List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes

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Created by Gene Roddenberry, the science fiction television series Star Trek (which eventually acquired the retronym Star Trek: The Original Series) starred William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, and DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy aboard the fictional Federation starship USS Enterprise. The series originally aired from September 1966 through June 1969 on NBC.[1]

This is the first television series in the Star Trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series' three seasons, along with the series' original pilot episode, "The Cage". The episodes are listed in order by original air date,[2] which match the episode order in each season's original,[3][4][5] remastered,[6][7][8] and Blu-ray DVD[9] box sets. The original, single-disc DVD releases placed the episodes by production order, with "The Cage" on the final disc.[10]

After the series' cancellation, Paramount Television released Star Trek to television stations as a syndication package,[11] where the series' popularity grew to become a "major phenomenon within popular culture".[12] This popularity would eventually lead to the expansion of the Star Trek catalog, which as of 2020 includes nine more television series and thirteen Trek motion pictures.

In 2006, CBS Paramount Domestic Television (now CBS Television Distribution) announced that each Original Series episode would be re-syndicated in high definition after undergoing digital remastering, including both new and enhanced visual effects.[13] (To date, the remastered episodes have only been broadcast in standard definition, though all three seasons are now available on the high-definition Blu-ray Disc format.)[14][15] The remastered episodes began with "Balance of Terror" (along with, in some markets, "Miri") during the weekend of September 16, 2006,[16] and ended with "The Cage", which aired during the weekend of May 2, 2009.[17] The remastered air dates listed below are based on the weekend each episode aired in syndication.[16]

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 29 September 8, 1966 (1966-09-08) April 13, 1967 (1967-04-13)
2 26 September 15, 1967 (1967-09-15) March 29, 1968 (1968-03-29)
3 24 September 20, 1968 (1968-09-20) June 3, 1969 (1969-06-03)

Episodes

Pilots (1964–65)

Star Trek's pilot episode, "The Cage", was completed between November 1964 and January 1965,[18] and starred Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike, Majel Barrett as Number One, and Leonard Nimoy as Spock. The pilot was rejected by NBC as being "too cerebral" among other complaints.[19] Jeffrey Hunter chose to withdraw from the role of Pike[20] when creator Gene Roddenberry was asked to produce a second pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before". A slightly edited version with the same title aired in 1966 as the third episode of the new series.[21][22]

"The Cage" never aired during Star Trek's original run. It was presented by Roddenberry as a black-and-white workprint at various science fiction conventions over the years after Star Trek's cancellation but was not released on home video until 1986 when Paramount Home Video produced a "restored" release of "The Cage" (a combination of the original black-and-white footage and color portions of the Season 1 episode "The Menagerie") along with an introduction by Gene Roddenberry.[23]

On October 15, 1988, Paramount Pictures aired a two-hour television special, hosted by Patrick Stewart, called The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next, which featured, for the first time, a full-color television presentation of "The Cage".[23] In the United States, "The Cage" was released to DVD in December 2001.[24] It was later included on the final disc in both the original and "remastered" season 3 DVD box sets listed with its original air date of October 15, 1988.[5][8][25]

"Where No Man Has Gone Before" in its original form (production number 02a) had been forwarded to NBC, but only a re-edited version was aired, not as a pilot but as the third episode of the series (production number 02b). The original version was thought to be lost, but later appeared on bootleg VHS tapes at conventions, until a print of it was discovered in 2009 and subsequently released on home video under the title "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" - The Restored, Unaired Alternate Pilot Episode as part of the TOS season 3 box set on Blu-ray;[26] it has not been released on DVD. This version remains unaired.

Title Directed by Written by Original air date [23][25] Prod.
code
"The Cage" Robert Butler Gene Roddenberry October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04) 01
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".[27]
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" James Goldstone Samuel A. Peeples September 22, 1966 (1966-09-22) 02a
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 and of humanity itself.[27]

Season 1 (1966–67)

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Main article: Star Trek: The Original Series (season 1)

After Roddenberry's second pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", received a more favorable response from NBC,[21][22] Star Trek finally aired its first episode—"The Man Trap"—at 8:30PM on September 8, 1966.[28] "Where No Man...", which eventually aired in a re-edited format as the series' third episode, retained only Spock as a character from "The Cage" but introduced William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, James Doohan as chief engineer Scotty, and George Takei as physicist (later helmsman) Sulu. Also joining the cast were DeForest Kelley as ship's surgeon Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy and Nichelle Nichols as the communications officer Uhura in "The Man Trap"; the first aired episode of the series.

