Eight television series and one shortform companion series make up the bulk of the star trek mythos. The animated series tas, originally aired as star trek and as the animated adventures of gene. An untitled star trek series is a second animated cartoon series that will follow star trek. The first six novels were set during each of the four thenexistent television series, plus two proseonly series, star trek. Original series, animated series, next generation, deep space nine, voyager, enterprise, discovery, short treks and picard. Memory alpha is a wiki encyclopedia for topics related to the star trek fictional universe. The 2270s was, on earths calendar, the eighth decade of the 23rd century. The st design project is intended for personal and nonprofit use only. Picard is an american web television series featuring the character jeanluc picard, created for cbs all access by akiva goldsman, michael chabon, kirsten beyer, and alex kurtzman. The original series tos, aired 79 episodes from 1966 to 1969.
Special next voyages trailer made exclusively for trekcore by kyle c. Apr 24, 2019 a new, original cg animated star trek series that follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning and salvation is in the works from nickelodeon and cbs television studios. Jul 12, 2018 this generation of star trek tackled issues such as racism, gender and torture, according to memory alpha, and remains one of the most popularly cited series to this day. The hour gave fans their first looks at the romulans and also at mark lenard, who played the formidable romulan commander. The name star trek logs, plural, was adopted by contributors at memory alpha, and other fansites. While tng was still on the air, a different series, star trek. In april 2019, representatives of nickelodeon and cbs announced a partnership to produce an animated star trek series for a younger audience.
This comes as vampirella celebrates her 50th anniversary. Logs, but this varies according which book or edition is searched. The series used almost all of the original casts voices minus walter koenig, and animation allowed for more aliens and fantastical plots and sets. This generation of star trek tackled issues such as racism, gender and torture, according to memory alpha, and remains one of the most popularly cited series to this day. Numerous undeveloped star trek episodes were written for star trek. Here was the perfect fusion of cartoons and trek for a young fan. The animated series or tas was the second, and only noncanon star trek tv series produced. The original series episodes, balance of terror debuted on december 15, 1966 or 50 years ago today. Short treks is a short series set in the star trek universe, acting as a companion to star trek. When filmation submitted star trek for the best childrens series emmy, this was the episode they submitted. Conceived by harry doddema and dan carlson in september 2003 and officially launched on december 5 of that year, it uses the wiki model and is hosted by wikia, inc.
Memory alpha quotes wise himself in the audio commentary for how sharper than a serpents tooth. The animated series was to come up with sequels to beloved episodes from the original series. The animated series is a standalone bluray set released in november 2016. It first aired in the nbc saturday morning lineup on september 29, 1973, and was written by margaret armen, author of three original series episodes set in the 23rd century, the series follows the adventures of captain james t. He accepted background sources, such as picards family album, when fleshing out the pitch. The future of star trek tvstreaming series in 2020 and. Premiering in october 2018, four liveaction episodes were released monthly, running. That series would later expand to star trek 12 1977.
The show was voiced by most of the actors from star trek. I had the most vague memory of an animated star trek as a kid, i seemed to remember 1 or 2 things as a child but i was so young i thought i may have imagined it. Star trek refers both to the star trek universe and to star trek. Many of the original cast voiced their animated counterparts and more. Many references to original series episodes have been made throughout star trek online. The pitch was written almost exclusively after viewing memory alpha, and used the memory alpha canon.
The englishlanguage memory alpha started in november 2003, and currently consists of 48,501 articles. It later spawned an animated series and six movies. If this is your first visit, please read an introduction to memory alpha. Memory alpha is a collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference for everything related to star trek. Gateways was a miniseries of seven books published in 2001, depicting events centered around iconian gateways and the gateways crisis of 2376. Another stardate system simply has this decade fall from stardates 2270 to 2279. William shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, james doohan, nichelle nichols, george takei, and majel. Anna that star wars girl and dynamite comics join forces. This is an episode list for the science fictioncartoon seriesstar trek. There is no reason that star trek, the animated series shouldnt be canon. Canon in star trek online official star trek online wiki. 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. It is the second star trek companion series, the eighth series set in the star trek universe, and the first series to feature both liveaction and animated episodes. Some stardate systems have delineated this era from stardates ranging approximately from shortly before 7000.
