Space, the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. It's five year mission; to explore strange worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before! Because these are the original television adventures of Captain Kirk, Science Officer Spock, and Doctor McCoy.
Star Trek was an American produced sci fi TV series starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley. Created by Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek was originally not very popular at all when it was on the air despite winning two Hugo Awards. It was ultimately cancelled after three seasons due to its lackluster ratings.
However, it gained a massive resurgence in popularity due to reruns and quickly became a part of pop culture and a cult phenomenon. It created a hugely popular and immensely successful and hugely influential Star Trek Franchise that has lasted for decades. Star Trek has been spoofed and lampooned by various other series including The Muppet Show; Saturday Night Live; and In Living Colorover the ensuing decades as well.
There has been a cartoon sequel series, Star Trek: The Animated Series and six movies directly based on the original series and characters. A seventh film, Star Trek: Generationsserved as a bridge between the original series and the sequel film series that focuses on a future crew approximately 100 years following the events of the original series.
At present, there have been five official TV spin-off series and a number of fan-based non-profit films and web series have also been created and released.
For this reason, Star Trek is retroactively referred to as Star Trek: The Original Series or Star Trek: TOS to differentiate between the original television series and the numerous other series and films that was inspired by it. The enduring popularity of the original series resulted in it being digitally remastered with new updated and upgraded special effects and scenes in 2009.
Due to the commercial and critical failures of the last few Star Trek films and television series, the decision was made to reboot the entire franchise. The result was a new feature film in 2009, Star Trek which is based upon the original series which followed up with two sequels films which have ensured that the voyages of Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy will continue.
The intrepid and dashing Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Best friends with Spock and McCoy, he endures their bickering with good humor and makes his decisions based on his own intuition and instincts ... and occasionally a little logic, cheating, bluffing, and lying when the situation calls for it. He was portrayed by William Shatner.
Half Human. Half Vulcan. The stoic First Officer of the USS Enterprise, he also serves double duty as its science officer and is torn between his two people; the emotional driven piece of his humanity and the demands of the cold and impersonal logic of the Vulcan people. He was portrayed by the late Leonard Nimoy.
One of the most popular, pivotal, and important characters of the Star Trek Franchise; Spock inspired numerous fans and ranks among the most recognizable iconic fictional characters of all time. The character has made significant appearances in a number of series of the Star Trek Franchise including Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Discovery as well as a critical role in the reboot film series as well.
The cantankerous and curmudgeonly doctor of the USS Enterprise. Suspicious of all of the high-tech and unfeeling technology, McCoy views himself as an 'old fashioned country doctor' and despises using the matter transporters for fear that one day, they will malfunction and scramble his molecules. He irascibly trades insults and barbs with the inhuman and often
coldly precise half-Vulcan first officer. He was portrayed by the late DeForest Kelley.
Kelley was originally intended as a secondary character on the show but his great comedic chemistry with the two primary leads of Shatner and Nimoy led to him being "graduated" and transforming the duo into a trio. As Doctor McCoy, he has several of the most famous and iconic catchphrases and memes in the Star Trek Franchise; "He's dead, Jim!" and "I'm a Doctor, not a(n)..." which is frequently used throughout the series and by fans.
The Chief Engineer of the Enterprise. He is overly devoted and protective of his beloved ship that those bloody idiots on the bridge who constantly insist on banging her up and breaking it. Scotty is well known as being a "miracle worker" for improvising last second fixes and inventive solutions to various engineering challenges. He was portrayed by the late James Doohan.
The character inspired the catchphrase meme of "Beam me up, Scotty!" in pop culture due to the fact that Scotty was the frequent operator of the matter transporters aboard the ship.
A brilliant linguist and translator, she acts as the ship's communications officer. She was portrayed by the late Nichelle Nichols.
Lt. Uhura is widely regarded as being one of the most groundbreaking TV characters of all time, being a female African-American on a major TV series as part of a multicultural and gender diverse crew. She helped inspire a generation of young African-Americans to follow in her footsteps as astronauts and the occasional television and movie stars.
The pilot and helmsman of the Enterprise. He often acted as the commanding officer on the bridge in the absence of the Captain and First Officer and is renowned for his numerous interests and hobbies including botany, ancient weapons, and fencing.
A young and somewhat naive Russian born navigator. He frequently makes wildly incorrect comments regarding Russia and its cultural importance and heritage.
He was portrayed by Walter Koenig. His character was added after the first season to add a more "youthful" attitude and perspective to the cast.
She was portrayed by the late Majel Barrett who originally portrayed the severe Number One in the original Star Trek pilot episode alongside Captain Christopher Pike. However studio executives disliked her character and pushed to have her replaced in the role. Often regarded as the "First Lady" of Star Trek due to her marriage to creator Gene Roddenberry and the fact that she was involved in the franchise over the decades; aside from her roles in the original series―she also portrayed the various computer's voices in the TOS and TNG series as well as serving as Lwaxana Troi, the frequently annoying and meddlesome mother to Deanna Troi in the Next Generation series.
The beautiful Yeoman Janice Rand is an enlisted member of Starfleet serving under Captain Kirk as his personal secretary and aide. Her position puts her in close proximity to the dashing Captain whom she nurses an unrequited crush but their rank and professionalism prevents it.
She was portrayed by the late Grace Lee Whitney.
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The new Captain of the USS Enterprise, the brash James T. Kirk embarks on his first extended mission―for the next five years, he and his ship and crew will boldly go where no man has ever dared to go before! They will explore strange new worlds and seek new life and new civilizations ... but there are strange aliens and dark terrors in the wondrous depths of space that will severely challenge this new captain and his crew's ability to overcome.
From strange plagues that remove a person's inhibitions to another that has ravaged an entire planet's adult populace and left behind only the children as survivors; to omnipotent god-like aliens with powers over pure thought; and even being forced to traverse the time barrier to save their future from being altered―these are merely the first set of challenges that Captain Kirk, Science Officer Spock, and Doctor McCoy will be forced to weather over the course of their first few missions together!
The crew of the Enterprise is up against all new threats and challenges in their second year of exploration and daring adventure! From the strange hidden worlds of the universe; they will face an ancient doomsday weapon intent on destroying all life and several strange alien predators who stalk the stars to hunt and kill their prey―from a living cloud who feeds on blood like a vampire; to a cosmic amoeba which is intent on draining all bit of energy from its surroundings to reproduce; to an ancient psychotic serial killer who possesses individuals and uses them to murder his victims! Can even the canny resourcefulness of Captain Kirk and the brilliant intellect of Science Officer Spock up to the challenge of overcoming these strange murderous new life forms?
The crew of the Enterprise find themselves up against some of the strangest and most bizarre alien civilizations yet! From a race that have quite literally stolen Science Officer Spock's brain; to an alien ambassador so hideous that the merest glimpse would drive a person into insanity; to a pair of powerful alien beings locked in a quest to destroy one another.
Kirk, Spock, and McCoy will dare to challenge these strange alien civilizations together; risking their lives and their ship as they boldly go where no man has ever dared to go before...