Rob's "Star Trek" Site

ROB'S STAR TREK SITE

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Last episode added: "THE NAKED TIME"

"Space . . . the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: To explore strange, new worlds . . . to seek out new life and new civilizations . . . to boldly go where no man has gone before."

With those words spoken by William Shatner at the beginning of each episode, viewing audiences embarked on a voyage unlike any attempted for network television. Each show brought us, in varying degrees, excitement, drama, humor, sadness, and the message that, despite all of our current differences, mankind will get its act together enough for us to finally conquer disease, famine, poverty, and war amongst ourselves and travel peacefully into space.

(Without giving away my political beliefs, I always jokingly assumed that the Democrats finally won the whole pie by the twenty-second century, seeing as there is tolerance for all races, religions, and sexual preferences, universal health care, no death penalty, and, perhaps most importantly, no significant monetary unit to control their lives, unlike today.)

Before I move on, I should probably let you know that, while I consider myself a Trekker, I also understand that it's entertainment. Star Trek is more of a hobby for me than a way of life.

That being said, I thought it would be fun to list each of the original series episodes, giving a plot summary, some cast information, both plot faults and technical faults, and what I consider the interesting points in each episode. These will be as thorough as possible but won't bash the show itself. Consider it "The Thinking Man's (or Woman's) Star Trek."

Much of this information was obtained from "The Making of Star Trek" by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry, "The Star Trek Chronology" by Michael and Denise Okuda, "The Star Trek Compendium" by Allan Asherman, "The Star Fleet Technical Manual" by Franz Joseph, "The World of Star Trek" and "The Trouble With Tribbles" by David Gerrold, "The Music of Star Trek" by Jeff Bond, and by viewing the episodes many, many times since they first started airing in 1966. Of course, if you see an error or an omission in my observations, please e-mail me and let me know. I will correct the oversight immediately.

"THE CAGE" (THE FIRST PILOT)

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

THE MUSIC

THE PRIME DIRECTIVE - GENERAL ORDER ONE

TIME TRAVEL

THE TRANSPORTER

THE USS ENTERPRISE

THE EPISODES

THE ANIMATED EPISODES

THE OFFICIAL STAR TREK WEB SITE

CONTACT ME!

Star Trek is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures.


	ROB'S STAR TREK SITE (Best viewed if you expand your browser's window.) Need the STAR TREK font? Click here to download it! Last episode added: "THE NAKED TIME" "Space . . . the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: To explore strange, new worlds . . . to seek out new life and new civilizations . . . to boldly go where no man has gone before." With those words spoken by William Shatner at the beginning of each episode, viewing audiences embarked on a voyage unlike any attempted for network television. Each show brought us, in varying degrees, excitement, drama, humor, sadness, and the message that, despite all of our current differences, mankind will get its act together enough for us to finally conquer disease, famine, poverty, and war amongst ourselves and travel peacefully into space. (Without giving away my political beliefs, I always jokingly assumed that the Democrats finally won the whole pie by the twenty-second century, seeing as there is tolerance for all races, religions, and sexual preferences, universal health care, no death penalty, and, perhaps most importantly, no significant monetary unit to control their lives, unlike today.) Before I move on, I should probably let you know that, while I consider myself a Trekker, I also understand that it's entertainment. Star Trek is more of a hobby for me than a way of life. That being said, I thought it would be fun to list each of the original series episodes, giving a plot summary, some cast information, both plot faults and technical faults, and what I consider the interesting points in each episode. These will be as thorough as possible but won't bash the show itself. Consider it "The Thinking Man's (or Woman's) Star Trek." Much of this information was obtained from "The Making of Star Trek" by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry, "The Star Trek Chronology" by Michael and Denise Okuda, "The Star Trek Compendium" by Allan Asherman, "The Star Fleet Technical Manual" by Franz Joseph, "The World of Star Trek" and "The Trouble With Tribbles" by David Gerrold, "The Music of Star Trek" by Jeff Bond, and by viewing the episodes many, many times since they first started airing in 1966. Of course, if you see an error or an omission in my observations, please e-mail me and let me know. I will correct the oversight immediately. "THE CAGE" (THE FIRST PILOT) THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE MUSIC THE PRIME DIRECTIVE - GENERAL ORDER ONE TIME TRAVEL THE TRANSPORTER THE USS ENTERPRISE THE EPISODES THE ANIMATED EPISODES THE OFFICIAL STAR TREK WEB SITE CONTACT ME! Star Trek is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures.