Star Trek: The Original Series: Season 1 (1966)

Star Trek was an influential science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that followed the adventures of the crew of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. The show began with the production of the 1964 pilot "The Cage". "The Cage" featured Jeffrey Hunter as Enterprise captain Christopher Pike. The pilot was rejected by NBC executives as being too cerebral. In order to demonstrate the action-adventure potential of the series, another pilot entitled "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was produced. Replacing Jeffrey Hunter as Enterprise captain was William Shatner who starred as Captain James T. Kirk. The new pilot also starred Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock who was the only character to return from the original pilot after NBC's rejection of "The Cage". Response to the second, action-oriented, pilot was good and NBC gave the go ahead to the series. The series premiered on NBC on Thursday, September 8, 1966 in the 8:30-9:30 PM timeslot with the episode "The Man Trap". Critical response to the series was mixed and rating were lower than expected. In its second season, reoccurring guest star DeForest Kelley was added to the series' starring cast and the show was moved to Friday at 8:30. A decline in the ratings, however, prompted NBC to attempt to cancel the series after its second season, but a letter writing campaign by die hard fans of the show saved it from cancellation. An additional season of episodes were produced, but ratings continued to decline most likely due to the quality of the third season episodes and a bad 10:00 PM Friday night time slot. Despite another letter writing campaign, the series was finally cancelled after its third season. The last new episode "Turnabout Intruder" was shown on June 3, 1969. After its three year run Star Trek began running syndication where it was discovered by legion of new fans and became a phenomenon. The show inspired six features films, an animated series, and four additional spin-off television shows. Other spin-off's include novels, comic books, merchandise and an enormous amount of fan-fiction based on the series. Despite its short network run, Star Trek has become one of the most successful shows in television history. Aside from its three main stars, Star Trek featured a large cast of reoccurring guest stars that includes James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, and Grace Lee Whitney. Other notable guest stars include Diana Muldaur, Gary Lockwood, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Kellerman, Julie Newmar, Frank Gorshin, John Colicos, Roger C. Carmel, William Campbell, Ted Cassidy, Michael Ansara and Elisha Cook, Jr. Notable writers for the series include Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon, George Clayton Johnson, Jerry Sohl, Jerome Bixby, Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, David Gerrold, and D.C. Fontana.

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 9/8/1966 1. The Man Trap

Kirk and his crew are at deadly risk from an alien creature that feeds on the salt in a human body and can take on any form.

Director: Marc Daniels Writer: George Clayton Johnson

Guest starring: Sharon Gimpel, Garrison True, Larry Anthony, Bob Baker, Jeanne Bal, Alfred Ryder, Bruce Watson, Michael Zaslow, Vince Howard, Francine Pyne

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 9/15/1966 2. Charlie X

Stardate 1533.6: The Enterprise makes a rendezvous with the S.S. Antares and picks up a 17 year old boy, Charlie Evans who is the only survivor of a colony expedition that crashed on the planet Thasus. Captain Ramart and his staff rave about the boy, but Kirk can't help but be puzzled when Ramart refuses luxury items and hurries back to the Antares. Charlie, without social skills of any measure, seems a bit strange and unrefined but states that he grew up alone with only the record tapes from the wreckage for company. Sometime later, Captain Ramart signals the Enterprise and tries to warn Kirk about something, but just then the Antares is destroyed. Kirk doesn't think much about Charlie's disinterested reaction to the deaths of his former friends, but Spock begins to suspect that there is more to the boy than they know. This is confirmed when Charlie makes a crewman disappear for laughing at him while in the gym. During this time, Charlie becomes infatuated with the first ^girl^ he saw after coming aboard the Enterprise, Yeoman Rand. Unable to control his desires, Charlie pesters Rand until she is forced to hurt him, first by rejecting the boy and then by slapping him while in her quarters. This, of course, causes Charlie to make her disappear as well. Now realizing the full extent of Charlie's powers and the danger he could pose to civilization, Kirk tries to alter the ship's course away from their next stop, Colony 5, but Charlie learns of his plans, seizes control of the Enterprise, and locks in a course for Colony 5. By this time the Thasians, noncorporeal beings who really raised Charlie and gave him his powers, discover that the boy is missing and intercept the Enterprise. Despite Charlie's pleas not to be taken away, the Thasians remove Charlie from the Enterprise and restore the crew back to normal.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin Writer: D.C. Fontana

Guest starring: Robert Walker, Charles Stewart, Dallas Mitchell, Don Eitner, Patricia McNulty

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 9/22/1966 3. Where No Man Has Gone Before

While exploring the edge of the galaxy, the Enterprise encounters an energy barrier that gives two crewmen godlike powers.

