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Published Oct 26, 2021

Remembering Star Trek's Halloween Special, Catspaw

Kirk and his crew were in for some tricks, and viewers were in for a treat

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This article was originally published on October 31, 2014

Kirk: If we weren't missing two officers and a third one dead I'd say someone was playing an elaborate “trick or treat” on us. Spock: “Trick or treat,” Captain? Kirk: Yes, Mister Spock. You'd be a natural.

Kirk says this with one of his crooked smiles, glancing at Spock's pointy ears. Maybe Star Trek 's producers were hoping that by the following year dressing up as a Vulcan would be one of the top choices for Halloween.

The Original Series' season two episode “Catspaw” was shot in May of 1967, but its airing was always meant to coincide with America's macabre costume and candy-themed holiday, Halloween. Adapted by Robert Bloch from his earlier short story “Broomstick Ride,” it aired on October 27, 1967, making it the only known “holiday special” in the franchise. It's not one of the better episodes, I cannot lie. But, like the often mocked (and unfairly maligned) “Spock's Brain,” it is certainly a great deal of fun. If you need a quick refresher it goes like this:

The Enterprise is orbiting an allegedly lifeless planet. But a landing party of Scotty, Sulu and Private Redshirt are past their check-in time. Then the third guy (Jackson) shows up on the transporter pad, drops dead and a voice appears telling Kirk and Bones that “there is a curse on your shiiiiip. Leave this place or you will diiiiiie!”

The voice acting is about what you'd expect from an average Scooby Doo episode, but it gets even more preposterous when Kirk, Bones and Spock land on the planet (leaving Assistant Chief Engineer DeSalle in charge!) and out of the vapor appears three mangy-looking witches.

Witch One bellows “Captain Kiiiiiiiirk!” Witch Two bellows “Captain Kiiiiiirk!” And Witch Three bellows, you guessed it, “Captain Kiiiiiiirk!” They then incant some rhyming threat, and when Kirk asks Spock for his opinion, he zings back “very bad poetry, Captain.” The look Kirk hits him back with is priceless.

After the curse and the witches they discover a castle in the fog with a hissing black cat. Someone is using Halloween tropes to freak out the crew of the Enterprise . In time, Spock will discover that their foes are using “racial memory,” tapping into the collective unconscious of the group. (And lucky for the show's producers, those communal fears can be portrayed with some really cheap sets.) As such, Kirk, Spock and Bones end up in a dungeon with a new friend: More Bones! For an episode that was likely advertised to kids back in the day, the image of a dangling skeleton probably freaked people out.

“Catspaw,” right up to the end, is an episode that feels a little more fantasy than science fiction. The villains of “Catspaw,” the flamboyantly caped Korob and the feline shapeshifter Sylvia, seem to just have “magic powers.” They can turn members of Kirk's crew into mindless zombies and they can make a turkey dinner appear with a wink. Holding a totem of the Enterprise over a candle makes the actual ship start to heat up. Eventually we'll learn that their power comes from a “transmuter,” a stick with a crystal ball on it, which can amplify the powers of the mind. Okay, so there's a little headfake toward science in there somewhere.

The final moments of the episode involve our heroes running for their lives from an enormous cat. This was shot in the most frugal way possible – by taking a regular ol' pussycat, placing it against dollhouse-sized corridors and shooting in extreme close-up. It's adorable. After Abraham Lincoln floating in space, it may be the silliest image in all of Trek .

And, like Halloween should be, it's more fun than scary. Indeed, the only thing truly scary about “Catspaw” is Chekov's wig. It looks like it just binged on a gallon of quadrotriticale.

Do you have fond memories of “Catspaw?” Were you frightened out of your wits when you first saw it? Do you plan on dressing as Korob or Sylvia this Halloween? Let us know @StarTrek on social media!

Jordan Hoffman is a writer, critic and lapsed filmmaker living in New York City. His work can also be seen on Film.com, ScreenCrush and Badass Digest. On his BLOG , Jordan has reviewed all 727 Trek episodes and films, most of the comics and some of the novels.

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There have been more than 900 episodes of the 12 different iterations of Star Trek, including the animated series. There have also been 13 movies, over 800 books, and a novelization of the series. It has been one of the most popular franchises on small and big screens since it first aired in 1966.

