It has transcended its cheap sets and rubber prosthetics to become a part of our modern mythology. A gap of 10 years passed between the broadcast of the last episode of star trek. Star trek online episodes memory beta, noncanon star trek. Written by paul schneider and directed by vincent mceveety, it first aired on december 15, 1966. Tracing the history of star treks romulan empire nerdist. We had to throw the pieces away, reflected production designer. Although descended from the same ancestors as are vulcans, the romulans are surprisingly different from their distant cousins. Two of my favorite tos episodes, regardless of presence of romulans. This results in damage to the ship, injuries to several crew members, and a lingering threat that makes for a nailbiting hour of entertainment. Countdown parts of enterprises hull had to be specially built for this episode but were discarded hereafter. Also in the pale moonlight is one of the best trek episodes ever imo, though im not sure if it really counts as a romulan episode.
The original series 19661969 1966 1967 1968 1969 1988. The unnamed romulan commander of balance of terror, the finest star trek ever made. As a new star trek tv show is planned for 2017, we select the. The original series episode balance of terror, which was also the first appearance of the romulans. In the episode, the enterprise battles a romulan ship after investigating an unidentified assailant who methodically destroys the federations outposts at the neutral zone. Tutorial a day on the farm a day in the sun virinat, invaded flight from virinat from the ashes explore the flotilla the helix crossroads at crateris gasko blues the search for new romulus turning point task force operations.
Season 3, episode 10, the defector this episode rocks. Romulans first appeared in one of the greatest star trek episodes of. Star trek iii and v both involve klingons, but the sixth movie is the most significant. Feb 05, 2016 in this video i countdown my top 10 favorite episodes from all 5 star trek series the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, and enterprise that feature and are centered.
Enterprise ncc1701 under the command of captain james t. The federation series and the klingon series are made available to play when the character reaches a certain rank. Enterprise ncc1701, a powerful interstellar spacecraft dispatched by earthbased starfleet command to. Earth, came, guest star robert lansing as mister seven. Since the original star trek premiered in 1966, through the 90s when no less than three star trek series were on at one time, and finally to the emergence of star trek. Created by gene roddenberry, the science fiction television series star trek starred william shatner as captain james t. Funnily enough, this very first romulan is played by mark lenard, who, in season 2 of the original trek would play sarek, spocks dad. The mind behind many great trek episodes, fontana delved into vulcan and romulan culture, explored ai, and even received a hugo award nomination for cowriting the series premiere of the next generation, encounter at farpoint with gene roddenberry. This is a list of star trek online episodes and the episode or storyline missions. By the 24th century, the romulan star empire was one of the major powers in the galaxy. Star trek stolen romulan cloaking device by admiral titan entertainment. In abrams star trek, leonard nimoys spock attempts to stop the romulan home worlds sun from going supernova, but his plan backfires, sending him and romulan captain nero eric bana back.
Some believe that season 3 is by far the worst season but this episode proves differently. The enterprise incident is the second episode of the third season of the american science fiction television series star trek. In dalla van hises killing time 1985, the romulans use time travel to alter history. A complete guide to what star trek to watch before star. 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. As such, she was the first actress to play a female romulan in the star trek franchise, and it may be this role for which she is most wellknown. Leonard bones mccoy aboard the fictional federation starship uss enterprise. Black wrote, its been stated so often that the romulans were created by producer gene coon that i find it difficult to keep from walking lockstep with the legend, nodding along with it, in spite of my having been. The original series that everybody needs to rewatch before the star trek discovery premier. Star trek, season 1, episode 26 1967 the horta has a funny story, says original series story editor d.
Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, mark lenard, paul comi. Mar 25, 2020 this week, the star trek community suffered a great loss when writer dorothy catherine d. The first star trek episode to feature romulans, this is also cited by many as the best. Spock betrays the apparently irrational and paranoid kirk to the romulan commander, a woman who is obviously attracted to spock. The original series are, according to the fans over at imdb. Romulan commander may refer to one of two characters from star trek. The romulans were biological cousins of vulcans, descended from those who rejected suraks reforms during the time of awakening. May 18, 20 star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it had its stinkers too so were ranking all 79 episodes. The romulans first appeared in the excellent season one episode balance of terror, still considered to be one of the greatest episodes of the.
