"Spock Sends up a Flare - Star Trek - 1967"

Galileo 7 episode... and I'm not a big fan of what happened to medical officer Boma.
IIRC he got demoted in ST lore and reassigned.

Lol... that's just BONES McCoy material right there, lol.

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#86: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 3, episode 5 "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"

Written by Jean Lisette Aroeste, directed by Ralph Senensky.

Stardates 5630.7 through 5630.8 (February 2269)

"The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity." - Doctor Miranda Jones

The Enterprise is ordered to transport the Medusan Ambassador Kolios to his homeworld. Traveling with him are Doctor Miranda Jones, a human telepath that was selected to join minds with Kilios and Larry Marvick, one of the designers of the Enterprise's engines. Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, and Doctor McCoy join the two for dinner to discuss their mission and accomplishments when Jones suddenly senses the desire to murder coming from someone. When she returns to her quarters, Marvick follows her and confesses his love to her, pleading that she not go with Kolios to the Medusan homeworld. She lets him down as gently as she can, but he becomes enraged and attempts to assassinate Ambassador Kolios. Failing to do so, he retreats to Engineering where he momentarily commandeers the ship and sends it through the galactic barrier at high warp. In a void outside of the galaxy with no bearings to find their way back, Spock proposes a risky plan to mind meld with Kolios, an expert at astrological navigation, so that his being can take control of Spock's body to return the Enterprise to known space.

Originally released: 18 October 1968

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My friends decided to finally introduce me, starting with S1E1. With the loss of Sir Patrick Stewart, and everything else in the world, it seemed like the right time.

Intellectually I knew the woman's contributions to black women in TV. Don't we all? But I never felt it until now.

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#85: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 9 "Once Upon a Planet"

Written by Chuck Menville & Len Janson, directed by Hal Sutherland

Stardate 5591.2 (early 2269)

"With the wonders you have to offer, the galaxy will come to you." - Captain Kirk

The Enterprise returns to the Shore Leave Planet for scheduled R&R. In spite of the previous dangers, the planet is now suppose to be completely safe. But after Doctor McCoy goes off alone, he encounters the Queen of Hearts who orders who playing cards to cut off his head. McCoy requests an emergency beam out and alert Captain Kirk of the familiar danger once back aboard the ship. This time, however, McCoy was not thinking about Alice in Wonderland when those characters appeared. Kirk orders everyone back to the ship, but Lieutenant Uhura is captured by the computer running the planet. The crew of the Enterprise launch a rescue operation while fighting to maintain control of the ship, and learning why the peaceful planet is suddenly turning on humanoids.

Originally released: 3 November 1973

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I thought Seán Ferrick did a great job with these. The animation is both faithful to TAS, as well as upgraded. Would love to see more in future...

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#84: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 2, episode 3 "The Practical Joker"

Written by Chuck Menville, directed by Bill Reed

Stardate 3183.3 (early 2269)

• The given Stardate puts this episode prior to The Enterprise Incident but also depicts Romulans using Klingon Battlecruiser designs long before it was first reported. Suggested revised Stardate: 5583.3.

"Say please." - Enterprise computer

The Enterprise is conducting a geological survey of asteroids in the sector when they are ambushed by three Romulan Battlecruisers and forced to retreat. In an effort to lose the Romulans, Captain Kirk moves the ship into an unknown energy field near their location. The Romulans give up pursuit and the Enterprise emerges on the other side with little damage. But as times goes on, strange occurrences and convenient malfunctions start happening all over the ship. They reach a point where the lives of the people on board the ship are threatened just as the Romulans reappear to finish what they started.

Originally released: 21 September 1974

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BONUS #3: Star Trek Continues, episode 2 "Lolani"

Written by Huston Huddleston & Vic Mignogna, directed by Chris White

Stardate 6154.1 (sometime in 2269)

"We are free to do whatever we like." - Lolani

The Enterprise responds to a distress call from a Tellarite ship, only to find the entire crew dead and a single surviving passenger - an Orion slave girl. When she is brought aboard she threatens the crew with a knife and attempts to hide. When she is subdued and brought to sickbay, it quickly becomes clear that she murdered the Tellarites who were transporting her. At first, she refuses to talk to anyone except Councilor McKennah. But once she opens up, she explains the cruelty she was subjected to and her desire to seek asylum with the Federation. However, Starfleet Command refuses her request for protection and orders Kirk to surrender to Lolani back to her previous owner who will rendezvous with the Enterprise in a matter of hours.

