"Star Trek" (1966) TV series 1966-1969

Creator:

Gene Roddenberry
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

8 September 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Boldly Go. Again. (2006 remasters tagline)

Plot:

Capt. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore space and defend the United Federation of Planets.

Plot Keywords:

Federation | Space | Starship | Computer | Vulcan

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock / ... (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk / ... (79 episodes, 1966-1969)
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy (76 episodes, 1966-1969)
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura / ... (68 episodes, 1966-1969)
James Doohan	...	Scott / ... (65 episodes, 1966-1969)
Eddie Paskey	...	Lt. Leslie / ... (59 episodes, 1966-1968)
Bill Blackburn	...	Lt. Hadley / ... (59 episodes, 1966-1969)
George Takei	...	Sulu (51 episodes, 1966-1969)
Frank da Vinci	...	Lt. Brent / ... (44 episodes, 1966-1969)
Walter Koenig	...	Chekov (36 episodes, 1967-1969)
Majel Barrett	...	Nurse Chapel / ... (34 episodes, 1966-1969)
Roger Holloway	...	Lt. Lemli (32 episodes, 1967-1969)

Series Directed by
Marc Daniels		(15 episodes, 1966-1968)
Joseph Pevney		(14 episodes, 1967-1968)
Vincent McEveety		(6 episodes, 1966-1968)
Ralph Senensky		(6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jud Taylor		(5 episodes, 1968-1969)
Herb Wallerstein		(4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert Butler		(3 episodes, 1966)
Marvin J. Chomsky		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
John Meredyth Lucas		(3 episodes, 1968)
Gerd Oswald		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
James Goldstone		(2 episodes, 1966)
Herschel Daugherty		(2 episodes, 1967-1969)
David Alexander		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Writing credits
Gene Roddenberry		(80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Gene L. Coon		(12 episodes, 1967-1969)
D.C. Fontana		(10 episodes, 1966-1969)
Jerome Bixby		(4 episodes, 1967-1969)
John Meredyth Lucas		(4 episodes, 1967-1969)
Jerry Sohl		(3 episodes, 1966-1969)
Robert Bloch		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Oliver Crawford		(3 episodes, 1967-1969)
Margaret Armen		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Arthur Heinemann		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Stephen Kandel		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Paul Schneider		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Theodore Sturgeon		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Shimon Wincelberg		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
David Gerrold		(2 episodes, 1967-1969)
David P. Harmon		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Don Ingalls		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Art Wallace		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Steven W. Carabatsos		(2 episodes, 1967)
Jean Lisette Aroeste		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Produced by
Gene Roddenberry	....	executive producer / producer (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Robert H. Justman	....	associate producer / co-producer (71 episodes, 1966-1969)
Herbert F. Solow	....	executive in charge of production (54 episodes, 1966-1968)
Gene L. Coon	....	producer (33 episodes, 1966-1968)
Edward K. Milkis	....	associate producer / assistant producer (25 episodes, 1968-1969)
Fred Freiberger	....	producer (24 episodes, 1968-1969)
Gregg Peters	....	associate producer (24 episodes, 1968-1969)
John D.F. Black	....	associate producer (10 episodes, 1966)
John Meredyth Lucas	....	producer (10 episodes, 1967-1968)
Byron Haskin	....	associate producer / co-producer (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Original Music by
Alexander Courage		(26 episodes, 1966-1969)
Fred Steiner		(24 episodes, 1966-1969)
Gerald Fried		(9 episodes, 1966-1968)
Sol Kaplan		(6 episodes, 1966-1968)
George Duning		(6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jerry Fielding		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Cinematography by
Gerald Perry Finnerman		(60 episodes, 1966-1968)
Al Francis		(16 episodes, 1968-1969)
William E. Snyder		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Film Editing by
Fabien D. Tordjmann		(22 episodes, 1966-1969)
Bruce Schoengarth		(14 episodes, 1966-1968)
Donald R. Rode		(14 episodes, 1967-1969)
James Ballas		(11 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bill Brame		(8 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert L. Swanson		(5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Frank P. Keller		(2 episodes, 1966)
Leo H. Shreve		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Casting by
Joseph D'Agosta		(67 episodes, 1966-1969)
William J. Kenney		(7 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Production Design by
Walter M. Jefferies		(5 episodes, 1966)

Series Art Direction by
Walter M. Jefferies		(73 episodes, 1966-1969)
Rolland M. Brooks		(34 episodes, 1966-1967)
Franz Bachelin		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Set Decoration by
John M. Dwyer		(38 episodes, 1967-1969)
Marvin March		(19 episodes, 1966-1967)
Joseph J. Stone		(12 episodes, 1967)
Carl Biddiscombe		(8 episodes, 1966)

Series Costume Design by
William Ware Theiss		(79 episodes, 1966-1969)
Ken Harvey		(14 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Makeup Department
Fred B. Phillips	....	makeup artist (78 episodes, 1966-1969)
Pat Westmore	....	hair stylist / hair styles (46 episodes, 1967-1969)
Virginia Darcy	....	hair stylist (27 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jean Austin	....	hair stylist (4 episodes, 1967)
John Chambers	....	makeup designer (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Gregg Peters	....	unit production manager / unit manager (49 episodes, 1967-1969)
Bernard A. Widin	....	production supervisor (27 episodes, 1966-1967)
James Paisley	....	production supervisor (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael S. Glick	....	assistant director (15 episodes, 1966-1967)
Gregg Peters	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 1966-1967)
Rusty Meek	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 1967-1968)
Claude Binyon Jr.	....	assistant director (12 episodes, 1968-1969)
Phil Rawlins	....	assistant director (8 episodes, 1967-1968)
Gil Kissel	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1968-1969)
Elliot Schick	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1967)
Gene De Ruelle	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1969)
John M. Poer	....	dga trainee (5 episodes, 1969)
Robert H. Justman	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Art Department
Irving A. Feinberg	....	property master (77 episodes, 1966-1969)
Wah Chang	....	designer: Balok puppet / designer: Gorn / ... (10 episodes, 1966-1967)
Michael Minor	....	designer: Melkotian / designer: Tholian / ... (3 episodes, 1968)
Thomas Kellogg	....	shuttlecraft designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Doug Grindstaff	....	sound effects editor / sound editor (66 episodes, 1966-1969)
Carl Daniels	....	production sound mixer / sound mixer / ... (55 episodes, 1967-1969)
Gordon L. Day	....	sound re-recording mixer (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Elden Ruberg	....	sound re-recording mixer / re-recording mixer (24 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jack F. Lilly	....	sound mixer (21 episodes, 1966-1967)
Joseph G. Sorokin	....	sound editor (13 episodes, 1966)
Cam McCulloch	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Special Effects by
James Rugg	....	special effects (77 episodes, 1966-1969)
Darrell Anderson	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Roger Dorney	....	special effects crew (unknown episodes)
Linwood G. Dunn	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Joseph Westheimer	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Darrell Anderson	....	visual effects (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Howard A. Anderson	....	visual effects (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Melissa Berryann	....	assistant to executive producer (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Petri Blomqvist	....	technical consultant (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Chris DeCristo	....	2D supervisor (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Doug Drexler	....	technical consultant (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
James Holt	....	digital compositor (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Gary Kerr	....	technical consultant (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
David LaFountaine	....	visual effects executive producer (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Denise Okuda	....	producer (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Michael Okuda	....	producer (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
David Rossi	....	producer (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Wendy Ruiz	....	visual effects coordinator (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
John Small	....	systems support engineer (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Chris Tezber	....	visual effects coordinator (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Brian Vogt	....	lead lighting technical director (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Craig Weiss	....	director of visual effects: CBS Digital (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Niel Wray	....	visual effects supervisor (80 episodes, 1966-1969)
Max Gabl	....	lead matte artist / lead matte painter / ... (54 episodes, 1966-1969)
Robert H. Justman	....	technical consultant (54 episodes, 1966-1969)
Toni Pace Carstensen	....	visual effects producer (43 episodes, 1966-1968)
