The original Star Trek series holds a place near and dear to many of us who grew up in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This is the show I grew up […]
Star Trek: The Complete First Season – Why the Original Star Trek Blu-ray is a Must-Have
Star Trek: The Original Series – Operation Annihilate! – Strong Conclusion to the First Season
Written by Steven W. Carabatsos and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Herschel Daugherty The first season of the original Star Trek series finished quite strongly. There were a number of episodes among the last […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The City on the Edge of Forever
Written by Harlan Ellison and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney Fifty four years ago, what is arguably one of the best stories ever in Star Trek was aired. The City on the […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Alternative Factor – The First Alternate Universe Story, Not the Best
Written by Don Ingalls and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Gerd Oswald There are some episodes of the original Star Trek series that I look at right from the beginning and say “I know […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Errand of Mercy – Are We Really That Different?
Written by Gene L. Coon and Gene RoddenberryDirected by John Newland The Star Trek episode Errand of Mercy is a wonderfully written episode that has a deeper message beneath the seemingly benign […]
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Devil in the Dark – The Horta Looks Like a Rock Lobster
Written by Gene L. Coon and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney If I had to list my favorite episodes of the original Star Trek series, there’s only a few episodes that I […]
Star Trek: The Original Series: This Side of Paradise – It Sure Don’t Look Like Eden
Written by D.C. Fontana, Jerry Sohl, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Ralph Senensky Paradise is different things for different people, but the finding of an idyllic world seems to be a topic worth […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – A Taste of Armageddon – Kill the People, not the Places
Written by Robert Hammer, Gene L. Coon, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney Something I remember hearing quite a bit about during the Cold War when I was younger were bombs that […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Space Seed – Welcome to Fantasy Island, Eugenics Style
Written by Gene L. Coon, Carey Wilber, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels It’s pretty much a given among Star Trek fans that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is one […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Return of the Archons – Technology Runs Amok
Written by Boris Sobelman and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney A theme that ran through many of the science fiction shows in the 1960’s was the fear of technology taking control of […]
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