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The 5 Most Hated Characters On Star Trek: The Original Series

"Star Trek" is a workplace drama first and foremost , and it took place on board the well-organized U.S.S. Enterprise, a space vessel carefully divided into necessary departments, offices, and workstations. The main characters were, by necessity, deeply professional, and tended to keep their upper lips stiff as they faced unusual spatial phenomenon or aggressive alien visitors. Very occasionally, one of the main characters would lose their cool, make a foolish decision, or have an unexpected freakout, but for the most part, level heads prevailed. Many love the central cast of "Star Trek" for their ability to remain capable under pressure, and it's hard to hate someone when we understand they're so good at their job. 

There were many characters throughout "Star Trek," though, that never had their wits about them. Indeed, there were whimsical agents of chaos, whiny incompetents, and corrupt captains that felt counter to the egalitarian spirit of "Star Trek," sometimes to the point of feeling like a betrayal. Indeed, while "Star Trek" often presented itself as a progressive show about a pacifist future, there were still weirdos who worshiped dictators and women who resented their own gender. "Star Trek" wasn't always as progressive as it could have been, even with the values of the 1960s. 

Below are some of the worst characters to flit through "Star Trek," adding nothing to the fabric of the universe, nor enriching viewers with their unique points of view. The below characters, in most cases, were just embarrassing. Read on to discover the five (well, six) worst characters on the original "Star Trek," ranked from least-worst to most-worst. 

5. Lazarus (Robert Brown) from 'The Alternative Factor'

"The Alternative Factor" (March 30, 1967) was recently selected by /Film as one of the five worst episodes of the original "Star Trek," and it's easy to see why. It's nonsensical and incompetent, filmed so poorly, a viewer often can't even tell what's going on. The story revolves around Lazarus (Robert Brown), a mysterious interdimensional traveler who seems to be slipping in and out of our dimension. The sight of Lazarus is enough to elicit titters, as his silly spirit-gummed-on beard would look fake in a high school play. 

It's eventually explained that Lazarus is passing through a tube-like rift in between dimensions. When he passes through it, however, he encounters a crazed doppelgänger, and the two of them engage in a slow-motion, over-photographed fistfight. The alternate Lazarus then arrives in our dimension to explain everything all over again. The two Lazaruses are supposed to be opposites, with one crazed and the other rational, but they never emerge as distinct beings. Also, their little bouts of interdimensional pugilism appears to be ripping holes in the spacetime continuum.

The characters both appear irrational, the reason for their constant fighting remains unclear, and surely at least one of them would want to stop fighting the other if all of reality was at stake. Instead, we have two screaming, silly villains who are ultimately sealed in a pocket dimension to wail on each other for eternity. Good. It's what they deserve. 

4. (tie) Lieutenant Marla McGivers (Madlyn Rhue) from 'Space Seed' and Dr. Janice Lester (Sandra Smith) from 'Turnabout Intruder'

"Star Trek" is often presented as open-minded and progressive, but with these two characters, one can see just how regressive the series could be. 

In "Space Seed" (February 16, 1967) , the Enterprise finds the cryogenically frozen body of former tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán), a charismatic dictator left over from Earth's darkest period of 21st century war. Khan, having missed nearly 200 years of history, is assigned a historian, Lieutenant Marla McGivers (Madlyn Rhue) to guide him into the present. McGivers isn't just interested in history, however. She fetishized it to a dangerous degree. She comes to admire Khan, and even mutinies against Captain Kirk (William Shatner) when he pressures her and negs her and treats her terribly. She is a wilting flower, and hardly seems to be a good example of Starfleet professionalism. Marla will end up leaving the Enterprise with Khan.

In "Turnabout Intruder" (June 3, 1969), the final episode of the series, all kinds of sexist conceits are dropped into "Star Trek" lore. Most Trekkies tend to ignore "Turnabout Intruder," as it stated, in dialogue, that women were not allowed to be starship captains because they're too "hysterical." In the episode, Dr. Janice Lester (Sandra Smith) uses a high-tech device to switch bodies with Kirk, and uses his identity to usurp the Enterprise. In Kirk's body, she constantly proves the episode's sexist point, shrieking and behaving rashly at every turn. Dr. Lester was a character used to prove that women are incapable, and men are stern and able. It's a pretty gross character in what might easily be the worst episode of the show. 

3. Captain Ronald Tracey (Morgan Woodward) from 'The Omega Glory'

"The Omega Glory" (March 1, 1968) is a pretty stupid episode, too. In it, Kirk and co. beam down to the planet Omega IV to find a civil war raging between tribes called the Yangs and the Kohms. The war is being perpetuated by a mad captain named Ronald Tracey (Morgan Woodward) who lost most of his crew to a debilitating disease. He thinks the Yangs or the Kohms have a cure, as they live for thousands of years. Tracey is a classic example of a Starfleet captain gone bad, as he deliberately continues a civil war for his own purposes. One can easily see Tracey as a stand-in for the United States during the Vietnam War. 

But additional plot twists rip apart that metaphor. It seems that Omega IV, many years earlier, was developing parallel to Earth, and had even had its own versions of the American Pledge of Allegiance, an American Flag, and a U.S. Constitution. Just by coincidence, mind you. Kirk and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) find that the named "Yangs" and "Kohms" are bowdlerized abbreviations of "Yankees" and "Communists." It's the dumbest Cold War parable imaginable. 

The twists also reveal Captain Tracey to be little more than a battle-hungry dunderhead. He wants to perpetuate a civil war, and hopes to find a cure for a disease, but he comes across as unthinking, mad, and sweaty. His presence doesn't help the story, and his character is callow and weak-willed. Gee, what a wonderful, memorable, dynamic character. 

2. Lieutenant Bailey (Anthony Call) from 'The Corbomite Maneuver'

Lieutenant Bailey (Anthony Call) was the first legitimately terrible officer audiences got to see on "Star Trek." In "The Corbomite Maneuver" (November 10, 1966), the Enterprise is visited by a massive sphere-shaped ship called the Fesarius. The unseen captain of the Fesarius boasts his power and wants to destroy the Enterprise for trespassing in his space. Kirk, thinking quickly, negotiates a cease-fire and keeps his crew alive by bluffing. He claims that Federation starships are equipped with a substance called Corbomite which will reflect any attack back at the attacker. The Enterprise would be destroyed, but so would the Fesarius. It's a tense situation, but Kirk is quick-thinking enough to prevent violence from breaking out. 

