Star Trek 

In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.

Creator:

Gene Roddenberry

Stars:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley

Top Rated TV #247 | Nominated for 13 Primetime Emmys. Another 9 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock / ... 80 episodes, 1966-1986
William Shatner	...	Capt. Kirk / ... 79 episodes, 1966-1969
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy / ... 76 episodes, 1966-1969
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura / ... 70 episodes, 1966-1969
James Doohan	...	Scott / ... 66 episodes, 1966-1969
Eddie Paskey	...	Lt. Leslie / ... 60 episodes, 1966-1968
George Takei	...	Sulu / ... 52 episodes, 1966-1969
Walter Koenig	...	Chekov 36 episodes, 1967-1969
Majel Barrett	...	Nurse Chapel / ... 36 episodes, 1966-1986

Storyline

A 1960's sci-fi action adventure series set in the 23rd century based around the crew of the USS Enterprise, representing the United Federation of Planets (including earth) on a five-year mission in outer space to explore new worlds, seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no one has gone before. The Enterprise is commanded by handsome and brash Captain James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk. Kirk's two best friends are Commander Spock (last name unpronounceable to humans) the ship's half-human/half-Vulcan Science Officer and First/Executive Officer (i.e. second-in-command) from the planet Vulcan, and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy. They along with a crew of approximately 430, including helmsman Lieutenant Hikaru Kato Sulu, navigator Ensign Pavel Andreievich Chekov, Officer Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, and chief engineer Lieutenant Commander Christopher Jorgensen "Scotty" Scott -- confront strange alien races, friendly and hostile alike, as they explore unknown ...

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Plot Keywords:

cult tv | phaser | alien species | starship | outer space | 

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Taglines:

To boldly go where no man has gone before

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 September 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Star Trek: TOS

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Desilu Productions, Norway Corporation, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min (79 episodes)

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

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.

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Goofs

The color of a phaser beam depends on the weapon's setting ("stun" or "kill") but the colors are inconsistent between episodes.

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Quotes

Capt. Kirk: There's no such thing as the unknown- only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.

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Crazy Credits

Each season of this show has a different arrangement of the theme music over the closing credits, although not every episode uses the arrangement specific to its corresponding season. For example, "Whom Gods Destroy", a third-season episode, uses the second-season arrangement of the theme. As did all episodes produced after it.

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Alternate Versions

In Germany some episodes were cut or rearranged during the dubbing process (for example in the episode "Amok Time" the dialogue was changed to Spock having a disease). The episode "Patterns of Force" has never been shown on TV due to the Nazi-thematic. It was only released in the late 90s on VHS.

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Connections

Referenced in Talking Saul: Mabel (2017)

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Soundtracks

Theme
Music credited to Alexander Courage, although it strongly resembles the main title music for 'Hollow Triumph (1948)' by Sol Kaplan
Sung by Loulie Jean Norman

User Reviews

THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL.

This show changed the way we looked at science fiction forever. Before there was The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and the prequel Enterprise. There was Captain James T. Kirk and crew on the Starship Enterprise. Exploring new worlds and new life. Traveling through time and space. Leonard Nimoy is great has Mr. Spock, the half human/half alien science officer and second in command. Deforest Kelly is also great Has Dr. Leonard Bones Mccoy, our favorite whiney Doctor, who came out with favorite sayings like "He's dead Jim" and "I'm a Doctor not a brick layer". The special effects may have seemed hoaky at times. But the show was still great in it's day. Gene Roddenberry was a genuis when he created this show. The show was well acted by everyone . So Star Trek fans live long and prosper.