The ancient ship was captained by a romulan warlord named kal kantar and, between the birdofpreys phasers and vashtis orbital defense grid, its only rios expert flying with. The next generation in 1987, the shows writers introduced the romulans in the final episode of the first season, the neutral zone. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, joanne linville. The star trek compendium originally, spock was supposed to kiss the commander the first draft script describes spock as raining kisses on every square inch above the shoulder, but both nimoy and linville agreed they needed something. Kirk has the enterprise deliberately enter the romulan neutral zone where the ship is immediately captured by the enemy. The original series the enterprise incident tv episode. How many times do romulans appear in star trek the original series.
Picard piggybacking so many episodes of the original series with their plots and storylines, its important to remember that what made it unique sometimes came down to captain kirks captaincy. In the episode, the enterprise battles a romulan ship after investigating an. In 2017, business insider listed timescape as one of the most underrated episodes of the star trek franchise at that time. A subplot is a romance of sorts between spock and a.
How many times do romulans appear in star trek the. Created by gene roddenberry, the science fiction television series star trek starred william. The romulans are a vulcanoid species that mostly live in the beta quadrant. The romulan warbird the dderidex class, which made periodic appearances in the star trek franchise after this episode, was rated by as the 9thbest star trek spacecraft. The final draft of this script was submitted on 18 july 2002 the romulan mine prop was later reused as the reactor of the xindi weapon in ent. Stuntman, actor, creature creator janos prohaska did.
The return of the romulans in the first season tng episode the neutral zone was. Its a cult, an injoke, a war cry, and, for the uninitiated, a prime example of all that is obsessive and bizarre in nerd culture. The concept of the neutral zone was introduced in the star trek. Kirk requires mccoys medical help and the romulans allow mccoy to board the ship and attend to kirk. Picard episode 8 explained the mysterious origins of the villainous zhat vash and offered fascinating details about the synthetic armageddon the evil sect of romulans are trying to prevent. Very little was known about the species in general, although theories did exist.
Enterprise, the title ship finds itself in unfamiliar territory, struggling with the explosive realities of a romulan minefield. Balance of terror from tos was pretty good story wise for introducing the romulans, but i face palm when the took the submarine warfare element too far with the no. This week, the star trek community suffered a great loss when writer dorothy catherine d. The next generation starring patrick stewart as jeanluc picard has centered on the future. The episode introduces the cloaking device and the fictional star trek race, the romulans. Their name for themselves in their language is the rihannsu. This is a list of star trek online episodes and the episode or storyline missions there are four series of episodes. A regional newspaper of cleveland, ohio, in the usa ranked 25 of the greatest episodes of star trek prior to star trek. Romulan memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. The top 10 original star trek episodes by newsweek special edition on 1216 at 9.
The aftermath of the romulan supernova has now literally redrawn the map of star trek s galaxy by abolishing the neutral zone. Romulan commander memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. When mccoy steps through a time portal back to depressionera earth, he saves the life of a. The 10 best star trek original series episodes fandom. Premiering on september 8, 1966, star trek was on the air for just three years on nbc, but the series about the crew of the starship enterprise, starring william shatner and leonard nimoy, lived. I also love the tng arc where spock is working with the underground romulan peace movement. In 2016, newsweek ranked the enterprise incident as one of the best episodes of the original series.
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. In balance of terror, the enterprise fights a single roman vessel that has attacked federation outposts along the neutral zone in the deadly years, an inexperienced commodore takes command of the enterprise after the senior staff is aged. The first draft of the episode stressed the attraction between spock and the romulan commander based upon their common heritage. The return of picards nemesis means danger for the federation. The next generation, season 6, episode 21 1993 if david fincher had directed a star trek episode in the early 90s, perhaps it would have been something along these lines. Discovery and soon picard, there have been over 800 episodes of the franchise. Spock, even though, later in star trek canon, we learn that the romulans did split away from the vulcans in ancient history.
