Star trek unproduced episodes

Star trek is a science fiction franchise comprising eight television series, thirteen films, three companion series, numerous novels, comics, video games, reference works, podcasts, role playing games, along with thousands of collectibles. Tbonz on may 6 mcneill and wang trying to revive captain proton by. Phase ii, also known as star trek ii, is an unproduced american science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry as a sequel to star trek, which had run from 1966 to 1969. Some end up being reworked and reworked until they become. Canceled star trek tv shows and movies we never got to see. It would have revolved around a young kirk and spock as they. Mccoy discovers his old flame is not what she seems after crew members begin dying from a. Enterprisewas struggling on the upn, william shatner pitched his idea for a new tv show to replace it.

Star trek ii 1977 later to become known as star trek phase ii, this was the attempted television series that would have seen the original crew with the exception of. Discovery is an american web television series created for cbs all access by bryan fuller and alex kurtzman. Carmel, appeared in season ones mudds women and season twos i, mudd, as well as the animated series mudds passion. He nearly did almost 45 years ago, but it never came to pass.

The material of this animated series was recycled by the writer for an article in star trek. Originally, star trek was a product of desilu studios as created by gene roddenberry in a first draft series proposal star trek is. Many projects have been partially developed for star trek, beginning in the 1970s. Discovery season two, but theres one previous spock return that never quite made it to air. Harry mudd is one of the original star trek s most popular adversaries, though he was played largely for laughs.

In fact, if you want to go down the rabbit hole of star trek stories that never saw the light of day, check out memory alphas deep catalogue of undeveloped star trek episodes. Dec 11, 2017 the star trek franchise has produced a number of massive hit movies and shows since it first premiered in 1966, but not all star trek ideas have been winners. Here the browser can relive the memories of seeing the show as a child or adult or discover the show for the first time. I invite you to enjoy this site and please feel free to drop me an e. Star trek was a science fiction television series that aired on nbc from 1966 to 1969.

Star trek is a 2009 american science fiction action film directed by j. The notion of a star trek film was originally considered amid the making of tos season 2, while deforest kelley, gene roddenberry, and gregg peters were having lunch together. Star trek episodes that were never made page 2 the trek bbs. The series struggled for ratings during its three seasons. But seriously, star trek has had some famous episodes and storylines go unproduced. This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pilot episode, the cage. Developed into film, episode idea reused, failed pilot, phase ii, star trek, unproduced episodes, unproduced television shows gene roddenberry, genesis ii, star trek. Join the conversation and connect with cbs s star trek. Most underrated star trek episodes business insider. Picard episodes now being released, theres lots of activity in support of the series. These stories were submitted or developed for production, but for various reasons never aired. As a way to set the story up, roddenberry asked leonard nimoy to limp during the cage, an instruction with which nimoy complied. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, william marshall. The next generation episodes set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the starfleet crew of the federation starship enterprised.

Broken bow pilot september 26, 2001 season 1, episode 1. At one point, gene roddenberry planned to do an episode set before the original star trek pilot. Created by gene roddenberry, the science fiction television series star trek starred william shatner as captain james t. In this episode, several groups, including the federation, bid for rights to manage the entrance to a wormhole near a resourcepoor planet. Discoverys captain pike, number one and spock strange new worlds will be based on. The plans for the series were first developed after the failure to create a feature film based on the earlier series during the 1970s, coupled with. In encounter at farpoint data escorts an unnamed admiral onto a shutlecraft. Archer scott bakula takes command of earths first warpspeed space vessel. It looks vaguely like mccoy from the original series, but i cant be sure. The series originally aired from september 1966 through june 1969 on nbc. Numerous undeveloped star trek episodes were written for star trek. Leonard bones mccoy aboard the fictional federation starship uss enterprise. Cbs all access has announced a series order for star trek. Happy halloween from see below for our picks of the top ten scariest trek episodes 10.

Additionally, the episode mindsifter was based on a piece of fan fiction from the 1970s. This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pil. Abrams and written by roberto orci and alex kurtzman. The initial order was for a twohour pilot, followed by hourlong episodes. There have also been deleted scenes for completed projects.