Whether you’re a Trekkie or an ailurophile, enjoy this list of 7 cats that have featured and been named in various on-screen Star Trek iterations.

• The 7 Cats From Star Trek

Spot is probably the most famous of the Star Trek cats. He was once Lieutenant Commander Data’s pet and Data even wrote a sonnet dedicated to him called “Ode to Spot”. The cat earned the respect of Commander Worf, and when Data passed in 2379, Worf became Spot’s new owner.

Spot was played by a total of six different cats, of both genders, but was meant to be a female cat in the show.

More recently, Grudge has become the poster cat of Star Trek, featuring in Star Trek Discovery as Booker’s companion. The cat is played by two Maine Coon brothers, Leeu and Durban, but the character of the cat is actually based on writer Jenny Lumet’s grandmother’s Pekingese dog, Nelly.

Grudge now has his own X/Twitter account and, in 2022, the Book of Grudge was published.

Cat owners in Star Trek tended to name their cats after prominent people. Neelix, Reginald Barclay’s pet cat in Voyager, was named after Neelix, a Talaxian crewmember of the USS Voyager. Barclay obtained Neelix sometime after he transferred from the USS Enterprise-E to the Pathfinder Project on Earth.

Neelix was a Persian cat, and often slept on Barclay’s stomach.

Sylvia was actually an ornithoid who could shapeshift at will, and could telepathically examine the minds of individuals near her, but one of the forms she took was that of a black cat. Sylvia took crewmembers of the USS Enterprise hostage in a bid to research and learn more about humans before discovering she enjoyed torturing and manipulating them.

Isis was another shapeshifter who liked to take the form of a black cat . Isis was a companion to Supervisor Gary Seven and had some kind of telepathic link to her companion. Though she was Seven’s pet cat, she was more than just this and communicated with him telepathically, plus understood his spoken words. Human Isis and the feline form of Isis both wore the same collar.

Isis was also involved in the 1968 sabotage and detonation of a nuclear missile in the atmosphere 104 miles above the surface of central Eurasia.

Chester originally belonged to Liam Bilby and lived on Farius Prime with his owner. Chester had a favorite chair and didn’t like it when someone else sat in it! But, when Bilby died, Chester passed to Senior Chief Petty Officer Miles O’Brien, who had entered Bilby’s home under the guise of Connelly.

O’Brien brought Chester to Deep Space 9 and the cat seemed to like him right away, leaping onto O’Brien’s lap.

• 7. The Caitians

The Star Trek universe features many races that don’t get too much screen time, but occasionally pop up. The Caitians are a feline humanoid race that displayed a lot of feline characteristics, and are a spacefaring species and long-standing members of the United Federation of Planets.

They featured more prominently in the animated TV series, and the Caitians are a playable race in Star Trek Online, the MMORPG (multiplayer online role-playing game).

Cats have long been domesticated by humans , and it stands to reason they would feature in Star Trek. In the Star Trek Universe, they are treated as human pets and they feature quite regularly, although they only rarely appear in the movies and TV series. The Caitians did feature in the animated series and, more recently, take more of a starring role in the massive multiplayer game Star Trek Online.

Grudge’s role in Discovery has also put the cats of Star Trek on the map.

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• https://downthetubes.net/grudge-the-cat-takes-starring-role-in-new-star-trek-discovery-mini-series-launching-this-week
• https://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/d3r13n/til_that_datas_cat_spot_from_star_trek_tng_was/
• https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Sylvia_(Pyris_VII)
• https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Isis
• https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Connelly
• https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Miles_O%27Brien
• https://trekmovie.com/2020/09/08/the-newest-star-of-star-trek-discovery-is-a-cat-named-grudge/
• https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Neelix_(cat)

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Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Original Series (referred to as Star Trek prior to any spin-offs) is the first Star Trek series. The first episode of the show aired on 6 September 1966 on CTV in Canada, followed by a 8 September 1966 airing on NBC in America. The show was created by Gene Roddenberry as a " Wagon Train to the Stars". Star Trek was set in the 23rd century and featured the first three years of the voyages of the starship USS Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk .

Star Trek was later informally dubbed The Original Series , or TOS, after several spin-offs aired. The show lasted three seasons until canceled in 1969 . When the show first aired on TV, and until lowering budget issues in its third season resulted in a noticeable drop in quality episodes and placed in a 10 pm Friday night death slot by the network, Star Trek regularly performed respectably in its time slot. After it was canceled and went into syndication , however, its popularity exploded. It featured themes such as a Utopian society and racial equality, and the first African-American officer in a recurring role.