Although her character of Number One was not retained from "The Cage", Majel Barrett returned to the series as a new character, nurse Christine Chapel, and made her first of many recurring appearances in "The Naked Time". Grace Lee Whitney appeared in eight episodes as yeoman Janice Rand, beginning with "The Man Trap". Whitney left the series after "The Conscience of the King",[21][29][30] but would later make minor appearances in the first, third, fourth, and sixth Star Trek films as well as one episode of the companion series Star Trek: Voyager.

Star Trek's first season comprised 29 episodes, including the two-part episode "The Menagerie", which includes almost all of the footage from the original pilot, "The Cage". Other notable episodes include "Balance of Terror", which introduces the Romulans; "Space Seed", which introduces Khan Noonien Singh and serves as the basis for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; "Errand of Mercy", in which the Klingons make their first appearance; and the critically acclaimed,[31] Hugo-Award-winning episode[32] "The City on the Edge of Forever", which features Kirk, Spock, and McCoy traveling into the past through the Guardian of Forever.

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Stardate [33] Directed by Written by Original air date [2] Prod.
code
1 1 "The Man Trap" 1513.1 Marc Daniels George Clayton Johnson September 8, 1966 (1966-09-08) 06
The Enterprise visits planet M-113 for a routine medical inspection of the husband-wife archaeological team stationed there, but the crew finds that the wife has been replaced by a deadly, shape-shifting creature.[27]
2 2 "Charlie X" 1533.6 Lawrence Dobkin Story by: Gene Roddenberry
Teleplay by: D. C. Fontana		 September 15, 1966 (1966-09-15) 08
While traveling aboard the Enterprise, a dangerous young man named Charlie Evans terrorizes the crew with his unusual mental powers.[27] This episode serves as the backstory for the unofficial mini-series Star Trek: Of Gods and Men.
3 3 "Where No Man Has Gone Before" 1312.4 James Goldstone Samuel A. Peeples September 22, 1966 (1966-09-22) 02b
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.[27]
4 4 "The Naked Time" 1704.2 Marc Daniels John D. F. Black September 29, 1966 (1966-09-29) 07
A strange, intoxicating infection, which lowers the crew's emotional inhibitions, spreads throughout the Enterprise. As the madness spreads, the entire ship is endangered.[27]
5 5 "The Enemy Within" 1672.1 Leo Penn Richard Matheson October 6, 1966 (1966-10-06) 05
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.[27]
6 6 "Mudd's Women" 1329.8 Harvey Hart Story by: Gene Roddenberry
Teleplay by: Stephen Kandel		 October 13, 1966 (1966-10-13) 04
The Enterprise pursues a vessel and rescues its occupants, interstellar con man Harry Mudd, who is arrested on outstanding charges, and three incredibly beautiful women, his cargo. After Kirk diverts to a mining planet to obtain new dilithium crystals for the Enterprise, Mudd negotiates with the three miners there, exchanging his women for dilithium crystals for his own profit. Finally, Mudd's deception is revealed as the women are, in fact, very plain and only appear beautiful due to taking illegal Venus drugs. Kirk obtains the crystals he needs and takes Mudd back into custody.[27]
7 7 "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" 2712.4 James Goldstone Robert Bloch October 20, 1966 (1966-10-20) 10
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 which 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.[27]
8 8 "Miri" 2713.5 Vincent McEveety Adrian Spies October 27, 1966 (1966-10-27) 12
After discovering what appears to be a duplicate of the planet Earth, Captain Kirk and his landing party find a population ravaged by a strange disease, which only children appear to have survived.[27]
9 9 "Dagger of the Mind" 2715.1 Vincent McEveety S. Bar-David November 3, 1966 (1966-11-03) 11
While on a re-supply mission to a rehabilitation colony for the criminally insane, the Enterprise crew discover that the chief doctor has been using a device which destroys the human mind. Kirk and a female crew member, down on the planet, must deal with the problem up close and personal. Spock performs a mind meld for the first time in this episode.[27]
10 10 "The Corbomite Maneuver" 1512.2 Joseph Sargent Jerry Sohl November 10, 1966 (1966-11-10) 03
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.[27]
11
12		 11
12		 "The Menagerie" 3012.4
3013.1		 Marc Daniels
Robert Butler		 Gene Roddenberry November 17, 1966 (1966-11-17)
November 24, 1966 (1966-11-24)		 16