Director: James Goldstone Writer: Samuel A. Peeples

Guest starring: Gary Lockwood, Sally Kellerman, Lloyd Haynes, Andrea Dromm, Paul Carr, Paul Fix, Hal Needham, Dick Crockett, Paul Baxley

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 9/29/1966 4. The Naked Time

A strange alien substance causes the crew to act out their deepest inhibitions, while the ship plummets out of orbit.

Director: Marc Daniels Writer: John D.F. Black

Guest starring: Stewart Moss, Bruce Hyde, William Knight, John Bellah, Christin Ducheau, Woody Talbert, Frank da Vinci, Bud da Vinci

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/6/1966 5. The Enemy Within

A transporter malfunction causes Captain Kirk to split into his "good" and "evil" selves, and a landing party will freeze to death if they don't merge the two back together.

Director: Leo Penn Writer: Richard Matheson

Guest starring: Edward Madden, Garland Thompson, Jim Goodwin, Don Eitner, Eddie Paskey

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/13/1966 6. Mudd's Women

The Enterprise picks up a intergalactic conman, Harry Mudd, and three incredibly beautiful women who harbor a dark secret.

Director: Harvey Hart / Gene Roddenberry Writer: Stephen Kandel

Guest starring: Roger C. Carmel, Karen Steele, Maggie Thrett, Susan Denberg, Jim Goodwin, Gene Dynarski, Jon Kowal, Seamon Glass, Jerry Foxworth, Eddie Paskey

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/20/1966 7. What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Nurse Christine Chapel is reunited with her old fiance on Exo III, but the scientist has plans for Captain Kirk and the Federation.

Director: James Goldstone Writer: Robert Bloch

Guest starring: Michael Strong, Sherry Jackson, Ted Cassidy, Harry Basch, Vince Deadrick, Budd Albright, Paul Baxley, Denver Mattson

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/27/1966 8. Miri

Kirk and a landing party are stranded on a planet due to a disease that causes any adult to die a painful death, and must deal with the local children who have survived.

Director: Vincent McEveety Writer: Adrian Spies

Guest starring: Kim Darby, Michael J. Pollard, Keith Taylor, Ed McCready, Kellie Flanagan, Steven McEveety, Jim Goodwin, John Megna, John Arndt, Irene Sale

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 11/3/1966 9. Dagger of the Mind

Kirk investigates an experimental facility for holding prisoners and finds a sinister scheme.

Director: Vincent McEveety Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

Guest starring: James Gregory, Morgan Woodward, Marianna Hill, Susanne Wasson, John Arndt, Larry Anthony, Ed McCready, Eli Behar, Walt Davis, Lou Elias

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 11/10/1966 10. The Corbomite Maneuver

The Enterprise encounters a vast alien ship that sets out to test them.

Director: Joseph Sargent Writer: Jerry Sohl

Guest starring: Anthony Call, Clint Howard, Vic Perrin, George Bochman, John Gabriel, Gloria Calomee, Majel Barrett, Sean Morgan, Ted Cassidy, Bruce Mars

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 11/17/1966 11. The Menagerie (1)

Spock kidnaps his former captain, the crippled Christopher Pike, and heads for a quarantined planet, putting his career and Kirk's life on the line.

Director: Robert Butler / Marc Daniels Writer: Gene Roddenberry

Guest starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Malachi Throne, Majel Barrett, Peter Duryea, Laurel Goodwin, John Hoyt, Adam Roarke, Sean Kenney, Hagan Beggs

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 11/24/1966 12. The Menagerie (2)

Spock's court-martial continues as he attempts to justify his abduction of Pike, the theft of the Enterprise, and his heading for a planet declared forbidden by Starfleet.

