during the end credits of the show tended to follow a specific format. The first image was either an external shot of the Enterprise in space, or in orbit of a planet (seasons one and two) or a shot of the Melkotian head from Star Trek: Spectre of the Gun (1968) (season three). The second image was often a specific scene from that particular episode aired, while the rest of the images up until the final one were various images from random episodes, and finally, the final image at the end of the credits would be either a shot of the Orion slave girl (from Star Trek: The Cage (1966)) during season one, a shot of Big Balok (from Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver (1966)) during season two, and a simple space shot for season three. Also worth mentioning is that the opening and closing credits text for seasons one and two were yellow, while the text for season three was light blue. There are contradictory indicators as to just how far into the future the series was set. A calendar year for the adventures of the Enterprise crew is never given in any episode, and Gene Roddenberry said the series could have taken place anywhere from the twenty-first to the thirty-first centuries. However, in Star Trek: Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967), which involves a time-trip to Earth in the 1960s, Kirk is arrested by security at Omaha Air Force Base. When an officer threatens to lock him up for two hundred years if he does not explain who he is and why he is there, Kirk mutters, "That ought to be just about right." Stronger is Star Trek: Space Seed (1967), where a ship filled with people in suspended animation capsules is dated to the 1990s. When the first person revived asks "How long?" a few minutes later, the response is, "We estimate two centuries." An advance print ad for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) had a blurb across the top that began, "In the 23rd Century...," leading fans to protest on the basis of those two original series statements. The ad was soon changed to bear a non-time specific blurb, but "Trekkies" refused to acknowledge the fact that "23rd century" was an error. In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), after the opening credits, the words "In the 23rd Century" appear. By the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), calendar years for Trek adventures had been established and the official Star Trek Chronology now indicates that the original "Star Trek" television series takes place between the years 2266 and 2269. (Later, in Star Trek: Voyager: Q2 (2001), it was said that Kirk's five-year mission ended in 2270.) It wasn't until Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) that the 23rd century time line is internally established, in a conversation between Kirk and Dr. Gillian Taylor (Catherine Hicks). Also, on a 1975 episode of To Tell the Truth (1956) in which the TTTT panel had to guess who the real Gene Roddenberry was, host Garry Moore read from Gene's affidavit that the show was about "life as I (Gene) imagine it might be in the 23rd Century." There are conflicting reasons as to why Janice Rand was written out of the series after only eight appearances during the first season. Gene Roddenberry has said it was a budgetary move, but others have claimed that as the show progressed her role as the Captain's Woman, or potential love interest for Kirk became impractical. Other stories have claimed that Grace Lee Whitney was having issues with alcoholism, which was said to be affecting her work on the series. Whitney said she may have been let go to keep her quiet over accusations of a network executive having sexually assaulted her at a wrap party. Whitney would later return to reprise her role as Rand, making brief appearances in some of the Star Trek movies, and a guest appearance on Star Trek: Voyager: Flashback (1996). William Shatner admitted in his autobiography that he and Leonard Nimoy did not get along throughout the series. According to Shatner, he was bothered by Nimoy's massive popularity because Shatner felt that he was the star of the series. According to Nimoy's memoir, Shatner demanded some of Nimoy's lines to be given to him instead. In one incident, a photographer from Life Magazine was on the set to do a profile on Nimoy. Shatner demanded the photographer to be removed from the set and refused to come out of his dressing room. Nimoy stormed off to his dressing room and refused to come out until the photographer was allowed back. Filming was delayed for hours while the executives pleaded with both stars to return to work. According to Nimoy, Gene Roddenberry sought Isaac Asimov's advice to help settle the feud. Shatner and Nimoy eventually reconciled during the making of the "Star Trek" film franchise and remained good friends for decades. The Romulans and the Romulan Empire were noticeably modelled after the Roman Empire, in clothing as well as the use of military terms such as Centurion and Praetor. Their home planet of Romulus (with its moon Remus) were named for the two brothers who, according to ancient mythology, founded the city of Rome together. The Romulans were created by Paul Schneider, who said "it was a matter of developing a good Romanesque set of admirable antagonists, an extension of the Roman civilization to the point of space travel." It is never explained in Star Trek lore how these aliens (an offshoot of the Vulcans) would end up modelling and naming themselves after a human civilization with which they never had contact. A fan theory states that the Romulans may have come in contact with aliens who had also visited Earth and were worshiped as gods by the Romans, in the same way that an alien claimed to have been responsible for inspiring the ancient Greek civilization in Star Trek: Who Mourns for Adonais? (1967). One of Starfleet's Prime Directives is that it can't let the inhabitants of planets visited learn of their technology. Yet, there are numerous episodes where communicators, phasers, and other sophisticated equipment is left behind. McCoy, Spock, and Scotty were shown to still be living during the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), taking place approximately seventy years after the events of this show. Ironically, however, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, and Leonard Nimoy were the first three primary cast members to die. George Takei was unavailable for nine episodes during the second season. Takei had been cast in The Green Berets (1968), which provided scheduling conflicts. In a TV Guide interview two months before his death, Gene Roddenberry listed his ten favorite episodes Star Trek: Amok Time (1967) Star Trek: Balance of Terror (1966) Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967) Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark (1967) Star Trek: The Enemy Within (1966) Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966) Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part II (1966) Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966) Star Trek: The Return of the Archons (1967) Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966) Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles (1967). Nichelle Nichols was the only regular cast member not to reprise her role in crossovers with the Star Trek spin-off projects, although Uhura was seen in archive footage in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials and Tribble-ations (1996). McCoy, Spock and Scotty appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Kirk, Scotty, and Chekov appeared in Star Trek: Generations (1994). Sulu (along with Janice Rand) appeared on Star Trek: Voyager: Flashback (1996). While Christine Chapel did not make any such appearances, Majel Barret would play the recurring role of Lwaxanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), as well as continuing as computer voices for all Star Trek spin-offs until her death in 2008. The series no longer holds the record for the first ever televised interracial kiss due to a recently discovered recording of a the British series Emergency-Ward 10 (1957) that predates it by two years. Gene Roddenberry believed the show's initial higher than expected ratings when the series entered syndication were a fluke and expected the sudden birth of interest in the series to die down. According to his character biography in the series Writer's Guide, McCoy was divorced and had a college-aged daughter named Joanna. None of this was mentioned in any episode, though there were a couple of unsuccessful attempts to feature an appearance by Joanna. The character of Irina (Mary Linda Rapelye) in Star Trek: The Way to Eden (1969) was originally to have been Joanna. Joanna was mentioned in the animated series, and also depicted or referred to in non-canonical Star Trek novels and comics. Finally, in Star Trek (2009), McCoy's bitter divorce is prominently mentioned during his fist conversation with Jim Kirk (though there was no mention of a daughter). To keep his mouth moist, Leonard Nimoy would suck on a lollipop between takes. When the scene was taking place off the ship, he would often hide the lollipop inside his tricorder before they filmed. Many owners of a Canadian five-dollar bill would doodle on the portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier to make him look like Mr. Spock, because of his striking resemblance to him. This was also known as "Spocking Fives". In 2013, the portrait of Laurier has been updated to make the resemblance to Spock less obvious and to discourage people from altering the portrait again. The story that the U.S.S. Enterprise's registry number "NCC-1701" was derived from Walter M. Jefferies' antique Waco biplane (FAA registration NC17704) is mostly apocryphal. According to Jefferies himself, the Star Fleet "NCC" was a mix of the original international codes "NC" for United States commercial vehicles and "CC CC" for Russian vehicles. The "1701" was selected for visual clarity, with "17" representing the seventeenth basic Federation ship design, and "01" marking Enterprise as the first commissioned vessel of that design. Interestingly, there was once in fact a Waco YKS biplane registered with the FAA as NC17701. CBS initially expressed an interest in picking up the series, but ultimately passed on it, since they were already developing another science fiction television series Lost in Space (1965). CBS would come to own and distribute the series as a result of their corporate connections with Paramount. Pavel Chekov was also the name of playwright Anton Chekhov's father. While Spock's name appears to be a singular one, he explains in Star Trek: This Side of Paradise (1967) that he has a surname which is largely unpronounceable for non-Vulcans. Traditionally, science fiction stories had depicted space travel craft as either flying saucers or oblong capsules, often shaped like cigars or fountain pens. The design of the Enterprise combined both traditional concepts. According to the Hollywood Entertainment Museum, as of fall 2003, only a few pieces of the original 1960s bridge survive. The museum, on Hollywood Boulevard, incorporates two original turboshaft doors into its Star Trek display, while a Los Angeles bookstore reportedly owns the original Captain's chair. Nexus points; changes that are of such significance that they effect the rest of the series (such as personnel changes) or new information is revealed: Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4) Nurse Christine Chapel's first appearance Star Trek: Balance of Terror (1966)(#1.14) Yeoman Janice Rand's final appearance, and also the first appearance of Romulans, starring Mark Lenard as a Romulan Star Trek: Amok Time (1967)(#2.1) first appearance of Chekov, although his first name is not yet mentioned Star Trek: The Apple (1967)(#2.5) Chekov's fist name is revealed for the first time Star Trek: Journey to Babel (1967)(#2.10) first appearance of Spock's father, Sarek, also played by Mark Lenard [It's revealed in Star Trek: Wolf in the Fold (1967)(#2.14) that Scotty's full name is Montgomery Scott. The name was improvised by James Doohan and Gene Roddenberry: "Scott" because Roddenberry liked Doohan's Scottish brogue, and "Montgomery" because it's Doohan's middle name. Star Trek: The Way to Eden (1969)(#3.20) Chekov's middle name is revealed to be Andreivich Star Trek: The Savage Curtain (1969)(#3.22) final appearance of Uhura Star Trek: Turnabout Intruder (1969)(#3.24) only episode to air after the death of Jeffrey Hunter. Most episodes revolve around Kirk, Spock, and/or McCoy. Producers often proclaimed intentions to feature stories focusing on the supporting characters. While Scotty achieved greater prominence in some episodes as the show went on, promised episodes centering around Sulu, Chekov, or Uhura never materialized. For this reason, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), and all henceforth series in the Trek franchise, having taken great care to make use of their complete ensemble casts. Malachi Throne provided the voice of the Talosian Keeper in the first pilot Star Trek: The Cage (1966), which was also Leonard Nimoy's first "Star Trek" appearance. Throne was also with Nimoy for Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification II (1991), the latter's final Star Trek television appearance (he appeared in some Trek movies afterwards). At numerous Star Trek conventions, many of the actors openly revealed that they actively disliked William Shatner, because of the way he would take good lines from their characters for himself. Considering the time period and budget of this show, one of the most impressive realistic visual effects were the phaser beams. As well as having a consistent sound effect, they were colored just enough so that the viewer could actually see through them. This made them a lot more believable as opposed to other science fiction television and movies at the time where they were obvious animations. DeForest Kelley's favorite episode was Star Trek: The Empath (1968). Each starship and starbase had its own insignia, which was worn on the left breast of the uniform. The Enterprise's insignia was the now well-known arrowhead shape. The boomerang shape from the side of the ship was the Starfleet Command insignia. After appearances in each of the first two seasons, a script featuring Harry Mudd was written for the third season. However, Roger C. Carmel was unavailable to reprise the role, and the episode was put aside for use during the show's fourth season (which never occurred due to the show's cancellation). Carmel returned to voice Harry Mudd in the Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) episode Star Trek: The Animated Series: Mudd's Passion (1973). Mudd was also considered for appearances in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), but those ideas were scrapped due to Carmel's declining health and subsequent death. Mudd continued to make non-canonical appearances in various Star Trek novels, comic book stories, and other non traditional media adaptations. Diana Muldaur, who appeared as Ann Mulhall in Star Trek: Return to Tomorrow (1968) and Miranda Jones in Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty? (1968), later played the character of Dr. Katharine Pulaski during season two of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Although she appeared in almost every episode of the season, she was never considered a regular. James Hong auditioned for Sulu, but was passed over in favor of George Takei. He later was cast as "Snotty" which may have been a spoof of the name "Scotty" in Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987). While there are many possible permutations of the origin of the Vulcan greeting "Live long and prosper", in keeping with Trek's affinity for William Shakespeare allusions, it seems entirely possible that it was lifted from Act 5, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet, where Romeo bids farewell to his best friend Balthazar for the last time, saying "Live and be prosperous, and farewell, good fellow." Three of the main cast members were the children or grandchildren of Russian-Jewish immigrants: Leonard Nimoy's parents came to North America from the Ukraine, as did William Shatner's grandparents, while Walter Koenig's parents were from Lithuania. William Shatner named Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark (1967) as his favorite episode, followed by Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967). James Doohan's favorite episode was Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine (1967). Walter Koenig claimed he wasn't aware of being cast as Chekov, until he was summoned to wardrobe, and one of the dressers started to take measurements for his uniform. Unlike Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), not all of the same main crew characters are always seen on the bridge, apart from Kirk, McCoy, and Spock. This can be explained by the other "minor" characters being on leave and/or a different shift, considering the Enterprise would be a continually twenty-four hour operating vessel. In Captain's Kirk's backstory: Kirk was born to Starfleet officer Lieutenant George Kirk and his wife Winona and he was raised in Iowa. Inspired by his father, Kirk also joined Starfleet and after Christopher Pike was promoted to Fleet Captain, Kirk was promoted to Captain and became the new Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise. In Star Trek (2009), Spock Prime mentions this to Kirk in the alternate time-line. In 2017, two years after the death of Leonard Nimoy, his son Adam Nimoy got engaged to Terry Farrell, who played Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). Before Star Trek, William Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy appeared in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Project Strigas Affair (1964). Michael Ansara from Star Trek: Day of the Dove (1968) later reprised his role as Kang in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Blood Oath (1994) and Star Trek: Voyager: Flashback (1996). In Trek Nation (2011), George Lucas cited this series as a major influence on Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Much of the futuristic architecture depicted and set designs were inspired by displays and pavilions featured at the 1964-65 New York City World's Fair. According to DVD commentary, a rotating drum with a slot cut out for light to shine through was used to give the turbolifts the illusion of motion. George Takei's favorite episode was Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966). In the U.K., Star Trek: Miri (1966) had received a lot of complaints by the BBC from parents of young viewers, that had felt that the show was unsuitable for children, because it dealt with the subject matter of madness, torture, sadism, and disease, and the BBC later excluded (#1.8) from repeat transmissions, and was not broadcast again until the 1990s. The following excerpt from Star Trek Guide (April 17, 1967, page 25) instructed writers for this show on how to select stardates for their scripts. "We invented 'Stardate' to avoid continually mentioning Star Trek's century (actually, about two hundred years from now), and getting into arguments about whether this or that would have developed by then. Pick any combination of four numbers plus a percentage point, use it as your story's stardate. For example, 1313.5 is twelve o'clock noon of one day and 1314.5 would be noon of the next day. Each percentage point is roughly equivalent to one-tenth of one day. The progression of stardates in your script should remain constant but don't worry about whether or not there is a progression from other scripts. Stardates are a mathematical formula which varies depending on location in the galaxy, velocity of travel, and other factors, can vary widely from episode to episode." The in-story definition of a Stardate would certainly explain why they vary so much, even though the voyage shown in the series is only "three of your Earth years", or thirteen Earth years, if the events of the two pilots are included. The outwardly adversarial, but personally respectful, relationship between the country doctor McCoy and the Captain's logical intelligent sidekick Spock, was similar to the Gunsmoke (1955) relationship between the logical intelligent Doctor Adams and the Marshall's country sidekick Festus. Vasquez Rocks was the filming location of many of this show's episodes. In season one, there appeared to be an endless supply of new planet rock wall scenery. On binge watching season two, it soon becomes apparent, and slightly confusing, that the in-studio planet exterior set is a simply redressed re-use of the Star Trek: Amok Time (1967) planet set. With the dirt floor as the central focus of the planet surface set, and with a low planet horizon on the backdrop, screen right is usually a large re-dressed tall rock face, and screen left is smaller rocky outcrops, with various set dressings such and foliage and re-arranged minor rocks. Stonn, played by Lawrence Montaigne in Star Trek: Amok Time (1967), is the only male Vulcan in the original series without a letter "K" in his name. Reportedly, when the show was first pitched to Desilu Studios, upon first seeing the title Star Trek, studio owner Lucille Ball thought the proposed series was a sitcom, or variety show about a group of travelling U.S.O. performers. Nichelle Nichols' favorite episode was Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren (1968). William Shatner has never watched a single episode. Walter Koenig's favorite episode was Star Trek: Spectre of the Gun (1968). Throughout the series, computer tapes used to record or display information are yellow. In The Making of Star Trek by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry, one topic was how the production team attempted to design "futuristic" versions of everyday items. An example of this was a futuristic salt shaker that was designed for "The Man Trap", which was a small silver cylinder topped with an inverted silver cone. However, it was determined that the audience would likely not recognize this item as a salt shaker, so a traditional salt shaker was used in the scene where Janice Rand brings Sulu his meal. Rather than discarding the new design as a loss, it was then decided that the redesigned salt shaker would become Dr. McCoy's laser scalpel. In photos of the salt shaker/laser scalpel in The Making of Star Trek, the holes for shaking out salt are clearly visible. Star Trek: Turnabout Intruder (1969) was the show's final episode, and also the only one to air after Jeffrey Hunter's death. Contrary to popular belief, William Shatner wore a hairpiece throughout the entire series. He had been wearing one since about the mid 1950s. The comic strip version of this show appeared in the U.K. comic "Joe 90" some time before the show itself aired in the U.K. A tin-eared lettering artist wrote Captain Kirk as "Captain Kurt". During the second season, Leonard Nimoy performed the song "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" for his album "Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy". The song was the story of Bilbo Baggins and his adventures in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel "The Hobbit". Spock and Bilbo Baggins have pointy ears. None of the Enterprise men have facial hair. Apparently, this is a Federation mandate that may differ from time to time and place to place: Commander Riker was allowed to have a beard in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), yet Tom Paris was once reprimanded for not having shaved in Star Trek: Voyager (1995). Of the many Star Trek novels, there was one called "Ishmael", in which there was a crossover with the television series Here Come the Brides (1968), a series that starred Mark Lenard. In the novel, Spock reveals his mother's full name to be Amanda Stempel Grayson, a descendant of Bride's Aaron Stempel, played by Mark Lenard. Nichelle Nichols revealed that she almost left the series after season one but stayed because Martin Luther King, who was a fan of the show, told Nichols she was the only black actor on TV in a role worth having, and she was a role model to his children. The opening Kirk voice-over containing "...where no man has gone before" has often been criticized for being sexist and inappropriate to the theme of twenty-third century equality. This would be rectified in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), on which "No man..." was changed to "No one..." in Picard's voice-over. While other Star Trek series do not use the voice-over monologue, they occasionally work it into a character's speech, usually in the "no one" version. In the end credits for the second season, the picture of Big Balok from Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver (1966) was used when Herbert F. Solow's credit came on. Apparently, the feelings for Mr. Solow were rather poor, to put it mildly. Walter Koenig appeared on another science fiction television series, Babylon 5 (1993), where he played recurring antagonist Alfred Bester. Out of all the principle characters, the only ones whose living quarters are shown on-screen are Kirk (repeatedly), Scotty (Wink of an Eye), Spock in Star Trek: Amok Time (1967), McCoy (The Man Trap), and Uhura in Star Trek: Elaan of Troyius (1968). Yeoman Rand's are also seen in Star Trek: The Enemy Within (1966) and Charlie X. As of 2018, there are now at least three alternate presentations of the original series run being used by broadcasters and/or streaming video services. The original special effects version in original aspect ratio, the original special effects version cropped top and bottom for widescreen, the remastered special effects version in original aspect ratio, and a re-mastered version cropped for widescreen. All excluding additional edits certain broadcasters may make to their showings. In a broadcast celebration of Star Trek's 40th anniversary back in 2006, Leonard Nimoy mentioned in an interview that George Lindsey, who played Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show (1960), had been Gene Roddenberry's first choice to portray Spock. While some questioned the validity of Nimoy's claim, another big star confirmed this curious piece of television history a couple of years later. Ernest Borgnine published a memoir in 2008. In it he wrote he and Lindsey became great friends. He said "To this day I think that George Lindsey is one of the great guys in the world. I can't say too