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. 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.[27]
13 13 "The Conscience of the King" 2817.6 Gerd Oswald Barry Trivers December 8, 1966 (1966-12-08) 13
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 in order to investigate, but soon assassination attempts are made on Kirk and another crewman who was an eyewitness to the murders.[27]
14 14 "Balance of Terror" 1709.2 Vincent McEveety Paul Schneider December 15, 1966 (1966-12-15) 09
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.[27]
15 15 "Shore Leave" 3025.3 Robert Sparr Theodore Sturgeon December 29, 1966 (1966-12-29) 17
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.[27]
16 16 "The Galileo Seven" 2821.5 Robert Gist Story by: Oliver Crawford
Teleplay by: Oliver Crawford and S. Bar-David		 January 5, 1967 (1967-01-05) 14
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 fight the planet's dangerous inhabitants. As the crew begin 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.[27]
17 17 "The Squire of Gothos" 2124.5 Don McDougall Paul Schneider January 12, 1967 (1967-01-12) 18
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.[27]
18 18 "Arena" 3045.6 Joseph Pevney Story by: Fredric Brown
Teleplay by: Gene L. Coon		 January 19, 1967 (1967-01-19) 19
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.[27]
19 19 "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" 3113.2 Michael O'Herlihy D. C. Fontana January 26, 1967 (1967-01-26) 21
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.[27]
20 20 "Court Martial" 2947.3 Marc Daniels Story by: Don M. Mankiewicz
Teleplay by: Don M. Mankiewicz and Steven W. Carabatsos		 February 2, 1967 (1967-02-02) 15
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. Will Kirk's crew be able to save the captain from conviction?[27]
21 21 "The Return of the Archons" 3156.2 Joseph Pevney Story by: Gene Roddenberry
Teleplay by: Boris Sobelman		 February 9, 1967 (1967-02-09) 22
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.[27]
22 22 "Space Seed" 3141.9 Marc Daniels Story by: Carey Wilber
Teleplay by: Gene L. Coon and Carey Wilber		 February 16, 1967 (1967-02-16) 24
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).[27]
23 23 "A Taste of Armageddon" 3192.1 Joseph Pevney Story by: Robert Hamner
Teleplay by: Robert Hamner and Gene L. Coon		 February 23, 1967 (1967-02-23) 23
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. Even 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.[27]
24 24 "This Side of Paradise" 3417.3–3417.7 Ralph Senensky Story by: Nathan Butler[lower-alpha 1] and D. C. Fontana
Teleplay by: D. C. Fontana		 March 2, 1967 (1967-03-02) 25
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, shows the landing party strange flowers that seem to impose a state of pure bliss on all exposed to its spores (even Spock), but at the cost of ambition and self-discipline. Will the Enterprise crew succumb to the effects?[27]
25 25 "The Devil in the Dark" 3196.1 Joseph Pevney Gene L. Coon March 9, 1967 (1967-03-09) 26
Dispatched to the mining colony on Janus VI, the Enterprise is tasked to investigate rumors of a strange, subterranean creature responsible for destruction of equipment and the deaths of fifty miners. Kirk and Spock discover a silicon-based life form, a Horta, which lives in the surrounding rock. After Kirk and his Vulcan first officer find the strange creature, Spock performs a mind meld, discovering the reason behind the Horta's attacks.[27]
26 26 "Errand of Mercy" 3198.4 John Newland Gene L. Coon March 23, 1967 (1967-03-23) 27
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 soon a Klingon fleet 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]
27 27 "The Alternative Factor" 3087.6 Gerd Oswald Don Ingalls March 30, 1967 (1967-03-30) 20
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.[27]
28 28 "The City on the Edge of Forever" 3134.0 Joseph Pevney Harlan Ellison April 6, 1967 (1967-04-06) 28

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 meet 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.[27]

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #92 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[34] In 2009, it moved to #80.[35]
29 29 "Operation: Annihilate!" 3287.2 Herschel Daugherty Steven W. Carabatsos April 13, 1967 (1967-04-13) 29
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. Can McCoy and Kirk find a cure in time to save Spock and the remainder of the Denevan population?[27]
  1. ↑ Nathan Butler is a pseudonym for Jerry Sohl.

