Many of the episodes were sequels to classic adventures from the. The animated series remains the shortestlived series of the star trek franchise, with just 22 episodes airing over a month period in 197374 on nbc. Star trek animated series 1x03 one of our planets is missing trailer. The starship enterprise takes on new adventures in this colorful cartoon series featuring the voices of the original star trek cast. The series 22 episodes featured characters voiced by their original actors and was the first star trek series to win an emmy award. Oct 21, 2015 my top10 favorite episodes of startrek the original series by toongal12.
The cartoon featured many star trek firsts, such as the holodeck and scripts. The famous humanitarian found by the crew after missing for five years turns out to not be who he claims to be. The original series, view video clips and full episodes on cbs. The animated series tas made its tv debut in september 1973. If every project in development comes to fruition then we wont have had this much star trek on our screens. Since the original star trek premiered in 1966, through the 90s when no less than three star trek series were on at one time, and finally to the emergence of star trek. While searching for a lost ship, kirk, spock and mccoy are captured and placed in a zoo by advanced, telepathic aliens. The enterprise finds a long lost explorer ted knight.
There was no lost animated star trek episode produced. Ive made some disparaging comments about star trek. These stories were submitted or developed for production, but for various reasons never aired. Id seen a handful of episodes and been unimpressed by them, and even more damning, i was familiar with filmation, and all the horrors that come with that name. In september 2003, star trek novel authors dayton ward and kevin dilmore contacted me to inform me that they were working on a new starfleet corps of engineers novel that would be a direct sequel to the animated star trek epsiode the time trap. This week, the star trek community suffered a great loss when writer dorothy catherine d. Exactly how long would a complete star trek franchise.
Numerous undeveloped star trek episodes were written for various star trek series that were submitted or developed for production, but for various reasons never aired, as was the case with several other undeveloped star trek projects. I was thrilled, since that was my favorite animated episode. As the latest addition to the star trek stable, picard, expands on star trek. The animated series is often referred to as star treks fourth season because it was created in 1973, four years after the third and final season of the original series, and because most of the original cast provided the voices. Sep 03, 2019 the animated series was the perfect topic, as it really is the last piece from the original series to be given a thorough behindthescenes look and analysis it is the kind of book i would have loved to read myself and as luck would have it, i actually wrote it. Kirk and the crew of the uss enterprise, as they explore the galaxy and defend the united federation of planets. It originally aired from september 8, 1973 to october 12, 1974 on nbc, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. The animated series or tas was the second, and only noncanon star trek tv series produced. The animated series consists of a total of 22 episodes over two seasons.
The second television program in the star trek franchise, star trek. The motion picture and over a decade before the next series. Star trek is us at our most curious, most tolerant, and most together, and for a show aimed at a saturday morning kids crowd, the animated series gives us all we could hope for. The original series 19661969 1966 1967 1968 1969 1988. The animated series available for online streaming. It is what audio engineers refer to as a razortape. In april 2019, representatives of nickelodeon and cbs announced a partnership to produce an animated star trek series for a younger audience.
The animated series, view video clips and full episodes on. The mind behind many great trek episodes, fontana delved into vulcan and romulan culture, explored ai, and even received a hugo award nomination for cowriting the series premiere of the next generation, encounter at farpoint with gene roddenberry. The 10 best episodes in star trek tv history, ranked. The crew of the enterprise races to find a way to stop a cloud from destroying inhabited planets. The animated series premiered in 1973 as a saturday morning cartoon four years after the original series final season. The animated series season 1, episode 3 one of our planets is missing. The original series, edited together to create a lost episode in which captain kirk and spock become lovers.
But, winston is actually a shapeshifting vendorian, who, takes the captains form and orders sulu to steer the enterprise into the neutral zone, where romulan warbirds lie in ambush. A voyage, if you will, across star trek s brightest spots and darkest chapters, from the original classics to its latest discoveries. The animated series also known as the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek, which aired from september 1973 to october 1974 on nbc. Apr 26, 2019 a new star trek animated series has gotten the green light to run on nickelodeon. Around april 1973, the nbc network gave the green light to filmation studios to produce 16 episodes for airing that fall. The official guide to the animated series reveals the efforts it took to translate tos into animated form, includes a databank encyclopedia of new and returning characters, ships, and planets, as well as trivia, bloopers, and tass connections to other star trek shows. This show basically continues the adventures of the original series presumably in the fourth year of the fiveyear mission, but takes advantage of the unlimited special effects provided by animation to introduce more alien crewmen the felinoid mress and this is the further adventures of the star. It was also the last trek series to air in firstrun on network television until star trek. The original series, tas is formally titled as just star trek, with the subtitle the animated series being used to differentiate it both from the original liveaction series and its other spinoffs some sources listing the title as star trek the animated adventures. Creator gene roddenberrys animated version of star trek featured the voices of nearly the entire cast of the original liveaction series, including william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, george takei, james doohan, nichelle nichols and majel barrett, as well as many of the original series.
Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to. When we were watching star trek in chronological order, with the exception of 2 tas episodes yesteryear and more tribbles, more troubles, we really didnt like the series. Star trek animated series announced for nickelodeon space. The animated series, or the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek, is an emmy award winning animated science fiction television series set in the star trek. Fontana, the animated series was, at the time, considered to be the fourth season of star trek and won an emmy in 1975 for outstanding entertainment childrens series. The animated series 1973 tv y7 2 seasons tv shows the starship enterprise takes on new adventures in this colorful cartoon series featuring the voices of the original star trek cast.
This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pilot episode, the cage. The last episode of the series, turnabout intruder, aired on june 3, 1969, but star trek would eventually return to television in animated form when the animated star trek debuted in september 1973. Numerous undeveloped star trek episodes were written for star trek. The future of star trek tvstreaming series in 2020 and. The animated series is often referred to as star trek s fourth season because it was created in 1973, four years after the third and final season of the original series, and because most of the original cast provided the voices. Debuting exclusively on nickelodeon, the series expands the star trek universe for a new generation of fans. The animated series premiered in 1973 as a saturday morning cartoon four years after the original series final. Near the romulanfederation neutral zone, a long lost philanthropist, carter winston, is discovered on board a damaged oneman vessel. Charming, goofy, and chalk full of spock, the animated series is as thoughtful as it is silly, channeling the best of what star trek. Join the conversation and connect with cbss star trek.
Star trek animated series 1x03 one of our planets is missing trailer by trekcore. The animated series tas, originally aired as star trek and as the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek, is an american animated science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry. The animated star trek series made its debut early on saturday morning september 8, 1973. Get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live fashion learning spotlight. At star trek guide, wed advise those offended fans to apply a little head canon to the internal contradictions within the animated series, because the truth is tas plays as an extension to the original series, part of the fiveyear mission with everything proper about star trek left intact. Voyager debuted in 1995 on upn however, the franchise creator, gene roddenberry, later insisted that the animated show be kept out of continuity since. The animated series aired on nbc for 2 seasons spanning 22 halfhour episodes from 1973 to 1974. The animated series transcended the saturday morning cartoon format, bringing back the crew of the enterprise to boldly go, once again, where no man has gone before. Tas saw the return of almost all of the key cast members voicing their iconic characters, and series veteran scriptwriters were given the freedom to tell stories on an unprecedented scale.
This show basically continues the adventures of the original series presumably in the fourth year of the fiveyear mission, but takes advantage of the unlimited special effects provided by animation to introduce more alien crewmen the felinoid mress and the tripedal arex as well as introduce more. It is composed of soundbites from various episodes of star trek. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, george takei. And let the heavens fall animated star trek episode, part 3 of 3 by chdanhauser. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the united federation of planets. Strange new worlds new star trek series to follow captain pike, spock, and number one. After this, it would be six years before the somewhat lackluster star trek. This is the further adventures of the star trek series in a halfhour animated form. All of this series episodes were novelized by alan dean foster and released in. You must be a cbs all access subscriber to enjoy this video. But the absurd level of coarse language, violence, intolerance, and just plain pointlessness displayed in these new trek shows just makes me never want to share them with anyone, ever.
On the television network nbc, 22 episodes of the animated series were aired between september 1973 and october 1974. Yes, we might have just done star trek s latest primary addition to the franchise, sorry picard, youll get one when youve done a bit more boldly going, but our final guide is going back. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, nichelle nichols. Every star trek series, ranked worst to best screen rant.
All in all, it was exciting to see a new star trek series just four years after the original was cancelled. With six liveaction television shows, an animated series, and countless movies, the star trek franchise has dominated pop culture for decades. Some of these ideas were never produced, whereas others were. Sometimes known as tas, star trek the animated series debuted on nbc, sat. Dr, it would take about 23 days straight 556 hours to watch all of the television episodes and movies in the entire star trek franchise, as they were aired on television or released in the theaters this does not include directo. The episodes are listed in order by original air date, 2 which match the episode order in each seasons original, 3 4 5 remastered, 6 7 8 and. All 22 episodes of the series are available for adsupported streaming at, on the star trek page at, and also at the cbsowned. The animated series is the last bit of the star trek franchise to be released. Bonaventure was a prefederation survey ship lost in the delta triangle.
This page was created by kail tescar this site was created strictly as a hobby. The animated series tas, originally aired as star trek and as the. Beyond the farthest star from season 1 at join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. William shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, james doohan, nichelle nichols, george takei, and majel. If you are experiencing problems, please describe them. In 1973, at the peak of the original series success, roddenberry made an animated version of star trek featuring the voices of nearly all of the original cast members. The animated series and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. May 18, 20 its hard to think of any other 1960s tv series with as much stayingpower as star trek. On the television network nbc, 22 episodes of the animated series were.
1153 854 820 203 1396 1331 1050 1478 245 1538 571 177 1085 880 359 1047 799 1017 185 70 446 825 20 1454 251 1101 395 604 628 582 907 798 273 445 1129 969 967 607 390 626 1231 1140 495 123