Perhaps included to serve as a counterpoint to Kirk's level head is the whiny, horrible Lieutenant Bailey, who questions every one of Kirk's orders, and who freaks out when something might possibly go wrong. While it might have been dramatically important for Kirk to have a sounding board, Bailey is hardly one to match wits. All he does in complain and even potentially put the Enterprise at risk. Early in the episode, viewers likely hope that Spock will knock him out with a Vulcan neck pinch and let the adults take care of the situation. 

At the very least, Bailey eventually chills out enough to take a tour of the Fesarius when it's revealed that its captain Balok (Clint Howard) is actually peaceful and friendly. No one asked me, but it seems that Bailey might not be the best diplomat to initiate talks with Balok. 

1. Harcourt Fenton 'Harry' Mudd (Roger C. Carmel) from 'Mudd's Women' and 'I, Mudd'

As mentioned above, the main characters on "Star Trek" tend to be calm and professional at all times. As such, when one wants to invent a comedic counterpoint, one would logically invent an irreverent and irresponsible character like Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd (Roger C. Carmel). Mudd is lascivious, greedy, sinister, and always looking for a quick buck. In his two episodes — "Mudd's Women" (October 13, 1966) and "I, Mudd" (November 3, 1967) — Mudd seems particularly keen on sex trafficking. In the former episode, Mudd wants to sell a few mail-order brides to distant miners, and keeps the women young by feeding them youth drugs. Younger women, he rationalizes, fetch higher prices. Gross, man. 

Then, in the latter episode, Mudd finds himself in charge of a subterranean planet of androids, and it's implied that he's been boning the bots. More importantly, Mudd had a robot clone of his wife constructed specifically so he could turn her off when she starts nagging him. It's embarrassing that "Star Trek" had to stoop to a "nagging wife" joke. 

Harry is meant to be a comedy figure, a wildly inappropriate procurer meant to stand opposite a stalwart character like Kirk. Carmel does his best, but Harry Mudd just isn't funny. He's too busy being sexist and awful to elicit titters. Mudd would return for "Star Trek: The Animated Series" and would play a major role in the first season of "Star Trek: Discovery." Perhaps one episode should have been enough. Or maybe even less than one. 

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Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Ending & Shocking Season 3 Set Up Explained

Star trek beyond did the coolest thing with captain kirk’s classic speech, star trek: picard fulfilled the borg queen’s greatest wish in an unexpected way.

• Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 brings an epic time-travel adventure that spans the vast Star Trek universe.
• Legacy characters like Wesley Crusher return, adding depth and nostalgia to the young crew's journey.
• Fans can expect deeply satisfying storytelling, emotional growth, and stunning animation in this revolutionary series.

Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 fulfills the animated series' mission of bringing Star Trek to a new, younger audience. Led by Kate Mulgrew, Brett Gray, and executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman, all 20 Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 episodes premiered on Netflix on July 1st and boast a 100% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.

In Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, the young Starfleet hopefuls of the USS Protostar launch into an adventure that touches every aspect of Star Trek 's vast canon and multiverse . Along with Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran), Star Trek legacy characters like Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) return to help Dal R'El (Brett Gray), Gwyndala (Ella Purnell), and their friends, face old enemies and new in a journey that spans space and time.

Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 brings the time travel saga of the USS Protostar full circle. Here's what happened and what it all means for season 3.

Screen Rant had the pleasure of chatting with Kate Mulgrew, Brett Gray, Kevin Hageman, and Dan Hageman at San Diego Comic-Con about all aspects of Star Trek: Prodigy , and why season 2 is so deeply satisfying.

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Is One Of The Best Seasons Of Star Trek Ever Produced

Screen Rant: Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 is streaming now on Netflix. All 20 episodes dropped on July 1. Everyone should see it. I've already seen the whole thing three times.

Kate Mulgrew: Have you really? What do you think?

Screen Rant: It is, honestly, one of the best seasons of Star Trek I have ever seen. That is also the consensus. I've sure you've seen the love online. Please, all of you, tell me how you feel about the love and the validation. Especially after everything it took to get it on Netflix.

Kate Mulgrew: Well, we're feeling that. So it should go forward, right? That would be the supposition. Netflix has grabbed it, thankfully, Now we're waiting to see if it will have a future. Which it must have. Because not only deservedly so, but wouldn't it be a terrific loss if it didn't? You said it was some of the best Star Trek television you've seen. So, tell us why?

Screen Rant: Well, first of all, it not only evoked the vast canon of Star Trek and did it in a way that was very respectful but also forward-looking, but it also told an amazing story of growth, and change, and heroism. It was emotionally satisfying. It was beautifully rendered and animated. So I could go on, but this is not about me.

Dan Hageman: The music, too. Nami [Melumad]'s score.

Screen Rant; Yes, Nami's score.

Kate Mulgrew: Deeply satisfying. That's a wonderful way to put it.

The Hagemeans Share How They Brought Star Trek: Prodigy To Netflix

"we were paused at the moment right before chakotay and janeway got together.".

Kevin Hageman: And let me just say, imagine we were in the middle of season 2. The show... we were given a call that it was just gonna stop. There'd be no more, it would never get released. So going from that point to all of a sudden, the fans, the plane flying over Netflix, the support, the love, being able to finish it. And we're like sitting behind the scenes making this thing going, 'This needs to be seen. What if this just gets erased?' Dan Hageman: I also think we were stopped... we were paused at the moment right before Chakotay and Janeway got together. So I like to believe that this cosmic energy of Janeway and Chakotay... Kevin Hageman: Shippers... Dan Hageman: Brought ti together, finished the show, and brought it to the screen on Netflix. Kate Mulgrew: I said, let's talk about sex. Are we're talking about it.

Screen Rant: Whoa.

Kevin Hageman: It's getting hot in here, Kate.

How Kate Mulgrew Joined Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1

The actor said, "you'll have to give me a minute with this.".

Screen Rant: I'd like to go back a few years, actually.

Kate Mulgrew: Let's go way back! (laughs)

Screen Rant: Out of the blue a few years ago, you get a call from these two gentlemen and they ask you to bring back Janeway, play Janeway again in a cartoon. Tell me how you felt about that?

