. Original broadcasts:. ( ). (4:3 ) Audio format Original release September 8, 1973 ( 1973-09-08) – October 12, 1974 ( 1974-10-12) Chronology Preceded by Followed by Related shows External links Star Trek: The Animated Series (originally known simply as Star Trek but also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek) is a 1973 set in the universe following the events of of the 1960s. The animated series was aired under the name Star Trek, but it has become widely known under this longer name (or abbreviated as ST: TAS or TAS) to differentiate it from the original series.
The success of the original live action series in syndication, and fan pressure for a Star Trek revival, led to The Animated Series from 1973–1974, as the source of new adventures of the Enterprise crew, the next being the live-action feature film (1979). The Animated Series was the original cast's last episodic portrayal of the characters until the 'cartoon-like' graphics of the in 1992 as well as its sequel in 1993. Both appeared after the cast's final movie together, released in December 1991. The animated series was critically acclaimed and was the first Star Trek series to win an when its second season won the 1975 Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment – Children's Series. Contents. Voice casting The animated series featured most of the original cast voicing their characters.
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The major exception was the character of , who did not appear in the series because the series' budget could not afford the complete cast. He was replaced by two animated characters who made semi-regular appearances: Lieutenant, whose Edosian species had three arms and three legs; and Lieutenant, a female. Besides performing their characters and, and also performed the voices of Arex and M'Ress, respectively.
Initially, Filmation was only going to use the voices of, Doohan and Barrett. Doohan and Barrett would also perform the voices of Sulu and Uhura. Nimoy refused to voice Spock in the series unless and were added to the cast—claiming that and were of importance as they 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. Koenig was not forgotten, and later wrote an episode for the series, becoming the first Star Trek actor to write a Star Trek story. Koenig wrote ', which had plot elements from the original Star Trek episode 'Space Seed' blended into it. As is usual with animation projects, the did not perform together but recorded their parts separately to avoid clashing with other commitments. For example, William Shatner, who was touring in a play at the time, recorded his lines in whatever city where he happened to be performing and had the tapes shipped to the studio.
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, except for a few notable exceptions such as, and, who were performed by the original actors from The Original Series. Other occasional guest voice actors were also used, including (Commander Straker on ) who voiced the Megan Prosecutor in ', and who voiced Carter Winston in '. Nichelle Nichols also performed other character voices in addition to Uhura in several episodes, including ' and '. Episodes Season 1 (1973–74) No.
In season Title Directed by Written by Original air date 1 1 ' 5221.3 September 8, 1973 ( 1973-09-08) While exploring on the outermost rim of the galaxy the 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 ' 5373.4 Hal Sutherland September 15, 1973 ( 1973-09-15) must travel to the past to rescue his younger self from danger. 3 3 ' 5371.3 Hal Sutherland September 22, 1973 ( 1973-09-22) 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 colony governed by former Starfleet officer Bob Wesley (featured in the ST/TOS episode ')'. 4 4 ' 5483.7 Hal Sutherland September 29, 1973 ( 1973-09-29) 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 ' 5392.4 Hal Sutherland October 6, 1973 ( 1973-10-06) While the USS Enterprise escorts two robot cargo ships carrying quintotriticale, a new seed grain, to famine stricken Sherman's Planet, it encounters a 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 ' 5143.3 Hal Sutherland James Schmerer October 13, 1973 ( 1973-10-13) Patrolling near the, the USS Enterprise finds a ship manned by Carter Winston, a Federation citizen and philanthropist who has been missing for five years. 7 7 ' 5554.4 Hal Sutherland October 20, 1973 ( 1973-10-20) While visiting the newly discovered planet Phylos, 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 ' 1254.4 Hal Sutherland October 27, 1973 ( 1973-10-27) 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 ' 5591.2 Hal Sutherland and November 3, 1973 ( 1973-11-03) The Enterprise crew revisits the 'amusement park' planet first seen in the Classic Trek episode ' hoping for some rest and relaxation.
