I/51i6sBBKEKL.jpg' alt='Star Trek Original Series Blu Ray Complete' title='Star Trek Original Series Blu Ray Complete' />The original Star Trek series focuses on the 23rd century adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the U. S. S. Enterprise NCC1701, a powerful interstellar spacecraft. Star Trek The Original Series. Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise NCC 1. It later acquired the retronym of Star Trek The Original Series Star Trek TOS or simply TOS to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, roughly during the 2. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. IMG_3566-480x360.jpg' alt='Star Trek Original Series Blu Ray Complete' title='Star Trek Original Series Blu Ray Complete' />List of Star Trek The Original Series episodes. Star Trek The Next Generation is a science fiction show created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Set in the 24th century, about ninety years. Check out the diverse slate of titles coming home to Bluray, DVD and Digital HD November 15. Welcome To The Rileys Full Movie Part 1'>Welcome To The Rileys Full Movie Part 1. Welcome to ComingSoon. Star Trek TOS 50th Anniversary Diamond Select Romulan Bird of Prey Starship. Kirk William Shatner, first officer and science officer Spock Leonard Nimoy, and chief medical officer Leonard Mc. Coy De. Forest Kelley. Shatners voice over introduction during each episodes opening credits stated the starships purpose Space the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. The series was produced from September 1. December 1. 96. 7 by Norway Productions and Desilu Productions, and by Paramount Television from January 1. June 1. 96. 9. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1. June 3, 1. 96. 9. Several years later, the series became a bona fide hit in broadcast syndication, remaining so throughout the 1. Star Trek eventually spawned a franchise, consisting of five additional television series, thirteen feature films, numerous books, games, and toys, and is now widely considered one of the most popular and influential television series of all time. Yorktown in the 2. Other people have also drawn parallels with the television series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger 1. Star Trek. Foresters Horatio Hornblower novels that depict a daring sea captain who exercises broad discretionary authority on distant sea missions of noble purpose. Roddenberry often humorously referred to Captain Kirk as. Armed with this background, the first draft deliberately characterizes the new show as. With the notable exception of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, all future television and movie realisations of the franchise would adhere to the. This character was developed into Captain Christopher Pike, first portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter. Development. Solow saw promise in the idea and signed a three year program development contract with Roddenberry. Solow, for example, added the stardate concept. Tinker commissioned the first pilot which became. This second pilot proved to be satisfactory to NBC, and the network selected Star Trek to be in its upcoming television schedule for the fall of 1. The second pilot introduced most of the other main characters Captain Kirk William Shatner, chief engineer Lt. Commander Scott James Doohan and Lt. Sulu George Takei, who served as a physicist on the ship in the second pilot but subsequently became a helmsman throughout the rest of the series. Paul Fix played Dr. Mark Piper in the second pilot ships doctor Leonard Mc. Coy De. Forest Kelley joined the cast when filming began for the first season, and he remained for the rest of the series, achieving billing as the third star of the series. Also joining the ships permanent crew during the first season were the communications officer, Lt. Nyota Uhura Nichelle Nichols, the first African American woman to hold such an important role in an American television series. Walter Koenig joined the cast as Ensign Pavel Chekov in the series second season. In February 1. 96. Star Trek was nearly killed by Desilu Productions, before airing the first episode. Desilu had gone from making just one half hour show The Lucy Show, to deficit financing a portion of two expensive hour long shows, Mission Impossible and Star Trek. It was previously the main studio complex used by RKO Pictures and is now part of the Paramount Pictures lot. The series used what are now stages 3. Jefferies designed the starship Enterprise and most of its interiors. Watch The Lake On Clinton Road HDQ. In addition to working with his brother, John Jefferies, to create the hand held phaser weapons of Star Trek, Jefferies also developed the set design for the bridge of the Enterprise which was based on an earlier design by Pato Guzman. Jefferies used his practical experience as an airman during World War II and his knowledge of aircraft design to devise a sleek, functional and ergonomic bridge layout. The costume designer for Star Trek, Bill Theiss, created the striking look of the Starfleet uniforms for the Enterprise, the costumes for female guest stars, and for various aliens, including the Klingons, Vulcans, Romulans, Tellarites, Andorians, and Gideonites among others. Artist and sculptor Wah Chang, who had worked for Walt Disney Productions, was hired to design and manufacture props he created the flip open communicator, often credited as having influenced the configuration of the portable version of the cellular telephone. As the series progressed, he helped to create various memorable aliens, such as the Gorn and the Horta. Season 1 1. 96. 66. Reviews were mixed while The Philadelphia Inquirer and San Francisco Chronicle liked the new show, The New York Times and The Boston Globe were less favorable. It ranked 3. 