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"Space. The final frontier."
From the first time those famous words echoed from our television sets, Star Trek has been a nexus of pop culture. Presumably dead after three seasons, The Original Series spawned four more series and 10 movies. Paramount has announced an 11th Star Trek, scheduled for release Christmas 2008.
The stories of The Original Series have stood the test of time. Here's your one-stop source for the entire three seasons, with an episode guide and downloadable high-quality videos. Vote for your favorite episode!
(Want your own copy of an episode? Click on the title to visit Amazon.com and download a high-quality video for only $1.99 each.)
The Definitive Star Trek: Original Series Resources
- STARTREK.COM: Star Trek: The Original Series
- The official CBS Paramount Studios web site featuring The Original Series. Current events related to TOS actors, the new "Remastered" versions, forums, and much more. Once upon a time, fan sites rules. This official site totally rocks!
- Star Trek: The Original Series on Wikipedia
- The contributors to Wikipedia have done a great job of documenting the history of ST:TOS. Read about the new "Remastered" releases.
- Eric's Excruciatingly Detailed Star Trek (TOS) Plot Summaries
- Astronomer, physicist and ST fan Eric Weisstein compiled lively summaries for every Star Trek: TOS episode. Fun facts and links between episode help illuminate the ST mystique.
- Star Trek Classic on G4
- G4, the "plugged in" cable channel, hosts a totally bizarre site called the Spock Market AKA Star Trek 2.0. Part game, part chat, all fun. Trade shares of Kirk and other characters. Chat about the episode, and see your comments on live broadcast. Star Trek weirdness at its best.
Season 1
Without a doubt, Season One of Star Trek: The Original Series featured some of the best science fiction drama ever produced for television. What are the best of the best? Vote for your favorites.
#1
The Cage (Pilot)
Capt. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions. (Technically, not part of Season 1, but this is the best category.)4 points
#2
The City on the Edge of Forever
Accidentally overdosing on medication, McCoy becomes unbalanced and ventures into a time portal where he manages to seriously disrupt Earth's time line. To repair the problem, Kirk and Spock return via the portal to 1930's Earth.2 points
#3
Space Seed
Enoucntering the 20th century sleeper ship SS Botany Bay, theEnterprise find that it carries genetically-selected supermen in suspended animation. One of the sleepers is Khan, former ruler of a quarter of the Earth.1 point
#4
The Man Trap
Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy meets a former girlfriend when the Enterprise brings supplies to a remote archaelogical survey group. Still attractive to McCoy, the woman's current appearance hides a dark and deadly secret.1 point
#5
Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Enterprise, encounters an energy barrier, which causes the death of several crewmen and mutates Captain Kirk's long time friend, Gary Mitchell, into a god-like being. Kirk must now try to stop Gary before his new abilities make him impossible to control.1 point
#6
The Enemy Within
While in orbit around Alpha 177, the Enterprise experiences a momentary transporter malfunction. While being teleported back into the ship, Captain Kirk is split into two different people one good and one evil. The malfunction must be rapidly fixed before a stranded landing party, led by Sulu, begins to freeze to death.1 point
#7
The Devil in the Dark
Investigating an unkown menace that has been killing miners and damaging machinery on Janus VI, Kirk and Spock discover a rock-like creature with whom the Vulcan conducts an illuminating mind-meld.1 point
#8
Charlie "X"
Raised from babyhood from noncorporal beings, 17 year old Charles Evans is picked up and transferred to the Enterprise. On board the ship, the teenager proves dangerously unable to wield his enormous psionic powers with maturity.1 point
#9
The Return of the Archons
When a landing party on Beta III exhibits strange behavior, Kirk and his crew discover a society whose individuals appear to be staid and respectable, until the advent of Red Hour.1 point
#10
The Corbomite Maneuver
While exploring an uncharted area of space, the Enterprise is confronted and trapped by a gigantic spherical spaceship called the Fesarius. The alien on the ship informs the Enterprise, that they only have 10 minutes before their ship is destroyed. Captain Kirk comes up with a bluff informing the alien that the Enterprise is equipped with a self destruct system, that is capable of also destroying the Fesarius.1 point
#11