Originally released: 8 February 2014

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Four in the span of two weeks. Too many.

LLAP 🖖

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#83: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 11 "The Terratin Incident"

Written by Paul Schneider, directed by Hal Sutherland.

Stardates 5577.3 through 5577.7 (early 2269)

"I have never slumped in my life, Captain." - Commander Spock

The Enterprise is surveying the remains of a supernova when it receives a scrambled message from an unknown source using a centuries-old code. When Captain Kirk orders the Enterprise to follow the source of the transmission, they enter Cepheus star system and find a planet made of crystal experiencing massive volcanic eruptions. A flash of light from the planet strikes the Enterprise cause paralysis and ship-wide malfunctions. The ship is moved away from the planet, but now they are almost powerless... and now they all appear to be shrinking. As they continue to reduce in size, Doctor McCoy searches for a cure and the rest of the crew attempts to find out who was contacting them.

Originally released: 17 November 1973

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RIP Captain Picard, Sir Patrick Stewart

I made this today, and I plan to wear it on my shirt with a magnet through this Halloween, perhaps even longer.

It truly is a sad day 😭

RIP Walter Koenig, part of my beloved firmament of the original Star Trek. ❤️

Fun fact-- IIRC his last name ("Koenig") means "king," altho I forget the language / source (Slavic I think?). [if memory serves, it's pronounced "kay-nig"]

FF2-- part of the reason I've never warmed up to "ST-TAS" very much is because Walter wasn't a part of it. IIRC, awesome-person Leonard Nimoy made a point of insisting that... George Takei(?) be included or else he wasn't going to participate. Infuriatingly for the likes of me, we still didn't get Chekov. @*(&#$

FF3-- I just love the hilarious, Slavic-style creative agency TOS gave him at times. Oh yeah...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-brgbIm4Eo

Miss you, king! <3

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#82: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 7 "The Infinite Vulcan"

Written by Walter Koenig, directed by Hal Sutherland.

Stardates 5554.4 through 5554.8 (early 2269)

"Well, how 'bout that. Great-granddaddy's weed spray still works." - Doctor McCoy

Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, Doctor McCoy, and Lieutenant Sulu have beamed down to a newly-discovered planet in search of new life forms. Sulu finds a plant that can uproot itself and walk to a new location before replanting. While handling the creature, he gets stung by it and immediately falls ill. McCoy has difficulty helping Sulu with conventional medicine when the party is approached by a peaceful group of botanical creatures. They warn that Sulu is close to death and that their remedies can save him. They identify themselves as Phylosian and tell Kirk that humanoids came to their planet before and accidentally brought their species to the brink of extinction. They bring the party deep inside a structure and reveal that they had lured them here to capture Spock. The humanoid the Phylosians had previous contact with was Dr. Stavos Keniclius; a scientist on Earth during the time of the Eugenics Wars who has kept himself alive through cloning and plans to do the same to Spock. Kirk and company attempts to rescue Spock from the Doctor's clutches, while contending with the locals and a 40-foot tall clone of himself.

Originally released: 20 October 1973

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#81: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 14 "The Slaver Weapon"

Written by Larry Niven, directed by Hal Sutherland.

Stardates 5538.6 through 5539.2 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"We can't give them that!" - Lieutenant Sulu

Commander Spock, and Lieutenants Uhura and Sulu are returning to the Enterprise via shuttlecraft with what is known as a Slaver Stasis Box. These mysterious boxes contain the only remaining artifacts of an advanced race that ruled the galaxy billions of years ago. Each time a box is discovered, it leapfrogs technological development for that species. The box then begins to glow, which indicates (against all odds) that a second Stasis Box is nearby. Spock orders Sulu to redirect the shuttle to a nebula to locate it. Once they land, they are ambushed by a group of Kzinti pirates who take their Stasis Box and hold them hostage. The Chuft Captain of the Kxinti announce that the second box was empty and used as a decoy to lure them to the ice ball they were hiding on as they use it to open the genuine Stasis Box and retrieve an unknown handheld device. Now Spock has to devise a way to get him and his officers to safety while also preventing the malevolent Kzinti from learning how to use the hyper-advanced device and using that technology to their advantage.

Originally released: 15 December 1973

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BONUS #2: Star Trek Continues, episode 1 "Pilgrim of Eternity"

Written by Jack Marshall & Vic Mignogna, directed by Vic Mignogna

Stardate 6147.3 (sometime in 2269)

"You never considered there may be another way. A better way." - Kirk

While investigating why power stations in the area are being drained, the Enterprise herself begins to lose power. At the same time they find an unknown object floating off the power station and identify it as the source of the power drain. Captain Kirk tries hailing it but as the ship gets close to completely losing power, he feels there is no choice but to destroy the object. Just after launching a torpedo, Spock identifies two life forms within the object. With the Enterprise almost dead, and Doctor McCoy protesting, Kirk allows the torpedo to reach its target and watch it explode. While they lament being forced to make a difficult choice, two alien materialize on the bridge - A very old Apollo and Athena. Everyone immediately assumes the worse, but then watch as Athena's last life force fades and she dies Apollo's arms... and Apollo announces he no longer seeks their worship but asks for their help.

Originally released: 25 May 2013

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#80: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 2, episode 2 "Bem"

Written by David Gerrold, directed by Bill Reed.

Stardate 5537.3 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"How come we always end up like this?" - Kirk

The Enterprise is sent to observe primitive life on Delta Theta III with an official observer from the planet Pandro; Commander Bem. After months of sitting by and watching the crew work, and despite the dangers involved, Bem insists on joining Captain Kirk and the away team down to the planet. Unfortunately, Commander Scott's coordinates were slightly off, beaming Kirk and Commander Spock directly over a body of water and they both fall in to the waist-deep water. Bem immediately jumps in to offer assistance. While doing so, Bem's lower half separates from the rest of his body under the water, as he is a colony creature, and replaces Kirk and Spock's communicators and phasers with fakes without their knowledge. Moments later Bem runs off, losing the away team in a thicket and getting captured by a local tribe. Kirk and Spock try to rescue Bem then realize their equipment doesn't work and also get captured. Kirk struggles to understand the situation as the Enterprise tracks an unknown energy source on the planet surface.

Originally released: 14 September 1974

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I saw Part 1 of this and it was pretty good and fun to watch but dead-ended: Q brings a Darth Vader and his Star Destroyer to confront Picard in the Star Trek universe. That video is summarized in the first 30 seconds here.

But this Part 2 is really, REALLY good. Next level. There are all kinds of places the author can take this.

Speaking of whom:

A lot of people have asked how I actually make these videos, so I thought I’d use this pinned comment to explain the process.
There isn’t a button I press that spits out an episode. 😂 A video like this involves hundreds of individual generations, tests, failed attempts and edits before I get something I can actually use.
I start by developing the story and writing the dialogue. From there, I break everything down into individual shots and work out the camera angles, character positions, eyelines, performances and continuity between shots.
I then create the reference images needed for each scene and use ComfyUI and MiniMax H3 to turn those images into video. A single finished shot can take multiple attempts because the movement, facial expression, performance, timing or continuity has to be right. If it isn't, I generate it again.
Dialogue and voices are another part of the process. Depending on the character, I use generated voices, voice references and, in some cases, recordings from real people. Those recordings then need to be edited, cleaned up, EQ'd and mixed with the rest of the scene.
Finally, everything goes into Adobe Premiere Pro, where the episode is assembled shot by shot. That's where I do the editing, timing, colour work, dialogue mixing, sound effects, ambience, music and all the other little details that turn hundreds of separate pieces into the finished video you're watching.
AI is obviously a major part of the toolset, but it's a filmmaking tool here rather than the filmmaker. The story, writing, shot selection, performances, continuity, editing, sound design and the countless decisions about what actually makes the final cut are all part of the production process.
Hopefully that gives you a better idea of what actually goes into making one of these videos.

