Cartoon Resource entry #178 - Star Trek (1973)

STAR TREK (the Animated Series)

ORIGINAL AIRDATES: Sep 8, 1973-Aug 30, 1975 on NBC
RERUNS: May 31, 1986-Aug 5, 1989 on Nickelodeon,
1995 on Sci-Fi Channel,
1999 on TV Land
EPISODES: 22
ANIMATION BY: Filmation
DISTRIBUTED and OWNED BY: Paramount/Viacom/CBS Television

SUMMARY: 

Filmation produced an animated Star Trek series shortly after the original show went off the air. Most of the original series writers and cast returned for the animated version.  Star Trek won an Emmy in 1973 for Best Children’s Programming, the first and only for Filmation.  Lt. Chekov was not featured in the series, since the actor Walter Koenig did not join the others.  He was replaced by two new alien characters, Lt. Arex and Lt. M'Ress.  Although, Koeing did write an episode of the animated series.

EPISODE GUIDE (in airdate order)
1st Season (1973-1974)

#01 Beyond the Farthest Star (09.08.1973)
#02 Yesteryear (09.15.1973)
#03 One of Our Planets Is Missing (09.22.1973)
#04 The Lorelei Signal (09.29.1973)
#05 More Tribbles, More Troubles (10.06.1973)
#06 The Survivor (10.13.1973)
#07 The Infinite Vulcan (10.20.1973)
#08 The Magicks of Megas-Tu (10.27.1973)
#09 Once Upon a Planet (11.03.1973)
#10 Mudd’s Passion (11.10.1973)
#11 The Terratin Incident (11.17.1973)
#12 The Time Trap (11.24.1973)
#13 The Ambergris Element (12.01.1973)
#14 The Slaver Weapon (12.15.1973)
#15 The Eye of the Beholder (01.05.1974)
#16 The Jihad (01.12.1974)

2nd Season (1974-1975)

#17 The Pirates of Orion (09.07.1974)
#18 Bem (09.14.1974)
#19 The Practical Joker (09.21.1974)
#20 Albatross (09.28.1974)
#21 How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth? (10.05.1974)
#22 The Counter-Clock Incident (10.12.1974)

VOICE ACTORS

Majel Barrett (1932-2008) as Nurse Christine Chapel and Lt. M'Ress
Roger C. Carmel (1932-1986) as Harcourt Fenton Mudd
James Doohan (1920-2005) as Lt. Cmdr Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott and Lt. Arex
DeForest Kelley (1920-1999) as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Ted Knight (1923-1986) as Vendorian, Carter Wilson
Mark Lenard (1924-1996) as Sarek
Nichelle Nichols (1932) as Lt. Uhura
Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015) as Mr. Spock
Lou Scheimer (1928-2013) as Dramian Guard, Lemus, Romulan Crewman
William Shatner (1931) as Captain James T. Kirk
George Takei (1937) as Lt. Hikaru Sulu