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Whitney left the series after "The Conscience of the King", [21] [29] [30] but would later make minor appearances in the first, third, fourth, and sixth Star Trek films as well as one episode of the companion series Star Trek: Voyager. Star Trek ' s first season comprised 29 episodes, including the two-part episode "The Menagerie", which ...
This was the first Star Trek episode to air on television, although the sixth to be filmed; it was chosen as the first of the series to be broadcast by the studio due to the horror plot. "The Man Trap" placed first in the timeslot with a Nielsen rating of 25.2 for the first half-hour and 24.2 for the remainder.
The first season, with remastered effects, debuted on Blu-ray on April 28, 2009. On September 6, 2016, it was re-released as part of the Star Trek 50th Anniversary set, which included the three seasons of the original series, original-cast films up to Star Trek VI, and the 1970s animated series on Blu-Ray optical discs. [13]
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first suggested the idea of a Star Trek feature in 1969. [130] 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. [131]
In 2016, SyFy ranked "The Cage" as the fifth best out of six Star Trek TV show pilots, with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "Emissary" in first place. [29] In 2017, Inverse recommended "The Cage" as "essential watching" for Star Trek: Discovery. [30] In 2023, Den of Geek ranked "The Cage" as the best pilot episode for any series in the franchise. [31]
It was the first Star Trek episode to be written solely by a woman (Fontana had previously written the teleplay for the episode “Charlie X” but the story was credited to Gene Roddenberry). In the episode, the Enterprise is sent back in time to Earth in the 1960s, where the US Air Force detects it. The crew must correct the damage to the ...
"The Naked Time" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by John D. F. Black and directed by Marc Daniels, it first aired on September 29, 1966.
For the first time in its 57-year existence, "Star Trek" made a musical episode. Our television critic and 'Star Trek' fan Robert Lloyd discusses the episode with reporter and musical theater ...