10 10 ' 4978.5 Hal Sutherland Stephen Kandel November 10, 1973 ( 1973-11-10) The USS Enterprise receives orders to arrest Federation outlaw, who is accused of selling fake love crystals. Intercepting Harry on the mining colony of Motherlode, they bring him aboard the Enterprise. 11 11 ' 5577.3 Hal Sutherland November 17, 1973 ( 1973-11-17) While observing a burnt-out supernova, the USS Enterprise picks up a strange message transmitted in a two-hundred-year-old code. 12 12 ' 5267.2 Hal Sutherland Joyce Perry November 24, 1973 ( 1973-11-24) 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 ' 5499.9 Hal Sutherland Margaret Armen December 1, 1973 ( 1973-12-01) While exploring the 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 ' 4187.3 Hal Sutherland Adapted from the short story 'The Soft Weapon' by: Written by: Larry Niven December 15, 1973 ( 1973-12-15) In the shuttlecraft Copernicus, Mr. Spock, Uhura and Sulu are en route to 25 to deliver a stasis box—a rare artifact of the culture when the Kzinti intervene. 15 15 ' 5501.2 Hal Sutherland January 5, 1974 ( 1974-01-05) 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 ' 5683.1 Hal Sutherland Stephen Kandel January 12, 1974 ( 1974-01-12) 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) No. In season Title Directed by Written by Original air date 17 1 ' 6334.1 Bill Reed Howard Weinstein September 7, 1974 ( 1974-09-07) Spock contracts a fatal illness, and the cure can only be found with dangerous. 18 2 ' 7403.6 Bill Reed David Gerrold September 14, 1974 ( 1974-09-14) The Enterprise crew is taken captive by a race of primitives on a newly discovered planet. 19 3 ' 3183.3 Bill Reed Chuck Menville September 21, 1974 ( 1974-09-21) A strange energy field causes the Enterprise computer to play on the crew, but the humor soon turns to danger. 20 4 ' 5275.6 Bill Reed Dario Finelli September 28, 1974 ( 1974-09-28) Doctor McCoy is arrested for allegedly causing a deadly which once ravaged the planet Dramia.
21 5 ' 6063.4 Bill Reed Russell Bates and October 5, 1974 ( 1974-10-05) A mysterious being threatens to destroy the Enterprise if the crew is unable to solve an ancient puzzle. 22 6 ' 6770.3 Bill Reed October 12, 1974 ( 1974-10-12) An unusual spaceship pulls the Enterprise into a 'negative ' where time seems to flow backwards.
The characters of TAS. 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 and Bill Reed directed the six episodes of season two. All of this series' episodes were novelized by 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 ('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 in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, were edited to run the teaser after the credits. The series' writing benefited from a strike in 1973, which did not apply to animation. A few episodes are especially notable due to contributions from well-known science fiction authors:. ' was written by as a sequel to his episode ' from the original series.
Here Cyrano Jones is rescued from the, bringing with him a genetically altered breed of which do not reproduce but do grow extremely large. (It is later discovered that these are really, 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. ' is a time-travel episode in which uses 'The Guardian of Forever', a time gateway from the original series episode ', to travel back to his own childhood. This is the only animated Trek episode written by original series and later Next Generation writer.
This was the first actual appearance of Spock's pet, first mentioned in ' 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 ) in the '. Elements of Spock's childhood from 'Yesteryear' are also referenced in the episode ' as well as the 2009 Star Trek feature film. 's ', adapted from his own short story 'The Soft Weapon'. It includes some elements from his mythos such as the and the. 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.
Actor autographing an original animation cel from the series at in Manhattan. Novelties in the series In the original Star Trek series, the title character was given the name James T. It wasn't until the animated series that writer replaced the 'T', giving us. It was purely coincidental that he chose 'Tiberius' (on Gene Roddenberry's first series, the principal character was William Tiberius Rice). According to Gerrold, he had been influenced by, and had approached Roddenberry with his choice of middle name, but it wasn't until 2014 that he learned of its earlier use. 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. The USS Enterprise in this series, while supposedly the same ship as from the original series, had a similar to the one introduced in, which was set about eighty years later.
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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 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, where they were referred to as 'field-effect suits'.
The episode ' provides a rare instance in early in which a female took (temporary) command of a starship. Due to the male crew members being incapacitated, assumes command of the Enterprise from Scotty. Other instances occurred on the first and last adventures ever filmed in the original series:. ', in which took command after the abduction of, and. ', in which Dr. Janice Lester took over the body of Captain Kirk and assumed command.
