1967 (production)

Events

January

• 3 January – First draft script for TOS: "Errand of Mercy" is submitted with final drafts coming 6 and 23 January.
• 4 January –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon".
  • Bob Almond and Judy Klass are born.
• 5 January –
  • TOS: "The Galileo Seven" airs on NBC.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "This Side of Paradise".
• 8 January – Rachel Ketchum is born.
• 11 January – Deborah Levin and Steven Piziks are born.

Star Trek 1, by James Blish, is first published

• 12 January – TOS: "The Squire of Gothos" airs.
• 13 January – Filming is completed on TOS: "This Side of Paradise".
• 16 January – Filming begins on TOS: "The Devil in the Dark".
• 19 January – TOS: "Arena" airs and first draft script for TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!" is submitted titled "Operation: Destroy!" with a final draft following on 24 January and further revisions on 3 and 13 February.
• 24 January – Phil LaMarr is born.
• 25 January – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Devil in the Dark".
• 26 January –
  • TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" airs.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Errand of Mercy".
• 27 January –
  • Rewrite draft script for TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" with revisions coming 30 January and 1 February.
• The first Star Trek novel, Star Trek 1 by James Blish, is published by Bantam Books collecting episode novelizations.
  • Jim Moorhouse is born.

February

• 2 February –
  • TOS: "Court Martial" airs.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Errand of Mercy".
  • Jenny Lumet is born.
• 3 February – Filming begins on TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever".
• 4 February – David G. Trotti is born.
• 8 February – Todd Masters is born.
• 9 February – TOS: "The Return of the Archons" airs.
• 10 February – Donald R. Jankiewicz is born.
• 12 February – Christie Haydon is born.
• 14 February –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever".
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!".
• 16 February –
  • TOS: "Space Seed" airs.
  • Tim Bradstreet and Pasha Lychnikoff are born.
• 19 February – Greg Hooper is born.
• 20 February – Justin Louis is born.
• 22 February – Filming is completed on TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!" and the first season of Star Trek.
• 23 February – TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon" airs.
• 28 February –
  • The New York Times publishes NBC's fall 1967 schedule, with Star Trek scheduled to air Tuesdays from 7:30-8:30 pm.
  • Charles S. Chun, David McGrath, and Cecelia Specht are born.

March

1967 cover of TV Guide

• 1 March – Cenita L. Johnson is born.
• 2 March –
  • TOS: "This Side of Paradise" airs.
  • Script outline for TOS: "Mirror, Mirror" is submitted.
• 4 March –
  • Star Trek is featured for the first time on the March 4-10 cover of TV Guide.
  • Luigi Amodeo is born.
• 6 March – Robert Kato DeStefan is born.
• 9 March – TOS: "The Devil in the Dark" airs.
• 12 March – Rick Worthy is born.
• 13 March – Lou Anders is born.
• 14 March – E. Michael Fincke is born.
• 15 March –
  • The New York Times publishes corrections to NBC's previously announced fall 1967 schedule; Star Trek, previously announced as airing Tuesdays at 7:30 pm, has been moved in the revised schedule to Fridays at 8:30 pm.
  • Stephen Matthew Garvin is born.
• 20 March – Nichole McAuley and Scott Benefiel are born.
• 23 March – TOS: "Errand of Mercy" airs.
• 27 March – Scott L. Treger is born.
• 30 March – TOS: "The Alternative Factor" airs.

April

• 2 April – Daniel Arrias is born.
• 5 April – Tasia Valenza is born.
• 6 April – TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" airs.
• 7 April – Daris Toussaint is born.
• 10 April – Tim Tuohy is born.
• 12 April – Michael Wiseman is born.
• 13 April – TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!" airs as the final episode of the first season.
• 19 April – First draft script for TOS: "Metamorphosis" is submitted.
• 20 April – TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is repeated.
• 23 April – Rob Steiner is born.
• 24 April –
  • Lamont D. Thompson is born.
  • Frank Overton dies.
• 27 April –
  • TOS: "The Naked Time" is repeated.
  • Michael William Rivkin is born.
• 29 April – Terrell Clayton is born.
• 30 April – Todd Leatherbury is born.

May

• 1 May –
  • First draft script for TOS: "The Changeling" is submitted.
  • First draft script for TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is also submitted, titled "The Gamesters of Pentathalon".
  • Gilley Grey is born.
• 2 May –
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Catspaw", and the second season of Star Trek.
  • Final draft script for TOS: "Amok Time" is submitted with a second revision coming 5 June.
• 3 May – Keith P. Cunningham is born.
• 4 May – TOS: "Mudd's Women" is repeated.
• 5 May – Adam Hughes is born.
• 9 May – Story outline for TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" is submitted.
• 10 May – First draft script for TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" is submitted.
• 11 May –
  • TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver" is repeated.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Catspaw".
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Metamorphosis".
• 12 May – A story outline for a sequel to TOS: "The Naked Time" by John D.F. Black is submitted, to be eventually rewritten for TNG: "The Naked Now".
• 15 May – Robert Meyer Burnett is born.
• 18 May – TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I" is repeated.
• 19 May –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Metamorphosis".
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Friday's Child".
  • Steve Lieber is born.
• 20 May – Cheryl Gluckstern and Stephanie Niznik are born.
• 23 May –
  • First draft script for TOS: "I, Mudd" is submitted.
  • Patrick Barnitt is born.
• 25 May – TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II" is repeated.
• 26 May – Joseph Jagatic and Kelly Port are born.
• 29 May –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Friday's Child".
  • Melissa Young is born.
• 31 May – Filming begins on TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?".

