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Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science fictiontelevision series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as 'The Original Series', debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. The Star Trek canon includes The Original Series, an animated series, five spin-off television series, and thirteen films.
- 1Television series
- 1.9Future television projects
- 2Feature films
- 2.1The Original Series films
- 2.2The Next Generation films
- 2.3Reboot (Kelvin Timeline) films
- 2.5Reception
- 5References
Television series[edit]
Seven television series make up the bulk of the Star Trek franchise: Star Trek: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and Discovery (which includes the short-form companion series Short Treks). All the series in total amount to 759 episodes across 33 seasons of television.[a]
Series | First aired | Last aired | Seasons | Episodes | Runtime | Network | HD | DVD | Blu-ray |
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Star Trek | September 8, 1966 | June 3, 1969 | 3 | 79[α] | 50 minutes | NBC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Animated Series | September 8, 1973 | October 12, 1974 | 2 | 22 | 23 minutes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
The Next Generation | April 9, 1987 | May 23, 1994 | 7 | 178 | 44 minutes | Syndication | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Deep Space Nine | January 3, 1993 | June 2, 1999 | 7 | 176 | 43 minutes | No | Yes | No | |
Voyager | January 16, 1995 | May 23, 2001 | 7 | 172 | 42 minutes | UPN | No | Yes | No |
Enterprise | September 26, 2001 | May 13, 2005 | 4 | 98 | 42 minutes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Discovery | September 24, 2017 | — | 2[β] | 29 | 44 minutes | CBS All Access[γ] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Short Treks | October 4, 2018 | — | 1[δ] | 4 | 15 minutes | Yes | Yes[ε] | Yes[ζ] | |
Picard (forthcoming) | Early 2020[1] | — | 1 | 10[η] | 44 minutes | Yes | No | No | |
All series | 34 | 758 |
- ^Not including the pilot episodes.
- ^A third season has been announced.
- ^The first episode of Star Trek: Discovery aired on CBS.
- ^Additional episodes have been announced.
- ^Two episodes included on the Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 DVD.
- ^Two episodes included on the Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Blu-ray.
- ^Total episodes expected to air.
Star Trek (1966–1969)[edit]
Star Trek, more commonly known as The Original Series or TOS,[b] debuted in the United States on NBC on September 8, 1966.[2] The series tells the tale of the crew of the starshipEnterprise and its five-year mission 'to boldly go where no man has gone before.' The original 1966–69 television series featured William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Spock, DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, James Doohan as Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, George Takei as Hikaru Sulu, and Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov.[3] During the series' original run, it earned several nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and won twice: for the two-part episode 'The Menagerie', and the Harlan Ellison-written episode 'The City on the Edge of Forever'.[4]
NBC canceled the series after three seasons; the last original episode aired on June 3, 1969.[5] A petition near the end of the second season to save the series signed by many Caltech students and its multiple Hugo nominations would indicate that despite low Nielsen ratings, it was highly popular with science fiction fans and engineering students.[6] The series later became popular in reruns and found a cult following.[2] In the 2000s, the series was remastered for television, which included special-effect changes including CGI versions of the ships.[7]
The Animated Series (1973–1974)[edit]
Star Trek, later marketed as The Animated Series to differentiate it from the live-action series, was produced by Filmation, and ran for two seasons from 1973 to 1974. Most of the original cast performed the voices of their characters from The Original Series, and some of the writers who worked on The Original Series returned, including D. C. Fontana, David Gerrold and Paul Schneider. While the animated format allowed the producers to create more exotic alien landscapes and life forms, animation errors and liberal reuse of shots and musical cues have tarnished the series' reputation.[8] Although it was originally sanctioned by Paramount, which owned the Star Trek franchise following its acquisition of Desilu in 1967, Gene Roddenberry often spoke of TAS as non-canon.[9]Star Trek writers have used elements of the animated series in later live-action series and films, and as of June 2007, TAS has references in the library section of the official Startrek.com website, officially bringing the series into the franchise's main canon.[citation needed]
The Animated Series won Star Trek's first Emmy Award on May 15, 1975.[10]The Animated Series briefly returned to television in the mid-1980s on the children's cable network Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon parent Viacom would purchase Paramount in 1994; in the early 1990s, the Sci-Fi Channel also began rerunning TAS. The complete series was also released on Laserdisc format during the 1980s.[11] The complete series was first released in the United States on eleven volumes of VHS tapes in 1989. All 22 episodes were released on DVD in 2006.
The Next Generation (1987–1994)[edit]
Star Trek: The Next Generation, frequently abbreviated as TNG, takes place about a century after The Original Series (2364–2370). It features a new starship, Enterprise-D, and a new crew led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes). Some crew members represent new alien races, including Deanna Troi, a half-Betazoid counselor played by Marina Sirtis. Michael Dorn plays Worf, the first Klingon officer in Starfleet, alongside Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher, LeVar Burton as chief engineer Geordi La Forge, the android Data portrayed by Brent Spiner, and Dr. Crusher's son Wesley Crusher played by Wil Wheaton.
The series premiered on September 28, 1987 and ran for seven seasons, ending on May 23, 1994. It had the highest ratings of any of the Star Trek series and became the #1 syndicated show during the last few years of its original run, allowing it to act as a springboard for ideas in other series. Many relationships and races introduced in TNG became the basis of episodes in Deep Space Nine and Voyager.[12] During its run it earned several Emmy Awards and nominations—including a nomination for Best Dramatic Series during its final season—two Hugo Awards and a Peabody Award for Outstanding Television Programming for the episode 'The Big Goodbye'.[13] The series was released in high definition on Blu-Ray and Netflix with some special effect changes in the 2010s.[14]
Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)[edit]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, frequently abbreviated as DS9, takes place during the last years and the immediate post-years of The Next Generation (2369–2375) and aired for seven seasons, debuting the week of January 3, 1993. Like The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine aired in syndication in the United States and Canada. Unlike the other Star Trek series, DS9 takes place primarily on a space station rather than aboard a starship.
The series begins after the brutal Cardassian occupation of the planet Bajor. The liberated Bajoran people ask the United Federation of Planets to help run a Cardassian-built space station, Deep Space Nine, near Bajor. After the Federation takes control of the station, the protagonists of the series discover a uniquely stable wormhole that provides immediate access to the distant Gamma Quadrant making Bajor and the station one of the most strategically important locations in the galaxy.[15] The series chronicles the events of the station's crew, led by Commander (later Captain) Benjamin Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, and Major (later Colonel) Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor. Recurring plot elements include the repercussions of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, Sisko's spiritual role for the Bajorans as the Emissary of the Prophets, and in later seasons a war with the Dominion.
Deep Space Nine stands apart from earlier Trek series for its lengthy serialized storytelling, conflict within the crew, and religious themes—all elements that critics and audiences praised but Roddenberry forbade in the original series and The Next Generation.[16]
Voyager (1995–2001)[edit]
Star Trek: Voyager ran for seven seasons, airing from January 16, 1995, to May 23, 2001, launching a new Paramount-owned television network, UPN. It features Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway, the first female commanding officer in a leading role of a Star Trek series, and Commander Chakotay, played by Robert Beltran.[17]
Voyager takes place at about the same time period as Deep Space Nine and the years following that series' end (2371–2378). The premiere episode has the USS Voyager and its crew pursue a Maquis (Federation rebels) ship. Both ships become stranded in the Delta Quadrant about 70,000 light-years from Earth.[18] Faced with a 75-year voyage to Earth, the crew must learn to work together to overcome challenges on their long and perilous journey home while also seeking ways to shorten the voyage. Like Deep Space Nine, early seasons of Voyager feature more conflict between its crew members than seen in later episodes. Such conflict often arises from friction between 'by-the-book' Starfleet crew and rebellious Maquis fugitives forced by circumstance to work together on Voyager. Eventually, though, they settle their differences, after which the overall tone becomes more reminiscent of The Original Series. Isolated from its home, the starship Voyager faces new cultures and dilemmas not possible in other series based in the Alpha Quadrant. Later seasons brought in an influx of characters and cultures from prior series, such as the Borg, Q, the Ferengi, Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians and cast members of The Next Generation.