much about that old boy and how he used to keep me in stitches talking about his home in Alabama, how he gave up being a science teacher to act, and how, my hand to God, he turned down the part of Mr. Spock on TV's Star Trek." Being a heavy smoker at the time, Leonard Nimoy always had his pack of cigarettes near by after a scene had been completed. The Fantastic Journey (1977), a short-lived science fiction series, used sound effects from this show in a few of its episodes. At one point, Leonard Nimoy received an acting award for his performance as Spock. This didn't go down very well with William Shatner, who was hoping for a nomination. During the show's production, there were feelings of animosity between William Shatner and James Doohan. To the end of his life, Doohan never made peace with Shatner. DeForest Kelley was 11 years older than William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Shatner and Nimoy were born just four days apart, in 1931. While Star Trek generally follows naval rank structure, the cuff stripes are inconsistent. The lieutenants wear a single ensign's stripe. Scott and McCoy, as Lt Commanders, wear the 1 1/2 stripes of a Lt, junior grade. Spock, regularly referred to as a Lt Commander, wears a second full stripe, which would designate a full commander's rank. In reality, 2 full stripes represent a Lt, senior grade. Kirk, as Captain, wears the 2 full stripes-1 half stripe of a Lt Commander. Only Admirals are portrayed in line with reality, with a single oversized band. In Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966), Joe Tormolen wears a single half stripe, a rank that does not exist at all. By the Starfleet time period of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), there are three Klingons who've gained great notoriety and have achieved legendary status. Captain Kirk fought all three: Kor, Kang, and Koloth during the run of the original series. He also fought a phantasm of Kahless, the renowned founder of the Klingon Empire. First Officer Spock was from the planet Vulcan which orbited 40 Eridani A. In astronomy the planet Vulcan was a theory of a small hypothetical planet that was proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun which 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized. Despite what has been written elsewhere, the budget NBC allocated to series 1 & 2 equated to an average of approximately $100,000 per episode. However after season 2 the network were reluctant to commission a third season and finally agreed to do so provided the already tight budget was cut by 30%. This resulted in Gene Roddenberry walking away in anger and the network appointing producer Fred Freiberger to oversee the third (and final) season. The third season is widely acknowledged to be inferior to the first two, with what many perceive to be poor scripts, cut price effects and props, filming mostly confined to the studio and other cost cutting measures. In the years since, Freiburger earned the nickname 'The man who killed Star Trek' although William Shatner has gone on record defending him, saying that he was given a thankless job to produce a whole season with a severely reduced budget meaning he had no choice but to make compromises. In their book Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, Robert Justman and Herbert Solow discussed the contract dispute with Leonard Nimoy in detail, and they included a picture of a memo with names of potential replacements for Nimoy should he not return. Among the names on that list were Lloyd Bochner and David Carradine. Dr. McCoy is the only one aboard the Enterprise to (almost) always call Kirk "Jim." Not even Spock does that, and he has just as close a friendship. William Shatner struggled with his weight throughout the run of the show. He would report to the studio at the beginning of a new season's filming in great shape having worked out during the break and been put on a diet. However as the weeks of filming dragged on his waistline increased. Watching stories filmed at the beginning and end of a season show this and some later stories in the final season appear to show Shatner wearing a corset hidden under his tunic. The fledgling studio Desilu didn't have the resources of the other big studios. When the pilot, Star Trek: The Cage (1966), starring Jeffrey Hunter as the Captain was a success, they met with Hunter to discuss a contract for 6 more episodes. Unfortunately Hunter brought his wife to the meeting and in the main stayed silent while she did the talking. She made demands the studio couldn't afford such as Fan club managers, personal transport and phones etc. When they were told they couldn't afford it, they walked out. William Shatner had played a captain in the film Judgement at Nuremburg. He was contacted, turned out to be less demanding, and was hired. The TV series "Burke's Law" featured several actresses in early roles who became Captain Kirk's future girlfriends. These were Celeste Yarnall, Nancy Kovak, Susan Oliver, and France Nuyen. William Shatner himself also appeared in that series. Spock is a full Commander as indicated by the two, solid braids on his sleeve and this would be consistent with his being first officer on a capital ship but he is frequently misidentified as Lieutenant-Commander Spock, one rank grad lower than his actual rank. Although Starfleet is supposed to be a non militaristic organisation, it does resemble the way the British Royal Navy of the 18th and 19th centuries carried out its duties. Starfleet patrols Federation space protecting interplanetary travel and trade within its borders, as did the Royal Navy within the growing British Empire. Starfleet vessels defend Federation space against against attacks from outside its borders, as did the Royal Navy against such enemies as France and Spain during the Napoleonic era. Starfleet also carries out scientific and mapping duties as did the Royal Navy. Examples of the Navy carrying out these duties include, the voyages of Captain James Cook to Newfoundland and the Pacific. The voyage of HMS Beagle, of which Charles Darwin was a member. The joint voyages of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to both the Antarctic and to find the North West Passage. It is believed that Leslie Nielsen was the first ever "Trekkie". According to screenwriter and story editor D.C. Fontana, in the morning after the first episode aired, Nielsen called the production office and praised the show. Since that the producers had no care between the stardates established in each episode respect its release date, stardates are not lineal throughout the series, skipping backward and forward without a sense. In chronological order according the stardates, the list of the episodes are the following (attending stardate, episode name, season number and season episode number): -Unknown: Cage (1x01). -1312.4: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1x02). -1329.1: Mudd's Women (1x04). -1512.2: Corbomite Maneuver (1x03). -1513.1: Man Trap (1x06). -1533.6: Charlie X (1x08). -1672.1: Enemy Within (1x05). -1704.2: Naked Time (1x07). -1709.1: Balance of Terror (1x09). -2124.5: Squire of Gothos (1x19). -2534: Patterns of Force (2x23). -2712.4: What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1x10). -2713.5: Miri (1x12). -2715.1: Dagger of the Mind (1x11). -2817.6: Conscience of the King (1x13). -2821.5: Galileo Seven (1x14). -2947.3: Court Martial (1x15). -3012.4: Menagerie, Part I (1x16). -3013: Menagerie, Part II (1x17). -3018.2: Catspaw (2x01). -3025.3: Shore Leave (1x18). -3045.6: Arena (1x20). -3087.6: Alternative Factor (1x21). -3113.2: Tomorrow is Yesterday (1x22). -3134: City on the Edge of Forever (1x29). -3141.9: Space Seed (1x25). -3156.2: Return of the Archons (1x23). -3192.1: A Taste of Armageddon (1x24). -3196.1: Devil in the Dark (1x27). -3198.4: Errand of Mercy (1x28). -3211.7: Gamesters of Triskelion (2x17). -3219.8: Metamorphosis (2x02). -3287.2: Operation: Annihilate! (1x30). -3372.7: Amok Time (2x05). -3417.3: This Side of Paradise (1x26). -3468.1: Who Mourns for Adonais? (2x04). -3478.2: Deadly Years (2x11). -3497.2: Friday's Child (2x03). -3541.9: Changeling (2x08). -3614.9: Wolf in the Fold (2x07). -3619.2: Obsession (2x18). -3715.3: Apple (2x09). -Unknown: Mirror, Mirror (2x10). -3842.3: Journey to Babel (2x15). -4040.7: Bread and Circuses (2x14). -4202.9: Doomsday Machine (2x06). -4211.4: Private Little War (2x16). -4272.5: Elaan of Troyius (3x02). -4307.1: Immunity Syndrome (2x19). -4385.3: Spectre of the Gun (3x01). -4513.3: I, Mudd (2x12). -4523.3: Trouble with Tribbles (2x13). -4598: Piece of the Action (2x20). -4657.5: By Any Other Name (2x21). -4729.4: Ultimate Computer (2x24). -Unknown: Omega Glory (2x25). -4768.3: Return to Tomorrow (2x22). -Unknown: Assignment Earth (2x26). -4842.6: Paradise Syndrome (3x03). -5031.3: Enterprise Incident (3x04). -5027.3: And the Children Shall Lead (3x05). -5121: Empath (3x08). -5423.4: Mark of Gideon (3x17). -5431.4: Spock's Brain (3x06). -5476.3: For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (3x10). -Unknown: Day of the Dove (3x11). -5630.7: Is There in Truth No Beauty? (3x07). -5693.4: Tholian Web (3x09). -5710.5: Wink of an Eye (3x13). -Unknown: That Which Survives (3x14). -5718.3: Whom Gods Destroy (3x16). -5725.3: Lights of Zetar (3x18). -5730.2: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (3x15). -5784.2: Plato's Stepchildren (3x12). -5818.4: Cloud Minders (3x19). -5832.3: Way to Eden (3x20). -5843.7: Requiem for Methuselah (3x21). -5906.4: Savage Curtain (3x22). -5928.5: Turnabout Intruder (3x24). -5943.7: All Our Yesterdays (3x23). All computer tapes used to record or display information are yellow. Spock's species, the Vulcans, are like a race of computers, with a reputation for an almost robotic stoicism. Centuries ago (in the series' time line), Vulcans rejected and repressed their emotion, devoting themselves to logic. Spock, however, is half-human and, at times, it shows. In Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966) Spock breaks down and cries when he is infected by a mysterious virus that causes its victims to behave irrationally. In Star Trek: Journey to Babel (1967) Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy meets Spock's estranged father Ambassador Sarek and Spock's human mother, Amanda Grayson. Thirty years after this show first premiered on American television, James Doohan played another Scottish character, Damon Warwick, in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (1987). Gene Roddenberry was reportedly impressed by Gerry Anderson's attention to detail in his Supermarionation productions (Supercar (1961), Fireball XL5 (1962), Stingray (1964), Thunderbirds (1965), Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967), Joe 90 (1968), and The Secret Service (1969)) and once shared part of a bottle of Scotch with him at Pinewood Studios. Anderson was equally complimentary, expressing his admiration for Roddenberry's efforts on Star Trek. Star Trek has some ties to Anderson's series Space: 1999 (1975): Fred Freiberger, who produced Space: 1999 (1975)'s last season, also produced Star Trek (1966)'s final season as well. Martin Landau was originally offered the role of Commander Spock on Star Trek (1966), but wasn't interested in portraying a character with no emotions (limiting his acting range). When Landau left Mission: Impossible (1966), Leonard Nimoy, who played the role of Spock joined the cast. Space: 1999: Guardian of Piri (1975) mentions a "prime directive". Commander John Koenig has the same last name as Walter Koenig who played Chekov in the Star Trek franchise, starting with the original series (it's been confirmed by the producers to just be a coincidence). Space: 1999: One Moment of Humanity (1976) has almost the same plot as Star Trek: Wink of an Eye (1968). Zamara also very closely resembles Deela. Space: 1999: The Immunity Syndrome (1977) has the same title as Star Trek: The Immunity Syndrome (1968). Space 1999's concept is similar in premise to future Star Trek spin off series Star Trek: Voyager (1995), both are about a group of individuals flung away from Earth with no quick way back. However, while Voyager had an ending where the heroes eventually returned home, Space: 1999 was canceled without a proper ending. Catherine Schell was the first actress considered for the role of Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek Voyager. Not only does Commander John Koenig share a set of initials with Captain Jim Kirk, the "leader/scientist/medic" triumvirate of Koenig/Russell/Bergman echoes that of Kirk/Spock/McCoy. Jonathan Frakes who stared as Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek spin off Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) would direct the live action version of Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds (2004). Star Trek: All Our Yesterdays (1969) is the only episode to have no scenes on the Enterprise. With all the mishaps with the Enterprise and other Star Fleet ships, including many times when the Enterprise crew went aboard a "dead" ship, the artificial gravity systems always seemed to work perfectly. At Lt Sulu helm position, there are no screens, no dials, no gauges and no instruments of any kind. The only controls he has are colored buttons and some toggle switches. This means there is no way he could enter in coordinates or do any precise navigation of any kind. Despite not being shown until 1988, clips of Star Trek: The Cage (1966) were actually shown during Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)/Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part II (1966). Grace Lee Whitney's role as Yeoman Rand was cut halfway through season one and no explanation was given for her sudden disappearance. Years later Whitney alleged that she had been seriously sexually assaulted by a "...significant figure involved with the show..". The man was never named but it is not thought to be any of the cast or the show's creator Gene Roddenberry. Whitney was effectively sacked from the show by executives who feared a scandal and paid her off to buy her silence. Unfortunately her career was now in tatters, her marriage was breaking apart and she later admitted becoming an alcoholic and had started smoking marijuana, to which she became addicted for years. More than a decade later, during contract negotiations for Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1979), one of the stipulations made by actor Leonard Nimoy to reprise his role as Spock was that Paramount bring her character back in some capacity. William Shatner had kept in contact with her in the intervening years and told Nimoy she had fallen on hard times. Like many of the cast, Nimoy thought she had been treated very badly at the time and he used the negotiations as leverage to get her a pay-check. After her cameo in the film she appeared in three more Trek films and started to make appearances at Trek conventions until her passing in 2015. It has never been made public who her alleged assailant was, although many fans claim to know the identity of individual concerned. When Gene Roddenberry pitched the series to the American broadcaster, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), he described it as a "Wagon Train (1957) to the stars". Wagon train was about the trek and early colonization of the frontier territory that would become California. Very few retakes of scenes were allowed due to an incredibly tight filming schedule. This meant that the actors had to be very much on the ball with their lines and delivery as the directors were under immense pressure to get each set up done in one take. Typically all the live action scenes for each episode had to be shot in 7 days (occasionally 6, depending how far behind schedule the series was) and the framing story for Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)/Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part II (1966) had to be shot in just four days. If a word was flubbed, a prop failed or an actor stumbled on set, often there was no time to set up the scene again. Providing the take was otherwise usable, it would be down to creative editing to work around those mistakes. Several directors were not invited back to direct further stories after taking eight days to complete filming instead of the allocated seven. In comparison the ten days of filming allocated to directors for filming 'Star Trek- The Next Generation' episode twenty years later must have felt like a luxury. After deciding to replace Jeffrey Hunter as Capt. Kirk, Gene Roddenberry originally offered the role to Jack Lord. But when Lord demanded 50 percent ownership of the show, Roddenberry instead turned to William Shatner. Lord soon went on to an iconic run as Steve McGarrett in the original Hawaii Five-O. When CBS had the shows remastered in the early 2000s they found that both domestic and foreign networks were slow to pick up the new version due to CBS hiking up the price for broadcast of the new tapes. For several years afterwards broadcasters showed the original unremastered tapes as rights were half the price of the new ones. Eventually CBS gradually removed the original versions from the market and introduced the new versions but also dropped the prices to keep demand going. The ages of the principle cast at the start of the series (1966) are as follows: James Doohan and Deforest Kelley were 46, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were 35, Majel Barrett and Nichelle Nichols were 34, Walter Koenig was 30, and George Takei was 29. After Charlie Bluhdorn bought Desilu from Lucille Ball in 1967, he slashed the budgets of "Star Trek" and "Mission: Impossible (1966)". Each episode of "Star Trek" and "Mission: Impossible" was costing Desilu at least $185,000 ($1,601,352 in 2022) to produce: the primary reason Ball decided to sell. Each series has since become a multi-billion-dollar franchise for Viacom, which bought Paramount in 1994. Until her passing on July 30, 2022, Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, was the last surviving regular female cast member. As of Nichelle Nichols' death on July 30, 2022, William Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig are the only surviving principal cast members. In Gene Roddenberry's original draft of the pilot, Captain Christopher Pike was Captain Robert M. April, Yeoman Janice Rand was Yeoman J. M. Colt, and the U.S.S. Enterprise was the U.S.S. Yorktown. Robert April later became a separate character, first appearing in Star Trek: The Animated Series: The Counter-Clock Incident (1974) and again in two episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022). Including Grace Lee Whitney, and excluding the two pliots, there were nine regular cast members. Three played characters who wore gold shirts (William Shatner, George Takei & Walter Koening), three played characters who wore blue shirts or skirts (Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley & Majel Barrett), and three played characters who wore red shirts or skirts (Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan & Whitney). In both The Corbornite Maneuver (1966) and Mudd's Women (1966) however, Nichols wore the gold skirt before switching to the red skirt for the rest of the series. After the two pilots, those were the earliest episodes produced. The three seasons are easily distinguished from each other by the title sequences. First season titles have yellow lettering, and only feature Shatner and Nimoy's credits. Second season titles also have yellow lettering, but add Kelley's credit. Third season titles have blue lettering. One of the last shows to portray a future that was funny, optimistic, and progressive before 1973's oil crisis and the fight for the environment that, in the 1970s, changed the vision of the future. It can be appreciated in the always cut-clean rooms and halls of the Enterprise (including another Federation places as Starbase 11), in the male crew (all them look short hair, no beards and no mustaches) and in all the suits of the crew, which always are clean. One of the most controversial points of the series at the time of the premiere was the inclusion of a multi-ethnic crew (Sulu is Chinese, Chekov is Russian and Uhura is Afroamerican). Gene Roddenberry's intention was to portray a future where the conflicts between races and countries were overpassed, in the same way that religion never is mentioned because in the 23rd century is no more necessary (a strategy to avoid troubles with any religion as Catholicism, Islamism and Judaism, etc.). Walter Koenig's character Pavel Chekov was not introduced until Star Trek: Amok Time (1967) (season 2, episode 1), although in production order it was Star Trek: Catspaw (1967) (season 2, episode 7). In Star Trek: Charlie X (1966) Kirk establishes the total crew aboard the Enterprise in 428 people. Romulans were introduced in Star Trek: Balance of Terror (1966). In Star Trek: Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967) Kirk establishes that Starfleet has 12 ships like Enterprise. However, in the book "The Making of Star Trek" by Gene Roddenberry and Stephen E. Whitfield and published in 1973, it is mentioned the names of 14 starships. When the series was premiered in Spain, it was dubbed to Latinoamerican and not to Spanish. It was a practice usual, from 50s until late 80s-early 90s, that the most of English TV series broadcast in Spain were dubbed to Latinoamerican, due to the poor work conditions of the Spanish dub actors in the country. The series that were sent to Spain arrived from Mexico or Argentina, hence the Latinoamerican dub. Star Trek was not dubbed to Spanish by first time until 1992, 26 years later of the US premiere. Many times you will see crewmen with a clipboard and pen writing things down as they stare at panels in various parts of the Enterprise, but all the panels they are looking at have nothing more than colored lights, with no names, numbers or functions. Mission: Impossible: The Code (1969)(#4.1) was the first to air after this show ended. Two episodes starred a black cat: Star Trek: Catspaw (1967)(#2.7) (named Sylvia) then later Star Trek: Assignment: Earth (1968)(#2.26), named Isis. Spock reveals in Star Trek: The Man Trap (1966)(#1.1) that Vulcan has no moon. It's mentioned in Star Trek: Charlie X (1966)(#1.2) that the Enterprise has 428 members on board. Love interests during the show: Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)(#1.28) Sulu is clearly attracted to ("has a crush on") Uhuru. This is indicated in Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4) & Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967)(#2.4) Nurse Chapel also has a crush on Spock. This is indicated very clearly in Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4). In fact she even tells him that she is in love with him. & Star Trek: Amok Time (1967)(#2.1). The word "Hell" was used five times Star Trek: Space Seed (1967)(#1.22), when Kirk quotes Milton, "It is better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven", Star Trek: The Alternative Factor (1967)(#1.27), when Lazarus tells his counterpart, "I'll chase you into the very fires of hell!", Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)(#1.28) Kirk says "let's get the hell out of here". The first of only two times that the word was used as an expletive, rather than a reference to the domicile of the damned. Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine (1967)(#2.6), when Decker describes the berserker as "right out of hell." Kirk also says "What the hell is going on?" when he activates the Constellation viewscreen and sees the Enterprise being pulled into the maw of the Planet Killer. The second of only two times that the word was used as an expletive, rather than a reference to the domicile of the damned. Initially, the false ears made for Leonard Nimoy didn't fit over his real ones. A phone call was made to the makeup department of M.G.M., where a brand new pair of false ears were made to fit the actor. William Shatner wrote in his book about the show that he celebrated his being cast as Kirk by taking his children to dinner in Los Angeles. DeForest Kelley's first filmed Star Trek performance was Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver (1966). James Doohan had played the minor character Lawrence Tobin in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Hot Line (1964) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Hail to the Chief (1964), a series with some thematic similarities to Star Trek. He was offered the role of Chief Francis Sharkey, a regular character on that series, but chose to play Montgomery Scott on Star Trek instead. Catch phrases: "Beam me up Scotty." "That is not logical". "Live Long and Prosper". "Khan!.... Khan!...". "Stardate...". "To boldly go where no man has gone before". "Aye Aye captain". "Shields up...phasers ready"... Film number 4 was made in 1985 and released in 1986 while film number 5 was scheduled to start in October1985. The only one(s) aboard the Enterprise personnel to consistently call Captain Kirk "Jim," even in the presence of other officers is Dr. McCoy (Lt. Comdr. Gary Mitchell also did this in Where No Man Has Gone Before.) Mr. Spock has been said to be closer to Kirk than anyone else in the universe and yet he still calls him "Captain" like any other subordinate. A charmed Spock stroking a black cat in the Season 2 story "Catspaw" foreshadows Spot, the pet cat of Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). After the series ended, any of the writers gravitated toward the cartoon series "Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)", which also starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. The U.S.S. Enterprise Officer's Manual identifies Dr. McCoy as having been born in Atlanta, Georgia. DeForest Kelley was born in Toccoa, Georgia. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was released between the 2nd & 3rd seasons of this show, so it's conceivable that he could have voiced the ships computer for all the episodes of season 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was filmed between the airing of Star Trek: Amok Time (1967)(#2.1) & Star Trek: The Apple (1967)(#2.5). According to William Shatner, Gene Roddenberry originally wanted to film Star Trek in the language of Esperanto. Shatner starred in Incubus (1966), one of only two feature films shot entirely in Esperanto. 17 U.S. Code § 107 : For purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research.</center>