A Taste of Armageddon
For years, the planet Eminiar VIII has waged a sanitized war with planet Vendakar in which computers determine which citizens must report for disintegration. Unfortunately, the Enterprise crew are selected for death.1 point
#12
The Conscience of the King
Contacted by one of the other two witnesses to the crime of mass-murder "Kodos the Execution," Kirk is persuaded that the criminal may be disguising himself as an actor in a traveling theatrical troupe.1 point
#13
The Naked Time
An alien virus strips the Enterprise crew of their inhibitions, causing chaos as each crew member is overcome by hidden emotions. Meanwhile, the Enterprise is being pulled inexorably into a nearby planet's gravity well.0 points
#14
Balance of Terror
Despite the earlier Romulan war, the Romulans have never been seen in person. The Enterprise, in pursuit of a Romulan agressor, makes a discovery that causes suspicion about a senior crew member.0 points
#15
The Menagerie - Part 2
Apparently summoned to Starbase II, Kirk, Spock and McCoy visit a former Enterprise Commander, the paralyzed and horribly disfigured Christopher Pike. Uncharacteristically, Spock commandeers the Enterprise, then turns himself in for court-martial.0 points
#16
Tomorrow is Yesterday
Transported back in time to 20th century Earth, Kirk rescues the pilot of a destroyed fighter plane, and contemplates the problem of how to return the man without altering Earth's future.0 points
#17
The Menagerie - Part 1
Apparently summoned to Starbase II, Kirk, Spock and McCoy visit a former Enterprise Commander, the paralyzed and horribly disfigured Christopher Pike. Uncharacteristically, Spock commandeers the Enterprise, then turns himself in for court-martial.0 points
#18
Shore Leave
When McCoy sees the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, the crew begin to realize that the planet they are visiting seems to have the dangerous power to turn any thought into reality.0 points
#19
The Squire of Gothos
Encountering an uncharted planet in an empty region of space, Kirk and his crew are entertained by Trelane, a playful being who lacks the self control to wield his great psionic powers with discipline.0 points
#20
The Alternative Factor
When the stellar system seems to blink, when the Enterprise investigates and finds Lazarus, a man who seems to alternate between two wildly different versions of the same person.0 points
#21
This Side of Paradise
The survival of colonists who have been exposed for years to fatal radiation is traced to life-preserving alien spores. Unfortunately for Kirk's crew, the spores also have a more sinister effect.0 points
#22
Errand of Mercy
When Kirk and Spock intervene to offer protection to the people of a planet caught dangerously between the Klingon Empire and the Federation, they are surprised by the response from the lethargic Organians.0 points
#23
Mudd's Women
The Enterprise picks up untrustworthy entrepreneur Harry Mudd accompanied by tree beautiful women who immediately put a spell on all the male crew members.0 points
#24
Arena
With both their ships held captive by powerful beings, Kirk and the captain of the alien vessel are placed on an asteroid to fight for their lives and the lives of their crews.0 points
#25
The Galileo Seven
Crash-landing on a planet populated by hostile giants, the 7-man crew of the Shuttlecraft Gallieo find themselves unable to communicate with the Enterprise or to escape the planet's atmosphere.0 points
#26
Court Martial
Arriving at Starbase 11, Kirk faces court-martial for negligence resulting in the death of a colleague. Accused by the victim's family and prosecuted by a former lover, Kirk's career seems doomed.0 points
#27
Operation Annihilate
Experimenting with ways to protect the inhabitants of the planet Deneva from an inexplicable epidemic of mass insanity, McCoy's effort needlessly causes Spock to go blind.0 points
#28
Miri
On a planet populated by children whose aging process has been slowed artificially, Kirk's landing party members contract a virus that kills adults. Despite their violent attacks, Kirk is determined to help the children.0 points
#29
What are Little Girls Made Of
Helping nurse Christine Chapel search for her fiance, the Enterprise finds a detached Dr. Korby working on a plan to create android duplicates of key figures, beginning with James Kirk.0 points
#30
Dagger of the Mind
When a wild-eyed maniac escaping from the Tantalus Penal Colony turns out to be one of the psychiatric staff, Kirk investigates the institution and discovers a chilling exercise in mind control.0 points
Season 2
Most of the episodes in Season 2 were as strong as Season 1. What would Star Trek be without the pon farr or tribbles? Vote for your favorites.