Enterprise (2001–2005)[edit]
Star Trek: Enterprise, originally titled Enterprise, is a prequel to the original Star Trek series. It aired from September 26, 2001 to May 13, 2005.[19]Enterprise takes place in the 2150s, some 90 years after the events of Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight and about a decade before the founding of the Federation. The series centers on the voyages of Earth's first warp 5 capable starship, Enterprise, commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer (played by Scott Bakula), and the Vulcan Sub-Commander T'Pol (played by Jolene Blalock). The series originally did not include 'Star Trek' in its name and logo, adding it later on in the series' run.
During the series' first two seasons, Enterprise featured self-contained episodes, like The Original Series, The Next Generation and Voyager. The entire third season consisted of one arc related to the Xindi, and had a darker tone and serialized nature similar to that of Deep Space Nine. The fourth and final season consisted of several mini-arcs composed of two to three episodes. The final season showed the origins of some elements of previous series, and resolved some of their continuity problems. Ratings for Enterprise started strong but declined rapidly. Although critics received the fourth season well, both fans and the cast criticized the series finale, partly because of the episode's focus on the guest appearance of cast members of The Next Generation.[20][21][22] The cancellation of Enterprise ended an 18-year run of back-to-back new Star Trek television series, which began with The Next Generation in 1987.
Discovery (2017–present)[edit]
Star Trek: Discovery is a direct prequel to The Original Series, set roughly ten years beforehand.[23] It premiered September 24, 2017 in the United States and Canada on CBS before moving to CBS All Access,[24] while Netflix streams the series outside the United States and is also providing most of the series' funding.[25][26][27]
The series centers on the voyages of the Discovery, commanded by Captain Gabriel Lorca (played by Jason Isaacs), and Lieutenant Commander Michael Burnham (played by Sonequa Martin-Green), with Burnham being the lead character of the series. This marks the first Star Trek series to feature a First Officer as the lead character. The series features the Klingon T'Kuvma attempting to unite the 24 great Klingon houses, leading to a war between his race and the United Federation of Planets that involves the crew of the Discovery.[28][29]
Short Treks (2018–present)[edit]
Star Trek: Short Treks is a spin-off series of stand-alone short films which focus on characters and situations from Discovery. Some of the future episodes will be animated.[30]
Future television projects[edit]
Picard[edit]
An upcoming CBS All Access series will see Patrick Stewart reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard. Stewart himself announced this on August 4, 2018, and later said the series would be set 19 years after the end of The Next Generation, or 10 years after Nemesis.[31][32]Jonathan Frakes, who has directed episodes of multiple Trek series, will direct two episodes of the first season.[33]
Lower Decks[edit]
On October 25, 2018, CBS All Access announced a two-season order for a half-hour adult animated comedy series created by Mike McMahan, the head writer and executive producer of Rick and Morty. It focuses on the support crew of 'one of Starfleet's least important ships', and shares a name with a Next Generation episode.[34]
Untitled Philippa Georgiou series[edit]
Announced in January 2019, a live-action television series will focus on the mirror universe's Philippa Georgiou and her adventures as a member of Starfleet's Section 31 division. Michelle Yeoh will reprise her role from Discovery, with Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt serving as co-showrunners. The series is reported to feature an ensemble cast.[35]
Untitled Nickelodeon animated series[edit]
In February 2019, it was announced that an animated series developed for young viewers is currently in development. The series is being co-written and created by Dan and Kevin Hageman and will air on Nickelodeon as a joint-venture with CBS.[36] It focuses on a group of teens who embark on an adventure upon an abandoned Starfleet ship.[37]
Feature films[edit]
Paramount Pictures has produced thirteen Star Trek feature films, the most recent being released in July 2016.[38] The first six films continue the adventures of the cast of The Original Series; the seventh film, Generations was designed as a transition from that cast to the cast of the Next Generation series; the next three films, 8–10, focused completely on the cast of the Next Generation series.[c] Starting with the eleventh film, the movies take place in an alternate timeline with a new cast playing the original series characters. Leonard Nimoy portrays an elderly Spock in these films, providing a physical link to the original timeline. This alternate timeline has been named by CBS, for the computer game Star Trek Online, the Kelvin Timeline.
Title | U.S. release date | Director |
---|---|---|
The Original Series | ||
Star Trek: The Motion Picture | December 7, 1979 | Robert Wise |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | June 4, 1982 | Nicholas Meyer |
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | June 1, 1984 | Leonard Nimoy |
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | November 26, 1986 | |
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | June 9, 1989 | William Shatner |
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | December 6, 1991 | Nicholas Meyer |
The Next Generation | ||
Star Trek Generations | November 18, 1994 | David Carson |
Star Trek: First Contact | November 22, 1996 | Jonathan Frakes |
Star Trek: Insurrection | December 11, 1998 | |
Star Trek: Nemesis | December 13, 2002 | Stuart Baird |
Reboot (Kelvin Timeline)[d] | ||
Star Trek | May 8, 2009 | J. J. Abrams |
Star Trek Into Darkness | May 16, 2013 | |
Star Trek Beyond | July 22, 2016 | Justin Lin |
The Original Series films[edit]
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first suggested the idea of a Star Trek feature in 1969.[39] When the original television series was canceled, he lobbied to continue the franchise through a film. The success of the series in syndication convinced the studio to begin work on a feature film in 1975.[40] A series of writers attempted to craft a suitably epic screenplay, but the attempts did not satisfy Paramount, so the studio scrapped the project in 1977. Paramount instead planned on returning the franchise to its roots with a new television series, Phase II. The massive worldwide box office success of Star Wars in mid-1977 sent Hollywood studios to their vaults in search of similar sci-fi properties that could be adapted or re-launched to the big screen. When Columbia's Close Encounters of the Third Kind had a huge opening in late December 1977, Paramount was convinced that science fiction films other than Star Wars could do well at the box office, and production of Phase II was cancelled in favor of making a Star Trek film.[citation needed]
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)[edit]
A massive energy cloud from deep space heads toward Earth, leaving destruction in its wake, and the Enterprise must intercept it to determine what lies within, and what its intent might be.
The movie borrows many elements from 'The Changeling' of the original series and 'One of Our Planets Is Missing' from the animated series. Principal photography commenced on August 7, 1978[41] with director Robert Wise helming the feature. The production encountered difficulties and slipped behind schedule,[42] with effects team Robert Abel and Associates[43] proving unable to handle the film's large amount of effects work. Douglas Trumbull was hired and given a blank check to complete the effects work in time and location;[44] the final cut of the film was completed just in time for the film's premiere. The film introduced an upgrade to the technology and starship designs, making for a dramatic visual departure from the original series. Many of the set elements created for Phase II were adapted and enhanced for use in the first feature films. It received mixed reviews from critics; while it grossed $139 million the price tag had climbed to about $35 million due to costly effects work and delays.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)[edit]
Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán), whom Kirk thwarted in his attempt to seize control of the Enterprise fifteen years earlier ('Space Seed'), seeks his revenge on the Admiral and lays a cunning and sinister trap.
