On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation (1991)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: The Game.

Released October 26, 1991.

Directed by Corey Allen.

Written by Brannon Braga, Susan Sackett, Fred Bronson, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.
 
Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Ashley Judd, Katherine Moffat, Colm Meaney, Patti Yasutake, Wil Wheaton, Diane Hurley, Majel Barrett, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Victoria Cameron, Cullen G. Chambers, Denise Deuschle, Goldie Gareza, Keith Gearhart, Melba Gonzalez, Eben Ham, Linda Harcharic, Grace Harrell, Melanie Hathorn, Gary Hunter, Randy James, Alex Landi, Mark Lentry, Christina Wegler Miles, Bill E. Rogers, Guy Vardaman.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966 & 1967)
 

Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Charlie X.

Released September 15, 1966.

Directed by Lawrence Dobkin.

Written by D.C. Fontana, Gene Roddenberry.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Robert Walker Jr., Charles Stewart, Dallas Mitchell, Don Eitner, Pat McNulty, John Bellah, Garland Thompson, Abraham Sofaer, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Bob Herron, John Lindesmith, Robert Metz, Eddie Paskey, Gene Roddenberry, Ron Veto, Laura Wood.

 

Star Trek
Season 2. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: Amok Time.

Released September 15, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by Theodore Sturgeon.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Gerald Fried.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Celia Lovsky, Arlene Martel, Lawrence Montaigne, Byron Morrow, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Walker Edmiston, Charles Palmer, Eddie Paskey, Joseph Paz, Russ Peek, Mary Rice, Mauri Russell, Gary Wright.

On this day in the Star Trek universe: Voyager (1997) and Enterprise (2003)

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: The Gift.

Released September 10, 1997.

Directed by Anson Williams.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jennifer Lien, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Kerry Hoyt, Heather Rattray, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano, Chester E. Tripp III.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Xindi.

Released September 10, 2003.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.
 
Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Richard Lineback, Stephen McHattie, Tucker Smallwood, Randy Oglesby, Rick Worthy, Scott MacDonald, Marco Sanchez, Daniel Dae Kim, Nathan Anderson, Steven Culp, Chris Freeman, Adam Taylor Gordon, Alexandrea Ortiz, Walter Tabayoyong, Steve Blalock, Cole Chipman, Marvin De Baca, Drew Delaine, Kevin Derr, Evan English, Tarik Ergin, Duncan K. Fraser, Hilde Garcia, Aldric A. Horton, Michael Hugghins, Clint Lilley, Dorenda Moore, Louis Ortiz, Bobby Pappas, Scott Pierce, Erin Leigh Price, Tim Sitarz, Paul Sklar, Monika Spruch, Rob Steiner, Chris Torres, Scott Workman.

On this day in television history - Star Trek (1966)

Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Man Trap.

Released September 8, 1966.

Directed by Marc Daniels.

Written by George Clayton Johnson.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Jeanne Bal, Alfred Ryder, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bruce Watson, Michael Zaslow, Vince Howard, Francine Pyne, Budd Albright, Tom Anfinsen, John Arndt, Bob Baker, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, James Doohan, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Jeannie Malone, Eddie Paskey, Anthony Larry Paul, Walter Soo Hoo, Garrison True, Ron Veto.

Born on this day – Gene Roddenberry:

Gene Roddenberry

Writer

Producer

Creator of Star Trek

August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991

Recommended reading - The Making of Star Trek

 

The Making of Star Trek

by Stephen E. Whitfield & Gene Roddenberry.

Published by Del Rey.
Twenty Second Printing edition.
Published 1986.

Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0345340191
ISBN-13: 978-0345340191

Description:

"For would-be TV writers, directors and producers, this will be an education in itself, a polished but non-varnished look at how TV really works." – Publishers Weekly.

 

A complete history of what may be the most popular TV series ever – the original Star Trek episodes! Filled with quotations from cast members, memos to and from Gene Roddenberry, biographies of cast members, sketches, photographs, set descriptions, and even budgets and cast schedules, this volume is a fascinating, invaluable behind-the-scenes account of the development and production of the original Star Trek series.