#1
Mirror, Mirror
A transporter accident swaps Kirk, Scott, McCoy and Uhura with their counterparts from a brutal parallel universe that is ruled by force and assassination. Will they survive long enough to find a way to return?3 points
#2
The Trouble with Tribbles
Irritated at being sent to a space station to protect a cargo of grain, Kirk discovers a Klingon plot with the help of the Tribbles, Furry little creatures that have two skills: eating and breeding.2 points
#3
Amok Time
Gripped by the violent mating urge with effects Vulcan's every seven years, Spock must return to his homeworld immediately. Disobeying orders, Kirk takes Spock to Vulcan, where he must fight his irrational friend to the death.2 points
#4
The Doomsday Machine
Having confronted a giant planet-consuming robot ship that threatens our galaxy, Commodore Decker is the sole survivor of his crippled Starship. Pulling rank on Kirk, the unhinged decker puts the Enterprise at risk by engaging the Robot once more.1 point
#5
I, Mudd
On an unmapped planet, Harry Mudd is surrounded by hundreds of beautiful female androids who exist to serve humankind. Since the over-protective machines refuse to let Mudd leave, he lures an entire shipful of humans for them to serve.1 point
#6
The Immunity Syndrome
Rushing towards a solar system with which all contact has been lost, the Enterprise discovers that all life in the system has been wiped out by an enormous, single-celled, mindless amoeba.1 point
#7
Journey to Babel
En route to the Babel Conference, the Enterprise is carrying diplomats from diverse races. When a Tellarite Ambassador is killed, the evidence points to Spock's estranged father, Vulcan Ambassador Sarek.1 point
#8
Obsession
Encountering for the second time a creature that drains red blood cells from humans, Kirk is determined to correct his previous mistake and kill the entity outright before it can claim more lives.1 point
#9
The Changeling
Nomad, an aggressive machine which has already destroyed several planets, spares the Enterprise, believing that Kirk is Nomad's creator. However, when the machine begins to attack crew members on board the ship, Kirk must find a way to disable it.1 point
#10
The Deadly Years
Stopping to deliver supplies at Gamma Hydra IV, Kirk's landing party finds the once-young colonists dying of old age. Returning to the ship, all but one of the landing party experience the same terminal accelerated aging.1 point
#11
Metamorphosis
Nancy Hedford, a diplomat in the latter stages of Sakuro's disease, needs treatment for her terminal condition. While transporting Hedford, Kirk's shuttle is diverted by a powerful entity that introduces the shuttle to warp pioneer Zefram Cochrane.1 point
#12
Assignment: Earth
Sent on a mission to the year 1968, the Enterprise intercepts Gary Seven, who claims to have been raised an trained by aliens to prevent Earth's destruction. When Seven escapes, Kirk and Spock follow him to New York City.0 points
#13
Assignment: Earth
Sent on a mission to the year 1968, the Enterprise intercepts Gary Seven, who claims to have been raised an trained by aliens to prevent Earth's destruction. When Seven escapes, Kirk and Spock follow him to New York City.0 points
#14
A Piece of the Action
The imitative natives of planet Lotia have made their society in the image of Chicago Mobs of the Twenties, an Earth history book. To convince the local Mobs to work together, Kirk takes on role of Supreme Mafia Boss.0 points
#15
The Ultimate Computer
Kirk's worries about being replaced by erratic genius Dr. Richard Daystrom's new computer are allayed when the machine, given control of the Enterprise, attacks and destroys other Federation Starships during a combat exercise.0 points
#16
Patterns of Force
On the planet Ekos, Famous historian and cultural observer John Gill appears to have violated the Prime Directive by introducing Nazi ideology to the Ekosians. Posing as a Nazi officer, Kirk resolves to find the truth.0 points
#17
The Apple
Gamma Trianguli VI is a paradise inhabited by peaceful immortal young humanoids. However, Kirk's landing party finds that the planet seems to be trying to kill them. The suspicion leads to the discovery of an artificial god.0 points
#18
Who Mourns for Adonais?