The Motion Picture's gross was considered disappointing, but it was enough for Paramount to back a sequel with a reduced budget. After Roddenberry pitched a film in which the crew of the Enterprise goes back in time to ensure the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he was 'kicked upstairs' to a ceremonial role while Paramount brought in television producer Harve Bennett to craft a better—and cheaper—film than the first.[45] After watching all the television episodes, Bennett decided that the character Khan Noonien Singh was the perfect villain for the new film. Director Nicholas Meyer finished a complete screenplay in just twelve days, and did everything possible within budget to give The Wrath of Khan a nautical, swashbuckling feel,[46] which he described as 'Horatio Hornblower in outer space.'[45] Upon release, the reception of The Wrath of Khan was highly positive;[47]Entertainment Weekly's Mark Bernadin called The Wrath of Khan 'the film that, by most accounts, saved Star Trek as we know it'.[48]
Both the first and second films have television versions with additional footage and alternate takes that affect the storyline. (Subsequent Star Trek films tended to have shorter television versions). Especially notable in The Wrath of Khan is the footage establishing that a young crew member who acts courageously and dies during an attack on the Enterprise is Scotty's nephew.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)[edit]
The plot picks up shortly after the conclusion of the previous film. When McCoy begins acting irrationally, Kirk learns that Spock, in his final moments, transferred his katra, his living spirit, to the doctor. To save McCoy from emotional ruin, Kirk and crew steal the Enterprise and violate the quarantine of the Genesis Planet to retrieve Spock, his body regenerated by the rapidly dying planet itself, in the hope that body and soul can be rejoined. However, bent on obtaining the secret of Genesis for themselves, a renegade Klingon (Christopher Lloyd) and his crew interfere, with deadly consequences.
Meyer declined to return for the next film, so directing duties were given to cast member Leonard Nimoy. Paramount gave Bennett the green light to write Star Trek III the day after The Wrath of Khan opened.[49] The producer penned a resurrection story for Spock that built on threads from the previous film and the original series episode 'Amok Time'.[citation needed]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)[edit]
While returning to stand court-martial for their actions in rescuing Spock, Kirk and crew learn that Earth is under siege by a giant probe that is transmitting a destructive signal, attempting to communicate with the now-extinct species of humpback whales. To save the planet, the crew must time-travel back to the late 20th century to obtain a mating pair of these whales, and a marine biologist (Catherine Hicks) to care for them.
Nimoy returned as director for this film. Nimoy and Bennett wanted a film with a lighter tone that did not have a classic antagonist. They decided on a time travel story with the Enterprise crew returning to their past to retrieve something to save their present—eventually, humpback whales. After having been dissatisfied with the script written by Daniel Petrie Jr., Paramount hired Meyer to rewrite the screenplay with Bennett's help. Meyer drew upon his own time travel story Time After Time for elements of the screenplay.[citation needed] Star William Shatner was promised his turn as director for Star Trek V, and Nicholas Meyer returned as director/co-writer for Star Trek VI.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)[edit]
Spock's half-brother (Laurence Luckinbill) believes he is summoned by God, and hijacks the brand-new (and problem-ridden) Enterprise-A to take it through the Great Barrier, at the center of the Milky Way, beyond which he believes his maker waits for him. Meanwhile, a young and arrogant Klingon captain (Todd Bryant), seeking glory in what he views as an opportunity to avenge his people of the deaths of their crewmen on Genesis, sets his sights on Kirk.
This is the only film in the franchise directed by William Shatner.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)[edit]
When Qo'noS' moon Praxis (the Klingon Empire's chief energy source) is devastated by an explosion, caused by over-mining, the catastrophe also contaminating Qo'noS' atmosphere, the Klingons make peace overtures to the Federation. While on the way to Earth for a peace summit, the Klingon Chancellor (David Warner) is assassinated by Enterprise crewmen, and Kirk is held accountable by the Chancellor's Chief of Staff (Christopher Plummer). Spock attempts to prove Kirk's innocence, but in doing so, uncovers a massive conspiracy against the peace process with participants from both sides.
This film is a sendoff to the original series cast. One Next Generation cast member, Michael Dorn, appears as the grandfather of the character he plays on the later television series, Worf. It is the second and last Star Trek film directed by Nicholas Meyer and last screenplay co-authored by Leonard Nimoy.
The Next Generation films[edit]
Both the sixth and seventh films acted as transitions between the films featuring the original cast and those with the Next Generation cast, with the sixth focusing on the original cast and the seventh focusing on the TNG cast. The Next Generation cast made four films over a period of eight years, with the last two performing only moderately well (Insurrection) and disappointingly (Nemesis) at the box office.
Star Trek Generations (1994)[edit]
Picard enlists the help of Kirk, who is presumed long dead but flourishes in an extra-dimensional realm, to prevent a renegade scientist (Malcolm McDowell) from destroying a star and its populated planetary system in an attempt to enter that realm. This film also included original crew members Scotty (James Doohan) and Chekov (Walter Koenig).
Following seven seasons of The Next Generation, the next Star Trek film was the first to feature the crew of the Enterprise-D, along with a long prologue sequence featuring three cast members of the original series and the only appearance of the Enterprise-B.
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)[edit]
After a failed attempt to assault Earth, the Borg attempt to prevent First Contact between Humans and Vulcans by interfering with Zefram Cochrane's (James Cromwell) warp test in the past. Picard must confront the demons which stem from his assimilation into the Collective ('The Best of Both Worlds') as he leads the new Enterprise-E back through time to ensure the test and subsequent meeting with the Vulcans take place.
The first of two films directed by series actor Jonathan Frakes.
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)[edit]
Profoundly disturbed by what he views as a blatant violation of the Prime Directive, Picard deliberately interferes with a Starfleet admiral's (Anthony Zerbe) plan to relocate a relatively small but seemingly immortal population from a mystical planet to gain control of the planet's natural radiation, which has been discovered to have substantial medicinal properties. However, the admiral himself is a pawn in his alien partner's (F. Murray Abraham) mission of vengeance.
Insurrection brought in Deep Space Nine writer Michael Piller instead of Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga who had written for Generations and First Contact.[50]
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)[edit]
A clone of Picard (Tom Hardy), created by the Romulans assassinates the Romulan senate, assumes absolute power, and lures Picard and the Enterprise to Romulus under the false pretext of a peace overture.
Written by John Logan and directed by Stuart Baird, this film was a critical and commercial failure (released December 13, 2002 in direct competition with Die Another Day, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) and was the final Star Trek film to feature the Next Generation cast and to be produced by Rick Berman.
Reboot (Kelvin Timeline) films[edit]
After the poor reception of Nemesis and the cancellation of the television series Enterprise, the franchise's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen began developing a new film,[51] entitled Star Trek: The Beginning, which would take place after Enterprise but before The Original Series.[52] In February 2007, J. J. Abrams accepted Paramount's offer to direct the new film, having been previously attached as producer.[53]Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote a screenplay that impressed Abrams, featuring new actors portraying younger versions of the original series' cast. The Enterprise, its interior, and the original uniforms were redesigned.
This revival of the franchise is often considered to be, and referred to as, a 'reboot', but it is technically a continuation of the franchise (Nimoy reprises his role of Spock from the previous films) that establishes an alternate reality from the previous films. This route was taken, over a traditional reboot, to free the new films from the restrictions of established continuity without completely discarding it, which the writers felt would have been 'disrespectful'. This new reality was informally referred to by several names, including the 'Abramsverse', 'JJ Trek' and 'NuTrek', before it was named the 'Kelvin Timeline' (versus the 'Prime Timeline' of the original series and films) by Michael and Denise Okuda for use in official Star Trek reference guides and encyclopedias. The name Kelvin comes from the USS Kelvin, a starship involved in the event that creates the new reality in Star Trek (2009). Abrams named the starship after his grandfather Henry Kelvin, whom he also pays tribute to in Into Darkness with the Kelvin Memorial Archive.[54][55]
Star Trek (2009)[edit]
In the 24th century, a supernova destroys Romulus. Piloting a one-man vessel, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) attempts to contain the supernova by generating an artificial black hole, but is assaulted by a Romulan mining vessel captained by Nero (Eric Bana), who is bent on vengeance for Spock's failure to save Romulus; both vessels are pulled into the black hole and sent back in time to the 23rd century. Nero then captures Spock and uses the black-hole technology to destroy Vulcan. Spock's present-day younger self (Zachary Quinto), who is a Starfleet Academy instructor, and a volatile and arrogant cadet named James Kirk (Chris Pine) must then set aside their current differences, and join forces to prevent Nero from consigning Earth and the rest of the Federation worlds to similar fates.
