The first season of Star Trek, later known as Star Trek: The Original Series, was produced and filmed from May 1966 to February 1967 by Desilu. It began airing in the fall season on NBC, running new episodes until the spring of 1967, and continuing in repeats until the premiere of TOS Season 2 in the fall of 1967.
In the United Kingdom, the season premiered on the ITV network on Sunday, September 6, 1981, and ended on Sunday, March 21, 1982.
Episodes
First pilot
| Title | Episode | Production number | Stardate | US release date | Remastered airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Cage" | 0x01 | 6149-01 | Unknown | 1988-10-04 | 2009-05-02 |
Season 1
Summary
The Starfleet vessel USS Enterprise sets out on a five-year mission to explore new worlds and seek out new lifeforms in the Alpha Quadrant of the Galaxy. Under the command of Human Captain James T. Kirk and the Vulcan Spock, the Enterprise comes across many strange lifeforms in the first year of its mission – including shapeshifters, androids, and even more bizarre creatures. Elsewhere, there are run-ins with several prominent species, including the warrior race of the Klingons, the Romulan Star Empire, and the Gorn.
The rest of the crew develop close bonds on the long journey, and even as each one experiences the joys of the brave new world of space, they all experience grief and sacrifices. Amongst those who grow close as part of the senior staff are one of the ship's nurses, Christine Chapel, the ship's doctor Leonard McCoy, Kirk's yeoman Janice Rand, helmsman Hikaru Sulu and communications officer Uhura.
Background information
- Production for the initial season of Star Trek cost an average of US$190,635 per episode. (Some episodes went largely over budget, such as "The City on the Edge of Forever", which cost $250,396, the most expensive of all series episodes except the two pilots.) But this figure would gradually decrease in the following two seasons. (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story)
- Each episode was scheduled to be filmed in six days; however, many of them went over schedule, resulting in one or two extra days of shooting. When Paramount Pictures took over Desilu in mid-season 2, schedules became much more strict, and episodes had to be completed in six days (actually closer to five and half days.)
- The first season of TOS was nominated for two Emmy Awards in 1967 as "Outstanding Dramatic Series" and "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama – Leonard Nimoy".
- The episodes "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II", and "The City on the Edge of Forever" won Hugo Awards as "Best Dramatic Presentation". "The Corbomite Maneuver" and "The Naked Time" were also nominated.
Credits
Cast
- Starring
- Jeffrey Hunter as Capt. Pike ("The Cage")
- William Shatner as Capt. Kirk ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Also starring
- Leonard Nimoy as "Mr. Spock"
- Featuring
- DeForest Kelley as "Dr. McCoy"
- James Doohan as "Scott"
- George Takei as "Sulu"
- Nichelle Nichols as "Uhura"
- Grace Lee Whitney as "Yeoman Rand"
- Majel Barrett as "Christine Chapel"
- All cast
Crew
- Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- "The Cage"
- "Mudd's Women" (story)
- "Charlie X" (story)
- "The Menagerie, Part I"
- "The Menagerie, Part II"
- "The Return of the Archons" (story)
- Samuel A. Peeples
- Jerry Sohl/Nathan Butler
- "The Corbomite Maneuver"
- "This Side of Paradise" (story)
- Stephen Kandel
- "Mudd's Women" (teleplay)
- Richard Matheson
- George Clayton Johnson
- John D.F. Black
- D.C. Fontana
- "Charlie X" (teleplay)
- "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
- "This Side of Paradise" (teleplay/story)
- Paul Schneider
- Robert Bloch
- S. Bar-David
- "Dagger of the Mind"
- "The Galileo Seven" (teleplay)
- Adrian Spies
- "Miri"
- Barry Trivers
- Oliver Crawford
- "The Galileo Seven" (teleplay/story)
- Don M. Mankiewicz
- "Court Martial" (teleplay/story)
- Steven W. Carabatsos
- "Court Martial" (teleplay)
- "Operation -- Annihilate!"
