"Star Trek" (1966) TV series 1966-1969

Creator:

Gene Roddenberry
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

8 September 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Boldly Go. Again. (2006 remasters tagline)

Plot:

Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore the Galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.

Plot Keywords:

Federation | Starship | Vulcan | Computer | 23rd Century

Awards:

Nominated for 13 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk / ... (79 episodes, 1966-1969)
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy (76 episodes, 1966-1969)
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura (68 episodes, 1966-1969)
James Doohan	...	Scott / ... (66 episodes, 1966-1969)
Bill Blackburn	...	Lt. Hadley / ... (61 episodes, 1966-1969)
Eddie Paskey	...	Lt. Leslie / ... (59 episodes, 1966-1968)
George Takei	...	Sulu (51 episodes, 1966-1969)
Frank da Vinci	...	Lt. Brent / ... (48 episodes, 1966-1969)
Walter Koenig	...	Chekov (36 episodes, 1967-1969)
Majel Barrett	...	Nurse Christine Chapel / ... (34 episodes, 1966-1986)

Series Directed by
Marc Daniels		(15 episodes, 1966-1968)
Joseph Pevney		(14 episodes, 1967-1968)
Vincent McEveety		(6 episodes, 1966-1968)
Ralph Senensky		(6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jud Taylor		(5 episodes, 1968-1969)
Herb Wallerstein		(4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert Butler		(3 episodes, 1966-1986)
Marvin J. Chomsky		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
John Meredyth Lucas		(3 episodes, 1968)
Gerd Oswald		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
James Goldstone		(2 episodes, 1966)
Herschel Daugherty		(2 episodes, 1967-1969)
David Alexander		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Writing credits
Gene Roddenberry		(80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Gene L. Coon		(13 episodes, 1967-1969)
D.C. Fontana		(10 episodes, 1966-1969)
Jerome Bixby		(4 episodes, 1967-1969)
John Meredyth Lucas		(4 episodes, 1967-1969)
Jerry Sohl		(3 episodes, 1966-1969)
Robert Bloch		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Oliver Crawford		(3 episodes, 1967-1969)
David Gerrold		(3 episodes, 1967-1969)
Margaret Armen		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Arthur Heinemann		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Stephen Kandel		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Paul Schneider		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Theodore Sturgeon		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Shimon Wincelberg		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
David P. Harmon		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Don Ingalls		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Art Wallace		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Steven W. Carabatsos		(2 episodes, 1967)
Jean Lisette Aroeste		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Produced by
Gene Roddenberry	....	executive producer / producer (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Robert H. Justman	....	associate producer / co-producer (71 episodes, 1966-1986)
Gene L. Coon	....	producer (33 episodes, 1966-1968)
Edward K. Milkis	....	associate producer / assistant producer (25 episodes, 1968-1969)
Fred Freiberger	....	producer (24 episodes, 1968-1969)
Gregg Peters	....	associate producer (24 episodes, 1968-1969)
John D.F. Black	....	associate producer (10 episodes, 1966)
John Meredyth Lucas	....	producer (10 episodes, 1967-1968)
Byron Haskin	....	associate producer / co-producer (2 episodes, 1966-1986)

Series Original Music by
Alexander Courage		(26 episodes, 1966-1986)
Fred Steiner		(7 episodes, 1966-1967)
Gerald Fried		(4 episodes, 1966-1967)
George Duning		(3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Sol Kaplan		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Cinematography by
Gerald Perry Finnerman		(60 episodes, 1966-1968)
Al Francis		(16 episodes, 1968-1969)
William E. Snyder		(2 episodes, 1966-1986)