This film acts as a reboot to the existing franchise by taking place in an 'alternate reality' using the plot device of time travel to depict an altered timeline (known as the Kelvin Timeline, after the ship destroyed in the opening scene),[56] featuring younger versions of the original series' cast. It is the first production to feature an entirely different cast of actors playing roles previously established by other actors, with the exception of an aged Spock played by Leonard Nimoy. It was directed by J. J. Abrams (who produced it with Damon Lindelof) and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. According to Lindelof, this production was designed to attract a wider audience.[57] It received positive reviews[58][59][60] and a number of awards, including the film franchise's only Academy Award, for 'makeup and hairstyling'. A story that covered the events between Nemesis and Star Trek was released as the graphic novel Countdown in early 2009.
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)[edit]
A Starfleet special agent (Benedict Cumberbatch) coerces an officer into blowing up a secret installation in London, shoots up a subsequent meeting of Starfleet brass in San Francisco, and then flees to Qo'noS. The crew of the Enterprise attempt to bring him to justice without provoking war with the Klingon Empire, but find there is much more to the agent's mission, and the man himself, than what the Fleet Admiral (Peter Weller) has told them; the agent is none other than Khan Noonien Singh; his allegiance and his motives are initially not at all clear.
Star Trek Beyond (2016)[edit]
The Enterprise is ambushed and destroyed by countless alien micro-vessels; the crew abandon ship. Stranded on an unknown planet, and with no apparent means of escape or rescue, they find themselves in conflict with a new sociopathic enemy (Idris Elba) who has a well-earned hatred of the Federation and what it stands for.
Star Trek Beyond was released on July 22, 2016, in time for the franchise's 50th anniversary celebrations. Roberto Orci had stated that Star Trek Beyond will feel more like the original series than its predecessors in the reboot series while still trying something new with the established material.[61] In December 2014, Justin Lin was confirmed as the director for the upcoming sequel,[62] marking the first reboot film not to be directed by J. J. Abrams, whose commitments to Star Wars: The Force Awakens restricted his role on the Star Trek film to that of producer.[63] In January 2015, it was confirmed that the film would be co-written by Doug Jung and Simon Pegg,[64] who revealed the film's title that May.[65]Idris Elba was cast as the villain Krall,[66][67] while Sofia Boutella was cast as Jaylah.[68] Filming began on June 25, 2015.[69] This is the last film of Anton Yelchin (Chekov), who died in an automobile accident on June 19, 2016.
Future film projects[edit]
Pine and Quinto signed contracts to return as Kirk and Spock for a fourth film in the reboot series,[70] and Abrams confirmed plans for a fourth film in July 2016, stating that Chris Hemsworth would return as Kirk's father, whom he played in the prologue of the first film.[71][72] Later that month, Paramount announced the return of most of the Beyond cast and producers Abrams and Lindsey Weber; J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay were announced as the writers.[73] Abrams said that Chekov would not be recast following Yelchin's death in a motor vehicle incident.[74] In April 2018, S. J. Clarkson was announced as the film's director.[75] By August 2018, talks with Pine and Hemsworth had fallen through after the studio reportedly wanted to reduce their salaries in response to the poor financial performance of Beyond.[76] According to Hemsworth, the reason for his exit was because he found the script underwhelming.[77] In January 2019, it was reported that Paramount had cancelled the fourth reboot film.[78][79]
In December 2017, Deadline Hollywood reported that Quentin Tarantino was working on a Star Trek theatrical installment with Abrams, with the intention being that the former will direct the film.[80]Mark L. Smith, Lindsey Beer, Megan Amram and Drew Pearce took part in the writers room before Paramount finalized a deal with Smith to write the screenplay,[81] a draft for which was completed by June 2019.[82] Tarantino plans to continue developing the film after finishing Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and wishes it to be rated R, describing it as 'Pulp Fiction in space'.[82][83][84]
Reception[edit]
Box office performance[edit]
Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | Reference | |||
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North America | Other territories | Worldwide | Adjusted North America[85] | ||||
The Motion Picture | December 7, 1979 | $82,258,456 | $56,741,544 | $139,000,000 | $283,963,281 | $35 million | [86] |
The Wrath of Khan | June 4, 1982 | $78,912,963 | $16,887,037 | $95,800,000 | $207,470,586 | $12 million | [87] |
The Search for Spock | June 1, 1984 | $76,471,046 | $10,528,954 | $87,000,000 | $184,417,202 | $18 million | [88] |
The Voyage Home | November 26, 1986 | $109,713,132 | $23,286,868 | $133,000,000 | $250,768,115 | $24 million | [89] |
The Final Frontier | June 9, 1989 | $52,210,049 | $17,989,951 | $70,200,000 | $105,527,372 | $30 million | [90] |
The Undiscovered Country | December 6, 1991 | $74,888,996 | $22,011,004 | $96,900,000 | $137,756,963 | $27 million | [91] |
Generations | November 18, 1994 | $75,671,262 | $44,328,738 | $120,000,000 | $127,913,995 | $38 million | [92] |
First Contact | November 22, 1996 | $92,027,888 | $57,972,112 | $150,000,000 | $147,014,209 | $46 million | [93] |
Insurrection | December 11, 1998 | $70,187,658 | $47,612,342 | $117,800,000 | $107,889,522 | $70 million | [94] |
Nemesis | December 13, 2002 | $43,254,409 | $24,058,417 | $67,312,826 | $60,252,071 | $60 million | [95] |
Star Trek | May 8, 2009 | $257,730,019 | $127,950,427 | $385,680,446 | $300,984,848 | $150 million | [96] |
Into Darkness | May 16, 2013 | $228,778,661 | $238,602,923 | $467,381,584 | $246,067,791 | $190 million | [97] |
Beyond | July 22, 2016 | $158,848,340 | $184,623,476 | $343,471,816 | $165,830,443 | $185 million | [98] |
Total | $1,400,952,879 | $865,770,317 | $2,273,546,672 | $2,325,856,398 | $885 million | [99] |
Critical response[edit]
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | Roger Ebert |
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The Motion Picture | 42% (38 reviews)[100] | 48 (16 reviews)[101] | N/A | 3 Stars[102] |
The Wrath of Khan | 89% (53 reviews)[103] | 67 (18 reviews)[104] | N/A | 3 Stars[105] |
The Search for Spock | 80% (44 reviews)[106] | 56 (17 reviews)[107] | N/A | 3 Stars[108] |
The Voyage Home | 85% (41 reviews)[109] | 71 (17 reviews)[110] | A+[111] | 3.5 Stars[112] |
The Final Frontier | 22% (46 reviews)[113] | 43 (16 reviews)[114] | A−[111] | 2 Stars[115] |
The Undiscovered Country | 81% (54 reviews)[116] | 65 (18 reviews)[117] | A−[111] | 3 Stars[118] |
Generations | 47% (53 reviews)[119] | 55 (22 reviews)[120] | B+[111] | 2 Stars[121] |
First Contact | 93% (56 reviews)[122] | 71 (18 reviews)[123] | A−[111] | 3.5 Stars[124] |
Insurrection | 54% (68 reviews)[125] | 64 (19 reviews)[126] | B+[111] | 2 Stars[127] |
Nemesis | 37% (164 reviews)[128] | 51 (29 reviews)[129] | A−[111] | 2 Stars[130] |
Star Trek | 94% (346 reviews)[131] | 82 (46 reviews)[132] | A[111] | 2.5 Stars[133] |
Into Darkness | 84% (284 reviews)[134] | 72 (43 reviews)[135] | A[111] | 2.5 Stars*[136] |
Beyond | 86% (299 reviews)[137] | 68 (50 reviews)[138] | A−[111] | 2.5 Stars*[139] |
* Not reviewed by Roger Ebert[136]
Academy Awards[edit]
Film | Art Direction | Cinematography | Makeup | Original Score | Sound Editing | Sound Mixing | Visual Effects |
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The Motion Picture (1979) | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | ||||
The Voyage Home (1986) | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | |||
The Undiscovered Country (1991) | Nominated | Nominated | |||||
First Contact (1996) | Nominated | ||||||
Star Trek (2009) | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | |||
Into Darkness (2013) | Nominated | ||||||
Beyond (2016) | Nominated |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^This count includes The Animated Series, and the original pilot, 'The Cage'. Two-part episodes that were not originally aired at the same time are considered two separate episodes. Ten feature-length episodes were originally aired as two-hour presentations, however, they are counted as two individual episodes.