Kate Mulgrew: I didn't get a call from these guys. Regrettably. I would've loved that. But I did get a call from Alex Kurtzman, who as you know holds mantle, and he said, 'What would you feel about voicing the return of Janeway in an animated series called Prodigy?' And I actually said I was a little... on my back foot about it, because I said, "You'll have to give me a minute with this." You know, playing Janeway in Voyager, was life-changing for me. Huge. And she has resonated. She has never for one second diminished in my imagination or in my practical life. So the thought of doing this now, a cartoon, I thought, I don't know. Is this the right step? Will this be good? And then he gave me the story, and I talked to some of my friends who were very much in the know, and they said, 'You're out of your mind.' To be able to bring this to [the] young, to children, and to carry it on trans-generationally. What an opportunity. And then I met the Hagemans and I fell in love. And then I met this dingle dangle. Brett Gray: (laughs) Hey, that's me. Kate Mulgrew: And I'm so glad I did. It's been, to use your words, deeply satisfying—the entire journey.

Screen Rant: Well, we're all grateful that you did. We're all so grateful.

Kate Mulgrew and Brett Gray Playing Admiral Janeway and Dal Switching Bodies

Screen Rant; I'm glad Brett and you are both here together. Ever since season 1, I've been dying to ask you about the episode when you guys switched bodies and played each other. Please tell me about playing Brett, and Brett playing Kate.

Brett Gray: That was awesome. Kate Mulgrew: That was fun, wasn't it? Brett Gray: I was so scared. Kate Mulgrew: Linguistically, it was challenging. Brett Gray: Lingo. Lingally. Kate Mulgrew: I had to learn how you spoke. Brett Gray: Same. Kate Mulgrew: Right? Brett Gray: Yeah. Kate Mulgrew: That must have been hard. (laughs) Brett Gray: It was deeply satisfying. Kate Mulgrew: But you did, guys. You were good. You were kind. In the booth, you kept saying, 'Why don't we do that again? Let's just try that again.' Brett Gray: And I will say I totally tried to really throw you for a loop. I was going for it, really. I was like, oh, if Kate is gonna have to do Dal, I'm gonna give the most Dal, because I just wanted to hear you do it. (laughs) Dan Hageman: When we recorded their lines, we had them record their lines so the other one could hear how they said the lines.

Screen Rant: Was there ever a point for either of you where you're like, 'You're going too far'?

Brett Gray: No, I was ready. I was so excited to do it. Because it's such a mind--- Kate Mulgrew: Fantastic idea, right? Brett Gray: I was like, so I'm playing myself in the Admiral's body with the Admiral's voice, but I'm Dal? I was such a-- I was like, wait, what's going on? How do I even do that? Kate Mulgrew: Star Trek at its best. Brett Gray: Yeah, totally. Kate Mulgrew: I dug that. That was really fun. And you know what it means to say 'I dug that?' Or is that old school. Brett Gray: I do. I mean, we say dug. Kate Mulgrew: Is that antique? Kevin Hageman: She's not actually digging anything. Brett Gray: We say... Kate Mulgrew: What do you say? Dan Hageman: Cap. Brett Gray: Oh, we definitely say cap. Cap is like when you think I'm lying. Dan Hageman: Cap is a lie. I'm thinking bet. Brett Gray: Oh bet. Yeah, bet too. Dan Hageman: My bad. My bad. Kate Mulgrew: Now wait a minute. I just said I dug it. And you're giving me what you would say. Your generation. Brett Gray: We don't say dug, but we understand. Kate Mulgrew: I think you should just say excuse me. Brett Gray: Yeah, that's cool. That's dope. Kevin Hageman: Don't they deserve... We think they should have some live-action buddy cop show. They're paired up together, and just comedy ensues. Kate Mulgrew: Buddy cops? Cops? Brett Gray: Not cops. We've seen that a lot, right? Kate Mulgrew: Yeah, too many cops. Too many cops. Too many robbers. What are we gonna be? Brett Gray: I feel like, I don't know. It has to be something that no one would ever even think about. Like, it has to be the weirdest way we would even know each other. Kate Mulgrew: Killers. Brett Gray: Do it. Let's do it.

Would Janeway Adopt Dal? Inquiring Minds Want To Know.

Screen Rant: That's so funny because I was gonna ask if Janeway could adopt any of the Protostar kids so they could live in your farmhouse, why would it be Dal? And it turns out, here it is.

Kate Mulgrew: In my farmhouse?

Screen Rant: Yeah, when Janeway retires at the end, she moves into a farmhouse, briefly.

Kate Mulgrew: I don't know about Dal on a farm. Brett Gray: I don't know if I'd wanna do that either. Kate Mulgrew: With the little cows and the little sheep. You might get lost. Brett Gray: There is that one episode where Holo Janeway has us doing the team-building exercise. And we're chasing the chicken and trying to get it. So I just don't think that would go well. (laughs)

Kate Mulgrew On Janeway & Chakotay In Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2

Screen Rant: Kate, I've got to ask you about Janeway and Chakotay . I love their reunion and the portrayal of their relationship in season 2. There are JC fans who have waited for them to be a couple forever.

Kate Mulgrew: Why? I'm asking you because you know your stuff, and everybody told me you know your stuff. Why?

Screen Rant: Okay. Because they are two people who were thrown into an incredibly unique situation, and they brought out the best in each other. And together, they shepherded, what was it? 200-300 people back home over seven years.

Kate Mulgrew: 165 complement.

Screen Rant: Thank you. Thank you, Admiral.

Kate Mulgrew: He was the Maquis. He was my enemy. And you wanted us to become not just friends -- lovers.

Screen Rant: Not me. Everyone.

Kate Mulgrew: But why?

Screen Rant: Because you deserve it.

Kate Mulgrew: I deserve what?

Screen Rant: Janeway deserves romance. She deserves a happy life outside of...

Kate Mulgrew: Okay. I'm lost in the Delta Quadrant 'cause I skipped the gas station, with 165 people, right? 175,000 light years from home. And I'm gonna say, "Chakotay, in my ready room. You know what I'm talking about.' As the first female Captain? No no, Nanette. Big big mistake. Don't you think? I was still of childbearing years. You know what that means.

Screen Rant: But now.

Kate Mulgrew: But now what? Now, I'm not. (laughs) Yes, now I'm not.

Screen Rant: But now, Admiral Janeway and Captain Chakotay, reunited in season 2.

Kate Mulgrew: In an animated series. (laughs) We could reunite. What do you think, guys? Dan Hageman: We can't ever answer that. That has to be a thing. We saw Moonlighing. Kate Mulgrew: Here's what I think. I think tension is the word. Always maintain the tension, Will they or won't they? Brett Gray: Or have they already? Kate Mulgrew: Only their hairdresser knows for sure.

Brett Gray Gets Into Gwyn & Dal's Relationship

Screen Rant: Brett, I also really like Dal and Gwyn's relationship. Let's talk about that.