Ten years later, Star Trek: The Motion Picture reunited the cast on the big screen aboard a refurbished USS Enterprise . They appeared in five subsequent films, ending with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country in 1991, during production of the spin-off series Star Trek: The Next Generation and shortly before Gene Roddenberry's death. Several original series characters also appeared in the seventh movie, Star Trek Generations , and in other Star Trek productions.

• 1 Opening credits
• 2.1 Starring
• 2.2 Also starring
• 2.3 Co-stars
• 3 Production crew
• 4.1 First pilot
• 4.2 Season 1
• 4.3 Season 2
• 4.4 Season 3
• 5.1 Concept
• 5.2 The first pilot
• 5.3 The second pilot
• 5.4 The series begins
• 5.5 The first season
• 5.6 Syndication
• 5.7 Reception
• 5.8 Remastered
• 6 Related topics
• 8 External links

Opening credits [ ]

• Main Title Theme (Season 2-3) file info (composed by Alexander Courage )

Main cast [ ]

Starring [ ].

• William Shatner as Captain Kirk

Jeffrey Hunter , who portrayed Captain Pike , was the only star listed in the original pilot 's opening credits.

Also starring [ ]

• Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
• DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

DeForest Kelley was listed as a co-star from 1966 through 1967 before appearing in the opening credits as "also starring" from 1967 through 1969 .

Co-stars [ ]

• James Doohan as Scotty
• Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
• George Takei as Sulu
• Walter Koenig as Chekov ( 1967 - 1969 )
• Majel Barrett-Roddenberry as Christine Chapel
• Grace Lee Whitney as Janice Rand

Production crew [ ]

• Gene Roddenberry – Creator, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer
• Gene L. Coon – Writer, Producer
• John Meredyth Lucas – Writer, Producer, Director
• Fred Freiberger – Producer (1968-69)
• Robert H. Justman – Associate Producer (Season 1-2), Co-Producer (Season 3), First Assistant Director (two pilots)
• D.C. Fontana – Writer, Script Consultant (1967-68)
• Steven W. Carabatsos – Writer, Story Consultant (1966)
• John D.F. Black – Associate Producer, Writer, Story Editor (1966)
• Arthur H. Singer – Story Consultant (1968-69)
• Byron Haskin – Associate Producer (first pilot)
• Walter "Matt" Jefferies – Production Designer, Art Director
• William E. Snyder – Director of Photography (first pilot)
• Ernest Haller – Director of Photography (second pilot)
• Jerry Finnerman – Director of Photography (61 episodes, 1966-1968)
• Keith Smith – Director of Photography (1 episode, 1967)
• Al Francis – Director of Photography (16 episodes, 1968-1969), Camera Operator (61 episodes, 1966-1968)
• Jim Rugg – Supervisor of Special Effects
• Rolland M. Brooks – Art Director (34 episodes, 1965-1967)
• Fred B. Phillips – Make-up Artist
• Robert Dawn – Make-up Artist (second pilot)
• William Ware Theiss – Costume Designer
• Gregg Peters – First Assistant Director (Season 1), Unit Production Manager (Season 2-3), Associate Producer (Season 3)
• Claude Binyon, Jr. – Assistant Director (third season)

Episode list [ ]

• List of TOS episodes by airdate
• List of TOS remastered episodes by airdate

First pilot [ ]

Season 1 [ ].

TOS Season 1 , 29 episodes:

Season 2 [ ]

TOS Season 2 , 26 episodes:

Season 3 [ ]

TOS Season 3 , 24 episodes:

Behind the scenes [ ]

Concept [ ].

Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry, whose interest in science fiction dated back to the 1940s when he came into contact with Astounding Stories . Roddenberry's first produced science fiction story was The Secret Weapon of 117 , which aired in 1956 on the Chevron Theatre anthology show. By 1963 Roddenberry was producing his first television series, The Lieutenant , at MGM .