June

• 1 June –
  • TOS: "Charlie X" is repeated.
  • Michelle Sebek is born.
• 4 June – Michael Greyeyes is born.
• 5 June – Jordu Schell is born.
• 6 June – Paul Giamatti is born.
• 7 June – Dayton Ward is born.
• 8 June –
  • TOS: "Shore Leave" is repeated.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?".
• 9 June – Filming begins on TOS: "Amok Time".
• 13 June – Rogan Wilde is born.
• 15 June – TOS: "The Devil in the Dark" is repeated.
• 16 June – John Franklin is born.
• 18 June – David Burke is born.
• 19 June – Filming is completed on TOS: "Amok Time".
• 20 June – Filming begins on TOS: "The Doomsday Machine".
• 21 June – Revised final draft script for TOS: "Wolf in the Fold" is submitted.
• 22 June – TOS: "The Squire of Gothos" is repeated.
• 23 June – James Cawley is born.
• 25 June – Richard Rothenberg is born.
• 26 June – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Doomsday Machine".
• 27 June – Filming begins on TOS: "Wolf in the Fold".
• 29 June – TOS: "Miri" is repeated.

July

"The Planet of No Return"

• 1 July – Hugh Fleming is born.
• 2 July – Daren Dochterman and Cynthia Madvig are born.
• 5 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "Wolf in the Fold".
• 6 July –
  • TOS: "Arena" is repeated.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "The Changeling".
• 8 July – Michael Buchman Silver is born.
• 10 July – Bruce Branit and Steve Rizzo are born.
• 11 July – Amy Kate Connolly is born.
• 12 July – Second revised final draft script for TOS: "The Apple" is submitted.
• 13 July –
  • TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" is repeated.
  • Jaq Greenspon is born.
• 14 July –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The Changeling".
  • Filming begins on TOS: "The Apple".
  • Juliet Cesario is born.
• 15 July – Christopher Golden is born.
• 18 July – Peter Harmyk is born.
• 20 July – TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon" is repeated.
• 21 July – First draft scripts for TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" and "Bread and Circuses" are submitted.
• 24 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Apple".
• 25 July –
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Mirror, Mirror".
  • Nina Xining Zuo is born.
• 27 July –
  • TOS: "The Return of the Archons" is repeated.
  • The sale of Desilu Studios to Gulf+Western is finalized, and Desilu is absorbed into Paramount Television under which flag Star Trek is from now on produced.
  • The first Star Trek comic book, "The Planet of No Return" by Nevio Zeccara, is published by Gold Key.
  • Kellie Waymire is born.
• 28 July – A transfer ceremony is held on the Desilu lot; former owner Lucille Ball leaves the very same day, never to return.
• 31 July – Rudolf Martin and Lou Simon are born.

August

• 1 August – Revised final draft script for TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" is submitted.
• 2 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "Mirror, Mirror".
• 3 August –
  • TOS: "Balance of Terror" is repeated.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "The Deadly Years".
• 5 August – Scott St. Blaze is born.
• 10 August –
  • TOS: "This Side of Paradise" is repeated.
  • Sean Blakemore is born.
• 11 August –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The Deadly Years".
  • Filming begins on TOS: "I, Mudd".
• 14 August – Story outline for TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome" is submitted with a final draft coming 17 October.
• 17 August – Tony Angelotti is born.
• 18 August – Brian Michael Bendis is born.
• 21 August – Filming beings on TOS: "I, Mudd".
• 22 August –
  • Filming begins on TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles".
  • First draft script for TOS: "Journey to Babel" is submitted with a second revised final draft following on 19 September.
• 24 August –
  • TOS: "Space Seed" is repeated.
  • Nancy Bell is born.
• 29 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles".
• 30 August –
  • First draft script for TOS: "A Private Little War" is submitted.
  • Vaun Wilmott is born.
• 31 August – TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" is repeated.
• August 31 through September 4 – NyCon 3 takes place in New York with Harlan Ellison as the toastmaster. It was at this time TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II" wins the Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation"; beating out, among other works, "The Naked Time" and "The Corbomite Maneuver" for this year's award. [1]