Brett Gray: Same. Yeah, I'm rooting for that. I hope that happens. I think that they would be great together. And I think that for both of them to experience love in this way, with such opposite upbringings and lifestyles, for them to have come together in this way, I think that it would bring out the best in both of them. Kate Mulgrew: But then, where do you go? Where do you go, really, with that idea? How long could that be sustained? Brett Gray: Well, I think that... Dan Hageman: That's our problem. Brett Gray: That's for you guys. (laughs)

Screen Rant: It's a good problem to have.

Kate Mulgrew On Star Trek: Prodigy's Mirror Universe Episode

Screen Rant: I personally love the Mirror Universe, and the Mirror Universe episode that's going to be screened at your panel. Kate, you got to play evil Mirror Janeway. Tell me about that.

Kate Mulgrew: Heaven! Bliss. Because Janeway's very good, right? She's eminently decent. Courageous woman. I mean, she's got her flaws, but she's a fine person. To be able to flip that, as an actor, is sheer pleasure. Especially in a booth where you can get away with murder, and have done many times. (laughs) And they're going, 'Yeah! More murder!' Yeah, really satisfying to do that.

Screen Rant: Deeply satisfying.

Kate Mulgrew: Because, of course, it resides within me, doesn't it?

Screen Rant: I think we're seeing some of it now.

Wesley Crusher's Comeback In Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2

Screen Rant: Another home run in season 2 was Wesley Crusher. Wil Wheaton coming back, which was just fantastic. And the best version of Wesley we've ever seen in Star Trek . Plus as a side benefit, we got the first meeting ever of Admiral Janeway and Dr. Beverly Crusher , his mom. Let's talk about that because this is all Star Trek history being made by your show.

Kevin Hageman: Oh, it's a joy. I mean, we had a writer, Jen Muro, in our room, and when she grew up, she had a Wesley Crusher poster on her wall. She had the biggest crush on him. And she brought up in the room, what if we brought him back? Dan Hageman: She had also become friends with Wil by that time. And she is one of his greatest fans. Kevin Hageman: But he is the original prodigy kid of Trek. Kate Mulgrew: He is. That's right. Kevin Hageman: He is. And he disappears, sort of, in TNG. And you're kind of left with this great grand mystery of who he is. I imagine a lot of writers might have been scared to touch that character, 'cause he's like this Time Lord. What are the rules there? What can he do? Is he too powerful? And we just had a blast in the room cleverly using him, bringing him back, finding what the next chapter of Wesley Crusher is. Dan Hageman: We love the idea of a Time Lord who didn't have time to see his mother. That's where it is. Kevin Hageman: It's so resonant, so emotionally... Kate Mulgrew: Story of every mother and son, isn't it?

The Team Reveals Their Star Trek: Prodigy Season 3 Hopes

Screen Rant: I've got to ask you all what we're all waiting to hear about, which is Star Trek: Prodigy season 3 ? Do you know anything? Can you tell us anything? Besides that we all want it?

Dan Hageman: Kate, go ahead. Unleash Kate. Kate Mulgrew: We are fully expecting it. And to many thereafter. It's superb animated television. I don't think there's anything that can compare to it on TV. And the fact that - we're not waiting - but I think that this period needs to come to an end, and it needs to be picked up.

Screen Rant: Kevin and Dan, is this a case where you can't begin any work on season 3 until you know, or do you have like a bunch of ideas that are just sitting there waiting to go?

Kevin Hageman: Oh, we've got a lot of ideas. I think the hardest part, and this is just the state of television today, is our production. Everyone's gone. They've been gone for about a year now. So we hope that there is a new season, but it's almost like starting from scratch. Dan Hageman: They're ready to run back, though. We've got a great crew, and we're all... Kate Mulgrew: Will they come back? Kevin Hageman: Oh yes. Kate Mulgrew: Can you reclaim them? Aren't they off to other things? Kevin Hageman: They're off, but they loved working with everyone on our show. They love this show. We love the response that it's getting from people. Kate Mulgrew: You see what it does? It inspires loyalty. Fierce loyalty. On every level. Kevin Hageman: We use love, not fear, in our productions. It seems to be working.

About Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2

In Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2, the six young outcasts who make up the Prodigy crew are assigned a new mission aboard the USS Voyager-A to rescue Captain Chakotay (voiced by Robert Beltran) and bring peace to Gwyn’s (voiced by Ella Purnell) home world. However, when their plan goes astray, it creates a time paradox that jeopardizes both their future and past.

Check out our other Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 interviews:

• Aaron J. Waltke
• Wil Wheaton
• Robert Picardo
• Kevin & Dan Hageman

The first two seasons of Star Trek: Prodigy are now available to stream on Netflix.

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• Paramount has also released a new poster for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4.

A new trailer for Season 4 of Star Trek: Lower Decks takes the crew of the Cerritos to the USS Voyager. The premiere of Season 4 is just around the corner and as Star Trek fans eagerly await the return of our favorite lower deckers, we've received a new look at the upcoming episodes promising epic adventures for Starfleet's most chaotic crew . The new trailer for Lower Decks Season 4 takes fans on a journey back through some of the best moments so far for ensigns Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ), Brad Boimler ( Jack Quaid ), D'Vana Tendi ( Noël Wells ) and Sam Rutherford ( Eugene Cordero ). Senior officers Commander Jack Ransom ( Jerry O'Connell ), Lieutenant Shaxs ( Fred Tatasciore ), Doctor T'ana ( Gillian Vigman ), and Captain Carol Freeman ( Dawnn Lewis ) also get their own spotlights as the trailer hypes audiences up for the adventure of a lifetime.

The most exciting part of the new footage, however, is the return of the USS Voyager. Mariner elatedly exclaims that they get to do something on Voyager — and it is safe to say we're just as happy about it as she is — following a stunning shot of the ship's return to animation after being previously seen in the Season 1 finale of Star Trek: Prodigy . The rest of the new footage speed runs through the kind of adventures that only the crew of the Cerritos can deliver, with Boimler running from an active volcano, Tendi and Mariner visiting another Orion planet, and a terrifyingly cute new alien species that fans are going to want plushies of immediately.

Alongside the new trailer, Paramount also released an adorable new poster featuring our favorite ensigns hijacking a shuttlecraft while a planet explodes in the background. The range of emotion of each character runs the full gamut from Mariner's thrilled determination to Boimler's pure terror, with Rutherford and Tendi both somewhere in the middle. See the poster below.