Series Film Editing by
Fabien D. Tordjmann		(22 episodes, 1966-1969)
Bruce Schoengarth		(14 episodes, 1966-1968)
Donald R. Rode		(14 episodes, 1967-1969)
James Ballas		(11 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bill Brame		(8 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert L. Swanson		(5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Leo H. Shreve		(2 episodes, 1966-1986)
Frank P. Keller		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Casting by
Joseph D'Agosta		(67 episodes, 1966-1969)
William J. Kenney		(7 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Production Design by
Walter M. Jefferies		(5 episodes, 1966)

Series Art Direction by
Walter M. Jefferies		(73 episodes, 1966-1969)
Rolland M. Brooks		(34 episodes, 1966-1967)
Franz Bachelin		(2 episodes, 1966-1986)

Series Set Decoration by
John M. Dwyer		(38 episodes, 1967-1969)
Marvin March		(19 episodes, 1966-1967)
Joseph J. Stone		(12 episodes, 1967)
Carl Biddiscombe		(8 episodes, 1966)

Series Costume Design by
William Ware Theiss		(79 episodes, 1966-1969)

Series Makeup Department
Fred B. Phillips	....	makeup artist (78 episodes, 1966-1969)
Pat Westmore	....	hair stylist (46 episodes, 1967-1969)
Virginia Darcy	....	hair stylist (27 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jean Austin	....	hair stylist (4 episodes, 1967)
John Chambers	....	makeup designer (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Herbert F. Solow	....	executive in charge of production (54 episodes, 1966-1968)
Gregg Peters	....	unit production manager / unit manager (49 episodes, 1967-1969)
Bernard A. Widin	....	production supervisor (27 episodes, 1966-1967)
James Paisley	....	production supervisor (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael S. Glick	....	assistant director (15 episodes, 1966-1967)
Gregg Peters	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 1966-1967)
Rusty Meek	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 1967-1968)
Claude Binyon Jr.	....	assistant director (12 episodes, 1968-1969)
Phil Rawlins	....	assistant director (8 episodes, 1967-1968)
Gil Kissel	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1968-1969)
Elliot Schick	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1967)
Gene De Ruelle	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1969)
John M. Poer	....	dga trainee (5 episodes, 1969)
Robert H. Justman	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1966-1986)