3rd out of 9. In my opinion it is the best show on television. M. P., Oswego, New York, February 2. The network had pioneered research into viewers demographic profiles in the early 1. Although Shatner expected the show to end after two seasons and began to prepare for other projects. The show had better ratings for NBC than ABCs competing Hondo, and the competing CBS programs 3 Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C. It doesnt stop Theyre lined up all the way down the streetNorman Lunenfeld, NBC executive, on the mail trucks delivering Star Trek fans letters. The Smithsonian Institution asked for a print of the show for its archives, the only show so honored. And if there is anything a network wants almost as much as a high Nielsen ratings it is the prestige of a show that appeals to the upper middle class and high brow audiences. We are pleased to tell you that Star Trek will continue to be seen on NBC Television. We know you will be looking forward to seeing the weekly adventure in space on Star Trek. NBC announcer, March 1, 1. In addition to the undesirable time slot, Star Trek was now being seen on only 1. NBCs 2. 10 affiliates. As a result of this and his own growing exhaustion, he chose to withdraw from the stress of the daily production of Star Trek, though he remained nominally in charge as its. NBC next reduced Star Treks budget by a significant amount per episode, as the per minute commercial price had dropped from 3. Season 2 time slot. This is why in the third season you saw fewer outdoor location shots, for example. Top writers, top guest stars, top anything you needed was harder to come by. Thus, Star Treks demise became a self fulfilling prophecy. And I can assure you, that is exactly as it was meant to be. Kaiser Broadcasting, however, purchased syndication rights for Star Trek during the first season for its stations in several large cities. The company arranged the unusual deal because it saw the show as effective counterprogramming against the Big Three networks 6 pm evening news programs. Such fans came to be known as. About 34 minutes of each episode that had been edited out of the syndicated shows for additional commercial time were restored for the. In addition to introductory and post episode commentary by Shatner, the episodes included interviews with members of the regular production team and cast, writers, guest stars, and critics titled as. The episodes were broadcast in the original broadcast sequence, followed by. Special attention was given to such elements as the Enterprise, alien planets and their images depicted from space, planets seen from orbit, alien spacecraft, and technology such as computer readouts, viewscreen images, and phaser beams. The restoration and enhancement was performed by CBS Digital. All live action footage was scanned in high definition from its first generation 3. Whats New on DVD, Blu ray and Digital HDWelcome to Coming. Soon. nets look at all the top titles arriving this week on Blu ray, DVD and Digital HD. Check out the gallery viewer below for a look at the major new releases, catalogue films and television collections hitting shelves andor VOD beginning Tuesday, November 1. Finding Dory finds its way home to Blu ray and DVD this week, bringing alongside it a 3. D Version of the Disney Pixar sequel. Dory is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to 3. D releases this week, though. November 1. 5 also delivers Star Wars The Force Awakens 3. D which includes new special features, including an audio commentary with J. J. Abrams as well as a 3. D edition of Jon Favreaus recent hit The Jungle Book. Other recent theatrical releases coming home November 1. Russell Brand and Nicolas Cage in the offbeat comedy drama Army of One and Thomas Haden Church and Terrence Howard in the drama Cardboard Boxer. A Peanuts Holiday Anniversary Collection also arrives this week, collecting A Charlie Brown Christmas, Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Then, on Friday, Beatles fans can look forward to a new treat with Ron Howard. Dreams brings to Blu ray for the first time one of Akira Kurosawas final films. Punch Drunk Love, meanwhile, marks the HD debut of Paul Thomas Andersons delirious love story, starring Adam Sandler. Shout Factory this week debuts a new two disc edition of David Cronenbergs Dead Ringers as part of their Scream Factory line. Then, joining the Shout Select series, is Volker Schl. Look for special edition upgrades of both Orson Welles Macbeth 1. Burt Kennedys cult western Hannie Caulder 1. Warner Archive brings to Blu ray Nicholas Meyers 1. Time After Time while bringing to DVD R several out of print Westerns starring Errol Flynn. Look for Virginia City 1. San Antonio 1. 94. Montana 1. 95. 0 and Rocky Mountain 1. Two additional and very different WB titles get wide releases November 1. Look for a 7. 5th anniversary edition of Citizen Kane and a special steelbook edition of Space Jam. Both are identical to the previously released Blu rays, although the new editions offer new packaging and, in the case of Kane, a significant discount from the previous version. On the small screen, November 1. Breaking Bad spinoff, Better Call Saul, as well as the complete HBO. For a limited time, the Trek set comes packaged with collectible postcards, offering stylish designs for each of the shows 2. Also arriving November 1. HBOs hit fantasy series Game of Thrones. If youve yet to begin the epic George R. R. Martin adaptation, you might also want to check out todays Game of Thrones Set, featuring all six seasons so farArriving on DVD only November 1. Community formerly an Amazon exclusive, the complete The Lucy Show Lucille Balls six season followup to I Love Lucy, and the fourth season of The Mindy Project. On Digital HD, November 1. Matt Damon return to the Bourne franchise in the series fifth entry, Jason Bourne. You can check out cover art for all the November 1.