In 1963, MGM was of the opinion that "true-to-life" television dramas were becoming less popular and an action-adventure show would be more profitable (this prediction turned out to be right, and led to series such as The Man from U.N.C.L.E ). Roddenberry had already been working on a science fiction concept called Star Trek since 1960 , and when he told MGM about his ideas, they were willing to take a look at them. As the production of The Lieutenant came to an end, Roddenberry delivered his first Star Trek draft to MGM. The studio was, however, not enthusiastic about the concept, and a series was never produced.

Roddenberry tried to sell his " wagon train to the stars " format to several production studios afterward, but to no avail. In 1964 , it was rumored that Desilu was interested in buying a new television series. Desilu was a much smaller company than MGM, but Roddenberry took his chances, greatly aided with the help of Desilu Executive Herb Solow . This led to a three-year deal with Desilu in April 1964 .

The first attempt to sell the Star Trek format to broadcasting network CBS (Desilu had a first proposal deal with the network) failed. CBS chose another science fiction project, Irwin Allen 's more family-oriented Lost in Space instead of Roddenberry's more cerebral approach. But in May 1964 , NBC 's Vice-President of Programming Mort Werner agreed to give Roddenberry the chance to write three story outlines, one of which NBC would select to turn into a pilot.

One of the submitted story lines, dated 29 June 1964 , was an outline for " The Cage ", and this was the story picked up by NBC. Now, the daunting task that Roddenberry and his crew faced was to develop the Star Trek universe from scratch. Roddenberry recruited many people around him to help think up his version of the future. The RAND Corporation's Harvey P. Lynn acted as a scientific consultant, Pato Guzman was hired as art director, with Matt Jefferies as an assisting production designer. This phase of creativity and brainstorming lasted throughout the summer, until in the last week of September 1964 the final draft of the "The Cage" script was delivered to NBC, after which shooting of the pilot was approved.

The first pilot [ ]

In early October, preparations for shooting "The Cage" began. A few changes in the production crew were made: Roddenberry hired Morris Chapnick , who had worked with him on The Lieutenant , as his assistant. Pato Guzman left to return to Chile and was replaced by Franz Bachelin . Matt Jefferies finalized the design for the Enterprise and various props and interiors. By November 1964 , the sets were ready to be constructed on stages Culver Studios Stage 14 , 15 , and 16 . Roddenberry was not happy with the stages, since they had uneven floors and were not soundproof, as Culver Studios had been established in the silent movie era when soundproofing had not been an issue to consider. Eventually, in 1966 , the rest of the series was shot on Paramount stages 9 and 10 , which were in better shape.

Casting of the characters was not a problem, apart from the lead role of Captain Pike (still known as "Captain April " at this point, later renamed "Captain Winter" before finally choosing "Pike") who Roddenberry convinced Jeffrey Hunter to play. Leonard Nimoy ( Spock ) had worked with Roddenberry on The Lieutenant . Majel Barrett , also a familiar face from The Lieutenant , got the part of the ship's female first officer, Number One . Veteran character actor John Hoyt , who had worked on many science fiction and fantasy projects before, was chosen to play the role of Doctor Phil Boyce . Young Peter Duryea and Laurel Goodwin were hired as José Tyler and Yeoman J.M. Colt , respectively. The extras were cast from a diversity of ethnic groups, which was significant because integration was not a usual occurrence in 1960s television, and segregation was still a reality in the United States.

To produce the pilot episode, Robert H. Justman was hired as assistant director; he had worked on The Outer Limits shortly before. Makeup artist Fred Phillips was brought in as well, whose first job it was to create Spock's ears. Another veteran from The Outer Limits was producer-director Byron Haskin , who joined as associate producer. On 27 November 1964 , the first scenes of "The Cage" (or "The Menagerie," as it was briefly known), were shot. Filming was scheduled to be eleven days, however the production went highly over budget and over schedule, resulting in sixteen shooting days and US$164,248 plus expenses.

But there were still a lot of visual effects to be made. An eleven-foot filming model of the USS Enterprise , designed by Matt Jefferies, was built by Richard Datin , Mel Keys , and Vern Sion in Volmer Jensen 's model shop , and was delivered to the Howard Anderson Company on 29 December 1964 .