Star Trek: The Animated Series

Star Trek: The Animated Series , originally and formally titled Star Trek , also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry 's Star Trek and The Cartoon Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek , was a continuation of the voyages of the USS Enterprise , previously featured in Star Trek: The Original Series .

• 2.1 Starring the voices of
• 2.2 Also starring the voices of
• 3.1 Season 1
• 3.2 Season 2
• 4.1 Origins
• 4.2 The first recordings
• 4.3 Emmy win
• 4.4 Questionable canon and reintegration
• 4.5 Production inconsistencies
• 5 Proposed CGI reworking
• 6 Related topics
• 7.2 Documentary
• 7.3 Home video formats
• 8 External links

Summary [ ]

On the television network NBC , 22 episodes of The Animated Series were aired between September 1973 and October 1974 . Reruns continued on NBC through 1975 . The series was produced by the experienced animation house Filmation and the episodes were scripted by professional science fiction and Star Trek writers, including Larry Niven , D.C. Fontana , David Gerrold , and Samuel A. Peeples .

Some of the stories were sequels to episodes from the original series, such as " More Tribbles, More Troubles " (the follow-up to " The Trouble with Tribbles "), " Once Upon a Planet " (a sequel to " Shore Leave "), and " Mudd's Passion " (the follow-up to " Mudd's Women " and " I, Mudd ").

With the exception of Ensign Chekov , all of the regular characters from the original series continued to appear, voiced by the original actors from that series (Chekov was absent to cut down on costs of hiring the voice actors, although Walter Koenig penned an episode of the series, " The Infinite Vulcan "). Dr. McCoy was a full commander, and Nurse Chapel was a full lieutenant . New characters, such as Arex and M'Ress , were also featured. The show was the most expensive animated show on the air at the time, primarily because six "name" actors from Star Trek: The Original Series provided the voices for their characters. Nearly all the aliens and guest characters were voiced by James Doohan , Nichelle Nichols , and Majel Barrett , although some actors reprised their roles from the original series. Leonard Nimoy ( Spock ) is the only actor to voice his character in every episode of TAS. James Doohan, however, voiced different characters in every episode of the series, but missed only one episode as Montgomery Scott , the episode being " The Slaver Weapon ".

Among the returning guest actors (and characters) were Mark Lenard (as Sarek ), Roger C. Carmel (as Harry Mudd ), and Stanley Adams (as Cyrano Jones ). Although the characters Amanda Grayson , Bob Wesley , Kyle , Kor , Koloth , and Korax returned in The Animated Series , their voices were provided by the aforementioned voice talents of Majel Barrett and James Doohan.

The show featured a handful of new technologies like the recreation room (later the idea was reused in TNG , where it was known as a holodeck ) and the aqua-shuttle . It also featured many non- humanoid alien species (and even some alien officers aboard the Enterprise ) who could not have been featured within the original series' budget.

Roddenberry was adamant that this show was Star Trek (i.e. the continuation of the original series) leading to it having the same title. The addition of The Animated Series to the title was not until years later.

The series, which lasted two years, could be viewed as the completion of the Enterprise 's five-year mission. D.C. Fontana personally viewed all 22 episodes as year four. StarTrek.com considers the seasons collectively to represent the fifth and final year of the mission. [1] (X)

Although at one point Paramount Pictures did not regard the animated series as canonical, with the release of The Animated Series DVD, the studio appears to have changed its stance, and is leaning towards the animated series being part of established Star Trek canon. [2] (X) [3] (X) [4] (X) References from the series have gradually become more accepted in other Star Trek series, most notably on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: Lower Decks (see the " questionable canon " section below for the complete list of references). Gene Roddenberry said that if he had known there would be more live-action Star Trek in the future, the animated series would have been far more logical and "canonable," or he might not have produced the animated series at all.

A DVD collection of the complete series was released on 21 November 2006 for Region 1.

Starring the voices of [ ]

• William Shatner as Captain Kirk
• Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
• DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Also starring the voices of [ ]

• George Takei as Sulu
• Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
• Majel Barrett as Chapel and M'Ress
• James Doohan as Scott and Arex

Episode list [ ]

Season 1 [ ].

TAS Season 1 , 16 episodes:

Season 2 [ ]

TAS Season 2 , 6 episodes:

Background information [ ]

Origins [ ].

Former Original Series writer D.C. Fontana reported in the fanzine Star-Borne of 22 June 1972 that, " Paramount... [is] enormously impressed by the quantity (and quality) of fan mail they continue to receive. The possibility seems to be slowly developing of a Star Trek feature movie for theatrical release, aimed at becoming the new Star Trek television pilot… on the network front, NBC still expresses great interest in doing Star Trek in some form. Both NBC and Paramount continue to receive a great deal of mail and have had to assign secretaries for the sole job of answering it. " [5]

NBC's surprising complete turnaround (as it were they who had canceled the live-action precursor in 1969, purportedly for poor ratings performance) not only stemmed from the spectacular resurgence of the Original Series in syndication , but also from its own accounting department. Shortly before Fontana's report, NBC had replaced its old Nielsen rating system with a new and updated one. Mystified by the success of a show in syndication they were convinced was a flop, they decided to run the original Original Series figures through their new system they and found out much to their surprise that it had not only reached full penetration into their most coveted target audience, the male population between 18 and 45, but also that the series had been one of the most successful series the network had ever aired. The sickening realization hit upon the dismayed network executives that they had slaughtered the proverbial goose that laid the golden eggs, something that every Star Trek fan at the time could have told them. Hurriedly approaching Roddenberry to see if the series could be revitalized, it turned out to be unfeasible, as Paramount had only a few months earlier cleared out their warehouses from the vast majority of the remaining Star Trek production assets, they either being scrapped, given away or simply stolen. Recreating them, calculated at US$750,000, was deemed far too cost-prohibitive. It did however lead NBC to commission the creation of The Animated Series . ( Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , pp. 51-52)

Roddenberry was not really interested in doing a Star Trek animated show, but had his mind set on an actual live-action resurrection of the the show. However, as Marc Cushman explained, " His ultimate goal was to get Star Trek back into [live-action] production. And he felt that the animated series, if it did really well, could bring that about. " ( The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek : "Saturday Morning Pinks")

Even though they did not produce the new series themselves, Paramount Pictures, possessing all rights and title to the Star Trek brand, was legally the owner of the new property.