The handsdown best episode of star trek is a riveting tale of time travel and altered history. Best star trek original series episodes ranked business. The best and worst original star trek episodes cbs news. The original series balance of terror tv episode 1966. Fontana and directed by john meredyth lucas, it was first broadcast september 27, 1968 in the episode, the crew of the enterprise are on a secret mission to steal a romulan cloaking device. Star treks five best romulan episodes ctv scifi channel. After a supernova destroyed the romulan sun, a romulan free state existed. The original series star trek episode balance of terror gave us the romulans, bigotry, and insane starship manuevering. They note spocks interaction with the romulan commander, and the federations desire for a science fiction technology, star trek s cloaking device. The original series tvpg action, family, drama, classics, adventure, science fiction, aliens tv series 1966 the 23rd century adventures of captain james t. Seeing as how 2016 is the 50th anniversary of the uss enterprise and its faithful crew, it seems fitting to take a look back at the series that started it all. 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 original series and the release of the motion picture. One of the 14 families brought aboard includes young james kelly. Apr 14, 2017 balance of terror from tos was pretty good story wise for introducing the romulans, but i face palm when the took the submarine warfare element too far with the no. Star trek online episodes memory beta, noncanon star. Its the last appearance of the original series crew, now in their. The enterprise must decide on its response when a romulan. Star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it had its stinkers too so were ranking all 79 episodes. Balance of terror is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series, star trek. The original series third season episode the enterprise incident. The names cited above appear to be the ones most commonly used in non. First in the balance of terror, which is my favorite tos episode, and features the excellent work of. The romulan stratagem memory beta, noncanon star trek. The very first romulan episode ever revealed the greatest bombshell ever. The original series seemed destined to be a forgotten relic before syndication brought it a whole new fanbase in the 1970s, relaunching the franchise to grand new heights that continue to this day.
A prototype romulan warbird is the focus of simon hawke s. Being descended from vulcans, romulans have pointed ears, eyebrows that are arched and upswept, a heart located where a human liver is present and copperbased green blood. The original series tos premiere in 1966, gene roddenberry and his colleagues have brought us lots of. Jul 30, 2016 star trek beyond is the first of the new trek films that embodies the classic series adventurous spirit and hopeful tone. Earth 1968s robert lansing is the only guest star on this series to be billed at the top of the program just after the episodes title rather than in the end credits. It is one of the best star trek episodes of all 3 seasons. Timeline counselor troi spends a harrowing time aboard the warbird khazara posing as a tal shiar agent. The enterprise incident episode memory alpha fandom. Top 10 star trek the original series episodes by rowan j coleman.
The episode introduces the cloaking device and the fictional star trek race. Rihannsu, consisting todate of five books written between 1984. The 10 best episodes in star trek tv history, ranked. In 2019, screen rant ranked the character introduced in this episode, telek rmor, as the number one most important romulan of the star trek franchise. The corbomite maneuver episode 10an incredible example of what could make star trek s more strategic take on space combat so fascinating, as kirk brings the enterprise through a tough.
Being a trek fan from 1968 i have seen these episodes in various forms including the redited ones from the bbc, this lot all 3 seasons however does it justice, the sound music track has been rerecorded using the original score with a fresh orchestra and each season has its own version, the sound itself has been cleaned up, the images have. Enterprise ncc1701, a powerful interstellar spacecraft dispatched by earthbased starfleet command to explore the galaxy. In this video i countdown my top 10 favorite episodes from all 5 star trek series the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, and. Some believe that season 3 is by far the worst season but this episode. The original series has spawned spinoffs, movies, and more. The romulans were a humanoid race from the planet romulus. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the united federation of planets. Discovery and included balance of terror as the 4th greatest one. Jul 16, 2018 one of the strongest episodes of star trek, balance of terror introduces a new alien race in the romulans in a bold entry in the larger trek mythos that showcases kirks ability to outmaneuver. The original series tv series 19661969 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Star trek the original series romulan birdofprey cut out model book. We took the time to find out what the 10 best episodes of star trek.
The enterprise must decide on its response when a romulan ship makes a destructively hostile armed probe of federation territory. In particular they note its debut, uncloaking before the enterprise 1701d after the romulans halfcentury of isolation. The original series, i thought id share my opinions on which episodes deserve to be regarded as the greatest ever made. Star trek, season 1, episode 23 1967 this was the first original series episode i ever saw and it still blows my mind, says jordan hoffman, u. Like all good star trek, this is an episode about poking at prejudices and talking about the long road to peace. The series originally aired from september 1966 through june 1969 on nbc. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, nichelle nichols.
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