Season 2 (1967–68)

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Main article: Star Trek: The Original Series (season 2)

The show's 26-episode second season began in September 1967[2] with "Amok Time", which introduced actor Walter Koenig as Russian navigator Pavel Chekov, and granted viewers the first glimpse of Spock's homeworld, Vulcan. The season also includes such notable episodes as "Mirror, Mirror", which introduces the evil "mirror universe"; "Journey to Babel", featuring the introduction of Spock's parents Sarek and Amanda; and the light-hearted "The Trouble with Tribbles", which would later be revisited in a 1973 episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series and a 1996 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The season ended with "Assignment: Earth", an attempt to launch a spin-off television series set in the 1960s.[citation needed]

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Stardate [33] Directed by Written by Original air date [2] Prod.
code
30 1 "Amok Time" 3372.7 Joseph Pevney Theodore Sturgeon September 15, 1967 (1967-09-15) 34
31 2 "Who Mourns for Adonais?" 3468.1 Marc Daniels Gilbert Ralston September 22, 1967 (1967-09-22) 33
32 3 "The Changeling" 3541.9 Marc Daniels John Meredyth Lucas September 29, 1967 (1967-09-29) 37
33 4 "Mirror, Mirror" Unknown Marc Daniels Jerome Bixby October 6, 1967 (1967-10-06) 39
34 5 "The Apple" 3715.3 Joseph Pevney Teleplay: Max Ehrlich and Gene L. Coon
Story: Max Ehrlich		 October 13, 1967 (1967-10-13) 38
35 6 "The Doomsday Machine" 4202.9 Marc Daniels Norman Spinrad October 20, 1967 (1967-10-20) 35
36 7 "Catspaw" 3018.2 Joseph Pevney Robert Bloch October 27, 1967 (1967-10-27) 30
37 8 "I, Mudd" 4513.3 Marc Daniels Stephen Kandel November 3, 1967 (1967-11-03) 41
38 9 "Metamorphosis" 3219.4 Ralph Senensky Gene L. Coon November 10, 1967 (1967-11-10) 31
39 10 "Journey to Babel" 3842.3 Joseph Pevney D. C. Fontana November 17, 1967 (1967-11-17) 44
40 11 "Friday's Child" 3497.2 Joseph Pevney D. C. Fontana December 1, 1967 (1967-12-01) 32
41 12 "The Deadly Years" 3478.2 Joseph Pevney David P. Harmon December 8, 1967 (1967-12-08) 40
42 13 "Obsession" 3619.2 Ralph Senensky Art Wallace December 15, 1967 (1967-12-15) 47
43 14 "Wolf in the Fold" 3614.9 Joseph Pevney Robert Bloch December 22, 1967 (1967-12-22) 36
44 15 "The Trouble with Tribbles" 4523.3 Joseph Pevney David Gerrold December 29, 1967 (1967-12-29) 42
45 16 "The Gamesters of Triskelion" 3211.8 Gene Nelson Margaret Armen January 5, 1968 (1968-01-05) 46
46 17 "A Piece of the Action" 4598.0 James Komack Teleplay: David P. Harmon and Gene L. Coon
Story: David P. Harmon		 January 12, 1968 (1968-01-12) 49
47 18 "The Immunity Syndrome" 4307.1 Joseph Pevney Robert Sabaroff January 19, 1968 (1968-01-19) 48
48 19 "A Private Little War" 4211.4 Marc Daniels Teleplay: Gene Roddenberry
Story: Jud Crucis[B]		 February 2, 1968 (1968-02-02) 45
49 20 "Return to Tomorrow" 4768.3 Ralph Senensky John Kingsbridge[C] February 9, 1968 (1968-02-09) 51
50 21 "Patterns of Force" 2534.0 Vincent McEveety John Meredyth Lucas February 16, 1968 (1968-02-16) 52
51 22 "By Any Other Name" 4657.5 Marc Daniels Teleplay: D. C. Fontana and Jerome Bixby
Story: Jerome Bixby		 February 23, 1968 (1968-02-23) 50
52 23 "The Omega Glory" Unknown Vincent McEveety Gene Roddenberry March 1, 1968 (1968-03-01) 54
53 24 "The Ultimate Computer" 4729.4 John Meredyth Lucas Teleplay: D. C. Fontana
Story: Laurence N. Wolfe		 March 8, 1968 (1968-03-08) 53
54 25 "Bread and Circuses" 4040.7 Ralph Senensky Gene Roddenberry & Gene L. Coon March 15, 1968 (1968-03-15) 43
55 26 "Assignment: Earth" Unknown Marc Daniels Teleplay: Art Wallace
Story: Gene Roddenberry & Art Wallace		 March 29, 1968 (1968-03-29) 55