Series Art Department
Irving A. Feinberg	....	property master (77 episodes, 1966-1969)
John D. Jefferies Sr.	....	set designer (26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Wah Chang	....	designer: Balok puppet / designer: Gorn / ... (10 episodes, 1966-1986)
Michael Minor	....	artist: diagrams / designer: Melkotian / ... (5 episodes, 1968)
Thomas Kellogg	....	shuttlecraft designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Doug Grindstaff	....	sound effects editor / sound editor (66 episodes, 1966-1969)
Carl Daniels	....	production sound mixer / sound mixer (55 episodes, 1967-1969)
Gordon L. Day	....	sound re-recording mixer (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Elden Ruberg	....	sound re-recording mixer (24 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jack F. Lilly	....	sound mixer (21 episodes, 1966-1967)
Joseph G. Sorokin	....	sound editor (13 episodes, 1966)
Cam McCulloch	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Special Effects by
James Rugg	....	special effects (77 episodes, 1966-1969)
Darrell A. Anderson	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Roger Dorney	....	special effects crew (unknown episodes)
Linwood G. Dunn	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Joseph Westheimer	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Darrell A. Anderson	....	visual effects (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Howard A. Anderson	....	visual effects (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Melissa Berryann	....	assistant to executive producer (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Petri Blomqvist	....	technical consultant (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Chris DeCristo	....	2D supervisor (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Doug Drexler	....	technical consultant (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
James Holt	....	digital compositor (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Gary Kerr	....	technical consultant (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
David LaFountaine	....	visual effects executive producer (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Denise Okuda	....	producer (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Michael Okuda	....	producer (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
David Rossi	....	producer (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Wendy Ruiz	....	visual effects coordinator (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
John Small	....	systems support engineer (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Chris Tezber	....	visual effects coordinator (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Brian Vogt	....	lead lighting technical director (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Craig Weiss	....	director of visual effects: CBS Digital (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Niel Wray	....	visual effects supervisor (80 episodes, 1966-1986)
Robert H. Justman	....	technical consultant (54 episodes, 1966-1986)
Max Gabl	....	lead matte artist / lead matte painter / ... (54 episodes, 1966-1969)
Toni Pace Carstensen	....	visual effects producer (43 episodes, 1966-1968)
Jena Huynh	....	visual effects coordinator (30 episodes, 1966-1986)
Luis F. Pazos	....	production assistant: visual effects (30 episodes, 1966-1986)
Eric Ehemann	....	lead animator/CG lead (8 episodes, 1966-1986)
Albert Whitlock	....	matte painter (8 episodes, 1966-1986)
Ryan Reeb	....	digital artist (6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Richard Datin	....	model maker (5 episodes, 1966-1986)
Heekyung Shin	....	digital artist (4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Garson Citron	....	visual effects artist / matte painter (3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Wah Chang	....	model builder: Balok's ship and cube / model builder: Romulan Bird of Prey (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Stunts
Paul Baxley	....	stunt double: William Shatner / stunt double / ... (10 episodes, 1966-1969)
Jay D. Jones	....	stunt double: James Doohan / stunt double: Ned Romero / ... (7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Gary Combs	....	stunt double: William Shatner / stunts (4 episodes, 1967)
Vince Deadrick Sr.	....	stunt double: Bruce Mars / stunt double: DeForest Kelley / ... (3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Frank da Vinci	....	stunt double: DeForest Kelley / stunt double: Leonard Nimoy / ... (3 episodes, 1967-1986)
Bill Catching	....	stunt double: Leonard Nimoy / stunt double: Robert Brown (3 episodes, 1967)
David Perna	....	stunt double: Leonard Nimoy / stunt double / ... (3 episodes, 1967)
Loren Janes	....	stunt double: Richard Tatro / stunt double: William Shatner (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Irene Sale	....	stunt double: Barbara Baldavin / stunt double: Marianna Hill (2 episodes, 1966)
Dick Dial	....	stunt double: William Shatner / stunts (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Phil Adams	....	stunt double: Michael Pataki / stunt double: William Shatner (2 episodes, 1967)
Bobby Bass	....	stunt double: James Doohan (2 episodes, 1967)
Chuck Clow	....	stunt double: William Shatner (2 episodes, 1967)
Jim Jones	....	stunt double: DeForest Kelley / stunt double: Tige Andrews (2 episodes, 1967)
Bill Blackburn	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bennie E. Dobbins	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gary Downey	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Louie Elias	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Alan Gibbs	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Max Kleven	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Allen Pinson	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Roy N. Sickner	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Paul Stader	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tom Steele	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
George Rader	....	head grip (78 episodes, 1966-1969)
George H. Merhoff	....	gaffer (77 episodes, 1966-1969)
John Finger	....	additional director of photography (3 episodes, 1969)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marge Makau	....	wardrobe mistress (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
Ken Harvey	....	key costumer (14 episodes, 1967-1968)
Andrea E. Weaver	....	costumer: women (2 episodes, 1967)

