Star Trek is probably the most successful science fiction franchise of all time spanning six decades of science fiction storytelling. In the series, I will be looking at the highlights of all the past episodes from each season of all five TV shows that went before leading up to the new series Star Trek: Discovery that will be airing in the fall of 2017.
Star Trek: The Original Series – Season One
Original Broadcast: (September 8th 1966 – April 29th 1967)
Development
After a failed attempt at selling Star Trek to NBC with the pilot ‘The Cage’, starring Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike, NBC told Gene Roddenberry to film a second pilot with a more “action & adventure” orientated plot – which was unheard of at the time. Roddenberry complied and wrote two story outlines: one being ‘Mudd’s Women’ and the second being ‘The Omega Glory’ both of which were produced later on the series...
Star Trek: The Original Series – Season One
Original Broadcast: (September 8th 1966 – April 29th 1967)
Development
After a failed attempt at selling Star Trek to NBC with the pilot ‘The Cage’, starring Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike, NBC told Gene Roddenberry to film a second pilot with a more “action & adventure” orientated plot – which was unheard of at the time. Roddenberry complied and wrote two story outlines: one being ‘Mudd’s Women’ and the second being ‘The Omega Glory’ both of which were produced later on the series...
- 6/2/2017
- by James Morrell
- Nerdly
Bruce Hyde, who played the role of Lt. Kevin Riley on the original Star Trek series has died after a battle with throat cancer.
Hyde died last week on Oct. 13 at the age of 74, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Hyde's other television accomplishments include Dr. Kildare, That Girl and The Beverly Hillbillies. The actor also did stage performance including one part in Broadway's Canterbury Tales.
According to EW, Hyde eventually stepped away from acting and became a professor at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota where he taught classes in the Theatre & Film Department and the Communication Studies Department.
His wife Susan Saetre,...
Hyde died last week on Oct. 13 at the age of 74, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Hyde's other television accomplishments include Dr. Kildare, That Girl and The Beverly Hillbillies. The actor also did stage performance including one part in Broadway's Canterbury Tales.
According to EW, Hyde eventually stepped away from acting and became a professor at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota where he taught classes in the Theatre & Film Department and the Communication Studies Department.
His wife Susan Saetre,...
- 10/20/2015
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- People.com - TV Watch
Bruce Hyde, who played Lt. Kevin Riley on the original Star Trek series, has died. Hyde had suffered from throat cancer and died October 13 in hospice near St. Cloud, Mn, according to the Star Tribune. He was 74. Hyde, a Dallas native, played Enterprise crew member Lt. Kevin Riley on just two early episodes of the original Star Trek series, "The Naked Time" and "The Conscience of the King."but they remain memorable ones for fans,. His character met an untimely end in the…...
- 10/19/2015
- Deadline TV
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