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0) The Cage Pilot 11/05/1965 - 10/04/1988

The crew of the Enterprise follow a distress signal to the planet Talos IV, where Captain Pike is taken captive by a group of telepathic aliens who create realistic illusions. The events of this pilot are revisited in the two-part Season 1 episode "The Menagerie".

1) The Man Trap 09/08/1966

The Enterprise visits planet M-113 for routine medical examinations of the husband-and-wife archaeological team stationed there, but the woman has been replaced by a shape-shifting creature, forced to survive by extracting the salt from the bodies of the members of the crew, killing them.

2) Charlie X 09/15/1966

The Enterprise picks up Charlie Evans, an unstable 17-year-old boy, who spent 14 years alone on a deserted planet and lacks the training and restraint to handle his superhuman mental powers wisely.[2] This episode serves as the backstory for the unofficial miniseries Star Trek: Of Gods and Men.

3) Where No Man Has Gone Before 09/22/1966

After the Enterprise attempts to cross the Great Barrier at the edge of the galaxy, crew members Gary Mitchell and Elizabeth Dehner develop "godlike" psychic powers, which threaten the safety of the crew.

4) The Naked Time 09/29/1966

A strange, intoxicating infection, which lowers the crew's emotional inhibitions, spreads throughout the Enterprise. As the madness spreads, the entire ship is endangered.

5) The Enemy Within 10/06/1966

While beaming up from planet Alpha 177, a transporter accident splits Captain Kirk into two beings: one "good", who is weak and indecisive, and one "evil", who is overly aggressive and domineering.

6) Mudd's Women 10/13/1966

The Enterprise pursues a vessel and rescues its occupants; Harry Mudd, an interstellar con man, is transporting three mysteriously beautiful women to become the wives of dilithium miners.

7) What Are Little Girls Made Of? 10/20/1966

In search of Nurse Chapel's fiancé, renowned exobiologist Roger Korby, the Enterprise visits the icy planet Exo III, where Korby has discovered an ancient machine that allows him to duplicate any living person with an android replacement. Korby plans to use the machine to spread controlled androids throughout the Federation, and replaces Captain Kirk with such a duplicate in an effort to take over the Enterprise.

8) Miri 10/27/1966

After discovering what appears to be a duplicate of the planet Earth, Captain Kirk and his away team find a population ravaged by a strange disease, which only children appear to have survived.

9) Dagger Of The Mind 11/03/1966

While the Enterprise is on a resupply mission to a rehabilitation colony for the criminally insane, a former doctor — now insane — sneaks on board the ship. Beaming down to the planet, Kirk and a female crew member discover that the chief doctor has been using a device that destroys the human mind. Spock performs a mind meld for the first time in this episode.

10) The Corbomite Maneuver 11/10/1966

The Enterprise is menaced by a gigantic alien ship whose commander condemns the crew to death. The alien ship appears all-powerful, and the alien commander refuses all attempts at negotiation, forcing Kirk to employ an unorthodox strategy to save the ship.

11) The Menagerie, Part I 11/17/1966

Spock hijacks the Enterprise to take his crippled former captain, Christopher Pike, to the forbidden world of Talos IV. He then demands a court martial, where he uses the events of "The Cage" to tell the tale of Pike's captivity on the planet years earlier.

12) The Menagerie, Part II 11/24/1966

After witnessing the Talosians' capabilities of mental illusion, Kirk realizes that Spock intends to return Pike to the planet to live a life of illusion, unencumbered by his crippled condition.

13) The Conscience Of The King 12/08/1966

While visiting an old friend, Kirk suspects a Shakespearean actor may actually be the murderous former governor of Tarsus IV, where Kirk grew up. Kirk invites the acting troupe aboard the Enterprise to investigate, but soon, assassination attempts are made on Kirk and another crewman, who was an eyewitness to the murders.

14) Balance Of Terror 12/15/1966

While investigating a series of destroyed outposts, the Enterprise discovers a lone Romulan vessel with a cloaking device. The Romulans, having never been seen by humans, are revealed to visually resemble Vulcans, casting doubt on Mr. Spock's loyalty, as the two ships become locked in a cat-and-mouse battle through space.

15) Shore Leave 12/29/1966

Captain Kirk orders shore leave for the Enterprise crew on a seemingly uninhabited planet in the Omicron Delta system. The landing parties begin to see strange sights, such as a White Rabbit a la "Alice in Wonderland", Don Juan, and a sword-wielding samurai. Also, Kirk sees (and fights) an image of Finnegan, a rival from his Starfleet Academy days. Spock discovers that the planet seems to be drawing a large amount of energy from the ship's engines, placing the Enterprise in danger.

16) The Galileo Seven 01/05/1967

Spock and a scientific party are sent to study the Murasaki 312 quasar aboard the shuttle Galileo. During the survey, the Galileo is forced to make an emergency landing on the planet Taurus II, where the crew fights the planet's dangerous inhabitants. As the crew begins to make repairs, Scotty determines that the shuttle does not have enough fuel to reach orbit carrying all seven passengers, and Spock must contemplate leaving some of his fellow crew behind.

17) The Squire Of Gothos 01/12/1967

The Enterprise discovers a rogue planet drifting through space, inhabited by an eccentric being named Trelane, who uses his apparently unlimited power over matter and form to manipulate the crew.

18) Arena 01/19/1967

The Enterprise comes under attack by unknown aliens while investigating the near-destruction of the Cestus III colony. While chasing the aliens into unexplored space, both ships are captured by the powerful Metrons, who force Kirk and the alien captain (later identified as a member of the Gorn race) to trial by combat; the winner's vessel will be set free, while the loser's ship will be destroyed.

19) Tomorrow Is Yesterday 01/26/1967

After accidentally traveling back in time to 1969, the Enterprise rescues USAF Captain John Christopher from his crippled fighter jet. The crew struggles to return to their own time, while simultaneously returning Christopher to the Air Force, removing his knowledge of the future and all record of contact with the Enterprise.

20) Court Martial 02/02/1967

Captain Kirk is placed on trial for negligence after a crewman is killed during a severe ion storm. Kirk maintains that his actions were proper and should not have led to the officer's death, but the evidence seems strong against him.

21) The Return Of The Archons 02/09/1967

The Enterprise discovers a planetary population controlled by a powerful being called Landru. While investigating, Captain Kirk and his landing party are taken captive, and discover that the Enterprise crew will be the next to be "absorbed" into Landru's control.

22) Space Seed 02/16/1967

The Enterprise discovers an ancient sleeper ship, the SS Botany Bay, which escaped from Earth's Eugenics Wars in the late 20th century. The genetically engineered passengers, led by war criminal Khan Noonien Singh, seize control of the Enterprise and attempt to destroy the ship. (This episode serves as the backstory to the second Star Trek film.)

23) A Taste Of Armageddon 02/23/1967

On Eminiar VII, the Enterprise finds a civilization at war with its planetary neighbor. Unable to discern any signs of battle from orbit, Captain Kirk leads a landing party to the surface, where he discovers the entire war is fought by computer. Though the war is simulated, citizens who are listed as virtual casualties still report to termination booths to be killed for real. After the Enterprise is destroyed in an attack simulation, Kirk must fight to keep his crew from death.

24) This Side Of Paradise 03/02/1967

Despite exposure to fatal radiation, the Federation colony on Omicron Ceti III appears to be thriving. A landing party from the Enterprise investigates, finding the colony's population to be healthy beyond explanation. Leila Kalomi, an old friend of Mr. Spock's, shows the landing party strange flowers that seem to impose a state of pure bliss and perfect health on all exposed to its spores (even Spock), but at the cost of ambition and self-discipline.

25) The Devil In The Dark 03/09/1967

Dispatched to the mining colony on Janus VI, the Enterprise is to investigate rumors of a strange, subterranean creature responsible for destruction of equipment and the deaths of 50 miners. Kirk and Spock discover a silicon-based life form, a Horta, which lives in the surrounding rock. After Kirk and Spock find the strange creature, Spock performs a mind meld, discovering the reason behind the Horta's attacks.

26) Errand Of Mercy 03/23/1967

Peace negotiations have collapsed between the Federation and the warlike Klingon Empire. The Enterprise is ordered to protect Organia, a peaceful planet located near the Klingon border. Kirk and Spock beam to the surface to warn the Organians about the Klingons, but a Klingon fleet soon arrives, forcing the Enterprise to abandon the duo on the planet. The natives protect Kirk and Spock, even as Kor, the new Klingon governor, orders mass executions of the Organian people. As both Federation and Klingon fleets converge above the planet, Kirk and Spock execute a daring raid on the Klingon headquarters in an effort to destabilize their control over the planet.

27) The Alternative Factor 03/30/1967

While orbiting an apparently dead planet, the Enterprise seems to experience a strange moment of "nonexistence". Captain Kirk discovers a man named Lazarus on the planet below, who claims the effect was caused by his "enemy", later revealed to be an insane version of Lazarus from an alternate dimension. The sane version of Lazarus asks for Kirk's help in defeating his counterpart.

28) The City On The Edge Of Forever 04/06/1967

After accidentally overdosing on a powerful stimulant, Dr. McCoy becomes unbalanced and disappears through the Guardian of Forever, a newly discovered time portal on a remote planet. Kirk and Spock follow after learning that McCoy somehow changed history, removing everything they once knew, including the Enterprise. Arriving in the 1930s, the duo meets Edith Keeler, a New York social worker, who gives them a place to stay. As the days pass, and McCoy is nowhere to be seen, Kirk finds himself falling in love with Keeler, but Spock discovers that Keeler must die to restore the timeline.

29) Operation -- Annihilate! 04/13/1967

The Enterprise arrives at Deneva - the home of Captain Kirk's brother, Sam, and his family - and discovers that the entire planet has been infested with large, amoeba-like aliens that have attacked and killed much of the human population. One of these aliens attaches itself to Spock, who volunteers to become a subject in Dr. McCoy's medical tests. McCoy and Kirk find a cure in time to save Spock and the remainder of the Denevan population.

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2x1) Amok Time 09/15/1967

Spock undergoes a Vulcan stage of life known as the Pon Farr where he is forced to mate with his bride, T'Pring. Trouble starts when T'Pring announces she would rather marry Stonn, a full Vulcan. T'Pring evokes her right to have Spock fight for her. However, she chooses Kirk as her champion, leaving Spock with a devastating choice...

2x2) Who Mourns For Adonais? 09/22/1967

The Enterprise crew are held captive by a powerful being who claims to be the ancient Greek God Apollo. The being demands the crew transfer down to the planet so they may worship him. Attempting to leave, Kirk soon discovers that he is the target of all the "God"s wrath and anger.