Season 3 (1968–69)

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Main article: Star Trek: The Original Series (season 3)

After Star Trek's second season, NBC was prepared to cancel the show due to low ratings.[36][37] Led by fans Bjo and John Trimble, Trek viewers inundated NBC with letters protesting the show's demise and pleading with the network to renew the series for another year.[37][38]

After NBC agreed to produce a third season, the network promised Gene Roddenberry that the show would air in a favorable timeslot (Mondays at 7:30 p.m.),[36][37] but later changed the schedule so that Trek would air in the so-called "death slot"—Friday nights at 10:00 p.m.[36][39] In addition to the "mismanaged"[37] schedule, the show's budget was "seriously slashed"[36] and Nichelle Nichols described the series' eventual cancellation as "a self-fulfilling prophecy".[40]

Star Trek's final, 24-episode season began in September 1968 with "Spock's Brain".[2] The third season also includes "The Tholian Web", where Kirk becomes trapped between universes; this episode would later be revisited by two 2005 episodes of the prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise. The last episode of the series, "Turnabout Intruder", aired on June 3, 1969,[2] but Star Trek would eventually return to television in animated form when the animated Star Trek debuted in September 1973.

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Stardate [33] Directed by Written by Original air date [2] Prod.
code
56 1 "Spock's Brain" 5431.4 Marc Daniels Lee Cronin[D] September 20, 1968 (1968-09-20) 61
57 2 "The Enterprise Incident" 5027.3 John Meredyth Lucas D. C. Fontana September 27, 1968 (1968-09-27) 59
58 3 "The Paradise Syndrome" 4842.6 Jud Taylor Margaret Armen October 4, 1968 (1968-10-04) 58
59 4 "And the Children Shall Lead" 5029.5 Marvin Chomsky Edward J. Lakso October 11, 1968 (1968-10-11) 60
60 5 "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" 5630.7 Ralph Senensky Jean Lisette Aroeste October 18, 1968 (1968-10-18) 62
61 6 "Spectre of the Gun" 4385.3 Vincent McEveety Lee Cronin[D] October 25, 1968 (1968-10-25) 56
62 7 "Day of the Dove" 5630.3 Marvin Chomsky Jerome Bixby November 1, 1968 (1968-11-01) 66
63 8 "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" 5476.3 Tony Leader Rik Vollaerts November 8, 1968 (1968-11-08) 65
64 9 "The Tholian Web" 5693.2 Herb Wallerstein Judy Burns and Chet Richards November 15, 1968 (1968-11-15) 64
65 10 "Plato's Stepchildren" 5784.2 David Alexander Meyer Dolinsky November 22, 1968 (1968-11-22) 67
66 11 "Wink of an Eye" 5710.5 Jud Taylor Teleplay: Arthur Heinemann
Story: Lee Cronin[D]		 November 29, 1968 (1968-11-29) 68
67 12 "The Empath" 5121.5 John Erman Joyce Muskat December 6, 1968 (1968-12-06) 63
68 13 "Elaan of Troyius" 4372.5 John Meredyth Lucas John Meredyth Lucas December 20, 1968 (1968-12-20) 57
69 14 "Whom Gods Destroy" 5718.3 Herb Wallerstein Teleplay: Lee Erwin
Story: Lee Erwin and Jerry Sohl		 January 3, 1969 (1969-01-03) 71
70 15 "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" 5730.2 Jud Taylor Teleplay: Oliver Crawford
Story: Lee Cronin[D]		 January 10, 1969 (1969-01-10) 70
71 16 "The Mark of Gideon" 5423.4 Jud Taylor George F. Slavin and Stanley Adams January 17, 1969 (1969-01-17) 72
72 17 "That Which Survives" Unknown Herb Wallerstein Teleplay: John Meredyth Lucas
Story: Michael Richards[E]		 January 24, 1969 (1969-01-24) 69
73 18 "The Lights of Zetar" 5725.3 Herb Kenwith Jeremy Tarcher and Shari Lewis January 31, 1969 (1969-01-31) 73
74 19 "Requiem for Methuselah" 5843.7 Murray Golden Jerome Bixby February 14, 1969 (1969-02-14) 76
75 20 "The Way to Eden" 5832.3 David Alexander Teleplay: Arthur Heinemann
Story: Michael Richards[E] and Arthur Heinemann		 February 21, 1969 (1969-02-21) 75
76 21 "The Cloud Minders" 5818.4 Jud Taylor Teleplay: Margaret Armen
Story: David Gerrold and Oliver Crawford		 February 28, 1969 (1969-02-28) 74
77 22 "The Savage Curtain" 5906.4 Herschel Daugherty Teleplay: Arthur Heinemann and Gene Roddenberry
Story: Gene Roddenberry		 March 7, 1969 (1969-03-07) 77
78 23 "All Our Yesterdays" 5943.7 Marvin Chomsky Jean Lisette Aroeste March 14, 1969 (1969-03-14) 78
79 24 "Turnabout Intruder" 5928.5 Herb Wallerstein Teleplay: Arthur Singer
Story: Gene Roddenberry		 June 3, 1969 (1969-06-03) 79