- ^Originally titled Star Trek. Marketed as Star Trek: The Original Series to distinguish it from its sequels and the franchise as a whole.
- ^Film titles of the North American and UK releases of the films no longer contained the number of the film following the sixth film (the sixth was Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country but the seventh was Star Trek Generations). However, European releases continued using numbers in the film titles until Nemesis.
- ^Star Trek (2009), Into Darkness and Beyond are often considered to be, and referred to as, a 'reboot'. They are also a continuation of the franchise that establishes an alternate reality from the previous films. This was done to free the new films from the restrictions of continuity without completely discarding it. This new reality was informally referred to by several names, including the 'Abramsverse', 'JJ Trek', the 'alternate timeline' and 'NuTrek'. It was named the 'Kelvin Timeline', as opposed to the 'Prime Timeline' of the original series and films, by Michael and Denise Okuda for use in reference guides and encyclopedias. The name Kelvin comes from the USS Kelvin, a starship involved in the event that creates the new reality in Star Trek (2009). Leonard Nimoy plays an older version of Spock in the film Star Trek to help link the two timelines.
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Star Trek: The Animated Series | |
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Created by | Gene Roddenberry |
Based on | Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry |
Directed by | |
Voices of | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | |
Producer(s) | |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production company(s) | |
Distributor | Paramount Television Distribution (1977-1978) CBS Television Distribution[1] |
Release | |
Original network | NBC[2][3] |
Picture format |
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Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | September 8, 1973 – October 12, 1974 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Star Trek: The Original Series |
Followed by | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
Related shows | Star Trek TV series |
External links | |
The Animated Series at StarTrek.com |
Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS), originally aired as Star Trek and as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, is an American animatedscience fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired from September 8, 1973 to October 12, 1974 on NBC, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. The second series in the Star Trek franchise, it is the first sequel to Star Trek: The Original Series. Set in the 23rd century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Enterprise as it explores the Milky Way galaxy.
After the cancellation of The Original Series in 1969, the live action show proved popular in syndication and generated significant fan enthusiasm. This resulted in Roddenberry's decision to continue the series in animated form. Much of the original cast returned to provide voice-overs for their characters. Show writers David Gerrold and D. C. Fontana characterized The Animated Series as effectively being a fourth season of The Original Series. The adventures of the characters were continued in cinematic form, the first being the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
The Animated Series was the original cast's last episodic portrayal of the characters until the 'cartoon-like' graphics of the Star Trek: 25th Anniversary computer game in 1992[4] as well as its sequel Star Trek: Judgment Rites in 1993. Both appeared after the cast's final film together, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, released in December 1991. The Animated Series was critically acclaimed and was the first Star Trek series to win an Emmy Award when its second season won the 1975 Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment – Children's Series.[5]
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Initial proposal[edit]
Lou Scheimer of Filmation was in talks with Star Trek producer Paramount Television, TV network NBC, and creator Gene Roddenberry to create an animated spin-off series while The Original Series was still on the air, during its third season (1968-69).[6] Paramount's director of special programming Philip Mayer and Filmation writer/animator Don R. Christensen worked together to create a proposal for a series which would target a young audience and have an educational spin. The main cast of Star Trek: The Original Series would train the teenage crew of a ship called Excalibur about space exploration; the new teenage crew included a Vulcan named Steve, an African-American boy named Bob, and a Chinese boy named Stick.[6]
However, due to the bitter relationship between Roddenberry and Paramount at the time, Scheimer was not able to get the two parties talking to each other in order to agree on a deal for several years. During this time, the project in its original form was phased out.[6]
Production[edit]
A deal was finally reached in early 1973, and publicly announced in early March 1973. Because of NBC's strong interest in the series, Roddenberry and Filmation were allotted very generous terms: a guaranteed minimum of two seasons with a combined 22 episodes, a budget of $75,000 per episode, and full creative control in Gene Roddenberry's hands.[6]
Roddenberry and Filmation agreed that the series should be for all ages, rather than the children-oriented approach of the original proposal, and at Roddenberry's suggestion The Original Series script editor D. C. Fontana was hired as the series' story editor and associate producer.[6] Despite the meager payment for writers ($1,300 per script, with no residuals), the opportunity to write a Star Trek episode without the special effects limitations of live action proved appealing, and many The Original Series writers joined the staff.[6] Fontana steered the series away from the romantic and sexual elements of The Original Series, as she felt children would not be interested in them and she wanted The Animated Series to appeal to children as well as adults.[6]
The Animated Series featured most of the original cast voicing their characters. The major exception was the character of Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig), who did not appear in the series because the series' budget could not afford the complete cast.[6] He was replaced by Lieutenant Arex, whose Edosian species had three arms and three legs; Lieutenant M'Ress, a female Caitian, sometimes stood in for Uhura as communications officer. Besides performing their characters Montgomery Scott and Christine Chapel, James Doohan and Majel Barrett also performed the voices of Arex and M'Ress, respectively.
Initially, Filmation was only going to use the voices of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Doohan and Barrett. Doohan and Barrett would also perform the voices of Sulu and Uhura. Nimoy refused to voice Spock in the series unless Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were added to the cast, claiming that Sulu and Uhura were proof of the ethnic diversity of the 23rd century and should not be recast. Nimoy also took this stand as a matter of principle, as he knew of the financial troubles many of his Star Trek co-stars were facing after cancellation of the series.[7] According to Scheimer, when Nimoy pointed out that the casting would cut the only two minority actors from the series, 'We were horrified at our unintended slight, made all the worse because we were the one studio who had been championing diversity in its output.'[6] Koenig was not forgotten, but Filmation were able to assuage Nimoy's complaints on his account by buying a script from Koenig for one episode ('The Infinite Vulcan').[6]
Voice recording began in June 1973, with the first three episodes recorded as an ensemble, i.e. all the voice actors for the episode in the room at the same time.[6] Later episodes used the more typical model of recording the voice actors separately to work around their other commitments. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, who were both touring in plays at the time, recorded their lines in whatever city they happened to be performing in and had the tapes shipped to the studio.[6] Doohan and Barrett, besides providing the voices of their Original Series characters and newcomers Arex and M'Ress, performed virtually all of the 'guest star' characters in the series, with exceptions such as Sarek, Cyrano Jones and Harry Mudd, who were performed by the original actors from The Original Series. Other guest voice actors included Ed Bishop, who voiced the Megan Prosecutor in 'The Magicks of Megas-tu', and Ted Knight, who voiced Carter Winston in 'The Survivor'. Nichelle Nichols performed character voices in addition to Uhura in several episodes, including 'The Time Trap' and 'The Lorelei Signal'.