2x3) The Changeling 09/29/1967

The Enterprise is sent to investigate the destruction of a star system and its four billion inhabitants. When it arrives at the coordinates, the Enterprise is threatened by a probe calling itself Nomad. When Kirk identifies himself by name, Nomad mistakes him it's creator.

2x4) Mirror, Mirror 10/06/1967

Kirk, Scott, McCoy and Uhura enter a parallel universe where the crew of the Enterprise act as sadistic savages. Unbeknownst to them, their evil counterparts have entered their "normal" universe and seem determined to wreak havoc.

2x5) The Apple 10/13/1967

When a landing party beams down to the planet Gamma Trianguli VI, they find what appears to be an idyllic paradise. They quickly discover, however, that the planet is deadly, sporting plants that shoot thorns, rocks that explode, and incredibly accurate lightning bolts.

2x6) The Doomsday Machine 10/20/1967

Investigating the destruction of several planetary systems, the Enterprise discovers a crippled starship floating in space. Commodore Decker is the only one left on the ship and is soon found to be less than sound-minded when he takes control of the Enterprise and exposes it to lethal danger.

2x7) Catspaw 10/27/1967

Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to planet Pyris VII to discover Scotty and Sulu have been transformed into mindless zombies by beings known as Korob and Sylvia. The trio are taken prisoner and soon demonstrated the extend of their captors' powers when the Enterprise is subjected to immense heat.

2x8) I, Mudd 11/03/1967

The Enterprise is commandeered by an android masquerading as a Starfleet officer. Calling himself "Norman", the android takes the ship to a planet where the crew's old nemesis, Harry Mudd, has named himself leader of the colony of androids.

2x9) Metamorphosis 11/10/1967

Escorting Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford for emergency medical treatment, the Galileo shuttlecraft is pulled off course by a mysterious energy entity which deposits it on a planet where none other than Warp Drive inventor Zephram Cochrane is living.

2x10) Journey To Babe 11/17/1967

The Enterprise plays host to Federation ambassadors on their way to the Babel Conference, including Sarek of Vulcan -- Mr. Spock's father. En route to Babel, Tellarite ambassador Gav is murdered and Sarek is the prime suspect, but he soon suffers a Vulcan heart attack. Soon thereafter, Captain Kirk is critically injured as well leaving Mr. Spock torn between his duties as a Starfleet officer and his duties as a son.

2x11) Friday's Child 12/01/1967

Sent to negotiate a mining treaty on planet Capella IV, Kirk discovers a Klingon agent has infiltrated the culture and become embroiled in a deadly conflict. Kirk and Spock must reveal the Klingon's involvement before it's too late and the planet plunges into permanent civil war.

2x12) The Deadly Years 12/08/1967

An Enterprise landing party finds an entire research team on Gamma Hydra IV suffering from rapid aging. Soon thereafter, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty and Lieutenant Galway begin to suffer from the affliction as well. Concerned about his command ability, Commodore Stocker convenes a competency hearing against Kirk with Mr. Spock as the prosecutor.

2x13) Obsession 12/15/1967

When an entire landing party is killed, Captain Kirk leads the Enterprise on a mission to destroy a malevolent entity that nearly destroyed him eleven years earlier.

2x14) Wolf In The Fold 12/22/1967

Scotty is implicated in a series of murders on planet Argelius II. Hengist, the local authority, wants to arrest Scotty, but Kirk intervenes and seeks the help of a priestess to clear his Engineer's name. Unfortunately, she's killed and once more the blame seems to fall at Scotty's feet...

2x15) The Trouble With Tribbles 12/29/1967

The Enterprise crew must contend with secret agents, insulting Klingons and furry Tribbles on a mission to protect a shipment of quadrotriticale stored aboard Space Station K-7.

2x16) The Gamesters Of Triskelion 01/05/1968

Captain Kirk, Chekov and Uhura are kidnapped from the Enterprise and held captive on the planet Triskelion where they are forced to participate in barbaric exhibitions for the amusement of the unseen "Providers".

2x17) A Piece Of The Action 01/12/1968

Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy beam down to the planet Sigma Iotia to find the culture contaminated by a previous visit by the U.S.S. Horizon and modelled after Chicago's gangs of the 1920s.

2x18) The Immunity Syndrome 01/19/1968

After losing contact with the U.S.S. Intrepid and the Gamma 7-A star system, the Enterprise encounters a giant amoeba that is preparing to reproduce.

2x19) A Private Little War 02/02/1968

On a planet Captain Kirk had visited thirteen years earlier, he finds that the Klingons have been arming one side of the planet's natives and disrupting the balance of power. Meanwhile, injured on the planet's surface, Mr. Spock fights for his life in sickbay.

2x20) Return To Tomorrow 02/09/1968

Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. Ann Mulhall volunteer their bodies to three super-beings so they can experience corporeal form once again, but one of the beings soon refuses to give up Mr. Spock's body.

2x21) Patterns Of Force 02/16/1968

The Enterprise finds that Federation historian John Gill has instituted Nazi-ism on the planet Ekos.

2x22) By Any Other Name 02/23/1968

The Enterprise is captured by extragalactic aliens known as the Kelvans who plan to use the ship to return to their own galaxy; a voyage that will take over 300 years.

2x23) The Omega Glory 03/01/1968

The Enterprise encounters the U.S.S. Exeter abandoned in orbit of Omega IV. After boarding the ship, the landing party finds that the crew has been killed by a mysterious virus and that the ship's captain may be violating the Prime Directive.

2x24) The Ultimate Computer 03/08/1968

The Enterprise is outfitted with the new experimental multitronic unit, the M-5, a computer that may threaten the future of human exploration of space, but the experiment soon takes a terrible turn for the worse.

2x25) Bread And Circuses 03/15/1968

Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy are taken prisoner on planet 892-IV where they find that the culture has taken a form very similar to ancient Rome.

2x26) Assignment: Earth 03/29/1968

The Enterprise travels through time to the year 1968 to fulfil its role in history when they encounter the mysterious Gary Seven, a space traveller with an unknown intent for an orbital nuclear warhead.

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3x1) Spock's Brain 09/20/1968

A woman appears on the Enterprise, incapacitates the crew, and removes Mr. Spock's brain. Captain Kirk leads a landing party to Sigma Draconis VI where the crew finds the males and females of the planet to be totally separated, leaving us all to wonder "what do they want with Spock's brain?"

3x2) The Enterprise Incident 09/27/1968

An unusually restless Captain Kirk suddenly orders the Enterprise into Romulan territory where the ship is quickly surrounded by enemy forces.

3x3) The Paradise Syndrome 10/04/1968

When an asteroid threatens to destroy a primitive civilization, Captain Kirk is stricken with amnesia and mistaken for a God by the natives. Calling himself "Kirok", the only thing he can remember of his real life, he takes a wife named Miramanee who soon caries his child.

3x4) And The Children Shall Lead 10/11/1968

The Enterprise finds the Starnes expedition to Triacus dead with the exception of their children, who grieve no loss for their parents. But are the children really emotionless or are they being controlled by an evil alien?

3x5) Is There in Truth No Beauty? 10/18/1968

The Enterprise picks up Kollos, an ambassador from the Medusan race -- a species so ugly as to cause insanity to those who look at them, along with specialist Laurence Marvick and telepath Dr. Miranda Jones. When Marvick attempts to kill Kollos, he goes mad and steers the Enterprise into an unexplored region.

3x6) Spectre Of The Gun 10/25/1968

Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty and Chekov are put in the roles of the Clanton gang by the Melkotians as punishment for trespassing in their space and face a showdown with the Earps at the O.K. Corral.

3x7) Day Of The Dove 11/01/1968

All out mayhem sweeps through the Enterprise when the Starfleet crew are pitted against a Klingon crew by an alien that thrives on the hate of others.

3x8) For The World Is Hollow, And I Have Touched The Sky 11/08/1968

When Dr. McCoy is stricken with xenopolycythemia, a terminal disease and learns he has a year to live, he retires from Starfleet, but not before the Enterprise encounters the asteroid-ship Yonada, on a collision course with a Federation planet.

3x9) The Tholian Web 11/15/1968

The Enterprise encounters the U.S.S. Defiant slipping into the mirror universe and the ship's crew brutally murdered by their own hands. But before the landing party can escape, Captain Kirk is pulled into interspace along with the Defiant. In order to save the captain, Mr. Spock risks the Enterprise in a battle with the Tholians.

3x10) Plato's Stepchildren 11/22/1968

On the planet Platonius, the Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Lieutenant Uhura and Nurse Chapel become the toys of the telekinetic Platonians, who hold Dr. McCoy in their custody.

3x11) Wink Of An Eye 11/29/1968

The super-accelerated Scalosians, invisible to the naked eye, plan to use the Enterprise crew to sustain their civilization. When Ensign Compton and Captain Kirk drink the Scalosian water, they super-accelerate into the "Scalosian realm."

3x12) The Empath 12/06/1968

On a planet in the Minaran star system, Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy encounter a mute alien, whom McCoy names "Gem" and the Vians, who torture the crew.

3x13) Elaan Of Troyius 12/20/1968

The Enterprise transports the Dohlman of Elas, Elaan, to her wedding with the leader of the planet Troyius, but when Captain Kirk falls under the spell of Elaan's tears, it leaves the Enterprise vulnerable to a Klingon attack.

3x14) Whom Gods Destroy 01/03/1969

Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are held hostage by Captain Garth, one of Kirk's heroes, but also an insane man who has captured the Elba II insane asylum.

3x15) Let That Be Your Last Battlefield 01/10/1969

Commissioner Bele pursues Lokai, both from the planet Cheron, aboard the Enterprise. But when Bele tries to take control of the ship, Captain Kirk has no choice but to arm the vessel's self-destruct sequence.

3x16) The Mark Of Gideon 01/17/1969

On a diplomatic mission to the planet Gideon, a world plagued by overpopulation, Captain Kirk is captured and trapped inside an exact duplicate of the Enterprise with O'Donna, a Gideon woman he finds there.

3x17) That Which Survives 01/24/1969

Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy and Sulu are trapped on an unexplored planet with a woman who has looks that could kill and a touch that certainly does, while the Enterprise screams through space on a warp factor to destruction.

3x18) The Lights Of Zetar 01/31/1969

While transporting Lieutenant Mira Romaine to Memory Alpha, the Enterprise is invaded by a mysterious energy storm that attacks the young officer.

3x19) Requiem for Methuselah 02/14/1969

On a desperate search for ryetalyn to cure the Enterprise of Rigellian Fever, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy encounter Flint, a man who is more than he appears and his daughter Rayna, whom Kirk takes a liking to.

3x20) The Way To Eden 02/21/1969

The Enterprise takes aboard insane Dr. Sevrin and his group of "hippie" followers on their quest to find the planet Eden, including one who is a long-lost-love of Ensign Chekov.

3x21) The Cloud Minders 02/28/1969

On the planet Ardana, the Enterprise finds class inequities between the rulers of the planet who live in the cloud city of Stratos and the working class Troglytes who toil on the surface.

3x22) The Savage Curtain 03/07/1969

A replica of Abraham Lincoln invites Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock to beam down to the planet Excalbia where they meet Surak of Vulcan and are pitted against Colonel Green, Zora, Genghis Khan and Kahless the Unforgettable in a battle of good versus evil.

3x23) All Our Yesterdays 03/14/1969

On a mission to investigate the planet Sarpedion, whose sun is about to go nova, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy are pulled into the planet's past; Kirk into a time of witchcraft and superstition and Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy into the Sarpedion ice age where they meet a beautiful woman named Zarabeth.

3x24) Turnabout Intruder 06/03/1969

Dr. Janice Lester forcibly trades bodies with Captain Kirk to obtain what she always wanted: command of a starship, but when "Captain Kirk" begins to exhibit strange behaviour, the Enterprise crew turn to mutiny. In this final adventure, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and Scotty are sentenced to death by what appears to be their captain.

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In the hallways of the Enterprise there are tubes marked "GNDN" - - these initials stand for "goes nowhere does nothing".

When NBC was promoting Star Trek in magazines, all shots of Spock's pointed eyebrows and ears were airbrushed out of the pictures because NBC thought that no one would watch the show due to Spock's resemblance to the Devil. However, this concern was quickly invalidated upon the series' airing with Spock becoming not only one of the most popular characters, but also a sex symbol with young female viewers, an audience reaction no one in the cast or crew anticipated. Spock's resemblance to the devil is subtly hinted at at the end of Star Trek: Catspaw (1967)(#2.7) when McCoy & Kirk say "I wonder if there are there any demons on board this ship" while looking at Spock.

Leonard Nimoy recounted The A.V. Club in July 2010: "the gesture that I introduced into 'Star Trek', the split-fingered Vulcan salute, we'll call it... that came from an experience - I'm going all the way back to my childhood again - when I was about eight years old, sitting in the synagogue at high holiday services with my family. There comes a moment in the ceremony when the congregation is blessed by a group of gentlemen known as Kohanim, members of the priestly tribe of the Hebrews. And the blessing is one that we see in the Old and New Testament: 'May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord cause His countenance to shine upon you', and so forth. When they give this blessing, you're told not to look! You're supposed to avert your eyes. I peeked, and I saw these guys with their hands stretched out-there were five or six of them, all with their hands stretched out toward the congregation-in that gesture, that split-fingered gesture. Sometime later, I learned that the shape that hand creates is a letter in the Hebrew alphabet, the letter shin, which is the first letter in the word Shaddai, which is the name of the Almighty. So, the suggestion is that they're using a symbol of God's name with their hands as they bless the congregation."

Shortly after the cancellation of the series, the staff of the marketing department of NBC confronted the network executives and berated them for cancelling this show, the most profitable show on the network in terms of demographic profiling of the ratings. They explained that although the show was never higher than number fifty-two in the general ratings, its audience profile had the largest concentration of viewers of ages sixteen to thirty-nine, the most sought after television audience for advertisers to reach. In other words, the show, despite the low ratings, had the precise audience for which advertisers hungered, which was more than ample justification to consider the show a big success.

Leonard Nimoy's father was a barber, who was still operating a barbershop at the time the series became popular. In a mid-1960s interview with 16 Magazine, Nimoy revealed that youngsters often came into the shop asking for a "Mr. Spock" haircut, never realizing that "Mr. Spock's dad" was cutting their hair.

Gene Roddenberry and James Doohan (Lieutenant Commander Scott), after death, had vials containing small amounts of their ashes launched into orbit via satellites. Doohan's family also tried to petition NASA to bring another small vial of his ashes to the ISS, which was subsequently denied. Not being deterred, they reached out personally to an astronaut going up to the ISS and were able to get them to "smuggle" them aboard.

James Doohan (Scotty) lost his right middle finger during World War II. Most of his scenes are shot to hide it. However, it is very noticeable in Star Trek: Catspaw (1967). When Scotty is holding a phaser pistol on Kirk and Spock, only two fingers are holding the butt of the phaser. This is also noticeable in Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles (1967), when Kirk's food comes out of the food dispenser filled with tribbles and Scotty walks in carrying a big load of tribbles.

The series was originally produced at Desilu Studios, which was owned by Lucille Ball. Ball heavily advocated for the show, and it was largely her influence with NBC which lead to a second chance after rejection of the original pilot. Ball was also said to be a genuine fan of the show, and often is affectionally referred to as Star Trek's Godmother.

The uniforms were color coded to show what division of the ship the crew member was assigned to. The colors were:
🟦blue: sciences, including medicine
🟨gold: command (including navigation and weaponry);
🟥red: operations (including engineering, security, and ship's services, such as communications)

It was a few shows into regular series production before red shirts appeared, however, with Uhura and Scott being seen in command gold. In practice, the gold uniforms often appeared apple green, which some have attributed to local interference with television signals. However, the command tunic was actually green, but under most lighting conditions on the set it appeared gold. The true color can be seen in Kirk's special "wrap-around" tunic and to some extent in the special occasion "dress" uniforms, both of which were made out of other materials which reflected the light differently. The uniforms were dry-cleaned, but the velour tended to shrink, so they had to constantly be altered which is why they often looked short on the actors and actresses.

Gene Roddenberry created Uhura and Nurse Chapel especially for Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett respectively, both of whom were having affairs with Roddenberry. Nichols broke off her affair with Roddenberry not long after the series began; Barrett eventually married him, and they remained together until his death. Barrett also played another two roles in the later "Trek" series: Lwaxana Troi, and the voice for Starfleet's computers (up through the 2009).

In 2000, the show was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the largest number of spin-off productions, which included the feature film franchise and the numerous television series.

It's revealed in Star Trek: Wolf in the Fold (1967) that Scotty's full name is Montgomery Scott. The name was improvised by James Doohan and Gene Roddenberry: "Scott" because Roddenberry liked Doohan's Scottish brogue, and "Montgomery" because it's Doohan's middle name.

Scotty's first name is mentioned again in Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty? (1968)

It's mentioned in Star Trek: Day of the Dove (1968)(#3.7) that Chekov is an only child

Sulu is clearly attracted to ("has a crush on") Uhuru. This is indicated in Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4) & Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967)(#2.4)

Nurse Chapel also has a crush on Spock. This is indicated very clearly in Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4). In fact she even tells him that she is in love with him in Star Trek: Amok Time (1967)(#2.1).

On at least two occasions (Star Trek: Miri (1966) and Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)) the exterior Mayberry set from The Andy Griffith Show (1960) was used. In "City", as Kirk walks Edith home, they pass by the easily recognizable courthouse, Floyd's barbershop, Emmett's repair shop, and the grocery.

