
The Enterprise crew revisits the "amusement park" planet first seen in the Classic Trek episode " Shore Leave" hoping for some rest and relaxation. A being named Lucien appears on the bridge, repairs the ship's systems and takes the crew to explore his planet, Megas-Tu. While exploring near the center of the galaxy, the USS Enterprise is caught inside an energy/matter vortex and all her computer systems fail. The alien species that inhabit the planet, who are plantlike beings, approach and save Sulu's life, but kidnap Mr. While visiting the newly discovered planet Phylos, Lieutenant Sulu picks up a walking plant, called a Retlaw, and is poisoned. Patrolling near the Romulan Neutral Zone, the USS Enterprise finds a ship carrying Carter Winston, a Federation citizen and philanthropist who has been missing for five years. When the Enterprise rescues the pilot, the Klingons attack with a new energy weapon and demand that the pilot be handed over to them. 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. 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. They determine that it is heading for Mantilles, home to a Federation colony governed by former Starfleet officer Bob Wesley (featured in the TOS episode " The Ultimate Computer)". The Enterprise encounters a giant cloud creature that feeds on the energy of the planets that lie in its path. Spock must travel to the past to rescue his younger self from danger. Trapped there, the crew discovers that there is an ancient derelict pod ship trapped with them as well. While exploring on the outermost rim of the galaxy, the USS Enterprise is pulled into the orbit of a dead star.

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Star Trek: The Animated Series is set in the 23rd century in the Star Trek universe, in which Earth is part of the multi-species United Federation of Planets. 7.3 References in other Star Trek series.The Animated Series was critically acclaimed and was the first Star Trek series to win an Emmy Award when its second season won the 1975 Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment – Children's Series. After the conclusion of The Animated Series, the adventures of the characters continued in live-action theatrical films, the first being the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Fontana characterized The Animated Series as effectively a fourth season of The Original Series. Much of the original cast returned to provide voice-overs for their characters. This resulted in Roddenberry's decision to continue the series in animated form. Set in the 23rd century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Enterprise as it explores the Milky Way galaxy.Īfter the cancellation of The Original Series ( TOS) in 1969, the live action show proved popular in syndication and generated significant fan enthusiasm. The second series in the Star Trek franchise, it features mostly the same characters as Star Trek: The Original Series. It originally aired as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek at Saturday mornings from September 8, 1973, to October 12, 1974, on NBC, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. Star Trek: The Animated Series ( TAS), is an American animated science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The logo is quite similar to The Original Series.