September

• 3 September – Una McCormack is born.
• 9 September – Clint Lilley is born.
• 10 September – Doselle Young is born.
• 12 September –
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Bread and Circuses".
  • Third revised final draft script for TOS: "Bread and Circuses" is submitted.
  • Brian J. Robb is born.
• 15 September – TOS: "Amok Time" airs on NBC as the first episode of the second season.
• 20 September –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Bread and Circuses".
  • Victoria Dillard is born.
• 21 September – Filming begins on TOS: "Journey to Babel".
• 22 September – TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?" airs.
• 25 September – Kyla Kuhner is born.
• 26 September – Star Trek premieres on Australian television.
• 28 September –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Journey to Babel".
  • First draft script for TOS: "A Piece of the Action" is submitted titled "Mission Into Chaos" with a final draft coming 30 October.
• 29 September –
  • TOS: "The Changeling" airs.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "A Private Little War".
• 30 September – Chris Eliopoulos is born.

October

• 5 October – Sean Smith is born.
• 6 October –
  • Clegg Hoyt dies.
  • TOS: "Mirror, Mirror" airs.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "A Private Little War".
• 8 October – Moose Baumann and Andrew Moodie are born.
• 9 October –
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Obsession".
  • James Calvert is born.
• 10 October – Michael Giacchino is born.
• 13 October – TOS: "The Apple" airs.
• 15 October – Richard Redlefsen is born.
• 16 October – Filming is completed on TOS: "Obsession".
• 17 October – Filming begins on TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion".
• 20 October –
  • TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" airs.
  • Daniel Stewart is born.
• 22 October – Larissa Laskin and Brenda-Jean Wright are born.
• 24 October – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion".
• 25 October – Filming begins on TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome".
• 26 October –
  • Stanford G. Haughton dies.
  • A.J. Raitano is born.
• 27 October – TOS: "Catspaw" airs.
• 28 October – Karl Story is born.
• 30 October – Stewart W. Lew is born.

November

• 1 November – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome".
• 2 November – Filming begins on TOS: "A Piece of the Action".
• 3 November – TOS: "I, Mudd" airs.
• 6 November – Cullen Douglas is born.
• 7 November – Revised final draft script for TOS: "By Any Other Name" is submitted.
• 9 November – Filming is completed on TOS: "A Piece of the Action".
• 10 November –
  • TOS: "Metamorphosis" airs.
• 13 November – Dennis Keiffer is born.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "By Any Other Name".
• 17 November –
  • TOS: "Journey to Babel" airs.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "By Any Other Name".
• 20 November –
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Return to Tomorrow".
  • D7-class design perfected on the twenty-fourth sketch by Matt Jefferies.
• 22 November – Second revised final script for TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" is submitted.
• 23 November – Salli Elise Richardson is born.
• 26 November – Craig Asato is born.
• 28 November – Filming is completed on TOS: "Return to Tomorrow".
• 29 November –
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Patterns of Force".
  • Theo Marcuse dies.

December

• 1 December –
  • TOS: "Friday's Child" airs.
  • Stephen Blackehart and Terry Virts are born.
• 2 December – Steve DeRelian is born.
• 6 December –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Patterns of Force".
  • Lucia Rijker is born.
• 7 December – Filming begins on TOS: "The Ultimate Computer"
• 8 December –
  • TOS: "The Deadly Years" airs.
  • Estel Eugene Walker is born.
• 14 December – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Ultimate Computer".
• 15 December –
  • TOS: "Obsession" airs.
• 19 December – Mike Satterfield and Dan Taylor are born.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "The Omega Glory".
• 20 December – First draft script for TOS: "Assignment: Earth" is submitted.
• 22 December – TOS: "Wolf in the Fold" airs.
• 24 December – Randy J. Goodwin is born.
• 25 December – Ana Barredo is born.
• 26 December –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The Omega Glory".
  • Lydia Tracy is born.
• 29 December – TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" airs.
• 30 December – Terita Jackson is born.

Unknown month

• Release of Star Trek Game by Ideal Toy Company
• Jonathan Fernandez, Isabel Lorca, Tobias Richter, and Robyn Stewart are born.

Media gallery

"The Galileo Seven"

"Tomorrow is Yesterday"

"Court Martial"

"The Return of the Archons"

"A Taste of Armageddon"

"The Devil in the Dark"

"The Alternative Factor"

"Operation -- Annihilate!"

"Amok Time"

"The Changeling"

"The Apple"

"Catspaw"

"Metamorphosis"

"Friday's Child"

"Obsession"

"Wolf in the Fold"

"The Squire of Gothos"

"Arena"

Star Trek 1

"Space Seed"

"This Side of Paradise"

"Errand of Mercy"

"The City on the Edge of Forever"

"The Planet of No Return"

"Who Mourns for Adonais?"

"Mirror, Mirror"

"The Doomsday Machine"

"I, Mudd"

"Journey to Babel"

"The Deadly Years"

"The Trouble with Tribbles"

1966

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1968