The shimmer of the transporter beam was actually a film of aluminum powder being blown into the air by an industrial fan, under a bright spotlight.

Leonard Nimoy modeled Spock after George Burns and his cigar. George's amused and unflustered acceptances of Gracie Allen's ramblings influenced Spock's interactions with Dr. McCoy. This is what led to the whales in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) being named George & Gracie.

Had the series been renewed for a fourth season, producers planned to bring back Koloth from "Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles (1967)" as a recurring villain. The fourth season would also have seen Roger C. Carmel playing Harry Mudd for the third time, and an introduction of McCoy's daughter Joanna.

Largely reflecting their on-screen roles as Kirk and Spock, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy came to be close friends in real life. However, some of the other cast members, notably James Doohan (Scotty) and George Takei (Sulu), have said they found it difficult to work and deal with Shatner, who they felt had a massive ego. Shatner regularly hugged the spotlight at the expense of other actors, whereby he often insisted that his character be given the good lines of others. This resulted in Doohan and Takei taking a dislike to him on a personal level. To his credit, Shatner later apologized for his behavior while interviewing Walter Koenig (Chekov) in Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008). He explained that at the time, the studio wanted the show to be all about Kirk, Spock and McCoy, and the other characters were regarded as little more than extras. Since the other actors never really discussed their frustrations with each other until long after the show ended, Shatner was unaware of their real feelings, and wished that someone had just come up to him at the time to set him straight.

Many elements of the Spock character were improvised by Leonard Nimoy during production. For instance, the "Vulcan neck pinch" was his suggestion during filming of "Star Trek: The Enemy Within (1966)" for how Spock could subdue an opponent. The "Vulcan salute" was created during the production of Star Trek: Amok Time (1967) using a version of a traditional Jewish religious hand gesture as a distinctive Vulcan greeting.

The slanting crawlway that leads up to the warp-drive nacelles is referred to as a "Jefferies tube." This is a reference to art director Walter M. Jefferies.

Leonard Nimoy's make-up had a faint greenish hue to it, because of his green Vulcan blood. Because the make-up was hand-mixed, the amount of green varied slightly, and in many shots (even close-ups) it's not really visible.

Two models of the U.S.S. Enterprise were used on this show. One is three feet long and the other is eleven feet long.

James Doohan was cast largely for his ability to speak in multiple accents and dialects. Gene Roddenberry had no set nationality or ethnic background in mind for the Chief Engineer. Upon being cast, Doohan tried out many accents for the character, and along with Roddenberry determined the Scottish accent worked best. Doohan also pointed out the history of great engineers of Scottish origin or descent, most notably Robert Fulton. Gerry Anderson's series Fireball XL5 (1962) also featured a Scottish engineer called Jock Campbell.

William Shatner requested his name in the opening credits be ten percent larger in size than those of his co-stars, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley.

The series' running gag, "I'm a doctor, not a..." may have originated in the mystery "The Kennel Murder Case (1933)." The coroner in that movie, played by Etienne Girardot, repeatedly claims to be a doctor not a reporter, detective, etc.

The eleven-foot studio model of the U.S.S. Enterprise is on display in the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Stagehands would pull the turbolift doors on cue with ropes and cables. They would also slide panels by to give the illusion of decks being passed inside the turbolift cars. Some of the more familiar bloopers are that of main actors nonchalantly running into sliding doors that hadn't opened as their characters needed to show full faith in the technology of the Enterprise while stagehands often missed their cues. One of the show's "blooper reels", often shown at Star Trek conventions, includes a full minute of shots of William Shatner walking into various doors and reacting with profanity.

Even though they played father and son, Mark Lenard (Sarek) was only six years older than Leonard Nimoy (Spock).

Gene Roddenberry originally conceived the Klingons as looking more alien than they do in the series, but budget restriction prevented this, although a very metallic cast to the skin was added to the make-up design in the third season. When the show finally was made into a series of movies, the higher budget and demands of film finally enabled what Rodenberry had envisioned to come to fruition. The resulting continuity break between the original series and all other Star Trek projects was addressed by a humorous comment from Gene Roddenberry, as a "difference between Northern and Southern Klingons". On-screen explanations were played with. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials and Tribble-ations (1996) where members of DS9 travel back in time, Dr. Bashir and Miles O'Brien speculated about the differing appearance being the result of genetic engineering or viral mutation. Worf said Klingons "do not discuss it with outsiders". In the fourth and final season of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), a two-parter comes up with an explanation which turns out to be a combination of those two things.

The first American television series to display an interracial kiss. "Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren (1968)" was broadcast to considerable controversy. Though the series was well-known for its social commentary, Nichelle Nichols later claimed that more letters were received about the kiss between her and William Shatner than anything else during the show's run.

According to George Takei, William Shatner had Takei's lines and camera time cut due to Shatner's ego. Shatner denied this and their relationship was contentious ever since. According to episode writer Norman Spinrad, Shatner had it in his contract that he would have more lines than anyone and had some of the other actors' lines cut.

One of the writers, D.C. Fontana, was told to use the initials "D.C." by Gene Roddenberry because networks at the time generally wouldn't hire women writers. Her first name is Dorothy.

Uhura was one of the first black regular characters on any series (predating Diahann Carroll in Julia (1968) by two years). Uhura was especially significant as her character avoided many of the stereotypes that were common among depictions of African Americans on television at the time. Nichelle Nichols has said that Martin Luther King himself told her how important it was for her to keep playing the role, since it was so rare to see a positive portrayal of a black character on television. Star Trek: Assignment: Earth (1968)(#2.26). During her interview for Trekkies (1997), Nichols said that she later heard from at least one viewer for whom King's words had been true as a child: when Whoopi Goldberg (who went on to star in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)) first watched Star Trek (1966), she yelled out, "Momma! There's a black lady on TV, and she ain't no maid!" In a 2011 "Storycorps" interview, Carl McNair, brother of Ronald McNair, recalled the impact that watching "Star Trek" had on Ron: "Now, 'Star Trek' showed the future where there were black folk and white folk working together. I just looked at it as science fiction, 'cause that wasn't going to happen, really. But Ronald saw it as science possibility. He came up during a time when there was Neil Armstrong and all of those guys; so how was a colored boy from South Carolina, wearing glasses, never flew a plane, how was he gonna become an astronaut? But Ron was one who didn't accept societal norms as being his norm, you know? That was for other people. And he got to be aboard his own Starship Enterprise." Because of her status as the first black person "in space," NASA hired Nichols to help recruit minorities and women to the program. NASA Astronaut Group 8 yielded the astronauts she helped sign, including Guion Bluford, Judith A. Resnik, and Ron McNair. Four of those astronauts (Judith Resnik, McNair, Ellison Onizuka, and "Dick" Scobee) perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was later commemorated during the introduction of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).

According to William Shatner's Star Trek TV memoirs, DeForest Kelley was the first one considered for the role of Spock. Kelley's own claims contradict this, however. He preferred working in Westerns, but Roddenberry talked him into playing a lawyer in a pilot which did not sell, and subsequently approached Kelley for the role of a doctor, in what turned out to be a science fiction setting. Noting that Hollywood was making fewer and fewer Westerns, the actor accepted.

The Enterprise is a Constitution-class ship, The space shuttle Enterprise, which was named for her after a fan lobbying campaign of N.A.S.A., was originally supposed to be named Constitution. Further, Enterprise NCC-1701 was named for the aircraft carrier Enterprise CVN-65, which, along with "Old Ironsides", U.S.S. Constitution is the longest-serving warship in the U.S. Navy, having been commissioned in 1797.

Television shows of the era that filmed at the same studios often shared minor cast members. It is common to see familiar faces in episodes of this show, Batman (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966), Get Smart (1965), The Time Tunnel (1966), Lost in Space (1965), and The Wild Wild West (1965). Many were The Twilight Zone (1959) veterans as well.

The series' opening theme has lyrics which were never used (although they were published in the book "The Making of Star Trek", by Stephen J. Whitfield). The lyrics were written by Gene Roddenberry, not so they would be sung on-screen (which he never intended or even wanted), but so he could take a co-writer credit, and receive residual payments for the theme's use alongside Composer Alexander Courage. Roddenberry did this nearly a year after the show was first aired, taking advantage of a contract clause, of which Courage claimed not to have been aware. Although Courage never took the matter to court, he expressed resentment on numerous occasions to the way Roddenberry "swindled" fifty percent of the popular theme's royalties from him. Roddenberry's response was, "Hey, I have to get some money somewhere. I'm sure not going to get it out of the profits of Star Trek." After the first season of Star Trek, the two never worked together again, although the music has been used in various forms in many of the spin-off projects.

In several episodes, prop beverage bottles were modified from existing alcohol bottles. Aldeberan Whiskey bottles were Cuervo Gold 1800 Tequila bottles. Bottles used for Saurian Brandy were George Dickel Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey carafes.

According to producers Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman, William Shatner originally wore 1.5" lifts in his shoes so he would appear taller than Leonard Nimoy. Since Shatner was only 5'9", the combination of lifts and the 2" heels of his shoes brought his height to over 6'. It distorted his posture to such a degree that his stomach stuck out. Understandably, Gene Roddenberry forbade him to wear them, instead opting to dress Nimoy and DeForest Kelley in shoes with only a 1" heel as opposed to Shatner's 2" heel.

As the first season progressed, producers feared that Leonard Nimoy would eventually quit the series. As a result, they put together a list of actors to consider for re-casting the role of Spock should Nimoy have left. Amongst the actors considered was Mark Lenard who would eventually be cast as Spock's father Sarek.

The green Captain's uniform was developed because William Shatner tended to gain weight during the season.

On this show, the "arrowhead" badge worn by the crew of the Enterprise was meant to be an insignia for the Enterprise only. If you'll notice, on any "guest" Starfleet character, they all wear different symbols on their uniforms. And Commadores wore a "starburst" or "sun" insignia. By the time Star Trek hit the big screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), the Arrowhead insignia was adopted as the official Starfleet symbol and has remained so throughout the movies and spin-off series, with the exception of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), which pre-dates this show.

Many "guest" voices were actually supplied by James Doohan, including those of Sargon (Star Trek: Return to Tomorrow (1968)), the M-5 and Commodore Enwright (Star Trek: The Ultimate Computer (1968)), Providers 2 and 3 Star Trek: The Gamesters of Triskelion (1968)), a N.A.S.A. technician (Star Trek: Assignment: Earth (1968)), and a radio announcer (Star Trek: A Piece of the Action (1968)).

George Takei claimed in 2014 that his homosexuality was a guarded secret amongst the cast. Nevertheless, he privately pitched to Gene Roddenberry a story idea in which homosexuality would be allegorically depicted by an alien race the crew encounters. Takei claimed that Roddenberry liked the idea, but reluctantly decided it would be too controversial.

During the second season, there were rumors that the series was to be cancelled due to its low ratings. A group of science fiction fans, led by Bjo Trimble, organized a letter writing campaign to NBC, begging that the show be renewed for a third season. This campaign was so successful, inundating the offices of NBC with thousands of letters that the series was not only renewed, but voice-over announcements were made over the credits of several episodes of the summer reruns of the show, thanking the viewers for their support of the show and promising that it would return for a third season in the fall. Unfortunately, the third season episodes were then broadcast on Fridays between 10 and 11 p.m., commonly known as the "Friday night death slot" when viewing rates are lowest. Combined with significant budget reductions that caused a drop in the show's quality, the resulting drop in ratings finally led to its cancellation, prompting allegations that the network intentionally tried to kill the show. It wasn't until this show went into syndication that the show attracted a large audience, and was finally considered a success.

Kirk's nickname for McCoy "Bones" stems from the term "sawbones", which is often used as slang for a surgeon, particularly a Naval or Military doctor, but also appeared in westerns which Gene Roddenberry, DeForest Kelley, and other members of the cast and crew "cut their teeth on" prior to this show. The term refers to the process of amputation, a distressingly common response to an inordinate number of problems until very recently. Kirk did call McCoy "Sawbones" once, in Star Trek: A Piece of the Action (1968). In original scripts for Star Trek: Shore Leave (1966), Sulu called McCoy "Sawbones". Interestingly, a different origin for the nickname was presented in Star Trek (2009); during his first conversation with Jim Kirk, McCoy tells about how he lost everything in his divorce, and all he has left are his "bones".

Gene Roddenberry once hypothesized that the Enterprise carried a platoon of Starfleet Marines, but they never appeared on-screen in the original series. The Starfleet Marines would eventually make an appearance, but not until Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). The idea was revived with the addition of a group of "space marines", called "M.A.C.O.S.", beginning in the 2003-2004 season of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).

Mark Lenard, best known for his role as Sarek, Spock's father, was the first actor to play a member of all three of the major alien races: Romulan (Star Trek: Balance of Terror (1966)), Vulcan (Star Trek: Journey to Babel (1967) and other entries), and Klingon (Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)).

Gene Roddenberry originally conceived Spock's skin color to be red, which would have meant extra hours in make-up for Leonard Nimoy. Fortunately for him, an early make-up test showed the red color appeared as black on black-and-white televisions. As most televisions in the '60s were still black-and-white, the idea was dropped.

During the nine days when N.A.S.A. astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison was a mission specialist on her spaceflight (STS-47, September 12-20, 1992), she would start each shift not according to N.A.S.A. protocol for opening communications with Mission Control, but instead with the words "hailing frequencies open." These were the words that Lieutenant Uhura used on this show whenever she opened lines of communication. Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, has said in many interviews that seeing Uhura on this show as a child was a major inspiration for her to become an astronaut. After retiring from N.A.S.A., Jemison had a small guest-starring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation: Second Chances (1993), making her the first person to have travelled in space and appeared on a Star Trek show.

Due to budget constraints, the element of "parallel" or "mirror" Earth planets was used on several occasions to keep set and make-up costs down. (i.e. Star Trek: Miri (1966), Star Trek: Bread and Circuses (1968), Star Trek: A Piece of the Action (1968), Star Trek: Patterns of Force (1968) and more.) However, although visited in past timelines, Earth was never visited in the present time of the USS Enterprise crew.

Stardates are used throughout the series to give the audience an unrealistic look at the time-frame in which the series occurred. However, NBC paid no attention to the producers' intents when deciding on airing order, so the dates were not heard in numerical sequence.

Captain Kirk's birthplace was established to be the state of Iowa, according to Gene Roddenberry in his book "The Making of Star Trek". Although an exact city was never established throughout the series, in 1985, the town of Riverside, Iowa officially proclaimed itself to be the "Future Birthplace of James T. Kirk". Steve Miller, a member of the Riverside City Council, who had read Roddenberry's book, suggested to the council that Riverside should proclaim itself to be the future birthplace of Kirk. Miller's motion passed unanimously, and the council later wrote to Roddenberry for his permission to be designated as the official birthplace of Kirk, to which Roddenberry agreed. The town is home to many Star Trek-related attractions, events, and displays, including a replica of the U.S.S. Enterprise (named the U.S.S. Riverside), as well as playing host to the annual Riverside Trek Festival.

Recently, James Doohan's son attempted to purchase a life-sized wax replica of his father at a Hollywood wax museum auction, but was outbid by an unidentified fan.

Sulu and Uhura didn't have first names in the series. Sulu did get a first name (Hikaru) in source books, but it was not spoken on-screen until Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). In the season two DVD Special Features, Nichelle Nichols revealed that she and Gene Roddenberry accepted the first name "Nyota" for her character, which is a Swahili word meaning "Star". Uhura is a "girly" variant of "Uhuru", Swahili for "freedom". However, the 1968 book, "The Making of Star Trek" by Stephen J. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry, gave her the first name of Penda. Trek fandom's insistence on ignoring this remains a mystery, as they cite this work on many other points. Nyota was finally spoken on-screen in Star Trek (2009).

Grace Lee Whitney was supposed to be the lead female character, hence her prominent role as Yeoman Janice Rand in the first season. However, the producers let go of the character after the first half of the first season, much to the fans' regret. Whitney, however was asked back for most of the "Star Trek" movies, reprising her role as Janice.

Leonard Nimoy's favorite episodes were Star Trek: This Side of Paradise (1967), Star Trek: Amok Time (1967), Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967), Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966), Star Trek: Journey to Babel (1967), and Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark (1967).

The Klingons were created by Gene L. Coon, and first appear in "Star Trek: Errand of Mercy (1967)." They were named after Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan, who served with Gene Roddenberry in the Los Angeles Police Department. In the early appearances of Klingons, if you listen carefully most characters pronounce the name Klingon like "Klingin".

In the mid 2000s, a competition was held amongst real-life Scottish cities and towns to be declared as Scotty's Official Birthplace (and Home Town). Linlithgow made a strong push, claiming direct reference in some of the show's production notes. Aberdeen won out, largely on the basis of a brief line of dialogue from Star Trek: Wolf in the Fold (1967). James Doohan also said he based Scotty's accent on that of someone he knew who had been from Aberdeen.

Spock's farewell remark "Live long and prosper" was ranked number five in TV Guide's list of "TV's 20 Top Catchphrases" (August 21-27, 2005 issue).

In the first season, only William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy had their names appear in the opening credits. It wasn't until the start of the second season that the opening credits were slightly extended to include DeForest Kelley as well. The names for James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, and George Takei have all appeared in the closing credits for all three seasons of the show, since they didn't always appear together in every episode.

The series takes place from 2266 to 2269.

A recurring theme within the series concerned the frequent death of security crewmen wearing red uniforms. Fans who did a thorough investigation, concluded that about seventy-three percent of characters who died in the series wore a red shirt (yet, only ten percent of the red shirts seen eventually died). This became such an inside joke that the term "red shirt" later became synonymous for a stock character in a series whose sole purpose is to be killed off in the story. Star Trek: Catspaw (1967)(#2.7) is one example of the other 27%, where the one fatality was wearing a yellow shirt. It's also the only episode where Sulu has no lines.