Drawn by a strange force to Pollux IV, Kirk and his crew encounter Apollo, the last of the Greek gods. Although Apollo wishes to force the crew to remain with him forever, Kirk has other plans.0 points
#19
Return to Tomorrow
In a deeply buried cave on a long-dead planet, an Enterprise landing party finds three living, disembodied, highly intelligent entities, who request the use of three human bodies for a short time.0 points
#20
Bread and Circuses
Having been missing for six years, the USS Beagle is found near a planet on which the society has developed into a modern version of Ancient Rome. Investigating, Kirk finds the Beagle's Captain is now First Citizen of the Empire.0 points
#21
A Private Little War
The Enterprise is surprised to find that a primitive people have suddenly developed the ability to make and use Flintlock weapons. Investigating, an injured Kirk is nursed by a woman who is keen to acquire Federation weaponry.0 points
#22
Wolf in the Fold
Recovering from a head injury caused by a female crew member, Scotty relaxes in an Argelian cabaret, then leaves with a beautiful dancer. When the dancer is brutally murdered, Scotty is found holding a bloodstained knife.0 points
#23
The Omega Glory
Finding the USS Exeter's crew killed by an unknown virus, Kirk's team beams down to the planet below, where there is a natural cure. There they discover the Exeter's captain violating the Prime Directive in his pursuit of a valuable prize.0 points
#24
The Gamesters of Triskelion
Forcibly transported from the Bridge of the Enterprise, Kirk, Uhura and Chekov are forced to train as gladiators on the planet Triskelion. A desperate Kirk wagers his own ship against a chance of freedom.0 points
#25
Friday's Child
Mining negotiations with a tradition-bound Capellan tribe are upset when a Klingon agent persuades a group of Capellan warriors to assassinate the leader and seize power. Kirk is determined to protect the wife and unborn child of the murdered leader.0 points
#26
By Any Other Name
Lured by a fake distress call, the Enterprise crew finds themselves under the control of five Kelvans, who plan to use the ship to make the 300-year trip back to their home in Andromeda Galaxy.0 points
Season 3
Most Trekkers consider the third season as the weakest of The Original Series. So comparing these episodes, which is your favorite? Or at least, the least bad? (You know what I mean!)
#1
For The World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
The Enterprise encounters the asteroid Yonada, which is being run a by a computer named the oracle. Thanks to the oracle, the inhabitants of Yonada don't have a clue that they are on top of an asteroid/ship on a collusion course with a Federation planet.2 points
#2
The Enterprise Incident
Captain Kirk, in an overworked and confused state, takes the Enterprise into Romulan space. The Romulan ships immediately demand her surrender. Captain Kirk then uses a brilliant hoax, in which he fakes his death and then comes back in a Romulan disguise, in order to steal the cloaking device.1 point
#3
The Tholian Web
After the discovery of another Federation ship, adrift in an unexplored quadrant of space, Captain Kirk is left stranded abroad the U.S.S. Defiant, which is rapidly becoming nonexistent. The Enterprise fruthermore becomes trapped in an energized web formed by the Tholians an alien race new to the Enterprise.1 point
#4
Spectre of the Gun
After the Enterprise ignores a warning buoy sent by the Melkots, they are transported to a surrealistic recreation of a Wild West town from Kirk's memory. The landing party will reenact the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in the losing roles of the Clanton gang.1 point
#5
Day of the Dove
After crossing paths with a Klingon ship around the planet Beta XII-A, the Enterprise and the Klingon's begin to have a battle inside the Enterprise. They soon realize that the cause of this battle was due to a malovent energy that is on board the ship, that feeds off aggressive instincts.1 point
#6
That Which Survives
# Sent to examine a planet which has inexplicably developed a livable environment in less than 10,000 years, the Enterprise crew finds themselves under attack by a woman able to kill men by touching them, or to throw a starship almost 1,000 year in distance.1 point
#7
The Empath
Trapped on a planet by a solar storm, Kirk, Spock and McCoy take cover in an underground cavern, where they discover Gem, an alien with the ability to heal. When the landing party are captured by Vains, they face horrific and potentially fatal torture.1 point
#8
All Our Yesterdays
Trying to escape the explosion of a sun of a nearby planet named Sarpeidon, Captain Kirk, Spock and McCoy enter this new planet, which has a huge library, that serves as a time portal. The crew manages to temporarly get stuck in the past trying to help a woman called Zarabeth, who is doomed to stay trapped in the past for an enternity.0 points
#9
Wink of an Eye
