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Star Trek: The Animated Series [1973] (4 discs)
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| Length: | 550 minutes
(9 hours 10 minutes) | | MPAA Rating: | TV-Y7 | | Sorting Category: | Star Trek TV | | Sorting Tub: | Lima |
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| | Classifications: | - Action
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
- Family
- Cartoon
- Kids
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Synopsis: The further adventures of the Enterprise in animated form.
Reaction: A shorter format and animated, but still great stories.
Personal Rating: 8/10
Highlights
"Yesteryear" and "Albatross" |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - The "Star Trek Crews" from all the [Star Trek] series were ranked #2 in [TV Guide]'s list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" ({1 August 2004 issue}).
- Originally the show was not going to include Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, and Walter Koenig due to budget considerations. However, when Leonard Nimoy learned about this, he refused to join the cast unless his friends were included. Rather than lose the most popular cast member, Filmation agreed to sign on Nichols and Takei. While Koenig could not be included because of the budget and, as a result, is the only regular cast member from the earlier series to never make an appearance, he did, however, write one episode: {The Infinite Vulcan}.
- The episode {The Practical Joker} is essentially the origin of the holodeck.
- In 1975, this series won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment Children's Series.
- When story editor D.C. Fontana was writing her episode {Yesteryear}, she ran into opposition from the network executives when they learned her story would have Spock's beloved pet mortally wounded and requiring euthanasia. The executives were concerned that it would upset young viewers and insisted that the pet be allowed to live. Gene Roddenberry supported Fontana and reassured the management that she would handle the story appropriately. As it turns out, there were never any complaints about the episode and the story is considered the finest of the series.
- Sci-fi author [?] Peter David later integrated the characters of M'Ress and Arex into his book series [Star Trek: New Frontier], starting with the novel {Gateways #5: Cold Wars}.
- One episode of this series revealed that Kirk's middle name is Tiberius.
- In the episode, {Slaver Weapon}, writer Larry Niven introduced the cat-like alien race, the Kzinti, from his [Known Space] novels into the [Star Trek] universe.
- The show's final episode, {Counter-Clock Incident}, introduced the very first captain of the Enterprise, Robert April. Due to Gene Roddenberry's later request that the animated series not be considered canon, however, it has never been made part of official [Star Trek] continuity that Capt. April was the first captain of the USS Enterprise.
- Many of the episodes were written by veterans of the [original] [live-action] [TV series].
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| Episode List: | | Episode Name | Episode Slots | Season | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | Personal Rating | Misc. | | Beyond the Farthest Star | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Hal Sutherland | Samuel A. Peeples | The Enterprise encounters a dangerous being in orbit of an enormous, collapsed, negative star mass. | 6.9 | 7 | 1 | | Yesteryear | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Hal Sutherland | D.C. Fontana | Spock must use the Guardian of Forever to go back to his own past. | 8.1 | 9 | 2 | | One of Our Planets Is Missing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Hal Sutherland | Marc Daniels | A being has entered our Galaxy from beyond and has begun eating our planets. | 6.8 | 8 | 3 | | The Lorelei Signal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Hal Sutherland | Margaret Armen | A planet is discovered inhabited by a race of females. | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | | More Tribbles, More Troubles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Hal Sutherland | David Gerrold | Cyrano Jones is back with a new strain of tribble. | 7.6 | 8 | 5 | | The Survivor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Hal Sutherland | James Schmerer | A man is discovered after being lost but may be considerably changed. | 7.4 | 8 | 6 | | The Infinite Vulcan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Hal Sutherland | Walter Koenig | After Sulu is poisoned on an away mission, Spock becomes a target of interest. | 6.6 | 8 | 7 | | The Magicks of Megas-Tu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Hal Sutherland | Larry Brody | At the center of the galaxy, the Enterprise is forced to face certain questions of theology. | 6.9 | 7 | 8 | | Once Upon a Planet | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Hal Sutherland | Len Janson
Chuck Menville | The amusement planet seems to have been left unattended. | 6.8 | 8 | 9 | | Mudd's Passion | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Hal Sutherland | Stephen Kandel | Harry Mud is back, claiming to have a wondrous love potion. | 7.4 | 8 | 10 | | Episode Name | Episode Slots | Season | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | Personal Rating | Misc. | | The Terratin Incident | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Hal Sutherland | Paul Schneider [II] | The crew begins to shrink. | 6.8 | 7 | 11 | | The Time Trap | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Hal Sutherland | Joyce Perry | The Enterprise investigates the Delta Triangle, where several ships have disappeared. | 7.0 | 7 | 12 | | The Ambergris Element | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Hal Sutherland | Margaret Armen | Kirk and Spock must find a cure for their condition before they turn green at the gills. | 7.1 | 8 | 13 | | The Slaver Weapon | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Hal Sutherland | Larry Niven | The Enterprise runs afoul of the Kzinti who wish to learn the secrets of an ancient Slaver artifact. | 7.9 | 7 | 14 | | The Eye of the Beholder | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Hal Sutherland | David P. Harmon | The crew finds a planet with a very diverse zoological profile. | 7.2 | 7 | 15 | | The Jihad | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Hal Sutherland | Stephen Kandel | Kirk and Spock join a team sent to retrieve an artifact in an attempt to stop a holy war. | 6.8 | 8 | 16 | | The Pirates of Orion | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Hal Sutherland | Howard Weinstein | It's a race against the clock when Spock contracts an illness that, while inconvenient to humans, is fatal to Vulcans within three days. | 6.8 | 8 | 17 | | Bem | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Hal Sutherland | David Gerrold | An enigmatic being is assigned to the Enterprise and soon leads them into serious trouble. | 6.9 | 7 | 18 | | The Practical Joker | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Hal Sutherland | Chuck Menville
Len Janson | An energy field infects the Enterprise and gives it an inconvenient sense of humor. | 7.4 | 7 | 19 | | Albatross | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Hal Sutherland | Dario Finelli | McCoy is accused of mass murder and the Enterprise must set out to clear his name. | 7.7 | 9 | 20 | | Episode Name | Episode Slots | Season | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | Personal Rating | Misc. | | How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Bill Reed | David Wise
Russell Bates | A being is found in space who claims to have been known on earth as Kukulkan. | 7.2 | 7 | 21 | | The Counter-Clock Incident | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Bill Reed | Fred Bronson | The Enterprise is pulled into a dimension where time flows in the opposite direction. | 7.5 | 8 | 22 |
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