'The Lorelei Signal' and ', the latter written by Walter Koenig, are rare occurrences where Captain Kirk comes close to actually saying, ' (long erroneously believed to be a Star Trek ), when he commands 'Beam us up, Scotty.' Arguably comes closer to it by having Kirk say 'Scotty, beam me up'. An anti-pollution public service announcement was created for nonprofit featuring the ST: TAS characters and original cast voices.
In the ad, the Enterprise encounters the 'Rhombian Pollution Belt'. The ad ran during Saturday morning network programming during the series' run. The animated series also dispensed with the original series' theme music, composed by, in favor of a new theme credited to Yvette Blais and Jeff Michael (actually Filmation composer, working under a pseudonym). This has never been publicly explained; one possible explanation is that the producers wished to avoid having to pay royalties for using the original theme.
Canon issues. Main article: At the end of the first season of, all licenses for were renegotiated, and the animated series was essentially 'decanonized' by 's office. Writers of the novels, comics and role-playing games were prohibited from using concepts from the animated series in their works. Among the facts established within the animated series that were called into question by the 'official canon' issue was its identification of as the first captain of the USS Enterprise in the episode 'The Counter-Clock Incident'. The by production staffers and does not include the animated series, but does include certain events from 'Yesteryear' and acknowledges Robert April as first captain of the Enterprise. 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 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.' , 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 DC 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.
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Gene handed him the responsibility of answering all fan questions, silly or otherwise, and he apparently let that go to his head. Writer-producer 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.
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 episode ', Kor referred to his ship, the Klothos, which was first named in the TAS episode '. Other DS9 episodes to make reference to the animated series include ', where mentions Edosian orchids (Arex is an Edosian) and ' where a is called the USS ShirKahr (sic) after ShiKahr, the city from 'Yesteryear'. In the episode ' where the title of healer is resurrected from 'Yesteryear' as well. Vulcan's Forge is also mentioned in ', in which wants to honeymoon there with, as well as in episodes ', ' and ' from.
The episodes ' and ' included references to ', the latter featuring a rendition of a wild. The remastered Original Series episode ' featured ShiKahr in the background as Spock beams up at the episode's ending, and the remastered version of ' replaced the Botany Bay-style Woden with an automated grain carrier from '. The 2009 film 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. Carter Winston, from ', has a small but important role late in the 1984 tie-in novel. In recent years, references to The Animated Series have also cropped up again in the licensed books and comics. And, characters from the animated series, appear in the novels by, 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, had been ended by Gene Roddenberry's office.) A race introduced in the episode ', represented by a character named M3 Green, is named the Nasat in the novellas.
These stories feature a regular Nasat character,. The Vulcan city of ShiKahr also appears in many books., then of, 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. Has—as part of its license for the series of games—incorporated many aspects of The Animated Series into its works, not least being the inclusion of the, although in a modified form.
In addition used elements from The Animated Series in its sourcebooks and modules for its. Producer has commented that had the show been renewed for a fifth season, the would have been introduced. Starship designs were produced which closely resemble the Kzinti/ ships from the, a gaming universe that includes the boardgame and its analogue. On June 27, 2007, Star Trek 's official site incorporated information from The Animated Series into its library section, clarifying, finally, that the animated series is part of the Star Trek canon. Both David Gerrold and D.
Fontana have stated that the animated series is essentially the fourth season that fans wanted originally. Reception Star Trek: The Animated Series was named the 96th best animated series. 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. Home video. This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
(January 2017). The complete series was first released in the United States on eleven volumes of tapes in 1989. For the United Kingdom, seven volumes (1x4 episodes and 6x3 episodes on PAL ) from completed the series (Released in 1992 in the UK). Although CIC-Taft Australia negotiated an Australasian release, they did not proceed with their plans. A boxed set of the complete series on was released for the US market in 1990, then re-released in 1997. A Region 1 (USA) of the series was released on November 21, 2006, and has since been released internationally for other Regions.
It was the last series of Paramount's Star Trek television franchise to be released to DVD. The series was added to Netflix streaming on September 2, 2011. 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. See also. 'Star Trek: The Animated Series'.
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