Ultimately, it failed, and only ran for one season although it did win an emmy for outstanding childrens animated program, plus a protracted. The show was created by gene roddenberry as a wagon train to the stars. Memory alpha contains over 47,000 articles and 44,000 images in its english edition alone as of december 2019, making it one of the largest wiki projects. The animated series wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. 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. In addition to the canonical television shows of over 700 episodes and 12 films, the fictional universe is comprised of approximately 500 novels, 450 short stories, 800 comics, and 200 video games, plus various reference materials, roleplaying game books, and star trek online virtual episodes, for a. Brand new series exploring the lore of star trek in star trek online. Gorkon klingon empire new frontier rise of the federation seekers sektion 31 stargazer the animated series the next generation the lost era the original series titan. With scott bakula, john billingsley, jolene blalock, dominic keating. However, both memory alpha, and a seeming majority of fans prefer voy and dis. All the series in total amount to 774 episodes across 35 seasons of television. The animated series also known as the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek, which aired from september 1973 to october 1974 on nbc.
Was pretty excited as i had only seen a couple of eps. The animated series also featured a vertical component of the warp core, that extended from the dilithium crystal assembly. The animated series is the last bit of the star trek franchise to be released on dvd and it is a worthy addition to any classic. It originally aired from september 8, 1973 to october 12, 1974 on nbc, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. The animated series episodes which were broadcast during the series run. Despite this request, memory alpha recognizes the animated series as a valid resource. The starship enterprise takes on new adventures in this colorful cartoon series featuring the voices of the original star trek cast. Start trek wiki, star trek expanded universe star trek. Star trek log is a series of ten novelizations based on, and inspired by, episodes of the science fiction television series star trek. Following three more spinoff productions, the 20052006 tv season was the first since 1987 without a new star trek series being broadcast, though all series remain in syndication. For the sake of consistency, those more common abbreviations are used here as well. Here is the schematic of a constitution class ship designed by doug drexler also mentioned in bill teels answer, which i suppose we can consider canon since it did air on that enterprise episode. The animated series originally known simply as star trek but also known as the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek is a 1973 animated science fiction television series set in the star trek universe following the events of star trek.
The original series at memory alpha, the star trek wiki. The series was briefly revived as an animated series in 197374, and. Based in the universe of star trek, created by gene roddenberry. It is the eighth series in the star trek franchise, and was launched in 2020. Oct 25, 2018 cbs has announced plans for star trek. Debuting exclusively on nickelodeon, the series expands the star trek. As a kid growing up in the late 70s, i had basically forgotten this show existed, im actually surprised at how well it gels with tos so far, i. This website is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with cbs studios inc. The series began the star trek franchise and has gone on to have stories in multiple formats.
The original series at memory alpha, the star trek wiki star trek, now called star trek. As you soak in the fact that its the 50th anniversary of balance of terror, consider these facts, figures and anecdotes. The shortlived star trek animated series begins its television run. The campaign announcement went live on dynamites social media platforms with a youtube video of. The animated series has been released on vhs in several countries since its original broadcast in 1973. The animated series at memory alpha, the star trek wiki. Andorian at memory alpha a star trek wiki andor at memory alpha a star trek wiki a rogues gallery of andorians a series of blog postings listing the appearances of andorian characters across all star trek. I simply want to embrace and extend the cataloging of star trek imagery for all to appreciate. At times considered apocryphal, more recently it has been welcomed into the cbs trek franchise with a. Oct 16, 2017 still, even though original series writer d. There were also strong indications from the official. Spock returns to the vulcan of his youth in an attempt to restore the future. Because star trek the animated series had a limited budget, there was not enough money to bring back walter koenig to play chekov. 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.
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. Star trek did not return to television until 1987 with the debut of star trek. A brief history of the alpha and beta quadrants, exploring major and minor powers. The animated series introduced a threearmed, threelegged, longnecked, alien member of the bridge crew, named arex, and a catlike alien crew member named mress. The animated series clanak na memory alpha, star trek wikiju.