The first recordings [ ]

The first recording session for the animated Star Trek series was in June 1973 (on or prior to the fourth of that month ). ( The Star Trek Compendium , 4th ed., p. 143; Star Trek: Communicator  issue 119 , p. 32) This was with the entirety of the series' regular cast and was the first time they had reunited since production of the original series ended in January 1969 . The recording session was held at Filmation's studios in Reseda, California , where the performers recorded the first three scripts for the series (" Beyond the Farthest Star ", " Yesteryear ", and " More Tribbles, More Troubles "). ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 119 , p. 32)

Lou Scheimer reminisces about the cast, " The glorious thing was getting them all together for the first recording session […] It was a joyous occasion. " ("Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series ", TAS DVD ) William Shatner recalls how he got into character; " [Kirk had] been locked away inside me for almost four years, but as soon as I opened my mouth to read his first line he was back. Slipping back into that character was like putting on a comfortable old sweatshirt; it fit. " ( Up Till Now: The Autobiography , p. 171)

On 4 June 1973, NBC publicly announced that the initial recording session had gone ahead. ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 119 , p. 32)

Emmy win [ ]

In 1975, the animated series of Star Trek won a Daytime Emmy Award in the area of "Best Children's Series" for the 1974-1975 television season. Although Star Trek 's original series had repeatedly been nominated for Emmys, this was the first such award that the franchise actually won. It became also the only best-series Emmy ever won by Star Trek as of 2020. It beat out Captain Kangaroo and The Pink Panther . ( Star Trek: The Animated Series - special feature : "Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series "; Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , p. 57, et al. ) Incidentally, the series had already been nominated for the same award in its inaugural debut the year previously, [6] but lost out on that occasion to PBS 's Zoom .

The series essentially won the award on the basis of a certain episode. " When Filmation submitted Star Trek for the Best Children's Series Emmy, [" How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth "] is the episode they submitted, " explains David Wise , a co-writer of that installment. ("How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" audio commentary ) The episode's other co-writer, Russell Bates , comments, " [The episode] became the only credential submitted when Filmation received an Emmy nomination for the series, and thus was instrumental in the winning of a 1975 Emmy Award. " Bates also notes that the Emmy was not the only accolade that the episode attained. [7]

Shortly after Hal Sutherland and his family moved out of Los Angeles to Washington state , he received a call that informed him of the Emmy nomination. He remembers, " This was exciting news and I spread the word to all of our friends and neighbors in case Filmation picked up the Emmy. " As he learned prior to the event, it was to be presented in New York and Lou Scheimer decided to bring his own family to the festivities. [8] The ceremony was actually on a boat in the New York harbor. Lou Scheimer's son, Lane, heard a practice session, below-decks, of the announcements being rehearsed. The elder Scheimer reflects, " He said, 'Dad, don't worry, I just saw them down there and they said it was Captain Kangaroo ' [....] So I was sitting there, drinking wine, not worried, and [getting] half-plastered. " ( Star Trek Magazine Souvenir Special , p. 58) Scheimer also personally doubted that the animated Star Trek series was about to receive the award. He states, " I was absolutely certain we weren't going to win; there was no way that show could win because it really was not a kids' show. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine  Volume 1, Issue 16 , p. 68)

Hal Sutherland recalls tuning into the televised coverage of the event; " I remember gathering the family to watch the award ceremonies with me. I hoped to make them proud of what we had accomplished in some way. Sitting in front of the TV, I watched with anxiety as the nominations for best animated series came up […] The award envelope was opened and Star Trek was announced the winner for its category. " [9] Lou Scheimer (who says he was "a nervous wreck" at the time), also recollects the announcement; " Cyril Richard gets up there and says, 'And the best children's programming for Saturday morning is Star Trek and Lou Shimmer [ sic ]. I didn't know what to do. You cannot tell, but I was floating. " ( Star Trek Magazine Souvenir Special , p. 58) Hal Sutherland continues, " Lou stepped to the podium to make his acceptance speech. " [10] A transcript of that speech follows:

Lou Scheimer accepts the series' only Emmy

Lou Scheimer recalls the shock of having to collect the award; " I was totally flabbergasted when we did [win]. I didn't know what to say; I was not prepared. I was just aghast at the idea of being in front of all those people, waiting to hear me say something meaningful. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine  Volume 1, Issue 16 , p. 68)

Watching Lou Scheimer's acceptance speech was a very emotional experience for Hal Sutherland and he was enormously disgruntled that Scheimer thanked Norm Prescott rather than him. Although Sutherland never expressed his extreme disappointment to the award recipient, Scheimer finally apologized to Sutherland in 2004 . " He […] sorrowfully related to me an apology for his 'drunken' statement at the Emmy affair regarding his confusion between Norm and I and the production credits, " explained Sutherland. " We'd both carried that haunting memory all those many years, neither wanting to bring up the tender subject. We later kissed [and made up, putting the issue behind them]. " [11]

Lou Scheimer criticized the winning of the award, saying that – even though it was "the only Emmy I've ever gotten for a show" – it was inappropriate for the animated Star Trek to receive an award for a children's show, since the series was actually meant to be " a show for the entire family and anybody who was really a fan of the original live-action show. " ("Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series ", TAS DVD ) Norm Prescott, on the other hand, considered the award to be a high point in Filmation's history. ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 119 , p. 79) Both Filmation, in general, and the writers of "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth", were happy that the episode gained the series the award. David Wise reminisces, " We, Russell [Bates] and I, considered that an achievement. Filmation was thrilled and invited us to an Emmy party and all sorts of fun things like that. " ("How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" audio commentary) Gene Roddenberry regarded the award win as "the best proof" that the animated series had been "a fairly good job." ( The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , p. 20) D.C. Fontana was also "pleased" that the franchise had finally won an Emmy, later stating, " I was thrilled to death. " ("Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series ", TAS DVD ) In their text commentary for series finale " The Counter-Clock Incident ", Michael and Denise Okuda describe the Emmy win as the series having been "honored." The book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (p. 57) refers to the win as "a fitting send-off" for the series.

Considering the efforts the writers, including Bates, put in to tell more mature stories akin to the main series, the win of a "children's" award turned out to be somewhat of a mixed blessing as it cemented the impression of Star Trek being an immature, superficial show for adolescents only at best in the minds of the non-fan society at large, which started to become wary of the emerging " Trekkie " phenomenon. It became a large part of the reasons why to date a substantial part of "Trekdom", Creator Gene Roddenberry included, continued to refuse to consider The Animated Series part of canon, as related hereafter. ( Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series , pp. 8 & 153) Most ironically, the six-episode second season of Star Trek: Short Treks , which only became nominated in 2020 for Star Trek 's fifth "major" Emmy Award, did include two animated episodes, " Ephraim and Dot " and " The Girl Who Made the Stars ", specifically intended for children.