Director: Robert Butler / Marc Daniels Writer: Gene Roddenberry

Guest starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Malachi Throne, Majel Barrett, Peter Duryea, John Hoyt, Laurel Goodwin, Adam Roarke, Sean Kenney, Hagan Beggs

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 12/8/1966 13. The Conscience of the King

Kirk is one of the last survivors who can identify a mass killer, who lurks among a Shakespearean troupe aboard the Enterprise.

Director: Gerd Oswald Writer: Barry Trivers

Guest starring: Arnold Moss, Barbara Anderson, William Sargent, Natalie Norwick, David Troy, Karl Bruck, Marc Adams, Bruce Hyde, Frank Vince

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 12/15/1966 14. Balance of Terror

Kirk pits the Enterprise against an invisible spaceship testing the Federation's defenses.

Director: Vincent McEveety Writer: Paul Schneider

Guest starring: Mark Lenard, Paul Comi, Lawrence Montaigne, Stephen Mines, Barbara Baldavin, Garry Walberg, John Warburton, Sean Morgan, Vince Deadrick, John Arndt

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 12/29/1966 15. Shore Leave

The Enterprise crew take shore leave on a peaceful, pastoral planet...where their dreams and fantasies come to life.

Director: Robert Sparr Writer: Theodore Sturgeon

Guest starring: Emily Banks, Oliver McGowan, Perry Lopez, Bruce Mars, Barbara Baldavin, Marcia Brown, Sebastian Tom, Shirley Bonne, John Carr, William Blackburn

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 1/5/1967 16. The Galileo Seven

Spock commands a stranded away team when their shuttlecraft is stranded on a planet with hostile natives.

Director: Robert Gist / Oliver Crawford Writer: Oliver Crawford / Shimon Wincelberg

Guest starring: Don Marshall, John Crawford, Peter Marko, Phyllis Douglas, Rees Vaughn, Grant Woods, Robert Maffei, David L. Ross, Frank da Vinci, Gary Coombs

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 1/12/1967 17. The Squire of Gothos

The Enterprise finds itself at the mercy of a seemingly omnipotent being who fancies himself a 18th century Englishman.

Director: Don McDougall Writer: Paul Schneider

Guest starring: William Campbell, Richard Carlyle, Michael Barrier, Venita Wolf, Barbara Babcock, James Doohan, Gary Coombs

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 1/19/1967 18. Arena

When a mysterious alien race destroy an Earth colony, the Enterprise pursues but Kirk and the alien captain are forced to fight each other by powerful aliens.

Director: Joseph Pevney / Fredric Brown Writer: Gene L. Coon

Guest starring: Jerry Ayres, Grant Woods, Tom Troupe, James Farley, Carole Shelyne, Sean Kenney, Vic Perrin, Ted Cassidy, Bobby Clark, Gary Coombs

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 1/26/1967 19. Tomorrow is Yesterday

The Enterprise collides with a black hole and is thrown back to Earth in the 20th century, where they must find a way back and erase any trace of their presence. Matters become complicated when they rescue an Air Force pilot and cannot return him without changing history...but if he disappears that will change history as well.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy Writer: D.C. Fontana

Guest starring: Roger Perry, Hal Lynch, Richard Merrifield, Ed Peck, Mark Dempsey, Jim Spencer, Sherri Townsend

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 2/2/1967 20. Court Martial

Captain Kirk's career is at stake when he is put on trial for the loss of a crewman during an ion storm.

Director: Marc Daniels / Don M. Mankiewicz Writer: Don M. Mankiewicz / Stephen W. Carabatsos

Guest starring: Percy Rodriguez, Elisha Cook Jr., Joan Marshall, Hagan Beggs, Win de Lugo, Alice Rawlings, Nancy Wong, William Meader, Bart Conrad, Reginald Lal Singh

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 2/9/1967 21. The Return of the Archons

The Enterprise encounters a seemingly peaceful civilization run by a ""benevolent"" being named Landru...who intends for them to join his people.