In February 1965 , the final version of "The Cage" was delivered at NBC and screened in New York City. NBC officials liked the first pilot. Desilu's Herb Solow says that NBC was surprised by how realistic it looked, and that it was "the most fantastic thing we've ever seen." The reason the pilot was rejected was because it was believed that it would attract only a small audience, and they wanted more action and adventure. They also had problems with the "satanic" Spock and the female first officer (Number One). However, NBC was convinced that Star Trek could be made into a television series, and that NBC itself had been at fault for choosing the "The Cage" script from the original three stories pitched. Also, after spending US$630,000 on "The Cage" (the most expensive TV pilot at the time), they didn't want to have their money wasted. NBC then made the unprecedented move to order a second pilot.

The second pilot [ ]

For the second pilot, NBC requested three story outlines again. These were " Where No Man Has Gone Before " by Samuel A. Peeples , and " Mudd's Women " and " The Omega Glory " by Roddenberry. Although it was the most expensive of the three, NBC chose " Where No Man Has Gone Before ", as it had the most action and most outer space spectacle. However, the other two premises were also made into episodes of the series later.

Filming the second pilot began in July 1965 , and took nine days to complete. The entire cast of " The Cage " was replaced except Spock. Jeffrey Hunter chose not to reprise his role as Captain Pike, mostly by the advice of his wife, who felt that "science fiction ruins her husband's career". Roddenberry wanted both Lloyd Bridges and Jack Lord for the role of the new captain, however both declined. Finally William Shatner , who had previous science fiction experience acting in episodes of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits , was chosen. The new captain was named James R. Kirk (later renamed James T. Kirk).

For the role of the chief medical officer, Roddenberry chose veteran actor Paul Fix . Canadian actor James Doohan got the role of chief engineer Scott , and young Japanese-American George Takei was featured as ship's physicist Sulu . The latter two reprised their roles in the upcoming series, though Sulu was a helmsman in the series. Other actors considered for being regulars were Lloyd Haynes as communications officer Alden and Andrea Dromm as Yeoman Smith , but neither of them were re-hired after the pilot.

Many of the production staff were replaced. Robert Dawn served as head make-up artist, however Fred Phillips returned to the position in the series itself. Academy Award winner cinematographer Ernest Haller came out of semi-retirement to work as the director of photography. Associate producer Byron Haskin was replaced by Robert H. Justman , who now shared double duties as producer and assistant director.

The Enterprise model was updated for the second pilot, and many new outer space effects shots were made, most of which were reused in the series itself. The sets were also updated a bit, most notably the main bridge and the transporter room. Most of the uniforms, props, and sets were reused from " The Cage ", however some new props (including the never-seen-again phaser rifle ) and a brand new matte painting (the planet Delta Vega ) were made specially for this episode.

" Where No Man Has Gone Before " was accepted by NBC and the first season of a regular series was ordered for broadcasting in the 1966-67 television season. History was made.

The series begins [ ]

Preparation for the first regular season began in early 1966 . All the Enterprise interior sets were updated, as well as the introduction of brand new uniforms. The look of the show became more colorful and more vivid. The Enterprise model was also updated once more. Also, the entire production was moved from Desilu's Culver City studios to the main Gower Street studio's Stage 9 and 10 ( Paramount Stage 31 and 32 from 1967 onward) in Hollywood.

Kirk (Shatner) and Spock (Nimoy) were kept as the series stars, with Grace Lee Whitney joining the two as Yeoman Janice Rand (replacing Andrea Dromm as Yeoman Smith). Whitney had worked with Roddenberry a year before on an unsold pilot titled Police Story . Publicity photos promoting the new series were made at this time, with the three of them, mostly using props left from the two pilots (most notably the aforementioned phaser rifle). Shatner and Nimoy wore their new uniforms on these photographs, while Whitney had to wear an old, pilot version.

Scott (Doohan) and Sulu (Takei) were also kept, the latter becoming the ship's helmsman instead of physicist. Two additions made the Enterprise main crew complete: DeForest Kelley was hired to play the new chief medical officer, Leonard McCoy , as Roddenberry had known him from previous projects, including the aforementioned Police Story . Actress Nichelle Nichols got the role of communications officer Uhura , who became a symbol of the racial and gender diversity of the show. Nichols was a last minute addition, weeks before filming began on the first regular episode.

Jerry Finnerman became the new director of photography, while Fred Phillips, Matt Jefferies, and Rolland M. Brooks returned to their former positions. Writer John D.F. Black was brought in as the second associate producer (next to Justman). While Roddenberry and Black handled the script and story issues, Justman was in charge of the physical aspects of production.