Responding to a distress call from the planet Scalos, the Enterprise finds a beautiful city, but no sign of life. After a crewman and Captain Kirk disappear after drinking some of the Scalosian water, they discover the shocking mystery of what actually happened to the inhabitants of this planet.0 points
#10
The Turnabout Intruder
Trapped in a woman's body, and his mind being sedated, Captain Kirk's body is suddenly in the possession of a jealous woman named Dr. Janice Lester. The Dr. had previously been romantically involved with Captain Kirk, but her jealousy of Kirk being Captain, led her to use the mind transferring device.0 points
#11
Spock's Brain
While on a routine mission in deep space, a young woman materializes on the bridge of the Enterprise and causes everyone on board to become unconscious. As the crew regains consciousness they realize that Spock's brain is missing. The crew has only 24 hours to regain the brain, before Spock's body dies.0 points
#12
The Way to Eden
After apprehending a stolen spaceship called the Aurora, the crew aboard the Enterprise have to deal with a young group of individuals, who are seeking the planet Eden and plan to take over the Enterprise, in order to reach their destination.0 points
#13
Whom Gods Destroy
The Enterprise is transporting a new drug that the Federation hopes will cure the galaxy's insane humanoids. Captain Kirk and Spock beam down to Elba 2, a poisonous planet where there is an asylum housing the few remaining criminally insane individuals. While there Kirk and Spock encounter a menacing, insane, shape-changing individual, called Garth of Izar, a former hero of the Federation, who tries to take over the Enterprise.0 points
#14
The Paradise Syndrome
After beaming down to a beautiful earth like planet, that is on a collision course with a huge asteroid, Captain Kirk ends up being exposed to a strange ray that causes him to have partial amnesia. Kirk end's up being revered as a god by the local tribesmen and marries Miramanee a beautiful priestess.0 points
#15
Elaan of Troyius
Two planets that are both Federation members, Elas and Troyius, have been at war with each other for centuries. The Enterprise is assigned to transport Elaan, the Dohlman of Elas, to Troyius for her marriage to that planet's leader. As Kirk tries to educate Elaan on the importance of the marriage, he ends up falling in love with her, causing him to be distracted from a Klingon ship that's threatening the Enterprise.0 points
#16
The Savage Curtain
In a battle between good and evil the U.S.S. Enterprise crew consisting of Captain Kirk, Spock, Abraham Lincoln and Surak are forced to battle Zora, Genghis Khan, Colonel Green and Kahless. This battle happens on the planet Excalbia, and is being led by a rock creature named Yarnek, who aims to teach his fellow Excalbians about what good and evil is about.0 points
#17
Requiem for Methuselah
A deadly fever called Rigellian has hit the Enterprise crew, forcing them to take a journey to the planet Holberg 917-G, where the only antidote is said to be at. While on the planet the crew, runs into a man named Flint, who happens to have a long history and a shocking secret to reveal.0 points
#18
And the Children Shall Lead
The Enterprise takes a journey to a planet where a team of scientists has been killed. The surviving children on the planet behave in a peculiar manner.0 points
#19
Is There in Truth No Beauty?
In an experiment, Dr. Miranda Jones beams aboard the Enterprise with Kolos, a Medusan encased within a protective container. The Medusan experiment goes wrong when the other on board member Lawrence Marvick, the man responsible for the design of the Enterprise's engines, falls victim to the sight of Kolos and becomes dangerously insane.0 points
#20
The Mark of Gideon
The Enterprise travels to Gideon, a planet free of disease, which the United Federation of Planets is attempting to recruit as a member. Captain Kirk transports to the planet surface but finds himself back on the Enterprise. There are however no other people on the ship except for him and a beautiful young woman named Odona. Odona has been sent by her leaders, and her father, to be infected by Kirk's human bacteria, and then use her illness, to infect others and solve her planet's overpopulation...0 points
#21
The Cloud Minders
Needing a rare and crucial element called zienite, in order to stop a plague on planet Merak 2, the Enterprise crew take a journey to the planet Ardana, which is rich of the element zienite. While on the planet, Captain Kirk discovers that there is hostility going on between the two different classes, the Troglytes and the High Advisers, which creates a barrier for Captain Kirk from receiving the rare element he needs.0 points
#22
Plato's Stepchildren
A distress call comes in from the planet Platonius, which causes Dr. McCoy, Kirk, and Spock to beam down to the planet. Dr. McCoy cures the sick stricken Platonian leader, Parmen, but refuses to stay with him in the planet, which infuriates the leader and has the landing party enslaved. Parmen then uses his powerful telekinetics power to toy around with the Enterprise crew.0 points