The Original Series was a work in progress with two fundamental concepts introduced as retcons late in season 1.

While Star Trek currently includes over two dozen TV series and movies, and a lot has improved (mostly special effects), we still think some things haven’t gotten better since Captain Kirk’s original ...

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First aired late in Season 1, “Space Seed” introduces Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically engineered tyrant from Earth’s past, who is found in stasis and quickly tries to take over the Enterprise.

Back in 1966, Star Trek: The Original Series showed up on NBC looking like just another oddball sci-fi experiment. Nobody—seriously, nobody—thought this weird little space show with foam rocks and ...

There’s just something about the original Star Trek that connects with you on a very base level. It wasn’t flashy by today’s standards and some of the effects were a little rough even back then, but ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

Star Trek will forever be one of the most influential sci-fi franchises of all time. Born in 1966, the legend of the USS Enterprise still lives on today, and no prop is more iconic than the original ...

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...