- Theodore Sturgeon
- Gene L. Coon
- "Arena" (teleplay)
- "A Taste of Armageddon" (teleplay)
- "Space Seed" (teleplay)
- "The Devil in the Dark"
- "Errand of Mercy"
- Fredric Brown
- "Arena" (story)
- Don Ingalls
- Boris Sobelman
- "The Return of the Archons" (teleplay)
- Robert Hamner
- "A Taste of Armageddon" (teleplay/story)
- Carey Wilber
- "Space Seed" (teleplay/story)
- Harlan Ellison
- Directors
- Creator
- Producers
- Gene Roddenberry ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" – "Dagger of the Mind", "The Menagerie, Part II")
- Gene L. Coon ("The Conscious of the King", "The Menagerie, Part I")
- Executive Producer
- Gene Roddenberry ("The Conscious of the King", "The Menagerie, Part I")
- Associate Producers
- Robert H. Justman ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- John D.F. Black ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "Miri")
- Byron Haskin ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Script Consultant
- Steven W. Carabatsos ("The Conscience of the King" – "A Taste of Armageddon") (not credited for "The Menagerie, Part II")
- D.C. Fontana ("This Side of Paradise" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Director of Photography
- Ernest Haller, ASC ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Jerry Finnerman (all episodes, except "The Menagerie, Part II")
- William E. Snyder, ASC ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Production Designer
- Walter M. Jefferies ("Where No Man Has Gone Before", "Mudd's Women", "The Man Trap", "The Naked Time" and "Charlie X")
- Art Directors
- Rolland M. Brooks
- Roland M. Brooks ("The Corbomite Maneuver")
- Walter M. Jefferies
- Franz Bachelin ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Theme Music Composer
- Music Composer and Directer
- Alexander Courage ("Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Man Trap", "The Naked Time", "Dagger of the Mind", "Miri", "The Galileo Seven" – "The Menagerie, Part II", "The Squire of Gothos" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Fred Steiner ("The Corbomite Maneuver", "Mudd's Women", "Charlie X" – "What Are Little Girls Made Of?")
- Sol Kaplan ("The Enemy Within")
- Mullendore ("The Conscience of the King")
- Gerald Fried ("Shore Leave")
- Film Editor
- John Foley, ACE ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Robert L. Swanson ("The Corbomite Maneuver", "The Man Trap", "Balance of Terror", "The Galileo Seven", "The Menagerie, Part I")
- Bruce Schoengarth ("Mudd's Women", "The Naked Time", "Dagger of the Mind", "Court Martial", "The Squire of Gothos", "Tomorrow Is Yesterday", "A Taste of Armageddon", "Errand of Mercy")
- Fabien Tordjmann ("The Enemy Within", "Charlie X", "Miri", "Shore Leave", "Arena", "Return of the Archons", "The Devil in the Dark", "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Frank P. Keller, A.C.E. ("What Are Little Girls Made Of?", "The Conscience of the King")
- Leo Shreve ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- James D. Ballas, ACE ("The Alternative Factor", "Space Seed", "This Side of Paradise", "City on the Edge of Forever")
- Assistant to the Producer
- Edward K. Milkis ("The Corbomite Maneuver", "The Enemy Within", "The Conscience of the King" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Assistant Director
- Robert H. Justman ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Gregg Peters (odd-numbered episodes from "The Corbomite Maneuver" through "Arena", "Return of the Archons", "A Taste of Armageddon", "The Devil in the Dark", "City on the Edge of Forever")
- Michael S. Glick (even-numbered episodes from "Mudd's Women" through "The Alternative Factor", "Charlie X", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II", "Tomorrow Is Yesterday", "Space Seed", "This Side of Paradise", "Errand of Mercy", "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Tiger Shapiro (Second Assistant Director)
- Set Decorator
- Ross Dowd ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Carl F. Biddiscombe ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "What Are Little Girls Made Of?")