Jena Huynh	....	visual effects coordinator (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Luis F. Pazos	....	production assistant: visual effects (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Albert Whitlock	....	matte painter (8 episodes, 1966-1969)
Eric Ehemann	....	lead animator/CG lead (8 episodes, 1966-1967)
Ryan Reeb	....	digital artist (6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Richard Datin	....	model maker (5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Heekyung Shin	....	digital artist (4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Wah Chang	....	model builder: Balok's ship and cube / model builder: Romulan Bird of Prey (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Stunts
Paul Baxley	....	stunt double: William Shatner / stunt double / ... (10 episodes, 1966-1969)
Jay D. Jones	....	stunt double: James Doohan / stunt double: Ned Romero / ... (7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Gary Combs	....	stunt double: William Shatner / stunts (4 episodes, 1967)
Frank da Vinci	....	stunt double: DeForest Kelley / stunt double: Leonard Nimoy / ... (3 episodes, 1966-1968)
Vince Deadrick Sr.	....	stunt double: Bruce Mars / stunt double: DeForest Kelley / ... (3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Dick Dial	....	stunt double / stunt double: William Shatner / ... (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bill Catching	....	stunt double: Leonard Nimoy / stunt double: Robert Brown (3 episodes, 1967)
David Perna	....	stunt double: Leonard Nimoy / stunt double / ... (3 episodes, 1967)
Loren Janes	....	stunt double: Richard Tatro / stunt double: William Shatner (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Irene Sale	....	stunt double: Barbara Baldavin / stunt double: Marianna Hill (2 episodes, 1966)
Phil Adams	....	stunt double: Michael Pataki / stunt double: William Shatner (2 episodes, 1967)
Bobby Bass	....	stunt double: James Doohan (2 episodes, 1967)
Chuck Clow	....	stunt double: William Shatner (2 episodes, 1967)
Jim Jones	....	stunt double: DeForest Kelley / stunt double: Tige Andrews (2 episodes, 1967)
Bill Blackburn	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bennie E. Dobbins	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gary Downey	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Louie Elias	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Alan Gibbs	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Max Kleven	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Allen Pinson	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Roy N. Sickner	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Paul Stader	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tom Steele	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Al Wyatt	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
George Rader	....	head grip (78 episodes, 1966-1969)
George H. Merhoff	....	gaffer (77 episodes, 1966-1969)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Andrea E. Weaver	....	costumer: women (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Marge Makau	....	wardrobe mistress (26 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Editorial Department
Bill Heath	....	post-production executive (28 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Music Department
Alexander Courage	....	composer: theme music / conductor (75 episodes, 1966-1969)
Tommy Johnson	....	musician: tuba soloist (51 episodes, 1966-1969)
Jim Henrikson	....	music editor (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Julian Davidson	....	music coordinator (29 episodes, 1966-1967)
Wilbur Hatch	....	music consultant (29 episodes, 1966-1967)
Richard Lapham	....	music editor (24 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert H. Raff	....	music editor (15 episodes, 1966-1967)
Fred Steiner	....	conductor / composer: additional music / ... (6 episodes, 1966-1968)
Gerald Fried	....	conductor (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
George Duning	....	composer: stock music (2 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Other crew
George Rutter	....	script supervisor (76 episodes, 1966-1969)
Edward K. Milkis	....	assistant to producer (49 episodes, 1966-1968)
D.C. Fontana	....	script consultant / executive story editor (31 episodes, 1967-1968)
Arthur H. Singer	....	story consultant (24 episodes, 1968-1969)
Douglas S. Cramer	....	executive vice president in charge of production (23 episodes, 1968-1969)
Steven W. Carabatsos	....	script consultant (11 episodes, 1966-1967)
Billy Vernon	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1967)
Crayton Smith	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1968)
John D.F. Black	....	story editor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Desilu Productions (1966-1967)
• Norway Corporation
• Paramount Television (1968-1969)