Ranked number one in TV Guide's list of the "30 Top Cult Shows Ever!" (June 28, 2007 issue).

When Nichelle Nichols was asked what her favorite episode was, she replied, "Any time Uhura got off the bridge."

Kirk never says "Beam me up, Scotty" in any episode, although this misquote is one of pop culture's most popular Star Trek mottoes (used frequently in spoofs), and the title of a memoir-book by William Shatner. Kirk says many similar lines throughout the series -"Scotty, beam us up", "Beam me up", "Scotty, beam me up", "Beam them out of there, Scotty", et cetera - but never "Beam me up, Scotty." The closest came during the animated spin-off "Star Trek: The Animated Series: Yesteryear (1973)," when Kirk said "Beam us up, Scotty."

The creation of the the show's "transporters" and concept of beaming off and on the ship was largely due to budget constraints and pacing issues. Gene Roddenberry was unable to find a way to plausibly show the Enterprise repeatedly landing on and taking off from different locations in almost every episode.

In many episodes, alien art work and wall hangings were in reality discarded protective Styrofoam shipping box liners from tape recorders used by fellow Desilu/Paramount show Mission: Impossible (1966), spray painted various colors and arranged into various combined forms.

At the time of N.A.S.A.'s first space shuttle launches, Nichelle Nichols was an official spokeswoman for the administration.

Chekov at one point was to be British, as his looks and appearance were modelled after The Beatles and The Monkees, who are also said to be the inspiration for the creation of the character.

Both pilots for Star Trek - "Star Trek: The Cage (1966)" and "Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966)" - were the only episodes not filmed at the present-day Paramount Studio lot in Hollywood. They were filmed at the present-day Sony Pictures Culver Studios in Culver City, California.

The entire series ran before the U.S. put a man on the moon.

Favorite episode(s) of each cast member:
William Shatner: Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark (1967).

Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek: This Side of Paradise (1967).

DeForest Kelley: Star Trek: The Empath (1968).

James Doohan: Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine (1967).

Nichelle Nichols: Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren (1968).

George Takei: Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966).

Walter Koenig: Star Trek: Spectre of the Gun (1968).

For many decades, unbeknownst to the fans, the color shirt Captain Kirk, Mr. Sulu, and Ensign Checkov wore was NOT yellow/gold, as everyone believes, but instead the shirts are actually green. In recent interviews, various cinematographers who worked on the series have stated that the series utilized two different types of film stock. One of the film stocks caused the greens of the uniform shirts to come out yellow/gold in the processing. The other film stock also was a little off, which is why the gold sometimes has a greenish hue. However, according to the crew members on the show, the shirts were indeed an olive green. This also explains why Captain Kirk's alternate uniform shirt of a wrap around tunic with the "arrowhead" insignia as a belt was green as opposed to his regular "gold" uniform. Because of the public perception that the shirts were yellow/gold, this "error" was accepted into series and Trek Universe canon and all of the subsequent series and films utilized the gold color from the original series onward.

Gene Roddenberry originally envisioned the Enterprise as one of only about twelve to fifteen starships comprising the Federation Starfleet due to the incredible cost in time and resources in building such vessels. This accounts for the Enterprise constantly encountering new or relatively unknown planets and aliens, as well as being the only ship "in range" when some crisis would break out. This idea was gradually dropped with the advent of the movies and especially later, with Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) by which time the Enterprise-D has become the flagship of an entire armada of ships patrolling the galaxy.

Chekov was added to the show in season two in an attempt to reach out to and expand the show's younger (particularly female) demographics. A discredited story claimed that Chekov was created as a Russian after Gene Roddenberry heard about the Soviet newspaper Pravda complaining about the lack of Russian presence on the series, specifically because the Russians were the first to put men in space. There was no such article, as the Soviet Union did not broadcast this show.

Jerry Goldsmith was Gene Roddenberry's first choice to write the theme for this series. Many years later, Goldsmith wrote the theme to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)," which was also used for "Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)."

Chekov's middle name was Andreievich. In Russian custom, this means his father's name was Andrei (also transliterated Andrey). Aside from Kirk (James T.) and McCoy (Leonard H.), he was the only original series character whose middle name (or initial) was revealed.

Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics for the show's theme: Beyond/The rim of the starlight/My love/Is wandering in star-flight/I know/He'll find in star-clustered reaches/Love/Strange love a star woman teaches/I know/His journey ends never/His star trek/Will go on forever/But tell him/While he wanders his starry sea/Remember, remember me.

The Klingons were intended to look slightly Asian in appearance, but the idea was dropped. However, the concept of Klingon's Warrior Class System, and Imperial nature were similar to aspects of some Asian cultures. The Klingons came to be developed as reflecting Soviet Communists in plots paralleling Cold War issues and tensions of the time (with The Federation representing the U.S. and its allies). The real-life changes in the Soviet Union/Russia would subsequently be reflected by the Klingons in the movies and the later Trek series. The Romulans, who were more secretive in nature, and having an uneasy alliance with the Klingons have come to be viewed as reflecting Red China.

The name "Sulu" is not Japanese in origin. Gene Roddenberry named the character after the Sulu Sea, which he noted touched the shores of all Asian countries. Actors of various different Asian backgrounds auditioned for the part, and George Takei's Japanese heritage largely lead to Sulu specifically being identified as such.

Lloyd Bridges was approached to play Captain Pike in the original pilot Star Trek: The Cage (1966) but turned it down believing that a science fiction show would hurt his career. Jeffrey Hunter, who played Captain Pike, was replaced after his salary demands were deemed to be too high.

An episode was written for Milton Berle titled "He Walked Among Us". Berle would have played a sociologist playing God in a primitive society. Berle was a fan of the series and wanted to show his dramatic acting range. But Norman Spinrad's script was re-written by Gene L. Coon into a comedy. Spinrad was so angry that he wanted the episode scrapped. Gene Roddenberry agreed to scrap it after reading the script.

The set for Spock's quarters is simply a redressed version of the set for Captain Kirk's.

The broadcast rights to this show in the U.K. were originally held by the BBC, and that network banned the episodes "Star Trek: The Empath (1968),""Star Trek: Whom Gods Destroy (1969)," "Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren (1968)," and "Star Trek: Miri (1966)" for many years. "Miri" was shown once in 1970 before being proscribed and "The Empath" was scheduled that year, but not aired. The BBC considered this show to be a children's show and stated that the episodes "all dealt most unpleasantly with the already unpleasant subjects of madness, torture, sadism, and disease." British fans cried foul, and hypocrisy as well, noting that the BBC's "Doctor Who (1963),: aired in the same time slot, had scenes more gruesome than anything on this show and that the BBC also purveyed "I, Claudius (1976)," which featured torture, murder, and even cannibalism. The banned episodes were screened at conventions, released on video, and finally aired by the BBC in the 1990s.

Nichelle Nichols revealed in 2011 that she auditioned for Spock.

Mr. Spock was played as much more emotional and "human" in the original rejected pilot, Star Trek: The Cage (1966). This is very noticeable during the flashback sequences of Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)/Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part II (1966). The flashbacks were simply scenes from the original pilot, re-edited into the new episodes.

Captain Kirk is called "Jim" (as opposed to "Captain") three times :
in Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)(#1.11) Spock calls him "Jim"

Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967)(#2.4) marks the only time in the series where Scotty addresses Captain Kirk as "Jim"

in Star Trek: Catspaw (1967)(#2.7) Spock calls him "Jim" for a second time.

Leonard Nimoy received Emmy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Role for each of the show's three seasons. These would be the only Emmy Award nominations in acting categories for any series in the Star Trek franchise.

According to the DVD commentary, many of the sets used for the series were built with easily removable wall panels designed to allow for easy camera placement and easy redressing of the sets for other uses.

The episode "Star Trek: Who Mourns for Adonais? (1967)" was the first episode to feature all seven members of the original cast, including Walter Koenig (Chekov), who was the last to join the cast, at the beginning of season two.

Early on in season two, to save the time in later episodes, the producers took aside George Takei and Walter Koenig and sat them facing the bridge's viewscreen, with the camera directly behind them. While the camera was running, they were asked to carry on as normal pressing buttons, et cetera for a few minutes. Then George was told to "turn to face the camera and look worried." Then Walter was told to do the same. Then they were told to both face the camera and look worried. It is not known how often, or when these shots were edited into the subsequent shows.

Martin Landau was originally offered the role of Commander Spock. Landau was not keen on the idea of portraying a character lacking in emotion, so Leonard Nimoy was approached, who had appeared on The Lieutenant (1963), an earlier series produced by Gene Roddenberry, who at the time thought that the actor would be well cast as an alien (when he ran out of choices). Nimoy inspired the creation of the character. Shortly after this show's cancellation, he took over the role of disguise expert on Mission: Impossible (1966) when Landau left that show. "Mission: Impossible" was also filmed on the same lot, therefore, when "Star Trek" ended, Nimoy merely went next door to go to his new job. Also, Landau went on to star in another science fiction space exploration television series, Space: 1999 (1975), whose last season was produced by (the controversial) Fred Freiberger, who also produced this show's final season.

William Shatner and James Doohan are originally Canadian.

The Star Trek crews from all of the "Star Trek" series were ranked number two in TV Guide's list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (August 1, 2004 issue).

Although frequently referred to as a "low-budget series", this is only in comparison to the costs of series made in the following decades, adjusted for inflation. The typical budget per episode of this show was almost equal to an episode of contemporary series such as Lost in Space (1965) and Mission: Impossible (1966).

Star Trek: Shore Leave (1966) has the only scene in which the U.S.S. Enterprise is seen orbiting a planet from right to left. The U.S.S. Enterprise also does this briefly in the parallel universe, in the pre-credits sequence of Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967), but by the beginning of Act I, it is again orbiting from left to right.

The images displayed during the end credits of the show tended to follow a specific format. The first image was either an external shot of the Enterprise in space, or in orbit of a planet (seasons one and two) or a shot of the Melkotian head from Star Trek: Spectre of the Gun (1968) (season three). The second image was often a specific scene from that particular episode aired, while the rest of the images up until the final one were various images from random episodes, and finally, the final image at the end of the credits would be either a shot of the Orion slave girl (from Star Trek: The Cage (1966)) during season one, a shot of Big Balok (from Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver (1966)) during season two, and a simple space shot for season three. Also worth mentioning is that the opening and closing credits text for seasons one and two were yellow, while the text for season three was light blue.

There are contradictory indicators as to just how far into the future the series was set. A calendar year for the adventures of the Enterprise crew is never given in any episode, and Gene Roddenberry said the series could have taken place anywhere from the twenty-first to the thirty-first centuries. However, in Star Trek: Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967), which involves a time-trip to Earth in the 1960s, Kirk is arrested by security at Omaha Air Force Base. When an officer threatens to lock him up for two hundred years if he does not explain who he is and why he is there, Kirk mutters, "That ought to be just about right." Stronger is Star Trek: Space Seed (1967), where a ship filled with people in suspended animation capsules is dated to the 1990s. When the first person revived asks "How long?" a few minutes later, the response is, "We estimate two centuries." An advance print ad for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) had a blurb across the top that began, "In the 23rd Century...," leading fans to protest on the basis of those two original series statements. The ad was soon changed to bear a non-time specific blurb, but "Trekkies" refused to acknowledge the fact that "23rd century" was an error. In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), after the opening credits, the words "In the 23rd Century" appear. By the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), calendar years for Trek adventures had been established and the official Star Trek Chronology now indicates that the original "Star Trek" television series takes place between the years 2266 and 2269. (Later, in Star Trek: Voyager: Q2 (2001), it was said that Kirk's five-year mission ended in 2270.) It wasn't until Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) that the 23rd century time line is internally established, in a conversation between Kirk and Dr. Gillian Taylor (Catherine Hicks). Also, on a 1975 episode of To Tell the Truth (1956) in which the TTTT panel had to guess who the real Gene Roddenberry was, host Garry Moore read from Gene's affidavit that the show was about "life as I (Gene) imagine it might be in the 23rd Century."

There are conflicting reasons as to why Janice Rand was written out of the series after only eight appearances during the first season. Gene Roddenberry has said it was a budgetary move, but others have claimed that as the show progressed her role as the Captain's Woman, or potential love interest for Kirk became impractical. Other stories have claimed that Grace Lee Whitney was having issues with alcoholism, which was said to be affecting her work on the series. Whitney said she may have been let go to keep her quiet over accusations of a network executive having sexually assaulted her at a wrap party. Whitney would later return to reprise her role as Rand, making brief appearances in some of the Star Trek movies, and a guest appearance on Star Trek: Voyager: Flashback (1996).

William Shatner admitted in his autobiography that he and Leonard Nimoy did not get along throughout the series. According to Shatner, he was bothered by Nimoy's massive popularity because Shatner felt that he was the star of the series. According to Nimoy's memoir, Shatner demanded some of Nimoy's lines to be given to him instead. In one incident, a photographer from Life Magazine was on the set to do a profile on Nimoy. Shatner demanded the photographer to be removed from the set and refused to come out of his dressing room. Nimoy stormed off to his dressing room and refused to come out until the photographer was allowed back. Filming was delayed for hours while the executives pleaded with both stars to return to work. According to Nimoy, Gene Roddenberry sought Isaac Asimov's advice to help settle the feud. Shatner and Nimoy eventually reconciled during the making of the "Star Trek" film franchise and remained good friends for decades.

The Romulans and the Romulan Empire were noticeably modelled after the Roman Empire, in clothing as well as the use of military terms such as Centurion and Praetor. Their home planet of Romulus (with its moon Remus) were named for the two brothers who, according to ancient mythology, founded the city of Rome together. The Romulans were created by Paul Schneider, who said "it was a matter of developing a good Romanesque set of admirable antagonists, an extension of the Roman civilization to the point of space travel." It is never explained in Star Trek lore how these aliens (an offshoot of the Vulcans) would end up modelling and naming themselves after a human civilization with which they never had contact. A fan theory states that the Romulans may have come in contact with aliens who had also visited Earth and were worshiped as gods by the Romans, in the same way that an alien claimed to have been responsible for inspiring the ancient Greek civilization in Star Trek: Who Mourns for Adonais? (1967).

One of Starfleet's Prime Directives is that it can't let the inhabitants of planets visited learn of their technology. Yet, there are numerous episodes where communicators, phasers, and other sophisticated equipment is left behind.

McCoy, Spock, and Scotty were shown to still be living during the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), taking place approximately seventy years after the events of this show. Ironically, however, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, and Leonard Nimoy were the first three primary cast members to die.

George Takei was unavailable for nine episodes during the second season. Takei had been cast in The Green Berets (1968), which provided scheduling conflicts.

In a TV Guide interview two months before his death, Gene Roddenberry listed his ten favorite episodes

Star Trek: Amok Time (1967)

Star Trek: Balance of Terror (1966)

Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)

Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark (1967)

Star Trek: The Enemy Within (1966)

Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)

Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part II (1966)

Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)

Star Trek: The Return of the Archons (1967)

Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966)

Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles (1967).

Nichelle Nichols was the only regular cast member not to reprise her role in crossovers with the Star Trek spin-off projects, although Uhura was seen in archive footage in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials and Tribble-ations (1996). McCoy, Spock and Scotty appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Kirk, Scotty, and Chekov appeared in Star Trek: Generations (1994). Sulu (along with Janice Rand) appeared on Star Trek: Voyager: Flashback (1996). While Christine Chapel did not make any such appearances, Majel Barret would play the recurring role of Lwaxanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), as well as continuing as computer voices for all Star Trek spin-offs until her death in 2008.

The series no longer holds the record for the first ever televised interracial kiss due to a recently discovered recording of a the British series Emergency-Ward 10 (1957) that predates it by two years.

Gene Roddenberry believed the show's initial higher than expected ratings when the series entered syndication were a fluke and expected the sudden birth of interest in the series to die down.

According to his character biography in the series Writer's Guide, McCoy was divorced and had a college-aged daughter named Joanna. None of this was mentioned in any episode, though there were a couple of unsuccessful attempts to feature an appearance by Joanna. The character of Irina (Mary Linda Rapelye) in Star Trek: The Way to Eden (1969) was originally to have been Joanna. Joanna was mentioned in the animated series, and also depicted or referred to in non-canonical Star Trek novels and comics. Finally, in Star Trek (2009), McCoy's bitter divorce is prominently mentioned during his fist conversation with Jim Kirk (though there was no mention of a daughter).

To keep his mouth moist, Leonard Nimoy would suck on a lollipop between takes. When the scene was taking place off the ship, he would often hide the lollipop inside his tricorder before they filmed.

Many owners of a Canadian five-dollar bill would doodle on the portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier to make him look like Mr. Spock, because of his striking resemblance to him. This was also known as "Spocking Fives". In 2013, the portrait of Laurier has been updated to make the resemblance to Spock less obvious and to discourage people from altering the portrait again.

The story that the U.S.S. Enterprise's registry number "NCC-1701" was derived from Walter M. Jefferies' antique Waco biplane (FAA registration NC17704) is mostly apocryphal. According to Jefferies himself, the Star Fleet "NCC" was a mix of the original international codes "NC" for United States commercial vehicles and "CC CC" for Russian vehicles. The "1701" was selected for visual clarity, with "17" representing the seventeenth basic Federation ship design, and "01" marking Enterprise as the first commissioned vessel of that design. Interestingly, there was once in fact a Waco YKS biplane registered with the FAA as NC17701.