Questionable canon and reintegration [ ]

According to Voyages of Imagination [ page number? • edit ] , the Animated Series was officially removed from canon at Gene Roddenberry's request in 1988, with the exception of some parts involving Spock's youth, from Fontana's episode " Yesteryear ". Roddenberry was partly motivated to do so because of his disappointment that the animated series did not bring about his ultimate goal of getting back Star Trek as a live-action production, as mentioned above . The removal from canon had already been confirmed previously by reference book author Mike Okuda in the introductions of his works. ( Star Trek Chronology , 2nd ed., p. vii; Star Trek Encyclopedia , 4th ed., vol. 1, p. introduction; [12] (X) ) Paramount Pictures has followed suit by elevating the request to policy, having officially declared the series non-canon. ( Star Trek Encyclopedia , 1st ed., p. iii)

Despite this request, Memory Alpha recognizes The Animated Series as a valid resource. There were also strong indications from the StarTrek.com (former) official website that TAS was unilaterally, yet formally, re-added to the official canon in 2006 by the franchise for the sole purpose of commercially promoting the occasion of the series' release on DVD that year. ( [13] (X) [14] (X) [15] (X) ; See also the content policy ).

Writers from later Star Trek series have integrated various references from the series into their works. Star Trek: Enterprise writer/producer Manny Coto once remarked, " They did some great stuff in the animated series and why not use some of that? " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 37) Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine writing staffer Ronald D. Moore likewise commented, " It's kinda cool to throw in the odd reference [to TAS] here and there. " ( AOL chat , 1998 ) The following references were used in subsequent series:

• The city of Shi'Kahr resurfaced on an okudagram in " The Emissary " called the "Shi-Kar Desert Survival, Vulcan", which was also a reference to Spock's kahs-wan . The city was again indirectly mentioned in " Fusion " in reference to the Shi'Kahr Academy , and later served as the namesake for the USS ShirKahr , seen but not mentioned in " Tears of the Prophets ". A Vulcan city which looks very similar to Shi'Kahr was shown in the new establishing shots used in the remastered version of " Amok Time ".
• An okudagram featured in " Eye of the Beholder " referenced the Sepek Academic Scholarship , which coincides with the name of a Vulcan child in " Yesteryear ".
• Vulcan's Forge was later referenced in " Change of Heart " and was the focus of a three-episode ENT arc: " The Forge ", " Awakening ", and " Kir'Shara ".
• Both Lunaport and the kahs-wan were mentioned in " The Catwalk ".
• The sehlat , which first appeared in "Yesteryear" in animated form, was recreated in CGI in ENT : " The Forge ".
• The nearby planet seen briefly behind Shi'Kahr made it into the original version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture . For the director's cut it was decided to remove the planet (named Charis or T'Khut in the novel Spock's World ).
• The title of " healer " for a Vulcan physician was referred to for Healer Senva in " Prophet Motive ".
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country confirmed Kirk's middle name as "Tiberius", a name first revealed in " Bem ". The name had been used in novels , including in the preface to the novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture .
• A chart of Federation space, seen in " Conspiracy ", contained references to solar objects first mentioned in TAS, including the planets Canopus III , Lactra VII , Omega Cygni , Phylos , and Kzin , and the stars Beta Lyrae and Pallas 14 .
• In the episode " Once More Unto the Breach ", Kor recalled his former vessel, the IKS Klothos , which was the ship he commanded in the " The Time Trap ". It was a D5 Klingon ship (where D5s were later shown in Enterprise ), rendered as a questionably-drawn D7, but in both cases it was commanded by Kor.
• The episode " Broken Link " referred to Edosian orchids , the episode " These Are the Voyages... " mentioned Edosian suckerfish , and there were several other Enterprise references to the Edosian slug – all homages to the Edosian Lt. Arex .
• Coincidental references which may or may not be attributed to terms first used in The Animated Series include Klingon Imperial Fleet (" The Time Trap ") and Starbase 23 (" The Terratin Incident ").
• Amanda 's maiden name, Grayson, was given in the series, and later established in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier .
• The holodeck concept first appeared in " The Practical Joker ", and was later adopted into Star Trek: The Next Generation . The use of holograms was used in " Lethe ", showing that USS Discovery was equipped with similar technology during 2250s .
• The idea of an additional turbolift on the bridge first appeared in TAS, and ultimately adopted in the live-action franchise from Star Trek: Phase II onward.
• The act of entering the warp nacelles first appeared in TAS, and later appeared in the TNG episode " Eye of the Beholder " and in the ENT episode " The Catwalk ".
• In " The Counter-Clock Incident ", a race is shown that has a life span where individuals start out old and grow younger until death. Star Trek: Voyager later reused this idea in one of its episodes for a race of aliens .
• In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , two members of the Caitian species are seen, which FASA 's RPG sourcebook , Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update , identified as the same species as M'Ress .
• The robot grain ships from " More Tribbles, More Troubles " have later been established in the 2008 remastered TOS episodes " Charlie X " (manned version) and " The Ultimate Computer " (robot version) as belonging to the Antares -type of starships. Later to also appear as wreckage in the Lower Decks episode " Terminal Provocations ".
• Star Trek: Discovery confirmed Robert April from " The Counter-Clock Incident " to be an important Starfleet captain in the episode " Choose Your Pain " when Saru asks the ship's computer to list Starfleet's most decorated captains. He was later confirmed as the first captain of the USS Enterprise , preceding Christopher Pike , in " Brother ".
• Lower Decks also made a mention of Spock Two from " The Infinite Vulcan " in " Veritas " before featuring his skeleton in " Kayshon, His Eyes Open ".
• " Second Contact " introduced another Caitian, T'Ana , as a series' regular.
• " Envoys " included the Aurelian from " Yesteryear "and the Vendorian from " The Survivor ".
• " Much Ado About Boimler " introduced an Edosian character whose species was first featured through the series' regular Arex .
• " Mugato, Gumato " included the appearance of a Kzinti from " The Slaver Weapon ".
• " An Embarrassment Of Dooplers " depicted a total of five TAS species appearances, the aforementioned Caitian, Kzinti, Edosian, Aurelians, and a prominent return of several members of Em/3/Green's species , who first appeared in " The Jihad ".
• " Mining The Mind's Mines " included the appearance of Kukulkan from "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth".