In various attempts to capitalize on the success of their major shows and movies, the minds behind star trek have come up with a number of ideas that were left behind in the development. It is the eleventh film in the star trek film franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original star trek television series portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. Norman spinrad, the noted science fiction author, penned two episodes of star trek for gene roddenberry, namely the doomsday machine and he walked among us, the latter about a primitive race, the jugali, inexplicably employing technology well beyond. Communicator issue 149 and later for undeveloped star trek. Mar 03, 2012 it may be a coincidence, but around the time the book should have been on shelves, a tng episode based on an unproduced star trek phase ii script the child was airing on tv. The cage, in which spock would have injured one of his legs. Spock is set to return to star trek television in star trek.

But theres a reason those got bumped to make room for the rest, so read on, and see which ones we think are the 17 most terrifying episodes of star trek. Episodes pilots 19641965 star trek s pilot episode, the cage, was completed between. Sep 18, 2018 spock is set to return to star trek television in star trek. However, when the show entered syndication, it became a massive success. I, myself, was eleven years old when the animated star trek first aired. Sep 07, 2015 unproduced fantasy, science fiction and horror films, tv shows and episodes while jon povill and gene roddenberry worked on povills star trek movie script in 1975, roddenberry and paramount solicited scripts and pitches from some famous science fiction writers, including harlan ellison and john df black.

Star trek has also given us good oldfashioned murder mysteries like wolf in the fold where the spirit of jack the ripper is on the loose, or monsteroftheweek episodes like the man trap. Apr 07, 2016 star trek ii 1977 later to become known as star trek phase ii, this was the attempted television series that would have seen the original crew with the exception of nimoy reunited for what was. Launched in 2017, it is the first scripted series developed specifically for that service. The seventh series in the star trek franchise, it was the first series in the franchise since star trek. Star trek episodes that were never made the trek bbs. Archer scott bakula takes command of earths first warpspeed space.

A transporter malfunction splits captain kirk into two halves. Nbc star trek a taste of armageddon is another original series episode that gets overshadowed. In this one, the crew of the enterprise encounters a planet fighting a brutal centurieslong war. Star trek spec scripts that never saw the light of day. Numerous undeveloped star trek episodes were written for various star trek series that were submitted or developed for production, but for various reasons never aired, as was the case with several other undeveloped star trek projects. The original series, view video clips and full episodes on. The proposed episode starts off with mistress jantoch, kate mulgrew as a klingon, entering into combat with a parallel voyager. Instead of representing the soviet union, the klingons convey attitudes similar to those seen on the streets of charlottesville, va. The animated series, aired on nbc for two seasons in 1973 and 1974.

Oct 21, 2015 full episodes from star trek cassie olson. Undeveloped star trek episodes memory alpha fandom. Undeveloped star trek projects memory alpha fandom. With regard to the unproduced episodes, shol seems like it might have made a decent episode after another pass or two at rewrites to clean up the issues it certainly has a tos feel to it. Welcome to my guide to the animated star trek series the forgotten star trek. Two other episodes were based on unfilmed stories for the unproduced 1978 star trek phase ii tv series. Japan triumphant also might have been good scrubbed of the racist overtones, as axis wins ww2 alternate history stories are a sf mainstay i guess we.

Among unproduced star trek episodes, its certainly one of the more interesting to think about. Classic episodes star trek city on the edge of forever by jonnybaak. The first unproduced story idea for an episode of ds9 was devised during an approximately fiveday brainstorming. Mccoy discovers his old flame is not what she seems after crew members begin dying from a sudden lack of salt in their bodies. The episodes are listed in order by original air date, which match the episode order in each seasons original, remastered, and bluray dvd box sets. The child and kitumba, neither with the permission of star trek rightsholders. Kirk and a subskeleton crew are ordered to test out an advanced artificially intelligent control system the m5 multitronic system, which could potentially render them all redundant. Phase ii was to be the flagship show, and be broadcast at 8pm est, followed by a movie of the week starting at 9pm. During the first season, the producers need for new episodes to be delivered to the network to meet the original series commitment became urgent, and a frame was written allowing most of the original footage from the cage to be used within the series continuity as a twopart episode the. Sep 26, 2001 broken bow pilot september 26, 2005 season 1, episode 2. Years later we got a book by gar and judy reevesstevens about the unproduced phase ii series, with some information on episodes that would have been included in. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, grace lee whitney. The three of us came up with the idea of doing a motion picture version of.