Production order

The list below details the series' episodes in production order, including the original series pilot, "The Cage". While the "complete season" DVD releases (listed above) follow the original broadcast order, the original episodic DVD releases[10] are numbered by production order.[41]

Pilots
01 "The Cage"
02a "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
Season 1
02b "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
03 "The Corbomite Maneuver"
04 "Mudd's Women"
05 "The Enemy Within"
06 "The Man Trap"
07 "The Naked Time"
08 "Charlie X"
09 "Balance of Terror"
10 "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
11 "Dagger of the Mind"
12 "Miri"
13 "The Conscience of the King"
14 "The Galileo Seven"
15 "Court Martial"
16 "The Menagerie, Parts I and II"
17 "Shore Leave"
18 "The Squire of Gothos"
19 "Arena"
20 "The Alternative Factor"
21 "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"
22 "The Return of the Archons"
23 "A Taste of Armageddon"
24 "Space Seed"
25 "This Side of Paradise"
26 "The Devil in the Dark"
27 "Errand of Mercy"
28 "The City on the Edge of Forever"
29 "Operation: Annihilate!"
Season 2
30 "Catspaw"
31 "Metamorphosis"
32 "Friday's Child"
33 "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
34 "Amok Time"
35 "The Doomsday Machine"
36 "Wolf in the Fold"
37 "The Changeling"
38 "The Apple"
39 "Mirror, Mirror"
40 "The Deadly Years"
41 "I, Mudd"
42 "The Trouble with Tribbles"
43 "Bread and Circuses"
44 "Journey to Babel"
45 "A Private Little War"
46 "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
47 "Obsession"
48 "The Immunity Syndrome"
49 "A Piece of the Action"
50 "By Any Other Name"
51 "Return to Tomorrow"
52 "Patterns of Force"
53 "The Ultimate Computer"
54 "The Omega Glory"
55 "Assignment: Earth"
Season 3
56 "Spectre of the Gun"
57 "Elaan of Troyius"
58 "The Paradise Syndrome"
59 "The Enterprise Incident"
60 "And the Children Shall Lead"
61 "Spock's Brain"
62 "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
63 "The Empath"
64 "The Tholian Web"
65 "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
66 "Day of the Dove"
67 "Plato's Stepchildren"
68 "Wink of an Eye"
69 "That Which Survives"
70 "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
71 "Whom Gods Destroy"
72 "The Mark of Gideon"
73 "The Lights of Zetar"
74 "The Cloud Minders"
75 "The Way to Eden"
76 "Requiem for Methuselah"
77 "The Savage Curtain"
78 "All Our Yesterdays"
79 "Turnabout Intruder"



British transmission

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Star Trek was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One starting on July 12, 1969, with the episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before". The first episode broadcast in color was "Arena" on November 15, 1969. The episodes were broadcast in a different order than in the United States and were originally aired in four seasons between 1969 and 1971. The BBC edited the episodes for broadcast by showing the title sequence first, then the teaser segment that aired before the titles in the United States, then the rest of the episode. These edited episodes aired until the 1990s[vague], after which the BBC was supplied with NTSC videotape transfers of the first season instead of new film prints, resulting in a substandard picture, and with edits originally made for syndication in the United States. Viewer complaints led to the BBC obtaining film prints for the subsequent two seasons.

"The Cage" was first broadcast on Sky One in July 1990. Three episodes, "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Empath", and "Whom Gods Destroy", were not broadcast on the BBC until 1994, although "The Empath" was listed in the Radio Times as scheduled to broadcast on December 16, 1970, at 7:20 pm.[42] Sky One was the first network to air these three episodes in the UK in 1990, although with the title sequence and teaser shown in the order as they were aired in the United States, whereas the rest of the episodes were broadcast as edited by the BBC.

See also

References

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