The Original Series

Original air date: February 2, 1968Captain’s Log, Stardate: 4211.4SYNOPSISPeaceful, primitive peoples get caught up in the struggle between superpowers, with Kirk unhappily trying to restore the balance of power disrupted…

Original Air Date: January 19, 1968Captains Log Stardate 4307.1SYNOPSISThe Enterprise encounters a gigantic energy draining space organism that threatens the galaxy.CANON CONTEXTWhen this episode was filmed, George Takei was filming…

SYNOPSISThe crew of the Enterprise struggles to cope with a planet of imitative people who have modeled their society on 1920s gangsters.CANON CONTEXTThis was the last Star Trek script credited…

Officer’s Log, Stardate 3259.2 made by officer Spock.SYNOPSISKirk, Uhura and Chekov are trapped on a planet where abducted aliens are enslaved and trained to perform as gladiators for the amusement…

Original air date: December 29, 1967SYNOPSISTo protect a space station with a vital grain shipment, Kirk must deal with Federation bureaucrats, a Klingon battle cruiser and a peddler who sells…

[Writer’s Note: I apologize for the many days off I took before resuming these reviews. Needed the time. Should be back to the daily grind tomorrow.]Original air date: December 22,…

Original air date: December 15, 1967Captain’s Log, Stardate 3619.2SYNOPSISCapt. Kirk obsessively hunts for a mysterious cloud creature he encountered in his youth.CANON CONTEXT"Lieutenant Lesley" played by regular Star Trek background…

Original air date: December 8, 1967SYNOPSISA landing party from the Enterprise is exposed to strange form of radiation which rapidly ages them.CANON CONTEXTDeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy) said of the make-up…

Original air date: December 1, 1967SYNOPSISThe Federation clashes with the Klingon Empire over mining rights to Capella IV. A sudden coup between its warrior-minded inhabitants forces Kirk's party to flee…

This post is a thread. It works slightly different from my regular review emails so I thought I would give it a try in cases where news is made in…