Director: Joseph Pevney / Gene Roddenberry Writer: Boris Sobelman

Guest starring: David L. Ross, Ralph Maurer, Sean Morgan, Christopher Held, Morgan Farley, Jon Lormer, Charles Macaulay, Sid Haig, Brioni Farrell, Torin Thatcher

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 2/16/1967 22. Space Seed

The Enterprise picks up a crew of genetic supermen from the 20th century...and their leader, Khan, plans to create a new empire.

Director: Marc Daniels / Carey Wilbur Writer: Gene L. Coon / Carey Wilbur

Guest starring: John Arndt, Jan Reddin, Joan Johnson, Joan Webster, Bobby Bass, Ricardo Montalban, Madlyn Rhue, Blaisdell Makee, Mark Tobin, Kathy Ahart

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 2/23/1967 23. A Taste of Armageddon

The Enterprise arrives at a planet to establish diplomatic relations and finds itself in the middle of a "peaceful" war that threatens to destroy the ship.

Director: Joseph Pevney / Robert Hamner Writer: Robert Hamner / Gene L. Coon

Guest starring: David Opatoshu, Gene Lyons, Barbara Babcock, Miko Mayama, Sean Kenney, Robert Sampson, Ron Veto, Eddie Paskey, John Burnside, Frank da Vinci

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 3/2/1967 24. This Side of Paradise

The Enterprise crew is trapped in paradise when they come to rescue colonists who have fallen to pacifying alien spores and become infected themselves.

Director: Ralph Senensky / D.C. Fontana Writer: D.C. Fontana

Guest starring: Jill Ireland, Frank Overton, Michael Barrier, Dick Scotter, Eddie Paskey, Bobby Bass, Sean Morgan, Fred Shue, Grant Woods, John Lindesmith

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 3/9/1967 25. The Devil in the Dark

Kirk investigates a series of grisly murders on a mining planet that are the work of a seemingly hostile alien creature.

Director: Joseph Pevney Writer: Gene L. Coon

Guest starring: Ken Lynch, Brad Weston, Biff Elliot, George E. Allen, Jon Cavett, Janos Prohaska, Dick Dial, Davis Roberts, Barry Russo, Eddie Paskey

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 3/23/1967 26. Errand of Mercy

The Federation and the Klingon Empire teeter on the brink of war as Kirk investigates a humble planet caught in the middle - Organia, inhabited by pacifists

Director: John Newland Writer: Gene L. Coon

Guest starring: John Abbott, John Colicos, Peter Brocco, Victor Lundin, David Hillary Hughes, Walt Davis, George Sawaya, Bobby Bass, Gary Coombs

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 3/30/1967 27. The Alternative Factor

Kirk and Spock encounter an alien named Lazarus who claims to be from an anti-matter universe.

Director: Gerd Oswald Writer: Don Ingalls

Guest starring: Al Wyatt, Bill Catching, Tom Lupo, Robert Brown, Janet MacLachlan, Richard Derr, Arch Whiting, Christian Patrick, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 4/6/1967 28. The City on the Edge of Forever

Kirk and Spock must travel into the past in order to correct a change that will alter history.

Director: Joseph Pevney Writer: Harlan Ellison

Guest starring: Carey Loftin, Mary Statier, Bobby Bass, Michael Barrier, David Perna, Joan Collins, John Harmon, Hal Baylor, Bart La Rue

Seen it: Yes 60 mins 4/13/1967 29. Operation -- Annihilate!

Kirk and the Enterprise must combat parasitic aliens.

Director: Herschel Daugherty Writer: Stephen W. Carabatsos

Guest starring: Dave Armstrong, Joan Swift, Maurishka Taliferro, Craig Hundley, Fred Carson, Jerry Catron, Gary Coombs, Bill Catching, William Shatner

	William Shatner	Captain James T. Kirk
	Leonard Nimoy	Lt. Cmdr. Spock
	DeForest Kelley	Lt. Cmdr. Leonard McCoy
	Grace Lee Whitney	Yeoman Janice Rand
	James Doohan	Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott
	George Takei	Lt. Hikaru Sulu
	Nichelle Nichols	Lt. Uhura
	Walter Koenig	Ensign Pavel Chekov
	Majel Barrett	Christine Chapel