Don Christensen, creator of the original proposal, remained involved as art director. Other animation staff included Reuben Timmins (who oversaw all shots involving the Enterprise) and a young Bob Kline. The animators rotoscoped the animations for the Enterprise and the original cast from 35 mm film footage of The Original Series.[6] The chevrons were enlarged to make them easier to animate, but otherwise the crew's uniforms were unaltered from The Original Series.[6] Due to the hiring of nearly the entire regular cast of the original show, little money was left in the budget for the animation, so Filmation cut costs by using stock footage and shortcuts such as having a character put a hand to their mouth while speaking (thus eliminating the need to animate the lips) and silhouetting characters in action.[6]
The animated series dispensed with the original series' theme music, composed by Alexander Courage, in favor of a new theme credited to Yvette Blais and Jeff Michael, but actually written by Filmation composer Ray Ellis. Ellis used the pseudonym Yvette Blais (the maiden name of his wife) due to complications with royalties and publishing companies, while Jeff Michael is a pseudonym for producer Norm Prescott, who received a pseudonymous credit and a cut of the royalties on all of Filmation's music as part of a standard deal for the time.[6]
Episodes[edit]
Season 1 (1973–1974)[edit]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Stardate | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | 'Beyond the Farthest Star' | 5221.3 | Hal Sutherland | Samuel A. Peeples | September 8, 1973 | |
While exploring on the outermost rim of the galaxy the USS Enterprise is pulled into the orbit of a dead star. Trapped there, the crew discovers that there is an ancient derelict pod ship trapped with them as well. | |||||||
2 | 2 | 'Yesteryear' | 5373.4 | Hal Sutherland | D. C. Fontana | September 15, 1973 | |
Spock must travel to the past to rescue his younger self from danger. | |||||||
3 | 3 | 'One of Our Planets Is Missing' | 5371.3 | Hal Sutherland | Marc Daniels | September 22, 1973 | |
The Enterprise encounters a giant cloud creature that feeds on the energy of the planets that lie in its path. They determine it is heading for Mantilles, home to a Federation colony governed by former Starfleet officer Bob Wesley (featured in the TOS episode 'The Ultimate Computer)'. | |||||||
4 | 4 | 'The Lorelei Signal' | 5483.7 | Hal Sutherland | Margaret Armen | September 29, 1973 | |
Investigating a sector of space where starships have disappeared every 27 years, the Enterprise finds a race of beautiful women living on the planet Taurus II. | |||||||
5 | 5 | 'More Tribbles, More Troubles' | 5392.4 | Hal Sutherland | David Gerrold | October 6, 1973 | |
While the USS Enterprise escorts two robot cargo ships carrying quintotriticale, a new seed grain, to famine stricken Sherman's Planet, it encounters a Klingon battlecruiser pursuing a Federation scout ship. When the Enterprise rescues the pilot, the Klingons attack with a new energy weapon and demand that the pilot be handed over to them. | |||||||
6 | 6 | 'The Survivor' | 5143.3 | Hal Sutherland | James Schmerer | October 13, 1973 | |
Patrolling near the Romulan Neutral Zone, the USS Enterprise finds a ship manned by Carter Winston, a Federation citizen and philanthropist who has been missing for five years. | |||||||
7 | 7 | 'The Infinite Vulcan' | 5554.4 | Hal Sutherland | Walter Koenig | October 20, 1973 | |
While visiting the newly discovered planet Phylos, Lieutenant Sulu picks up a walking plant, called a Retlaw, and is poisoned. The alien species that inhabit the planet, who are plantlike beings, approach and save Sulu's life. | |||||||
8 | 8 | 'The Magicks of Megas-tu' | 1254.4 | Hal Sutherland | Larry Brody | October 27, 1973 | |
While exploring near the center of the galaxy, the USS Enterprise is caught inside an energy/matter vortex and all her computer systems fail. A being named Lucien appears on the bridge, repairs the ship's systems and takes the crew to explore his planet, Megas-Tu. | |||||||
9 | 9 | 'Once Upon a Planet' | 5591.2 | Hal Sutherland | Chuck Menville and Len Janson | November 3, 1973 | |
The Enterprise crew revisits the 'amusement park' planet first seen in the Classic Trek episode 'Shore Leave' hoping for some rest and relaxation. | |||||||
10 | 10 | 'Mudd's Passion' | 4978.5 | Hal Sutherland | Stephen Kandel | November 10, 1973 | |
The USS Enterprise receives orders to arrest Federation outlaw Harry Mudd, who is accused of selling fake love crystals. Intercepting Harry on the mining colony of Motherlode, they bring him aboard the Enterprise. | |||||||
11 | 11 | 'The Terratin Incident' | 5577.3 | Hal Sutherland | Paul Schneider | November 17, 1973 | |
While observing a burnt-out supernova, the USS Enterprise picks up a strange message transmitted in a two-hundred-year-old code. | |||||||
12 | 12 | 'The Time Trap' | 5267.2 | Hal Sutherland | Joyce Perry | November 24, 1973 | |
While exploring the Delta Triangle, where many starships have disappeared, the USS Enterprise is attacked by several Klingon vessels. During the battle, they are caught in an ion storm. The Enterprise and one Klingon battlecruiser are drawn into a spacetime vortex and end up in a timeless dimension. | |||||||
13 | 13 | 'The Ambergris Element' | 5499.9 | Hal Sutherland | Margaret Armen | December 1, 1973 | |
While exploring the water planet Argo, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are transformed into water breathers by the planet's undersea inhabitants, the Aquans. In order to return to their normal selves, they must enlist the help of the Aquans to capture a giant sur-snake, whose venom holds the antidote. | |||||||
14 | 14 | 'The Slaver Weapon' | 4187.3 | Hal Sutherland | Adapted from the short story 'The Soft Weapon' by : Larry Niven Written by : Larry Niven | December 15, 1973 | |
In the shuttlecraft Copernicus, Mr. Spock, Uhura and Sulu are en route to Starbase 25 to deliver a stasis box—a rare artifact of the Slaver culture when the Kzinti intervene. | |||||||
15 | 15 | 'The Eye of the Beholder' | 5501.2 | Hal Sutherland | David P. Harmon | January 5, 1974 | |
The disappearance of a scientific team lures the USS Enterprise to investigate near Lactra VII. The starship Ariel is located there, abandoned, with its captain having transported to the planet's surface. | |||||||
16 | 16 | 'The Jihad' | 5683.1 | Hal Sutherland | Stephen Kandel | January 12, 1974 | |
The USS Enterprise arrives at the Vedala asteroid, where Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock have been summoned to learn about a stolen religious artifact, the 'Soul of the Skorr', whose theft could ignite a galactic holy war. |
Season 2 (1974)[edit]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Stardate | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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17 | 1 | 'The Pirates of Orion' | 6334.1 | Bill Reed | Howard Weinstein | September 7, 1974 | |
Spock contracts a fatal illness, and the cure can only be found with dangerous Orion pirates. | |||||||
18 | 2 | 'Bem' | 7403.6 | Bill Reed | David Gerrold | September 14, 1974 | |
The Enterprise crew is taken captive by a race of primitives on a newly discovered planet. | |||||||
19 | 3 | 'The Practical Joker' | 3183.3 | Bill Reed | Chuck Menville | September 21, 1974 | |
A strange energy field causes the Enterprise computer to play practical jokes on the crew, but the humor soon turns to danger. | |||||||
20 | 4 | 'Albatross' | 5275.6 | Bill Reed | Dario Finelli | September 28, 1974 | |
Doctor McCoy is arrested for allegedly causing a deadly plague which once ravaged the planet Dramia. | |||||||
21 | 5 | 'How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth' | 6063.4 | Bill Reed | Russell Bates and David Wise | October 5, 1974 | |
A mysterious being threatens to destroy the Enterprise if the crew is unable to solve an ancient puzzle. | |||||||
22 | 6 | 'The Counter-Clock Incident' | 6770.3 | Bill Reed | John Culver | October 12, 1974 | |
An unusual spaceship pulls the Enterprise into a 'negative universe' where time seems to flow backwards. |
Similar to most animated series of the era, the 22 episodes of TAS were spread out over two brief seasons, with copious reruns of each episode. The director of the first season (16 episodes) was Hal Sutherland and Bill Reed directed the six episodes of season two, though the first four episodes of season two erroneously credit Sutherland.[6]
All of this series' episodes were novelized by Alan Dean Foster and released in ten volumes under the Star Trek Logs banner. Initially, Foster adapted three episodes per book, but later editions saw the half-hour scripts expanded into full, novel-length stories.
Star Trek: The Animated Series was the only Star Trek series not to be produced with a cold open ('teaser'), instead starting directly with the title credits sequence. However, some overseas versions of the original live action series, such as those aired by the BBC in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, were edited to run the teaser after the credits.