CBS initially expressed an interest in picking up the series, but ultimately passed on it, since they were already developing another science fiction television series Lost in Space (1965). CBS would come to own and distribute the series as a result of their corporate connections with Paramount.

Pavel Chekov was also the name of playwright Anton Chekhov's father.

While Spock's name appears to be a singular one, he explains in Star Trek: This Side of Paradise (1967) that he has a surname which is largely unpronounceable for non-Vulcans.

Traditionally, science fiction stories had depicted space travel craft as either flying saucers or oblong capsules, often shaped like cigars or fountain pens. The design of the Enterprise combined both traditional concepts.

According to the Hollywood Entertainment Museum, as of fall 2003, only a few pieces of the original 1960s bridge survive. The museum, on Hollywood Boulevard, incorporates two original turboshaft doors into its Star Trek display, while a Los Angeles bookstore reportedly owns the original Captain's chair.

Nexus points; changes that are of such significance that they effect the rest of the series (such as personnel changes) or new information is revealed:
Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4) Nurse Christine Chapel's first appearance

Star Trek: Balance of Terror (1966)(#1.14) Yeoman Janice Rand's final appearance, and also the first appearance of Romulans, starring Mark Lenard as a Romulan

Star Trek: Amok Time (1967)(#2.1) first appearance of Chekov, although his first name is not yet mentioned

Star Trek: The Apple (1967)(#2.5) Chekov's fist name is revealed for the first time

Star Trek: Journey to Babel (1967)(#2.10) first appearance of Spock's father, Sarek, also played by Mark Lenard

[It's revealed in Star Trek: Wolf in the Fold (1967)(#2.14) that Scotty's full name is Montgomery Scott. The name was improvised by James Doohan and Gene Roddenberry: "Scott" because Roddenberry liked Doohan's Scottish brogue, and "Montgomery" because it's Doohan's middle name.

Star Trek: The Way to Eden (1969)(#3.20) Chekov's middle name is revealed to be Andreivich

Star Trek: The Savage Curtain (1969)(#3.22) final appearance of Uhura

Star Trek: Turnabout Intruder (1969)(#3.24) only episode to air after the death of Jeffrey Hunter.

Most episodes revolve around Kirk, Spock, and/or McCoy. Producers often proclaimed intentions to feature stories focusing on the supporting characters. While Scotty achieved greater prominence in some episodes as the show went on, promised episodes centering around Sulu, Chekov, or Uhura never materialized. For this reason, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), and all henceforth series in the Trek franchise, having taken great care to make use of their complete ensemble casts.

Malachi Throne provided the voice of the Talosian Keeper in the first pilot Star Trek: The Cage (1966), which was also Leonard Nimoy's first "Star Trek" appearance. Throne was also with Nimoy for Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification II (1991), the latter's final Star Trek television appearance (he appeared in some Trek movies afterwards).

At numerous Star Trek conventions, many of the actors openly revealed that they actively disliked William Shatner, because of the way he would take good lines from their characters for himself.

Considering the time period and budget of this show, one of the most impressive realistic visual effects were the phaser beams. As well as having a consistent sound effect, they were colored just enough so that the viewer could actually see through them. This made them a lot more believable as opposed to other science fiction television and movies at the time where they were obvious animations.

DeForest Kelley's favorite episode was Star Trek: The Empath (1968).

Each starship and starbase had its own insignia, which was worn on the left breast of the uniform. The Enterprise's insignia was the now well-known arrowhead shape. The boomerang shape from the side of the ship was the Starfleet Command insignia.

After appearances in each of the first two seasons, a script featuring Harry Mudd was written for the third season. However, Roger C. Carmel was unavailable to reprise the role, and the episode was put aside for use during the show's fourth season (which never occurred due to the show's cancellation). Carmel returned to voice Harry Mudd in the Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) episode Star Trek: The Animated Series: Mudd's Passion (1973). Mudd was also considered for appearances in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), but those ideas were scrapped due to Carmel's declining health and subsequent death. Mudd continued to make non-canonical appearances in various Star Trek novels, comic book stories, and other non traditional media adaptations.

Diana Muldaur, who appeared as Ann Mulhall in Star Trek: Return to Tomorrow (1968) and Miranda Jones in Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty? (1968), later played the character of Dr. Katharine Pulaski during season two of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Although she appeared in almost every episode of the season, she was never considered a regular.

James Hong auditioned for Sulu, but was passed over in favor of George Takei. He later was cast as "Snotty" which may have been a spoof of the name "Scotty" in Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987).

While there are many possible permutations of the origin of the Vulcan greeting "Live long and prosper", in keeping with Trek's affinity for William Shakespeare allusions, it seems entirely possible that it was lifted from Act 5, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet, where Romeo bids farewell to his best friend Balthazar for the last time, saying "Live and be prosperous, and farewell, good fellow."

Three of the main cast members were the children or grandchildren of Russian-Jewish immigrants: Leonard Nimoy's parents came to North America from the Ukraine, as did William Shatner's grandparents, while Walter Koenig's parents were from Lithuania.

William Shatner named Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark (1967) as his favorite episode, followed by Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967).

James Doohan's favorite episode was Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine (1967).

Walter Koenig claimed he wasn't aware of being cast as Chekov, until he was summoned to wardrobe, and one of the dressers started to take measurements for his uniform.

Unlike Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), not all of the same main crew characters are always seen on the bridge, apart from Kirk, McCoy, and Spock. This can be explained by the other "minor" characters being on leave and/or a different shift, considering the Enterprise would be a continually twenty-four hour operating vessel.

In Captain's Kirk's backstory: Kirk was born to Starfleet officer Lieutenant George Kirk and his wife Winona and he was raised in Iowa. Inspired by his father, Kirk also joined Starfleet and after Christopher Pike was promoted to Fleet Captain, Kirk was promoted to Captain and became the new Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise. In Star Trek (2009), Spock Prime mentions this to Kirk in the alternate time-line.

In 2017, two years after the death of Leonard Nimoy, his son Adam Nimoy got engaged to Terry Farrell, who played Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).

Before Star Trek, William Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy appeared in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Project Strigas Affair (1964).

Michael Ansara from Star Trek: Day of the Dove (1968) later reprised his role as Kang in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Blood Oath (1994) and Star Trek: Voyager: Flashback (1996).

In Trek Nation (2011), George Lucas cited this series as a major influence on Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).

Much of the futuristic architecture depicted and set designs were inspired by displays and pavilions featured at the 1964-65 New York City World's Fair.

According to DVD commentary, a rotating drum with a slot cut out for light to shine through was used to give the turbolifts the illusion of motion.

George Takei's favorite episode was Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966).

In the U.K., Star Trek: Miri (1966) had received a lot of complaints by the BBC from parents of young viewers, that had felt that the show was unsuitable for children, because it dealt with the subject matter of madness, torture, sadism, and disease, and the BBC later excluded (#1.8) from repeat transmissions, and was not broadcast again until the 1990s.

The following excerpt from Star Trek Guide (April 17, 1967, page 25) instructed writers for this show on how to select stardates for their scripts. "We invented 'Stardate' to avoid continually mentioning Star Trek's century (actually, about two hundred years from now), and getting into arguments about whether this or that would have developed by then. Pick any combination of four numbers plus a percentage point, use it as your story's stardate. For example, 1313.5 is twelve o'clock noon of one day and 1314.5 would be noon of the next day. Each percentage point is roughly equivalent to one-tenth of one day. The progression of stardates in your script should remain constant but don't worry about whether or not there is a progression from other scripts. Stardates are a mathematical formula which varies depending on location in the galaxy, velocity of travel, and other factors, can vary widely from episode to episode." The in-story definition of a Stardate would certainly explain why they vary so much, even though the voyage shown in the series is only "three of your Earth years", or thirteen Earth years, if the events of the two pilots are included.

The outwardly adversarial, but personally respectful, relationship between the country doctor McCoy and the Captain's logical intelligent sidekick Spock, was similar to the Gunsmoke (1955) relationship between the logical intelligent Doctor Adams and the Marshall's country sidekick Festus.

Vasquez Rocks was the filming location of many of this show's episodes.

In season one, there appeared to be an endless supply of new planet rock wall scenery. On binge watching season two, it soon becomes apparent, and slightly confusing, that the in-studio planet exterior set is a simply redressed re-use of the Star Trek: Amok Time (1967) planet set. With the dirt floor as the central focus of the planet surface set, and with a low planet horizon on the backdrop, screen right is usually a large re-dressed tall rock face, and screen left is smaller rocky outcrops, with various set dressings such and foliage and re-arranged minor rocks.

Stonn, played by Lawrence Montaigne in Star Trek: Amok Time (1967), is the only male Vulcan in the original series without a letter "K" in his name.

Reportedly, when the show was first pitched to Desilu Studios, upon first seeing the title Star Trek, studio owner Lucille Ball thought the proposed series was a sitcom, or variety show about a group of travelling U.S.O. performers.

Nichelle Nichols' favorite episode was Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren (1968).

William Shatner has never watched a single episode.

Walter Koenig's favorite episode was Star Trek: Spectre of the Gun (1968).

Throughout the series, computer tapes used to record or display information are yellow.

In The Making of Star Trek by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry, one topic was how the production team attempted to design "futuristic" versions of everyday items. An example of this was a futuristic salt shaker that was designed for "The Man Trap", which was a small silver cylinder topped with an inverted silver cone. However, it was determined that the audience would likely not recognize this item as a salt shaker, so a traditional salt shaker was used in the scene where Janice Rand brings Sulu his meal. Rather than discarding the new design as a loss, it was then decided that the redesigned salt shaker would become Dr. McCoy's laser scalpel. In photos of the salt shaker/laser scalpel in The Making of Star Trek, the holes for shaking out salt are clearly visible.

Star Trek: Turnabout Intruder (1969) was the show's final episode, and also the only one to air after Jeffrey Hunter's death.

Contrary to popular belief, William Shatner wore a hairpiece throughout the entire series. He had been wearing one since about the mid 1950s.

The comic strip version of this show appeared in the U.K. comic "Joe 90" some time before the show itself aired in the U.K. A tin-eared lettering artist wrote Captain Kirk as "Captain Kurt".

During the second season, Leonard Nimoy performed the song "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" for his album "Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy". The song was the story of Bilbo Baggins and his adventures in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel "The Hobbit". Spock and Bilbo Baggins have pointy ears.

None of the Enterprise men have facial hair. Apparently, this is a Federation mandate that may differ from time to time and place to place: Commander Riker was allowed to have a beard in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), yet Tom Paris was once reprimanded for not having shaved in Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

Of the many Star Trek novels, there was one called "Ishmael", in which there was a crossover with the television series Here Come the Brides (1968), a series that starred Mark Lenard. In the novel, Spock reveals his mother's full name to be Amanda Stempel Grayson, a descendant of Bride's Aaron Stempel, played by Mark Lenard.

Nichelle Nichols revealed that she almost left the series after season one but stayed because Martin Luther King, who was a fan of the show, told Nichols she was the only black actor on TV in a role worth having, and she was a role model to his children.

The opening Kirk voice-over containing "...where no man has gone before" has often been criticized for being sexist and inappropriate to the theme of twenty-third century equality. This would be rectified in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), on which "No man..." was changed to "No one..." in Picard's voice-over. While other Star Trek series do not use the voice-over monologue, they occasionally work it into a character's speech, usually in the "no one" version.

In the end credits for the second season, the picture of Big Balok from Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver (1966) was used when Herbert F. Solow's credit came on. Apparently, the feelings for Mr. Solow were rather poor, to put it mildly.

Walter Koenig appeared on another science fiction television series, Babylon 5 (1993), where he played recurring antagonist Alfred Bester.

Out of all the principle characters, the only ones whose living quarters are shown on-screen are Kirk (repeatedly), Scotty (Wink of an Eye), Spock in Star Trek: Amok Time (1967), McCoy (The Man Trap), and Uhura in Star Trek: Elaan of Troyius (1968). Yeoman Rand's are also seen in Star Trek: The Enemy Within (1966) and Charlie X.

As of 2018, there are now at least three alternate presentations of the original series run being used by broadcasters and/or streaming video services. The original special effects version in original aspect ratio, the original special effects version cropped top and bottom for widescreen, the remastered special effects version in original aspect ratio, and a re-mastered version cropped for widescreen. All excluding additional edits certain broadcasters may make to their showings.

In a broadcast celebration of Star Trek's 40th anniversary back in 2006, Leonard Nimoy mentioned in an interview that George Lindsey, who played Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show (1960), had been Gene Roddenberry's first choice to portray Spock. While some questioned the validity of Nimoy's claim, another big star confirmed this curious piece of television history a couple of years later. Ernest Borgnine published a memoir in 2008. In it he wrote he and Lindsey became great friends. He said "To this day I think that George Lindsey is one of the great guys in the world. I can't say too much about that old boy and how he used to keep me in stitches talking about his home in Alabama, how he gave up being a science teacher to act, and how, my hand to God, he turned down the part of Mr. Spock on TV's Star Trek."

Being a heavy smoker at the time, Leonard Nimoy always had his pack of cigarettes near by after a scene had been completed.

The Fantastic Journey (1977), a short-lived science fiction series, used sound effects from this show in a few of its episodes.

At one point, Leonard Nimoy received an acting award for his performance as Spock. This didn't go down very well with William Shatner, who was hoping for a nomination.

During the show's production, there were feelings of animosity between William Shatner and James Doohan. To the end of his life, Doohan never made peace with Shatner.

DeForest Kelley was 11 years older than William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Shatner and Nimoy were born just four days apart, in 1931.

While Star Trek generally follows naval rank structure, the cuff stripes are inconsistent. The lieutenants wear a single ensign's stripe. Scott and McCoy, as Lt Commanders, wear the 1 1/2 stripes of a Lt, junior grade. Spock, regularly referred to as a Lt Commander, wears a second full stripe, which would designate a full commander's rank. In reality, 2 full stripes represent a Lt, senior grade. Kirk, as Captain, wears the 2 full stripes-1 half stripe of a Lt Commander. Only Admirals are portrayed in line with reality, with a single oversized band. In Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966), Joe Tormolen wears a single half stripe, a rank that does not exist at all.

By the Starfleet time period of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), there are three Klingons who've gained great notoriety and have achieved legendary status. Captain Kirk fought all three: Kor, Kang, and Koloth during the run of the original series. He also fought a phantasm of Kahless, the renowned founder of the Klingon Empire.

First Officer Spock was from the planet Vulcan which orbited 40 Eridani A. In astronomy the planet Vulcan was a theory of a small hypothetical planet that was proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun which 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized.

Despite what has been written elsewhere, the budget NBC allocated to series 1 & 2 equated to an average of approximately $100,000 per episode. However after season 2 the network were reluctant to commission a third season and finally agreed to do so provided the already tight budget was cut by 30%. This resulted in Gene Roddenberry walking away in anger and the network appointing producer Fred Freiberger to oversee the third (and final) season. The third season is widely acknowledged to be inferior to the first two, with what many perceive to be poor scripts, cut price effects and props, filming mostly confined to the studio and other cost cutting measures. In the years since, Freiburger earned the nickname 'The man who killed Star Trek' although William Shatner has gone on record defending him, saying that he was given a thankless job to produce a whole season with a severely reduced budget meaning he had no choice but to make compromises.

In their book Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, Robert Justman and Herbert Solow discussed the contract dispute with Leonard Nimoy in detail, and they included a picture of a memo with names of potential replacements for Nimoy should he not return. Among the names on that list were Lloyd Bochner and David Carradine.

Dr. McCoy is the only one aboard the Enterprise to (almost) always call Kirk "Jim." Not even Spock does that, and he has just as close a friendship.

William Shatner struggled with his weight throughout the run of the show. He would report to the studio at the beginning of a new season's filming in great shape having worked out during the break and been put on a diet. However as the weeks of filming dragged on his waistline increased. Watching stories filmed at the beginning and end of a season show this and some later stories in the final season appear to show Shatner wearing a corset hidden under his tunic.

The fledgling studio Desilu didn't have the resources of the other big studios. When the pilot, Star Trek: The Cage (1966), starring Jeffrey Hunter as the Captain was a success, they met with Hunter to discuss a contract for 6 more episodes. Unfortunately Hunter brought his wife to the meeting and in the main stayed silent while she did the talking. She made demands the studio couldn't afford such as Fan club managers, personal transport and phones etc. When they were told they couldn't afford it, they walked out. William Shatner had played a captain in the film Judgement at Nuremburg. He was contacted, turned out to be less demanding, and was hired.

The TV series "Burke's Law" featured several actresses in early roles who became Captain Kirk's future girlfriends. These were Celeste Yarnall, Nancy Kovak, Susan Oliver, and France Nuyen. William Shatner himself also appeared in that series.

Spock is a full Commander as indicated by the two, solid braids on his sleeve and this would be consistent with his being first officer on a capital ship but he is frequently misidentified as Lieutenant-Commander Spock, one rank grad lower than his actual rank.

Although Starfleet is supposed to be a non militaristic organisation, it does resemble the way the British Royal Navy of the 18th and 19th centuries carried out its duties. Starfleet patrols Federation space protecting interplanetary travel and trade within its borders, as did the Royal Navy within the growing British Empire. Starfleet vessels defend Federation space against against attacks from outside its borders, as did the Royal Navy against such enemies as France and Spain during the Napoleonic era. Starfleet also carries out scientific and mapping duties as did the Royal Navy. Examples of the Navy carrying out these duties include, the voyages of Captain James Cook to Newfoundland and the Pacific. The voyage of HMS Beagle, of which Charles Darwin was a member. The joint voyages of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to both the Antarctic and to find the North West Passage.