Filming of the first regular episode, " The Corbomite Maneuver " began on 24 May 1966 . Finally Star Trek debuted on NBC with a "Sneak Preview" episode at 8:30 pm (EST) on 8 September 1966 . NBC chose " The Man Trap " (the fifth episode in production order) to air first, mainly because they felt it was more of a "traditional monster story" and featured more action.

The first season [ ]

In August 1966 , several changes were made in the Star Trek production staff. Roddenberry stepped down as line producer and became the executive producer. His replacement was Gene L. Coon , who also regularly contributed to the series as a writer. While Black had also left the series, story editor Steven W. Carabatsos came in, sharing story duties with Roddenberry and Coon. To handle post-production, Edward K. Milkis was brought in by Justman. Carabatsos had left Star Trek near the end of the season, and was replaced by D.C. Fontana , formerly Roddenberry's secretary and a writer for the series.

Syndication [ ]

• See : Syndication

Due to the overall length of the episodes of The Original Series , several minutes of each episode are frequently cut during the show's reruns, notably on the Sci-Fi Channel . Starting in April 2006 , the G4 network began airing the full length episodes in "Uncut Marathons" on Saturdays. G4 stopped airing these full-length versions in November 2006, and has discontinued its run of Star Trek 2.0 , which was a trivia-oriented and interactive version of the show for the viewers.

For current airings see Where to watch .

Reception [ ]

The Original Series has been nominated for and won a number of awards over the years. Some of the awards include:

• The series was nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards during its run, but did not win any.
• It was nominated eight times for the "Best Dramatic Presentation" Hugo Award , sweeping the nominees in 1968. It won twice, and Roddenberry won a special award in 1968.
• The 2003 "Pop Culture Award" in the TV Land Awards .
• The 2005 Saturn Award for "Best DVD Retro Television Release."

Aaron Harberts and James Frain cited TOS as their favorite Star Trek series. ( AT : " O Discovery, Where Art Thou? ")

Remastered [ ]

On 31 August 2006 , CBS Paramount Television announced that, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek , the show would return to broadcast syndication for the first time in sixteen years. The series' 79 episodes were digitally remastered with all new visual effects and music. The refurbished episodes have been converted from the original film to high-definition video, making it on par with modern television formats.

Related topics [ ]

• TOS directors
• TOS performers
• TOS recurring characters
• TOS writers
• Character crossover appearances
• Undeveloped TOS episodes
• Desilu Stage 9
• Desilu Stage 10
• Star Trek Writers/Directors Guide
• Star Trek: The Original Series novels
• Star Trek: The Original Series comics (DC)
• Star Trek: The Original Series comics (IDW)
• Star Trek: The Original Series soundtracks
• Star Trek: The Original Series on VHS
• Star Trek: The Original Series on Betamax
• Star Trek: The Original Series on CED
• Star Trek: The Original Series on LaserDisc
• Star Trek: The Original Series on DVD
• Star Trek: The Original Series on Blu-ray

External links [ ]

• Star Trek: The Original Series at Wikipedia
• Star Trek: The Original Series at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Star Trek: The Original Series at StarTrek.com
• Star Trek: The Original Series at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Trek: The Original Series at the Movie and TV Wiki
• Public Radio Special: The Peace Message in Star Trek
• 1 Bell Riots
• 2 Obi Ndefo
• 3 Gabriel Bell

• Cast & crew
• User reviews

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

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• Trivia In the hallways of the Enterprise there are tubes marked "GNDN." These initials stand for "goes nowhere does nothing."
• Goofs The deck locations for Kirk's Quarters, Sickbay and Transporter Room vary (usually between decks 4-7) throughout the series.

Dr. McCoy : "He's dead, Jim."

• Crazy credits On some episodes, the closing credits show a still that is actually from the Star Trek blooper reel. It is a close-up of stunt man Bill Blackburn who played an android in Return to Tomorrow (1968) , removing his latex make up. In the reel, He is shown taking it off, while an off-screen voice says "You wanted show business, you got it!"
• Alternate versions In 2006, CBS went back to the archives and created HD prints of every episode of the show. In addition to the new video transfer, they re-did all of the model shots and some matte paintings using CGI effects, and re-recorded the original theme song to clean it up. These "Enhanced" versions of the episodes aired on syndication and have been released on DVD and Blu-Ray.
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