The series' writing benefited from a Writers Guild of America, East strike in 1973, which did not apply to animation.[8] A few episodes were written by well-known science fiction authors:
- 'More Tribbles, More Troubles' was written by David Gerrold as a sequel to his episode 'The Trouble with Tribbles' from the original series. Here Cyrano Jones is rescued from the Klingons, bringing with him a genetically altered breed of tribbles which do not reproduce but do grow extremely large. (It is later discovered that these are really clusters of tribbles who function as a single tribble, and it is decided that the large numbers of smaller tribbles are preferable to the larger ones.) The Klingons, because of their hatred of tribbles, are eager to get Jones back because he stole a creature they created: a predator called a 'glommer' that feeds on tribbles.
- 'Yesteryear' is a time-travel episode in which Mr. Spock uses 'The Guardian of Forever', a time gateway from the original series episode 'The City on the Edge of Forever', to travel back to his own childhood. This is the only animated Trek episode written by original series and later Next Generation writer D. C. Fontana. This was the first actual appearance of Spock's pet sehlat, first mentioned in 'Journey to Babel' and finally named I-Chaya in this episode. One element from Yesteryear that has become canon by depiction within Star Trek: The Original Series is the Vulcan city of ShiKahr, depicted in a background scene wherein Kirk, Spock and McCoy walk across a natural stone bridge (first depicted in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) in the remastered 'Amok Time'. Elements of Spock's childhood from 'Yesteryear' are also referenced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 'Unification' as well as the 2009 Star Trek feature film.
- Larry Niven's 'The Slaver Weapon', adapted from his own short story 'The Soft Weapon'. It includes some elements from his Known Space mythos such as the Kzinti and the Slavers. This is the only Kirk-era television or movie story in which Kirk did not appear. This episode is also the only animated one in which characters are shown dying or being killed.
Novelties in the series[edit]
In the original Star Trek series, the title character was given the name James T. Kirk. It was not until the animated series that writer David Gerrold expanded on the 'T', giving us Captain James Tiberius Kirk. It was purely coincidental that he chose 'Tiberius' (on Gene Roddenberry's first series The Lieutenant, the principal character was William Tiberius Rice). According to Gerrold, he had been influenced by I, Claudius, and had approached Roddenberry with his choice of middle name, but it was not until 2014 that he learned of its earlier use.[9]
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The animated series introduced a three-armed, three-legged alien member of the bridge crew with a long neck named Arex and a cat-like alien crew member named M'Ress. According to Roddenberry, budget limitations would have made it impossible for either alien species to appear in a live action series of the time.[6]
The USS Enterprise in this series, while supposedly the same ship as from the original series, had a holodeck similar to the one later seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation, which was set about eighty years later. It only appeared once, in Chuck Menville's 'The Practical Joker', and was known as the 'Rec Room'. This feature was originally proposed for the original series[10] but was never used.
A personal force field technology known as the life support belt was seen only in Star Trek: The Animated Series. In addition to supplying the wearer with the appropriate atmosphere and environmental protection, it permitted the animators to simply draw the belt and yellow glow around the existing characters, instead of having to redraw them with an environmental suit. A version of the life support belt later appeared in an early Star Trek: The Next Generation novel, The Peacekeepers, where they were referred to as 'field-effect suits'.
The episode 'The Lorelei Signal' provides a rare instance in early Star Trek in which a female took temporary command of a starship. Due to the male crew members being incapacitated, Uhura assumes command of the Enterprise from Scotty. Other instances occurred on the first and last adventures filmed in the original series:
- 'The Cage', in which Number One took command after the abduction of Captain Christopher Pike, and
- 'Turnabout Intruder', in which Dr. Janice Lester took over the body of Captain Kirk and assumed command.
'The Lorelei Signal' and 'The Infinite Vulcan', the latter written by Walter Koenig, are rare occurrences where Captain Kirk comes close to actually saying, 'Beam me up, Scotty' (long erroneously believed to be a Star Trekcatchphrase), when he commands 'Beam us up, Scotty'. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home arguably comes closer to it by having Kirk say 'Scotty, beam me up'.
An anti-pollution public service announcement was created for non-profit Keep America Beautiful featuring the ST: TAS characters and original cast voices. In the ad, the Enterprise encounters the 'Rhombian Pollution Belt'.[11] The ad ran during Saturday morning network programming during the series' run.
Canon issues[edit]
At the end of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, all licenses for Star Trek spin-off fiction were renegotiated, and the animated series was essentially 'decanonized' by Gene Roddenberry's office. Writers of the novels, comics and role-playing games were prohibited from using concepts from the animated series in their works.[12] Among the facts established within the animated series that were called into question by the 'official canon' issue was its identification of Robert April as the first captain of the USS Enterprise in the episode 'The Counter-Clock Incident'.
The Star Trek Chronology by production staffers Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda does not include the animated series, but does include certain events from 'Yesteryear' and acknowledges Robert April as first captain of the Enterprise.[13] The timeline in Voyages of the Imagination dates the events of the series to 2269–2270, assuming the events of the show represented the final part of Kirk's five-year mission, and using revised Alan Dean Foster stardates. In the updated October 1999 edition of their book: The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future, Michael and Denise Okuda state that:
In a related vein, this work (i.e. book) adheres to Paramount studio policy that regards the animated Star Trek series as not being part of the 'official' Star Trek universe, even though we count ourselves among that series' fans. Of course, the final decision as to the 'authenticity' of the animated episodes, as with all elements of the show, must clearly be the choice of each individual reader.'[14]
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David Gerrold, who contributed two stories to TAS, stated in an interview his views on the canon issue:
Arguments about 'canon' are silly. I always felt that Star Trek Animated was part of Star Trek because Gene Roddenberry accepted the paycheck for it and put his name on the credits. And D. C. Fontana—and all the other writers involved—busted their butts to make it the best Star Trek they could. But this whole business of 'canon' really originated with Gene's errand boy. Gene liked giving people titles instead of raises, so the errand boy got named 'archivist' and apparently it went to his head. Gene handed him the responsibility of answering all fan questions, silly or otherwise, and he apparently let that go to his head.[15]
Writer-producer D. C. Fontana discussed the TAS Canon issue in 2007:
I suppose 'canon' means what Gene Roddenberry decided it was. Remember, we were making it up as we went along on the original series (and on the animated one, too). We had a research company to keep us on the straight and narrow as to science, projected science based on known science, science fiction references (we didn’t want to step on anyone's exclusive ideas in movies, other TV shows, or printed work). They also helped prevent contradictions and common reference errors. So the so-called canon evolved in its own way and its own time. For whatever reason, Gene Roddenberry apparently didn’t take the animated series seriously (no pun intended), although we worked very hard to do original STAR TREK stories and concepts at all times in the animated series.[16]
Since Roddenberry's death in 1991, and the subsequent exit of Richard H. Arnold (who vetted the licensed tie-ins for Roddenberry's Star Trek office at Paramount during its later years), there have been several references to the animated series in the various live-action series. In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode 'Once More Unto the Breach', Kor referred to his ship, the Klothos, which was first named in the TAS episode 'The Time Trap'. Other DS9 episodes to make reference to the animated series include 'Broken Link', where Elim Garak mentions Edosian orchids (Arex is an Edosian) and 'Tears of the Prophets' where a Miranda-class starship is called the USS ShirKahr (sic) after ShiKahr, the city from 'Yesteryear'. In the episode 'Prophet Motive' where the title of healer is resurrected from 'Yesteryear' as well. Vulcan's Forge is also mentioned in 'Change of Heart', in which Worf wants to honeymoon there with Jadzia Dax, as well as in episodes 'The Forge', 'Awakening' and 'Kir'Shara' from Star Trek: Enterprise.
The Star Trek: Enterprise episodes 'The Catwalk' and 'The Forge' included references to 'Yesteryear', the latter featuring a CGI rendition of a wild sehlat. The remastered Original Series episode 'Amok Time' featured ShiKahr in the background as Spock beams up at the episode's ending,[17] and the remastered version of 'The Ultimate Computer' replaced the Botany Bay-style Woden with an automated grain carrier from 'More Tribbles, More Troubles'.