Several non-canon productions have also made reference to TAS:

• A second exit for the bridge, referenced in Franz Joseph 's Star Fleet Technical Manual .
• DC Comics' writer Len Wein reintroduced M'Ress and Arex into the post- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home comics , and they were further developed by Michael Carlin and Peter David until that series went into hiatus.
• Some of the worlds and aliens in the series were included in the 1989 book called The Worlds of the Federation .
• Author Peter David later integrated M'Ress and Arex into his 24th century book series Star Trek: New Frontier , beginning with the novel Gateways #6: Cold Wars . They also appear in IDW's "New Frontier" comic miniseries, Turnaround , by David.
• The trilogy Crucible by David R. George III includes the plot from "Yesteryear" in its history.
• The IDW comic miniseries Star Trek: Year Four takes place during the TAS timeframe and features appearances by Arex and M'Ress.

Production inconsistencies [ ]

One unfortunate reality of an animated television series was the occasional color discrepancy.

The most notable color discrepancy was shown with several appearances of the color pink. Unknown to the rest of the production staff, director Sutherland was color-blind, so to him, pink was light gray. (" Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series ", TAS DVD ) While true, Kaplan was not color-blind and was often conscientious of the color decisions being made.

The following images are examples of Irv Kaplan's personal color choices:

Reversed color variant

According to Bob Kline, " Pink equals Irv Kaplan. Irv was in charge of ink and paint, coloring the various characters and props (and he would do it himself in his office, he would sit down with a cel and paint it). He was also referred to by many people there as the purple and green guy. You'll see in a lot of scenes, purple and green used together – that was one of his preferences. He made dragons red, the Kzintis' costumes pink. It was all Irv Kaplan's call. He wasn't listening to anyone else when he picked colors, or anything. " ( Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series , p. 26)

Several other unintentional coloring issues also cropped up. Kirk's type 1 phaser had its color scheme reversed (black on silver/grey, instead of silver on black), and some shots featured characters wearing Starfleet uniforms of the wrong division or colors.

As a result of the use of recycled footage, there were also many instances of randomly misplaced characters and equipment. Recurring inconsistencies in this vein include the random appearance of Lt. Kyle in several transporter room scenes, close-up shots of Scott operating the transporter controls, the interchanged appearances with Uhura and M'Ress at the communications station, and the appearance of characters on the bridge while simultaneously appearing in another section of the ship or on the surface of a planet.

Another inconsistency that appears sometimes is Scott shown with the rank of captain, and Kirk with a unknown rank insignia.

The Animated Series also made substantial changes to set locations used in the original series:

• A second turbolift is installed on the bridge, next to the main viewscreen.
• The bridge stations are rounded, and form a perfect circle, instead of the hexagonal TOS bridge set.
• The access stairs to the upper level engineering deck (seen in TOS seasons 2 and 3) are gone.

One production glitch that was avoided from being televised was Uhura having white skin. " Someone in the paint department used Nurse Chapel's colors on Uhura, who turned Caucasian with the flip of a brush! " exclaims Malcolm C. Klein, a management and marketing consultant to Filmation. " Fortunately, that one was caught before the film reached the lab. " ( Starlog , Vol. 2, No. 6, p. 47)

On many other occasions, body parts on various characters would go missing. According to animator Bob Kline , " it was usually something the cameraman did on purpose or accident to keep the cel levels at six. You couldn't use more than six cel levels under the camera. " This was often completed to allow more animation to appear on screen, as any more than six cells would make the animation appear "muddier". ( Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series , p. 27)

Proposed CGI reworking [ ]

In 1998 , there were talks of TAS being re-worked with CGI animation. According to Mainframe Entertainment ( Reboot ):

"Mainframe proposes to produce a television series continuing the original adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise (NCC-1701). The new series will reunite the original 'young' crew by the use of modern technology and production methods developed by Mainframe over the last 5 years.

The new series will incorporate a 'virtual' cast performing in 3D computer generated sets, bringing together the advantages of new technology with the sensibilities of traditional film making.

In the early Seventies, 'Filmation' produced 22 one-half hour traditionally animated episodes based on the original 'STAR TREK' franchise.

It is our intention to take these 'Filmation' episodes and use them as a starting point to craft the new series. By using the original recordings of the core cast, carefully re-working the scripts, and rerecording all incidental characters, we believe that it is possible to bring the storylines up to the high standards expected of a 'STAR TREK' series today."

The project was never realized. [16]

Related topics [ ]

• TAS directors
• TAS performers
• TAS recurring character appearances
• TAS writers
• Star Trek Logs by Alan Dean Foster
• Undeveloped TAS episodes
• Star Trek: Final Frontier , a proposed but undeveloped animated series
• Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Star Trek: Prodigy
• These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 1 (1970-75) , February 2019
• Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series , September/October 2019

Documentary [ ]

• The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek : "Saturday Morning Pinks" ( The History Channel , 5 November 2021)

Home video formats [ ]

• Star Trek: The Animated Series on VHS
• Star Trek: The Animated Series on Betamax
• Star Trek: The Animated Series on LaserDisc
• Star Trek: The Animated Series  on DVD
• Star Trek: The Animated Series  on Blu-ray

External links [ ]

• Star Trek: The Animated Series at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Star Trek: The Animated Series at Wikipedia
• Star Trek: The Animated Series at StarTrek.com
• The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series (X) at StarTrek.com
• The Animated Series Gets Real (X) at StarTrek.com
• DanHauserTrek.com – Guide to Animated Star Trek
• Star Trek: The Animated Series  at Ex Astris Scientia
• Star Trek: The Animated Series at the Internet Movie Database
• StarTrekAnimated.com – fan site
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Episode list

Star trek: the animated series.

S1.E1 ∙ Beyond the Farthest Star

S1.E2 ∙ Yesteryear

S1.E3 ∙ One of Our Planets Is Missing

S1.E4 ∙ The Lorelei Signal

S1.E5 ∙ More Tribbles, More Troubles

S1.E6 ∙ The Survivor

S1.E7 ∙ The Infinite Vulcan

S1.E8 ∙ The Magicks of Megas-Tu

S1.E9 ∙ Once Upon a Planet

S1.E10 ∙ Mudd's Passion

S1.E11 ∙ The Terratin Incident

S1.E12 ∙ The Time Trap

S1.E13 ∙ The Ambergris Element

S1.E14 ∙ The Slaver Weapon

S1.E15 ∙ The Eye of the Beholder

S1.E16 ∙ The Jihad

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