List of Star Trek: The Animated Series episodes
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This is an episode list for the science fiction cartoon series Star Trek: The Animated Series (also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek), which aired from September 1973 through October 1974 on NBC. The second television program in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: The Animated Series consists of a total of 22 episodes over two seasons. This episode list incorporates the stardate on which the events of each episode took place within the fictional Star Trek universe.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 16 | September 8, 1973 | January 12, 1974 | |
2 | 6 | September 7, 1974 | October 12, 1974 |
Episodes
Season 1 (1973–74)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Stardate | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Beyond the Farthest Star" | 5221.3 | Hal Sutherland | Samuel A. Peeples | September 8, 1973 | |
While exploring on the outermost rim of the galaxy the USS Enterprise is pulled into the orbit of a dead star. Trapped there, the crew discovers that there is an ancient derelict pod ship trapped with them as well. | |||||||
2 | 2 | "Yesteryear" | 5373.4 | Hal Sutherland | D. C. Fontana | September 15, 1973 | |
Spock must travel to the past to rescue his younger self from danger. | |||||||
3 | 3 | "One of Our Planets Is Missing" | 5371.3 | Hal Sutherland | Marc Daniels | September 22, 1973 | |
The Enterprise encounters a giant cloud creature that feeds on the energy of the planets that lie in its path. They determine it is heading for Mantilles, home to a Federation colony governed by former Starfleet officer Bob Wesley (featured in the ST/TOS episode "The Ultimate Computer)". | |||||||
4 | 4 | "The Lorelei Signal" | 5483.7 | Hal Sutherland | Margaret Armen | September 29, 1973 | |
Investigating a sector of space where starships have disappeared every 27 years, the Enterprise finds a race of beautiful women living on the planet Taurus II. | |||||||
5 | 5 | "More Tribbles, More Troubles" | 5392.4 | Hal Sutherland | David Gerrold | October 6, 1973 | |
While the USS Enterprise escorts two robot cargo ships carrying quintotriticale, a new seed grain, to famine stricken Sherman's Planet, it encounters a Klingon battlecruiser pursuing a Federation scout ship. When the Enterprise rescues the pilot, the Klingons attack with a new energy weapon and demand that the pilot be handed over to them. | |||||||
6 | 6 | "The Survivor" | 5143.3 | Hal Sutherland | James Schmerer | October 13, 1973 | |
Patrolling near the Romulan Neutral Zone, the USS Enterprise finds a ship manned by Carter Winston, a Federation citizen and philanthropist who has been missing for five years. | |||||||
7 | 7 | "The Infinite Vulcan" | 5554.4 | Hal Sutherland | Walter Koenig | October 20, 1973 | |
While visiting the newly discovered planet Phylos, Lt. Sulu picks up a walking plant, called a Retlaw, and is poisoned. The alien species that inhabit the planet, who are plantlike beings, approach and save Sulu's life. | |||||||
8 | 8 | "The Magicks of Megas-tu" | 1254.4 | Hal Sutherland | Larry Brody | October 27, 1973 | |
While exploring near the center of the galaxy, the USS Enterprise is caught inside an energy/matter vortex and all her computer systems fail. A being named Lucien appears on the bridge, repairs the ship's systems and takes the crew to explore his planet, Megas-Tu. | |||||||
9 | 9 | "Once Upon a Planet" | 5591.2 | Hal Sutherland | Chuck Menville, Len Janson | November 3, 1973 | |
The Enterprise crew revisits the "amusement park" planet first seen in the Classic Trek episode "Shore Leave" hoping for some rest and relaxation. | |||||||
10 | 10 | "Mudd's Passion" | 4978.5 | Hal Sutherland | Stephen Kandel | November 10, 1973 | |
The USS Enterprise receives orders to arrest Federation outlaw Harry Mudd, who is accused of selling fake love crystals. Intercepting Harry on the mining colony of Motherlode, they bring him aboard the Enterprise. | |||||||
11 | 11 | "The Terratin Incident" | 5577.3 | Hal Sutherland | Paul Schneider | November 17, 1973 | |
While observing a burnt-out supernova, the USS Enterprise picks up a strange message transmitted in a two-hundred-year-old code. | |||||||
12 | 12 | "The Time Trap" | 5267.2 | Hal Sutherland | Joyce Perry | November 24, 1973 | |
While exploring the Delta Triangle, where many starships have disappeared, the USS Enterprise is attacked by several Klingon vessels. During the battle they are caught in an ion storm. The Enterprise and one Klingon battlecruiser are drawn into a spacetime vortex and end up in a timeless dimension. | |||||||
13 | 13 | "The Ambergris Element" | 5499.9 | Hal Sutherland | Margaret Armen | December 1, 1973 | |
While exploring the water planet Argo, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are transformed into water breathers by the planet's undersea inhabitants, the Aquans. In order to return to their normal selves, they must enlist the help of the Aquans to capture a giant sur-snake, whose venom holds the antidote. | |||||||
14 | 14 | "The Slaver Weapon" | 4187.3 | Hal Sutherland | Larry Niven | December 15, 1973 | |
15 | 15 | "The Eye of the Beholder" | 5501.2 | Hal Sutherland | David P. Harmon | January 5, 1974 | |
The disappearance of a scientific team lures the USS Enterprise to investigate near Lactra VII. The starship Ariel is located there, abandoned, with its captain having transported to the planet's surface. | |||||||
16 | 16 | "The Jihad" | 5683.1 | Hal Sutherland | Stephen Kandel | January 12, 1974 | |
The USS Enterprise arrives at the Vedala asteroid, where Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock have been summoned to learn about a stolen religious artifact, the "Soul of the Skorr", whose theft could ignite a galactic holy war. |
Season 2 (1974)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Stardate | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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17 | 1 | "The Pirates of Orion" | 6334.1 | Bill Reed | Howard Weinstein | September 7, 1974 | |
Spock contracts a fatal illness, and the cure can only be found with dangerous Orion pirates. | |||||||
18 | 2 | "Bem" | 7403.6 | Bill Reed | David Gerrold | September 14, 1974 | |
The Enterprise crew is taken captive by a race of primitives on a newly discovered planet. | |||||||
19 | 3 | "The Practical Joker" | 3183.3 | Bill Reed | Chuck Menville | September 21, 1974 | |
A strange energy field causes the Enterprise computer to play practical jokes on the crew, but the humor soon turns to danger. | |||||||
20 | 4 | "Albatross" | 5275.6 | Bill Reed | Dario Finelli | September 28, 1974 | |
Doctor McCoy is arrested for allegedly causing a deadly plague which once ravaged the planet Dramia. | |||||||
21 | 5 | "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" | 6063.4 | Bill Reed | Russell Bates, David Wise | October 5, 1974 | |
A mysterious being threatens to destroy the Enterprise if the crew is unable to solve an ancient puzzle. | |||||||
22 | 6 | "The Counter-Clock Incident" | 6770.3 | Bill Reed | John Culver | October 12, 1974 | |
An unusual spaceship pulls the Enterprise into a "negative universe" where time seems to flow backwards. |
External links
- Star Trek: The Animated Series at IMDb
- Episode List at Memory Alpha
- Episode List at StarTrek.com
- Episode List at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Episode List at Curt Danhauser's Guide to the Animated Star Trek