Series Editorial Department
Bill Heath	....	post-production executive (28 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Music Department
Alexander Courage	....	composer: theme music / conductor (79 episodes, 1966-1969)
Jim Henrikson	....	music editor (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Julian Davidson	....	music coordinator (29 episodes, 1966-1967)
Wilbur Hatch	....	music consultant (29 episodes, 1966-1967)
Fred Steiner	....	composer: additional music / conductor / ... (25 episodes, 1966-1969)
Richard Lapham	....	music editor (24 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert H. Raff	....	music editor (15 episodes, 1966-1967)
Gerald Fried	....	conductor / composer: additional music (9 episodes, 1966-1968)
George Duning	....	conductor / composer: additional music (8 episodes, 1967-1969)
Sol Kaplan	....	composer: additional music / conductor (6 episodes, 1966-1968)
Jerry Fielding	....	conductor / composer: additional music (2 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Other crew
Frank da Vinci	....	stand-in: Leonard Nimoy (78 episodes, 1966-1969)
George Rutter	....	script supervisor (76 episodes, 1966-1969)
Bill Blackburn	....	stand-in: DeForest Kelley (75 episodes, 1966-1969)
Jeannie Malone	....	stand-in: female guest star / stand-in: Grace Lee Whitney and female guest star (66 episodes, 1966-1969)
Eddie Paskey	....	stand-in: William Shatner (62 episodes, 1966-1968)
Roger Holloway	....	stand-in: James Doohan and male guest star / stand-in: William Shatner (50 episodes, 1967-1969)
Edward K. Milkis	....	assistant: producer (49 episodes, 1966-1968)
D.C. Fontana	....	script consultant (31 episodes, 1967-1968)
Douglas S. Cramer	....	executive vice president in charge of production (24 episodes, 1968-1969)
Arthur H. Singer	....	story consultant (24 episodes, 1968-1969)
Steven W. Carabatsos	....	script consultant (11 episodes, 1966-1967)
Billy Vernon	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1967)
John D.F. Black	....	story editor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Desilu Productions (1966-1967)
• Norway Corporation
• Paramount Television (1968-1969)

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1966-1969) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1969-) (UK) (TV) (BBC 1)
• AXN (2009) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release) (on AXN Sci-Fi)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (season 3)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (seasons 1-3)
• Paramount Home Video (1987) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (1987) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Sat.1 (1987-1988) (West Germany) (TV)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (????) (UK) (TV)
• TV6 (2009) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (1972-1974) (West Germany) (TV)

Special Effects

• CBS Digital (remastered)

Other Companies

• Geritol  sponsoring
• Glen Glenn Sound Company  sound recording
• Pepsi-Cola Company  sponsoring
• RCA Victor  sponsoring
• Studio City Productions  marketing and promotion (syndication: digitally remastered)
• Sunset Digital  restoration

Also Known As:

"Star Trek: TOS" - USA (promotional abbreviation)
"Star Trek: The Original Series" - USA (informal title)

Runtime:

50 min (79 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | DTS (re-mastered version) | Dolby Digital (re-mastered version)

Certification:

Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp | Germany:12 (some episodes) | Germany:16 (one episode) | Germany:6 (some epiosodes) | UK:PG (some episodes) | UK:U (some episodes) | Finland:K-18 (2006) (DVD) (self applied) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Singapore:PG | Brazil:12 (season 2 and 3) | Brazil:Livre (Season 1)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Continuity: It takes a while for character names and back histories to settle during the first season and there are many inconsistencies. At the same time, the crew wears different colors of uniform for the first few weeks.

Quotes:

Scotty:When are ya gonna get off of that milk diet Laddy? Now Scotch is a real drink for a man.
Chekov:Scotch was invented by a little old lady from Leningrad.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Top Gear: Episode #8.6" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Theme

Best science fiction series ever, notable for character interactions

In our household we are all Trekkies, so the ongoing adventures of the Federation Star Ship Enterprise constantly enthrall us. My husband will stubbornly watch only TOS, while my teenage son feels nostalgic about TOS, but secretly prefers Voyager. As for myself, while I find some of the Next Generation plots compelling and enjoy the dangerous drama of Voyager stranded in the Delta Quadrant, there's nothing quite like the characters from TOS. The series has an innocence about it unmatched in the later ones. My compliments to the late Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek's creator.

Captain James T. Kirk is the audacious, impulsive, and womanizing Enterprise commander. In almost every episode he has some gorgeous new love interest, seldom exhibiting much restraint! Kirk frequently engages in physical hand to hand combat with his opponents, torn shirt & sweat being common. Yet he does manage to come up with some bold and brilliant moves such as his legendary ruse, the Corbomite Manouever. Perhaps his primary task is serving as referee between the constantly sparring First Officer Spock and ship's doctor, Bones McCoy.

The heart of the series is Mr. Spock, the half Vulcan First Officer and ship's Science Officer. Actually however, Spock would maintain that he is the HEAD of the series, since he prides himself on his unfailing logic and lack of emotion. The inner conflict between his logic driven paternal Vulcan half and his emotional maternal human half form an ongoing theme. Spock possesses two useful Vulcan abilities, the neck pinch and the mind meld. The most engaging character interaction is between the logic motivated Spock versus the highly emotional ship's physician, Dr. Leonard (Bones) McCoy, who is basically a country doctor in space, a humanitarian leery of all this newfangled gadgetry. McCoy is famous in the Trek world for his expression, 'I'm a doctor, not a ----' (many phrases have been used here).

Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott is a hot tempered Scotsman with a fondness for his native country's whiskey. Scotty constantly bemoans that he 'cannae change the laws of physics' all the while working assorted engineering miracles with the warp core and anti matter this or that. As for Communications Officer Uhura, she is most notable for her regular phrase, 'Hailing frequencies open, Sir.'

To be sure, some of the episodes have less than brilliant plots, notably Spock's Brain, though the character interactions always compensate for any inadequacies. However, some ideas were masterful, including The Enterprise Incident, The Menagerie, and City on the Edge of Forever. The series took on issues of overpopulation (The Mark of Gideon), social class disparity (The Cloud Minders, with its clever cloud city, Stratos), and racism (Let That Be Your Last Battlefield), which involves laughable hatred between two races, one black on the left side & white on the right, the other race vice versa. I personally enjoyed The Naked Time (Nurse Chappel admits her love for Spock), A Taste of Armageddon (computer war), This Side of Paradise (Spock frolics), and Is There in Truth No Beauty? (the Medusan ambassador's incredible ugliness causes madness in the hapless onlooker). However, my absolute favourite is unquestionably the absurd Amok Time, with Spock's ridiculous pon farr mating strife.

The Enterprise crew consists of a racially diverse group, with its black Communications Officer Uhura and Oriental helmsman Sulu. The ship's navigator, Chekov, is Russian...quite a revolutionary idea for that Cold War era. The cast are perfect in their roles, including William Shatner (Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), and all the others. Special tribute to the late Deforest Kelly (McCoy) and James Doohan (Scotty), who are sadly missed.

This is the series that gave us such technologies as the transporter, tricorder, and cloaking device...high tech weaponry including phasers and photon torpedoes...futuristic games like three dimensional chess...miracle drugs such as cordrazine...and gourmet delicacies like Saurian brandy & Romulan ale. Some of the gadgetry gave a sneak preview of such later real life technology as computer floppy discs.

In addition to the highly logical Vulcans, Star Trek gave us glimpses of such alien species as the honour driven Klingons and the sneaky Romulans (the Federation's two primary enemies), also the xenophobic Tholians, the reptilian Gorn, and many others. It treated us to the endearing rock like, silicon based Horta and the cute & fuzzy but all too prolific Tribbles (which caused no end of Trouble). And it acquainted us with such planets as Sarpeidon, Eminiar & Vendikar.

In the episode Metamorphosis, we were all introduced to the heroic Zephram Cochrane who invented the warp drive way back in 2063. In constant demand is the dilithium vital to the warp engine's functioning. Star Trek also acquainted us with the United Federation of Planets, Starfleet & Starfleet Academy, and the Federation's much vaunted strict rule called the Prime Directive, which is frequently mentioned but universally ignored!

Star Trek is simply an incredibly fun and entertaining science fiction series, though it was hardly appreciated back in the 1960's when it originally aired. Fortunately, it lives on today in re runs, giving Trekkies the ongoing excitement of regularly 'boldly going where no man has gone before'. Live long and prosper, everyone!