It is believed that Leslie Nielsen was the first ever "Trekkie". According to screenwriter and story editor D.C. Fontana, in the morning after the first episode aired, Nielsen called the production office and praised the show.

Since that the producers had no care between the stardates established in each episode respect its release date, stardates are not lineal throughout the series, skipping backward and forward without a sense. In chronological order according the stardates, the list of the episodes are the following (attending stardate, episode name, season number and season episode number):
-Unknown: Cage (1x01).

-1312.4: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1x02).

-1329.1: Mudd's Women (1x04).

-1512.2: Corbomite Maneuver (1x03).

-1513.1: Man Trap (1x06).

-1533.6: Charlie X (1x08).

-1672.1: Enemy Within (1x05).

-1704.2: Naked Time (1x07).

-1709.1: Balance of Terror (1x09).

-2124.5: Squire of Gothos (1x19).

-2534: Patterns of Force (2x23).

-2712.4: What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1x10).

-2713.5: Miri (1x12).

-2715.1: Dagger of the Mind (1x11).

-2817.6: Conscience of the King (1x13).

-2821.5: Galileo Seven (1x14).

-2947.3: Court Martial (1x15).

-3012.4: Menagerie, Part I (1x16).

-3013: Menagerie, Part II (1x17).

-3018.2: Catspaw (2x01).

-3025.3: Shore Leave (1x18).

-3045.6: Arena (1x20).

-3087.6: Alternative Factor (1x21).

-3113.2: Tomorrow is Yesterday (1x22).

-3134: City on the Edge of Forever (1x29).

-3141.9: Space Seed (1x25).

-3156.2: Return of the Archons (1x23).

-3192.1: A Taste of Armageddon (1x24).

-3196.1: Devil in the Dark (1x27).

-3198.4: Errand of Mercy (1x28).

-3211.7: Gamesters of Triskelion (2x17).

-3219.8: Metamorphosis (2x02).

-3287.2: Operation: Annihilate! (1x30).

-3372.7: Amok Time (2x05).

-3417.3: This Side of Paradise (1x26).

-3468.1: Who Mourns for Adonais? (2x04).

-3478.2: Deadly Years (2x11).

-3497.2: Friday's Child (2x03).

-3541.9: Changeling (2x08).

-3614.9: Wolf in the Fold (2x07).

-3619.2: Obsession (2x18).

-3715.3: Apple (2x09).

-Unknown: Mirror, Mirror (2x10).

-3842.3: Journey to Babel (2x15).

-4040.7: Bread and Circuses (2x14).

-4202.9: Doomsday Machine (2x06).

-4211.4: Private Little War (2x16).

-4272.5: Elaan of Troyius (3x02).

-4307.1: Immunity Syndrome (2x19).

-4385.3: Spectre of the Gun (3x01).

-4513.3: I, Mudd (2x12).

-4523.3: Trouble with Tribbles (2x13).

-4598: Piece of the Action (2x20).

-4657.5: By Any Other Name (2x21).

-4729.4: Ultimate Computer (2x24).

-Unknown: Omega Glory (2x25).

-4768.3: Return to Tomorrow (2x22).

-Unknown: Assignment Earth (2x26).

-4842.6: Paradise Syndrome (3x03).

-5031.3: Enterprise Incident (3x04).

-5027.3: And the Children Shall Lead (3x05).

-5121: Empath (3x08).

-5423.4: Mark of Gideon (3x17).

-5431.4: Spock's Brain (3x06).

-5476.3: For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (3x10).

-Unknown: Day of the Dove (3x11).

-5630.7: Is There in Truth No Beauty? (3x07).

-5693.4: Tholian Web (3x09).

-5710.5: Wink of an Eye (3x13).

-Unknown: That Which Survives (3x14).

-5718.3: Whom Gods Destroy (3x16).

-5725.3: Lights of Zetar (3x18).

-5730.2: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (3x15).

-5784.2: Plato's Stepchildren (3x12).

-5818.4: Cloud Minders (3x19).

-5832.3: Way to Eden (3x20).

-5843.7: Requiem for Methuselah (3x21).

-5906.4: Savage Curtain (3x22).

-5928.5: Turnabout Intruder (3x24).

-5943.7: All Our Yesterdays (3x23).

All computer tapes used to record or display information are yellow.

Spock's species, the Vulcans, are like a race of computers, with a reputation for an almost robotic stoicism. Centuries ago (in the series' time line), Vulcans rejected and repressed their emotion, devoting themselves to logic. Spock, however, is half-human and, at times, it shows. In Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966) Spock breaks down and cries when he is infected by a mysterious virus that causes its victims to behave irrationally. In Star Trek: Journey to Babel (1967) Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy meets Spock's estranged father Ambassador Sarek and Spock's human mother, Amanda Grayson.

Thirty years after this show first premiered on American television, James Doohan played another Scottish character, Damon Warwick, in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (1987).

Gene Roddenberry was reportedly impressed by Gerry Anderson's attention to detail in his Supermarionation productions (Supercar (1961), Fireball XL5 (1962), Stingray (1964), Thunderbirds (1965), Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967), Joe 90 (1968), and The Secret Service (1969)) and once shared part of a bottle of Scotch with him at Pinewood Studios.

Anderson was equally complimentary, expressing his admiration for Roddenberry's efforts on Star Trek.

Star Trek has some ties to Anderson's series Space: 1999 (1975):

Fred Freiberger, who produced Space: 1999 (1975)'s last season, also produced Star Trek (1966)'s final season as well.

Martin Landau was originally offered the role of Commander Spock on Star Trek (1966), but wasn't interested in portraying a character with no emotions (limiting his acting range). When Landau left Mission: Impossible (1966), Leonard Nimoy, who played the role of Spock joined the cast.

Space: 1999: Guardian of Piri (1975) mentions a "prime directive".
Commander John Koenig has the same last name as Walter Koenig who played Chekov in the Star Trek franchise, starting with the original series (it's been confirmed by the producers to just be a coincidence).

Space: 1999: One Moment of Humanity (1976) has almost the same plot as Star Trek: Wink of an Eye (1968). Zamara also very closely resembles Deela.

Space: 1999: The Immunity Syndrome (1977) has the same title as Star Trek: The Immunity Syndrome (1968).

Space 1999's concept is similar in premise to future Star Trek spin off series Star Trek: Voyager (1995), both are about a group of individuals flung away from Earth with no quick way back. However, while Voyager had an ending where the heroes eventually returned home, Space: 1999 was canceled without a proper ending.

Catherine Schell was the first actress considered for the role of Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek Voyager.

Not only does Commander John Koenig share a set of initials with Captain Jim Kirk, the "leader/scientist/medic" triumvirate of Koenig/Russell/Bergman echoes that of Kirk/Spock/McCoy.

Jonathan Frakes who stared as Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek spin off Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) would direct the live action version of Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds (2004).

Star Trek: All Our Yesterdays (1969) is the only episode to have no scenes on the Enterprise.

With all the mishaps with the Enterprise and other Star Fleet ships, including many times when the Enterprise crew went aboard a "dead" ship, the artificial gravity systems always seemed to work perfectly.

At Lt Sulu helm position, there are no screens, no dials, no gauges and no instruments of any kind. The only controls he has are colored buttons and some toggle switches. This means there is no way he could enter in coordinates or do any precise navigation of any kind.

Despite not being shown until 1988, clips of Star Trek: The Cage (1966) were actually shown during Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)/Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part II (1966).

Grace Lee Whitney's role as Yeoman Rand was cut halfway through season one and no explanation was given for her sudden disappearance. Years later Whitney alleged that she had been seriously sexually assaulted by a "...significant figure involved with the show..". The man was never named but it is not thought to be any of the cast or the show's creator Gene Roddenberry. Whitney was effectively sacked from the show by executives who feared a scandal and paid her off to buy her silence. Unfortunately her career was now in tatters, her marriage was breaking apart and she later admitted becoming an alcoholic and had started smoking marijuana, to which she became addicted for years.

More than a decade later, during contract negotiations for Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1979), one of the stipulations made by actor Leonard Nimoy to reprise his role as Spock was that Paramount bring her character back in some capacity. William Shatner had kept in contact with her in the intervening years and told Nimoy she had fallen on hard times. Like many of the cast, Nimoy thought she had been treated very badly at the time and he used the negotiations as leverage to get her a pay-check. After her cameo in the film she appeared in three more Trek films and started to make appearances at Trek conventions until her passing in 2015. It has never been made public who her alleged assailant was, although many fans claim to know the identity of individual concerned.

When Gene Roddenberry pitched the series to the American broadcaster, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), he described it as a "Wagon Train (1957) to the stars". Wagon train was about the trek and early colonization of the frontier territory that would become California.

Very few retakes of scenes were allowed due to an incredibly tight filming schedule. This meant that the actors had to be very much on the ball with their lines and delivery as the directors were under immense pressure to get each set up done in one take. Typically all the live action scenes for each episode had to be shot in 7 days (occasionally 6, depending how far behind schedule the series was) and the framing story for Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)/Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part II (1966) had to be shot in just four days.

If a word was flubbed, a prop failed or an actor stumbled on set, often there was no time to set up the scene again. Providing the take was otherwise usable, it would be down to creative editing to work around those mistakes. Several directors were not invited back to direct further stories after taking eight days to complete filming instead of the allocated seven. In comparison the ten days of filming allocated to directors for filming 'Star Trek- The Next Generation' episode twenty years later must have felt like a luxury.

After deciding to replace Jeffrey Hunter as Capt. Kirk, Gene Roddenberry originally offered the role to Jack Lord. But when Lord demanded 50 percent ownership of the show, Roddenberry instead turned to William Shatner. Lord soon went on to an iconic run as Steve McGarrett in the original Hawaii Five-O.

When CBS had the shows remastered in the early 2000s they found that both domestic and foreign networks were slow to pick up the new version due to CBS hiking up the price for broadcast of the new tapes. For several years afterwards broadcasters showed the original unremastered tapes as rights were half the price of the new ones. Eventually CBS gradually removed the original versions from the market and introduced the new versions but also dropped the prices to keep demand going.

The ages of the principle cast at the start of the series (1966) are as follows: James Doohan and Deforest Kelley were 46, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were 35, Majel Barrett and Nichelle Nichols were 34, Walter Koenig was 30, and George Takei was 29.

After Charlie Bluhdorn bought Desilu from Lucille Ball in 1967, he slashed the budgets of "Star Trek" and "Mission: Impossible (1966)". Each episode of "Star Trek" and "Mission: Impossible" was costing Desilu at least $185,000 ($1,601,352 in 2022) to produce: the primary reason Ball decided to sell. Each series has since become a multi-billion-dollar franchise for Viacom, which bought Paramount in 1994.

Until her passing on July 30, 2022, Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, was the last surviving regular female cast member.

As of Nichelle Nichols' death on July 30, 2022, William Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig are the only surviving principal cast members.

In Gene Roddenberry's original draft of the pilot, Captain Christopher Pike was Captain Robert M. April, Yeoman Janice Rand was Yeoman J. M. Colt, and the U.S.S. Enterprise was the U.S.S. Yorktown. Robert April later became a separate character, first appearing in Star Trek: The Animated Series: The Counter-Clock Incident (1974) and again in two episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022).

Including Grace Lee Whitney, and excluding the two pliots, there were nine regular cast members. Three played characters who wore gold shirts (William Shatner, George Takei & Walter Koening), three played characters who wore blue shirts or skirts (Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley & Majel Barrett), and three played characters who wore red shirts or skirts (Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan & Whitney). In both The Corbornite Maneuver (1966) and Mudd's Women (1966) however, Nichols wore the gold skirt before switching to the red skirt for the rest of the series. After the two pilots, those were the earliest episodes produced.

The three seasons are easily distinguished from each other by the title sequences. First season titles have yellow lettering, and only feature Shatner and Nimoy's credits. Second season titles also have yellow lettering, but add Kelley's credit. Third season titles have blue lettering.

One of the last shows to portray a future that was funny, optimistic, and progressive before 1973's oil crisis and the fight for the environment that, in the 1970s, changed the vision of the future. It can be appreciated in the always cut-clean rooms and halls of the Enterprise (including another Federation places as Starbase 11), in the male crew (all them look short hair, no beards and no mustaches) and in all the suits of the crew, which always are clean.

One of the most controversial points of the series at the time of the premiere was the inclusion of a multi-ethnic crew (Sulu is Chinese, Chekov is Russian and Uhura is Afroamerican). Gene Roddenberry's intention was to portray a future where the conflicts between races and countries were overpassed, in the same way that religion never is mentioned because in the 23rd century is no more necessary (a strategy to avoid troubles with any religion as Catholicism, Islamism and Judaism, etc.).

Walter Koenig's character Pavel Chekov was not introduced until Star Trek: Amok Time (1967) (season 2, episode 1), although in production order it was Star Trek: Catspaw (1967) (season 2, episode 7).

In Star Trek: Charlie X (1966) Kirk establishes the total crew aboard the Enterprise in 428 people.

Romulans were introduced in Star Trek: Balance of Terror (1966).

In Star Trek: Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967) Kirk establishes that Starfleet has 12 ships like Enterprise. However, in the book "The Making of Star Trek" by Gene Roddenberry and Stephen E. Whitfield and published in 1973, it is mentioned the names of 14 starships.

When the series was premiered in Spain, it was dubbed to Latinoamerican and not to Spanish. It was a practice usual, from 50s until late 80s-early 90s, that the most of English TV series broadcast in Spain were dubbed to Latinoamerican, due to the poor work conditions of the Spanish dub actors in the country. The series that were sent to Spain arrived from Mexico or Argentina, hence the Latinoamerican dub. Star Trek was not dubbed to Spanish by first time until 1992, 26 years later of the US premiere.

Many times you will see crewmen with a clipboard and pen writing things down as they stare at panels in various parts of the Enterprise, but all the panels they are looking at have nothing more than colored lights, with no names, numbers or functions.

Mission: Impossible: The Code (1969)(#4.1) was the first to air after this show ended.

Two episodes starred a black cat: Star Trek: Catspaw (1967)(#2.7) (named Sylvia) then later Star Trek: Assignment: Earth (1968)(#2.26), named Isis.

Spock reveals in Star Trek: The Man Trap (1966)(#1.1) that Vulcan has no moon.

It's mentioned in Star Trek: Charlie X (1966)(#1.2) that the Enterprise has 428 members on board.

Love interests during the show:

Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)(#1.28)
Sulu is clearly attracted to ("has a crush on") Uhuru. This is indicated in Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4) & Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967)(#2.4)

Nurse Chapel also has a crush on Spock. This is indicated very clearly in Star Trek: The Naked Time (1966)(#1.4). In fact she even tells him that she is in love with him. & Star Trek: Amok Time (1967)(#2.1).

The word "Hell" was used five times

Star Trek: Space Seed (1967)(#1.22), when Kirk quotes Milton, "It is better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven",

Star Trek: The Alternative Factor (1967)(#1.27), when Lazarus tells his counterpart, "I'll chase you into the very fires of hell!",

Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)(#1.28) Kirk says "let's get the hell out of here". The first of only two times that the word was used as an expletive, rather than a reference to the domicile of the damned.

Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine (1967)(#2.6), when Decker describes the berserker as "right out of hell." Kirk also says "What the hell is going on?" when he activates the Constellation viewscreen and sees the Enterprise being pulled into the maw of the Planet Killer. The second of only two times that the word was used as an expletive, rather than a reference to the domicile of the damned.

Initially, the false ears made for Leonard Nimoy didn't fit over his real ones. A phone call was made to the makeup department of M.G.M., where a brand new pair of false ears were made to fit the actor.

William Shatner wrote in his book about the show that he celebrated his being cast as Kirk by taking his children to dinner in Los Angeles.

DeForest Kelley's first filmed Star Trek performance was Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver (1966).

James Doohan had played the minor character Lawrence Tobin in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Hot Line (1964) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Hail to the Chief (1964), a series with some thematic similarities to Star Trek. He was offered the role of Chief Francis Sharkey, a regular character on that series, but chose to play Montgomery Scott on Star Trek instead.

Catch phrases:
"Beam me up Scotty."

"That is not logical".

"Live Long and Prosper".

"Khan!.... Khan!...".

"Stardate...".

"To boldly go where no man has gone before".

"Aye Aye captain".

"Shields up...phasers ready"...

Film number 4 was made in 1985 and released in 1986 while film number 5 was scheduled to start in October1985.

The only one(s) aboard the Enterprise personnel to consistently call Captain Kirk "Jim," even in the presence of other officers is Dr. McCoy (Lt. Comdr. Gary Mitchell also did this in Where No Man Has Gone Before.) Mr. Spock has been said to be closer to Kirk than anyone else in the universe and yet he still calls him "Captain" like any other subordinate.

A charmed Spock stroking a black cat in the Season 2 story "Catspaw" foreshadows Spot, the pet cat of Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).

After the series ended, any of the writers gravitated toward the cartoon series "Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)", which also starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.

The U.S.S. Enterprise Officer's Manual identifies Dr. McCoy as having been born in Atlanta, Georgia. DeForest Kelley was born in Toccoa, Georgia.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was released between the 2nd & 3rd seasons of this show, so it's conceivable that he could have voiced the ships computer for all the episodes of season 3.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was filmed between the airing of Star Trek: Amok Time (1967)(#2.1) & Star Trek: The Apple (1967)(#2.5).

According to William Shatner, Gene Roddenberry originally wanted to film Star Trek in the language of Esperanto. Shatner starred in Incubus (1966), one of only two feature films shot entirely in Esperanto.

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