The animated series is included as valid, or canonical, for a number of reasons, such as the fact that star trek creator gene roddenberry and most of the cast of. Fontana often asserted the legitimacy of the animated series, most sources including the official star trek encyclopedia and memory alpha. Memory alpha includes a decent list of references back to tas in. The series was first released in september 2016 as part of the star trek 50th anniversary tv and movie collection. Beyond the farthest star was the debut episode of star trek.
The lorelei signal is the fourth episode of the first season of the animated american science fiction television series star trek. In star trek circles, wise is best known for writing the only classic star trek episode to win an emmy. Starting from 1985 a rental release took place in the. It was produced in tas first season and debuted on 8 september 1973. Kirk and his father george are ordered to help recapture three escaped convicts from a wartorn alien world.
The show was created by gene roddenberry as a wagon. The first episode of the show aired on 6 september 1966 on ctv in canada, followed by a 8 september 1966 airing on nbc in america. Jul 21, 2011 spock returns to the vulcan of his youth in an attempt to restore the future. A century before captain kirks fiveyear mission, jonathan archer captains the united earth ship enterprise during the early years of starfleet, leading up to the earthromulan war and the formation of the federation. Series abbreviations star trek expanded universe fandom. It did not air until the fifth week, but the first episode filmed was a sequel to the trouble with tribbles, while the third took us back to the guardian of forever from the classic city on the edge of foreever. The tapes were released under the title the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek in the late 1980s to mid 1990s. The original series is a revised title for the series star trek, which originally aired as a tv series on nbc from 1966 to 1969. The original series and billed as a saturday morning childrens show. The site is also available in several other languages, includ. Lower decks, an animated comedy set in the star trek universe coming to the cbs all access streaming service, according to tvguide the series will focus on. Star trek mystery solved isis actress from assignment. Beyond the farthest star memory beta, noncanon star.
Many references to original series episodes have been made throughout star trek. Wises cowriter russell bates also commented that the. Star trek memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Meanwhile, in reruns, the original series is becoming a cultclassic which will give birth to a new series of films and television shows beginning star trek. The animated series is an animated continuation of the adventures of captain kirk and the enterprise crew. The most recent omnibus editions used the scheme star trek. Make sure to like the video and subscribe if you enjoyed. Star trek article at memory alpha, the canon star trek wiki. The official production abbreviations for voyager and discovery are vgr and dsc, respectively. Until its removal from the game on 17 july 2014, memory alpha was the center for crafting for federation players. The animated series tas has been a bit of black sheep of the trek franchise.
Content posted on the star trek design project is licensed under the creative commons attribution noncommercial license. The npcs at memory alpha introduce the player to crafting, and enables players to create weapons and equipment by collecting data samples and using one of the research stations provided. The animated series the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek is a dvd collection containing all twentytwo of the star trek. The animated series was supposed to be chronologically between st. Star trek animated series 2x06 the counterclock incident. The series was first released in september 2016 as part of the star trek 50th anniversary tv and movie collection while the episodes have been remastered in 1080p highdefinition, the bonus material has been transferred from the 2006 dvd release in standard definition. The animated series is the first animated incarnation of star trek.
The writer of the pitch considered the liveaction paramount series and movies as canon, as well as star trek. Star trek article at memory beta, the noncanon star trek wiki. We had a nice little email chat, sharing some feelings about the reboot series in general. The original release came in identical, hard plastic case packaging for both region 1 and 2. Set in the milky way galaxy during the 23rd century, it is the closest that comes to a direct sequel to star trek. The history of star trek on television timeline timetoast.
This page was created by kail tescar this site was created strictly as a hobby. For years playboy pinup and actress victoria vetri was associated with the role, even garnering her a page on memory alpha, the star trek wiki. The animated series, originally and formally titled star trek and the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek, was a continuation of the voyages of the uss enterprise, previously featured in star trek. But the show is a fine example of how trek could work in animation. The original series referred to as star trek, prior to any spinoffs is the first star trek series. The original series would train the teenage crew of a ship called excalibur about.