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1966-1969) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1969-) (UK) (TV) (BBC 1)
• AXN (2009) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release) (on AXN Sci-Fi)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (seasons 1-3)
• Paramount Home Video (1987) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (1987) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Sat.1 (1987-1988) (West Germany) (TV)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (????) (UK) (TV)
• TV6 (2009) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (1972-1974) (West Germany) (TV)

Special Effects

• CBS Digital (remastered)
• Cinema Research (photographic effects)
• Film Effects of Hollywood (photographic effects)
• Howard Anderson Company, The (photographic effects)
• Modern Film Effects (photographic effects)
• Van der Veer Photo Effects (photographic effects)
• Westheimer Company (photographic effects)

Other Companies

• Glen Glenn Sound  sound recording
• Studio City Productions  marketing and promotion (syndication: digitally remastered)
• Sunset Digital  restoration

Also Known As:

Star Trek: TOS (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Star Trek: The Original Series (USA) (informal title)
Jornada nas Estrelas (Brazil) [pt]
La conquista del espacio (Spain) [es]
La patrouille du cosmos (Canada: French title) [fr]
Raumschiff Enterprise (West Germany) [de]
Star Trek (Italy) [it]
Star Trek (France) [fr]
Star Trek (Greece) [el]
Star Trek: The Original Series (Spain) [es]
Uzay yolu (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Viaje a las estrellas (Argentina) [es]

Runtime:

47 min (79 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono | DTS (re-mastered version) | Dolby Digital (re-mastered version)

Certification:

Germany:12 (some episodes) | Germany:16 (one episode) | Germany:6 (some epiosodes) | UK:PG (some episodes) | UK:U (some episodes) | Finland:K-18 (2006) (DVD) (self applied) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Singapore:PG | Brazil:12 (season 2 and 3) | Brazil:Livre (Season 1) | Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

The 11-foot studio model of the USS Enterprise is on display in the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Goofs:

Continuity: The rank structure for female crew members contains a number of inconsistencies. Uhura, presumably a graduate of Starfleet Academy but without an advanced degree, is a full lieutenant, but Helen Noel, a full medical doctor of psychiatry, Christine Chapel, a registered nurse, and Tina Lawton, a yeoman third class, are all ensigns, two ranks below Uhura.

Quotes:

[Discussing Kirk's "intuition" with Doctor McCoy]
Spock: I *note* it doctor, without understanding it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Soundtrack:

Theme

Why didn't they install seatbelts?

Ah, yes; the "granddaddy" of all Treks! The place where we got our first glimpse of the future. Apparently, mini-skirts would be back in style and everyone would wear their pajamas at work. Also, a goatee signified evil.

When I was a kid, the series was the coolest; lots of action, some humor, weird aliens, etc. When I was older, it was still entertaining. Some episodes held up very well, with the outstanding writing making more of an impression. Some things were fairly silly, and some were downright goofy.

Although never blessed with the greatest budget, the show put as much money on the screen as it could. For the time and for television, the effects were pretty good, aside from the bridge shaking stuff. The exteriors tended to get a little repetitive; it seems that the galaxy looks a lot like southern California and a studio interior. The styrofoam geological forms were quite interesting.

To me. this is still the best series. Yes, Next Gen had better acting (at least from Patrick Stewart) and better effects, but this series was more fun. These guys didn't sit around in conference rooms while the Romulans were firing on their ship. There was no technobabble while the engineer reconfigured the microwave oven to create a transwarp carbourator inversion and emit a tachyon diode stream. Nope, Scotty just crossed a couple of wires and then BLAMMO! Kirk got more action than any of the other skippers, and Spock was more fun than Data. Of course, the women weren't very emancipated, but that still hasn't changed as much as the producers like to claim, in later series.

To sum it up, you just can't beat Trbbles, Klingons with smooth foreheads, green women, and planets with Nazis and gangsters. I'll take the Squire of Gothos over Q any day (yes, I've read the Peter David book). My only quibble is that no one ever thought to put seatbelts on the bridge. Wasn't there some 23rd Century Ralph Nader around? And with all of Kirk's "friends" throughout the galaxy, is anyone else surprised we have only come across one child of his? I have a feeling he kept going on missions to avoid process servers.