The Original Series introduced the rules of its universe, created a new era of sci-fi that influenced the many franchises ...

Star Trek has always focused on allegory-first storytelling, using fantastical elements to explore and address the social ...

While Star Trek currently includes over two dozen TV series and movies, and a lot has improved (mostly special effects), we still think some things haven’t gotten better since Captain Kirk’s original ...

First aired late in Season 1, “Space Seed” introduces Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically engineered tyrant from Earth’s past, who is found in stasis and quickly tries to take over the Enterprise.

Back in 1966, Star Trek: The Original Series showed up on NBC looking like just another oddball sci-fi experiment. Nobody—seriously, nobody—thought this weird little space show with foam rocks and ...

For much of its existence, Star Trek has been all about rebirth, whether it was the letter-writing campaigns that saved the original series twice, the fan movement that led to 1979’s Star Trek: The ...

William Shatner famously showed up on Gunsmoke, but he also guest-starred on a different (and lesser-known) TV Western in the pre-Star Trek era of his career.