- Marvin March ("Dagger of the Mind" – "Operation -- Annihilate!") (uncredited for "The Menagerie, Part II")
- Edward M. Parker ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Costume Creator
- William Theiss ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Post Production Executive
- Bill Heath ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Music Editor
- Jack Hunsaker ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Robert H. Raff ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "The Conscience of the King", "Court Martial" – "Shore Leave")
- Jim Henrikson ("The Galileo Seven", "The Squire of Gothos" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Sound Editor
- Joseph G. Sorokin ("Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Corbomite Maneuver" – "Charlie X", "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" – "The Conscience of the King", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II")
- Douglas H. Grindstaff ("Balance of Terror", "The Galileo Seven", "Court Martial", "Shore Leave" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Sound Mixer
- Cam McCulloch ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Jack F. Lilly ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "The Return of the Archons", "Space Seed") (uncredited for "The Menagerie, Part II")
- Stanford G. Haughton ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Cameron McCulloch ("A Taste of Armageddon")
- Carl W. Daniels ("This Side of Paradise" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Photographic Effects
- Howard Anderson Co. ("Where No Man Has Gone Before, "The Corbomite Maneuver", "The Man Trap", "The Enemy Within" – "Charlie X", "The Menagerie, Part II")
- Westheimer Company ("Mudd's Women", "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", "Dagger of the Mind", "The Conscience of the King", "Shore Leave", "Arena", "Tomorrow Is Yesterday", "Space Seed", "This Side of Paradise", "Errand of Mercy", "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Film Effects of Hollywood ("Balance of Terror", "The Galileo Seven" – "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Squire of Gothos", "The Alternative Factor", "Return of the Archons", "A Taste of Armageddon", "The Devil in the Dark", "The City on the Edge of Forever")
- Cinema Research Corporation ("Miri")
- Script Supervisor
- George A. Rutter ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "Arena", "Return of the Archons" – "This Side of Paradise")
- Billy Vernon ("The Alternative Factor", "Tomorrow Is Yesterday")
- Music Consultant
- Wilbur Hatch ("Where No Man Has Gone Before – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Music Coordinator
- Julian Davidson ("Where No Man Has Gone Before – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Special Effects
- Bob Overbeck ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Jim Rugg ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "Operation -- Annihilate!"; except "The Menagerie, Part II")
- Joe Lombardi ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Property Master
- Irving A. Feinberg (all episodes; uncredited for "The Menagerie, Part II")
- Jack Briggs ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Gaffer
- George H. Merhoff (all episodes; uncredited for "The Menagerie, Part II")
- Bob Campbell ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Head Grip
- George Rader ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Production Supervisor
- James Paisley ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- James A. Paisley ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Bernard A. Widin ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Makeup Artist
- Robert Dawn ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Fred B. Phillips, SMA ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Hair Stylist
- Hazel Keats ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Virginia Darcy, CHS ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Gertrude Reade ("The Menagerie, Part II")
- Wardrobe/Wardrobe Mistress
- Paul McCardle ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Margaret Makau ("The Corbomite Maneuver" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Casting
- Joseph D'Agosta ("The Enemy Within", "The Naked Time", "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", "The Conscience of the King")
- Sound
- Glen Glenn Sound Co. ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- Production Companies
- Desilu
- Norway Corporation
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Herbert F. Solow ("The Corbomite Manuever" – "Operation -- Annihilate!")
Uncredited crew
- Darrell Anderson – Transporter Effects ("The Cage")
- John Chambers – Special Makeup Creator (for Leonard Nimoy) ("The Cage")
- Morris Chapnick – Assistant to the Producer ("The Cage")
- Jim Danforth – Prop Maker ("The Cage")
- Richard C. Datin – Model Maker ("The Cage", "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Galileo Seven", et.al.)
- Kellam de Forest (de Forest Research) – Researcher ("The Cage")
- Roger Duchowny – Second Assistant Director ("The Cage")
- Linwood G. Dunn – Visual Effects Cinematographer
- Pato Guzman – Production Designer ("The Cage")
- Oscar Katz – Executive in Charge of Production ("The Cage")
- Richard A. Kelley – Camera Operator ("The Cage")
- Thomas Kellogg – Production Illustrator ("The Galileo Seven")
- Reuben Klamer – Prop Maker ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- Harvey P. Lynn – Researcher ("The Cage")
- Bill McGovern – Clapper/Loader
- Donald R. Rode – Assistant Film Editor (also responsible for editing the episode trailers)
- Penny Romans – Choreographer (Susan Oliver's dance) ("The Cage")
- Denis Russell – Scenic Artist ("The Cage")
- Leo Shreve – Film Editor ("The Cage")
- Speed & Custom Shop ("The Galileo Seven")
- Craig Thompson – Office Manager Post-Production
- Penny Unger – Gene Roddenberry's secretary
- Charles Washburn – DGA Trainee
- Gene Winfield – Model and Set Maker ("The Galileo Seven")
- Albert Whitlock – Matte Painter ("The Cage", "Where No Man Has Gone Before")
See also
External links
- Star Trek: The Original Series season 1 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- The Original Series Season 1 episode reviews at Ex Astris Scientia
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