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#79: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 15 "The Eye of the Beholder"

Written by David P. Harmon, directed by Hal Sutherland.

Stardate 5537.1 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"They appear to be as advanced beyond Earth civilization as you are from a colony of ants." - Commander Spock

The Enterprise arrives at Lactra VII to determine the fate of a science team from the Ariel which disappeared there. Three people disappeared while surveying the planet, then the rest of the team disappeared when they went down looking for them. Despite the dangers, Captain Kirk believes the only way to find out what happened is to also beam down while taking extreme precautions. Once on the surface, they are immediately met with hostile creatures and environments, but the creatures they encounter feel familiar somehow. What's more, there are sudden changes in the biome from one location to the other, suggesting that the environment is artificial in some way. Just as Kirk, Commander Spock, and Doctor McCoy are putting things together, they get captured by slug-like creatures with trunks who take them to a very comfortable facility designed to cater to all their needs. It is there they learn the fate of the Ariel science team, and the exact nature of their prison.

Originally released: 5 January 1974

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#78: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 2, episode 6 "The Counter-Clock Incident"

Written by John Culver, directed by Bill Reed.

Stardate 5536.3 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"No matter where I've traveled in the galaxy, Jim, this bridge is more like home than anywhere else." - Ambassador Robert April

The Enterprise is escorting the famed Ambassador Robert April, first Captain of the USS Enterprise, to the Babel Peace Conference for his retirement ceremony. April expresses reluctance to end his career in Starfleet when a ship is found moving at impossible warp speeds towards the Enterprise. Captain Kirk moves them out of its way, but it continues speeding towards a supernova. Lieutenant Sulu puts a tractor beam on the runaway ship, but it just causes the Enterprise to get dragged along for the ride. Kirk tries to communicate, but they respond in what sounds like gibberish as they continue to race towards certain death. However instead of burning up as expected, both ships find themselves in an anti-time universe where everything runs in reverse. Now they can understand the pilot of the ship, but find the chances of getting back to their own universe are mathematically astronomical as everyone on the Enterprise begins to age backwards.

Originally released: 12 October 1974

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#77: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 2, episode 1 "The Pirates of Orion"

Written by Howard Weinstein, directed by Bill Reed.

Stardate 5527.3 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"Blasted Vulcan! Why can't you have red blood like any normal Human?" - Doctor McCoy

Commander Spock has contracted an illness that is nothing to humans, but fatal to Vulcans due to their blood containing copper instead of iron. Since the Enterprise is warping away on mission, Captain Kirk contacts Starfleet and arranges for life-saving drugs to be handed off from the USS Potemkin to the USS Huron which will then rendezvous with the Enterprise with only days to spare. However, the Huron is ambushed by Orion pirates and their entire cargo of Dilithium (including the medicine meant for Spock) is taken and the ship left adrift. The Enterprise picks up their distress call and double backs to rescue the crew of the Huron. Now Kirk has the Enterprise chasing the emissions of the pirate ship in a desperate attempt to recover the medicine before Spock's organs give out.

Originally released: 7 September 1974

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#76: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 8 "The Magicks of Megas-Tu"

Written by Larry Brody, directed by Hal Sutherland.

Stardate 5524.5 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"Always so curious, that must be why I've always liked you Earthlings so much!" - Lucien

The Enterprise is sent to survey the center of the galaxy in the hopes of finding matter in the process of being formed. When they arrive, an interstellar storm catches the ship and sends it spinning out of control. Lieutenant Sulu manages to get the ship into the eye of the storm, but things only get worse. One by one, all of the Enterprise's systems give out - including life support. Just as everyone is about to suffocate, a strange, horned and hoofed humanoid appears and miraculously restores the ship's systems. This creature identifies himself as Lucien, and his abilities appear to be magic. Spock can find no explanation as to how he restored power to the Enterprise. Lucien invites Kirk and others to his home planet, speaking to then as if they were old friends, but he also warns them to stay out of sight of everyone else.

Originally released: 27 October 1973

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