The 2009 film Star Trek also references 'Yesteryear', featuring a nearly identical scene in which a young Spock is confronted by several other Vulcan children, who bully and provoke him for being part human.
The 2017 series Star Trek: Discovery episode 'Context is for Kings' has Spock's foster sister Michael Burnham state that their mother Amanda read Alice in Wonderland to them as children, as in the episode 'Once Upon a Planet.'[18] The second season episode 'Light and Shadows' expands on Amanda's reasons for doing so.
Carter Winston, from 'The Survivor', has a small but important role late in the 1984 tie-in novel The Final Reflection by John M. Ford. In recent years, references to The Animated Series have also cropped up again in the licensed books and comics. M'Ress and Arex, characters from the animated series, appear in the Star Trek: New Frontier novels by Peter David, in which M'Ress and Arex are transported through time to the 24th Century, and are made officers on board the USS Trident. (David's previous use of these characters, in TOS movie-era comics published by DC Comics, had been ended by Gene Roddenberry's office.)[19]
A race introduced in the episode 'The Jihad', represented by a character named M3 Green, is named the Nasat in the Starfleet Corps of Engineerse-book novellas. These stories feature a regular Nasat character, P8 Blue. The Vulcan city of ShiKahr also appears in many books. Paula Block, then of CBS Consumer Products, was responsible for approving proposals and all completed manuscripts for the licensed media tie-ins and granted many such uses of TAS material since Roddenberry's death.
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Amarillo Design Bureau has—as part of its license for the Star Fleet Universe series of games—incorporated many aspects of The Animated Series into its works, not least being the inclusion of the Kzinti, although in a modified form. In addition FASA used elements from The Animated Series in its sourcebooks and modules for its Star Trek role-playing game.
Star Trek: Enterprise producer Manny Coto has commented that had the show been renewed for a fifth season, the Kzinti would have been introduced.[20] Starship designs were produced which closely resemble the Kzinti/Mirak ships from the Star Fleet Universe, a gaming universe that includes the boardgame Star Fleet Battles and its PC analogue Star Fleet Command.
On June 27, 2007, Star Trek's official site incorporated information from The Animated Series into its library section,[21] clarifying, finally, that the animated series is part of the Star Trek canon. Both David Gerrold and D. C. Fontana have stated that the animated series is essentially the fourth season that fans wanted originally.[22]
Reception[edit]
In 1975, Star Trek: The Animated Series won an Emmy.[23] The series is noted for the voice acting of actress Majel Barrett, who voiced various characters and the main computer.[24] Majel also had roles in the live-action series for voice acting, but also as Number One, Nurse Christine Chapel, and Lwaxana Troi.
Through both seasons, Star Trek: The Animated Series faced the reverse situation of The Original Series with regard to its popularity: ratings were high, but skewed away from the young children which Saturday morning advertisers were trying to reach, being more popular with adults and older children.[6]
Star Trek: The Animated Series was named the 96th best animated series by IGN. They declared that although the series suffered from technical limitations, its format allowed the writers far greater freedom and creativity than was possible in the original live-action series.[25] In 2019, CBR ranked all 31 seasons of Star Trek television shows, placing season 1 of TAS at 23rd, and season 2 at 24th. Similarly to IGN, they commented that 'The animation is definitely limited by today's standards, but the idea of an animated Star Trek makes perfect sense, since concerns over budget and scope would be very different. Although only two seasons long, we were given some memorable moments.'[26]
The comic Star Trek vs Transformers was inspired by The Animated Series, and takes place in a similar universe.[27]
In 2016, in a listing that included each Star Trek films and TV series separately, The Animated Series was ranked 11th by the L.A. Times.[28]
In 2019, Moviefone ranked The Animated Series the seventh best out of seven Star Trek TV series.[29]
Home media[edit]
- The complete series was first released in the United States on eleven volumes of VHS tapes in 1989. In the United Kingdom, CIC Video released the complete series on seven volumes (1x4 episodes and 6x3 episodes) on PAL VHS in 1992. Although CIC-Taft Australia negotiated an Australasian release, they did not proceed with their plans.
- A boxed set of the complete series on LaserDisc was released for the US market in 1990, then re-released in 1997.
- A Region 1DVD box set of the series was released on November 21, 2006, and has since been released internationally for other Regions. Each episode on CBS DVD/Paramount Home Entertainment’s Complete Series DVD release of Star Trek: The Animated Series (aka The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek) was presented in its original network television format and original airdate order - uncut and unedited - and also remastered and restored in 1080p HD and full-color with remastered and remixed 5.1 surround sound and restored original mono audio. It was also the last series of Paramount's Star Trek television franchise to be released to DVD.
- A Blu-ray release in HD was released as part of the STAR TREK 50th Anniversary TV and Movie Collection in the United States on September 6, 2016.
- A stand-alone Blu-ray release was released on November 15, 2016.
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^'Animated Star Trek: Series Background'. Danhausertrek.com. http://www.danhausertrek.com/AnimatedSeries/Bgd.html
- ^Idiotbox Watcher. 'Star Trek'..True Space Oddity'. Movie Pilot. 7 September 2016. 'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on November 29, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2017.Cite uses deprecated parameter
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- ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrsMangels, Andy (Summer 2018). 'Star Trek: The Animated Series'. RetroFan. TwoMorrows Publishing (1): 25–37.
- ^Takei, George. To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei. Pocket Books.
- ^D. C. Fontana (1991). Introduction to Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 1.
- ^Silverman, D. S. (2015). Always bring phasers to an “animated” canon fight: Star Trek’s animated adventures on Saturday mornings. In D. Brode & S. Brode (Eds.) Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek: The original cast adventures. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow. ISBN978-1-4422-4987-5
- ^see, e.g., Gerrold, The World of Star Trek
- ^Lost PSA: Star Trek TAS for Keep America Beautiful!. YouTube. June 14, 2010.
- ^Ayers 2006, p. 232.
- ^Okuda & Okuda 1996, pp. 41–42.
- ^Michael & Denise Okuda, The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future, Updated and expanded edition, October 1999, Pocket Book (a division of Simon and Schuster), p. iii
- ^'Star Trek: The Animated Series'. startrekanimated.com.
- ^'D.C. Fontana On TAS Canon (and Sybok)'. TrekMovie.com.
- ^'ShiKahr (background image)'. TrekMovie.com. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^''Star Trek: Discovery' References Spock And 'The Animated Series''. comicbook.com. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^Star Trek, Series II issue #1 lettercol, DC Comics, September 1989
- ^'Star Trek: Enterprise'. Memory Alpha.
- ^'Star Trek'. startrek.com.
- ^Silverman, D. S. (2015). 'Always Bring Phasers to an 'Animated' Canon Fight: Star Trek's Animated Adventures on Saturday Mornings'. In D. Brode & S. Brode (Eds.) Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek: The Original Cast Adventures. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow. ISBN978-1-4422-4987-5
- ^Burton, Bonnie. 'Star Trek: Lower Decks have you excited? Give the '70s cartoon a try'. CNET. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^Burton, Bonnie. 'Star Trek: Lower Decks have you excited? Give the '70s cartoon a try'. CNET. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^'96, Star Trek: The Animated Series'. IGN. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2009.Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help) - ^'Every Star Trek Season of TV Ever, Ranked from Worst to Best'. CBR. January 4, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-new-idw-comic-is-mashing-up-star-trek-and-transformer-1826960426
- ^Bernardin, Marc. 'Ranking every 'Star Trek' movie and TV series from first to worst'. latimes.com. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ^Pirrello, Phil. 'Every Star Trek Series, Ranked From Kirk to Picard'. www.moviefone.com. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
Bibliography[edit]
- Alexander, David (February 16, 1995). Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry. Roc. ISBN0-451-45440-5.
- Ayers, Jeff (2006). Voyages of the Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion. Pocket Books. ISBN1-4165-0349-8.
- Okuda, Mike; Okuda, Denise (1996). Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. Pocket Books. ISBN0-671-53610-9.
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