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, ''

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, medical officer. ** Barrett also voiced M’Ress, a communications officer.

Episodes

Season 1 (1973–74)

Season 2 (1974)

Production

Development

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of

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was in talks with ''Star Trek'' producer

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, TV network

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, and creator Gene Roddenberry to create an animated spin-off series while ''The Original Series'' was still on the air, during its third season (1968–69). Paramount's director of special programming Philip Mayer and Filmation writer/animator

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worked together to create a proposal for a series that would target a young audience and have an educational spin. The main cast of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' would train the teenage crew of a ship called ''Excalibur'' about space exploration; the new teenage crew included a Vulcan named Steve, an African-American boy named Bob, and a Chinese boy named Stick. Due to the bitter relationship between Roddenberry and Paramount at the time, however, Scheimer was not able to get the two parties talking to each other in order to agree on a deal for several years. During this time, the project in its original form was phased out. A deal was finally reached in early 1973, and publicly announced in early March 1973. Because of NBC's strong interest in the series, Roddenberry and Filmation were allotted very generous terms: a guaranteed minimum of two seasons with a combined 22 episodes; a budget of US$75,000 () per episode; and full creative control in Gene Roddenberry's hands. Roddenberry and Filmation agreed that the series should be for all ages, rather than the children-oriented approach of the original proposal, and at Roddenberry's suggestion ''The Original Series'' script editor

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was hired as the series' story editor and associate producer. Despite the meager payment for writers ($1,300 () per script, with no residuals), the opportunity to write a ''Star Trek'' episode without the special effects limitations of live action proved appealing, and many of ''The Original Series'' writers joined the staff. Fontana steered the series away from the romantic and sexual elements of ''The Original Series'', as she felt children would not be interested in them, and she wanted ''The Animated Series'' to appeal to children as well as adults.

Writing

The series' writing benefited from a

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strike in 1973, which did not apply to animation. A few episodes were written by well-known science fiction authors: * "

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" was written by

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as a sequel to his episode "

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" from the original series. Here Cyrano Jones is rescued from the

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s, bringing with him a genetically altered breed of

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s which do not reproduce but do grow extremely large. (It is later discovered that these are really clusters of tribbles who function as a single tribble, and it is decided that the large numbers of smaller tribbles are preferable to the larger ones.) The Klingons, because of their hatred of tribbles, are eager to get Jones back because he stole a creature they created: a predator called a "glommer" that feeds on tribbles. * " Yesteryear" is a time-travel episode in which

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uses "The Guardian of Forever", a time gateway from the original series episode "

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", to travel back to his own childhood. This is the only animated ''Trek'' episode written by original series and later ''Next Generation'' writer

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. This was the first actual appearance of Spock's pet sehlat, first mentioned in "

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" and finally named I-Chaya in this episode. One element from ''Yesteryear'' that has become canon by depiction within ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' is the Vulcan city of ShiKahr, depicted in a background scene wherein Kirk, Spock and McCoy walk across a natural stone bridge (first depicted in '' Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'') in the

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". Elements of Spock's childhood from "Yesteryear" are also referenced in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode " Unification" as well as the 2009 ''Star Trek'' feature film. *

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's "

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", adapted from his own short story "The Soft Weapon". It includes some elements from his ''

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'' mythos such as the

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ti and the Slavers. This is the only Kirk-era television or movie story in which Kirk did not appear. This episode is also the only animated one in which characters are shown dying or being killed.

Casting and voice recording

''The Animated Series'' featured most of the original cast voicing their characters. The major exception was the character of

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(

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), who did not appear in the series because the series' budget could not afford the complete cast. He was replaced by Lieutenant

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, whose Edosian species had three arms and three legs; Lieutenant M'Ress, a female Caitian, sometimes stood in for Uhura as communications officer. Besides performing their characters

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and

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,

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and

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Initially, Filmation was only going to use the voices of

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,

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,

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, Doohan and Barrett. Doohan and Barrett would also perform the voices of

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and

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. Nimoy refused to voice Spock in the series unless

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and

George Takei George Takei (; ja, ジョージ・タケイ; born Hosato Takei (武井穂郷), April 20, 1937) is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the fictional starship USS ''Enterprise'' in the televi ...

were added to the cast, claiming that Sulu and Uhura were proof of the ethnic diversity of the 23rd century and should not be recast. Nimoy also took this stand as a matter of principle, as he knew of the financial troubles many of his ''Star Trek'' co-stars were facing after cancellation of the series. According to Scheimer, when Nimoy pointed out that the casting would cut the only two minority actors from the series, "We were horrified at our unintended slight, made all the worse because we were the one studio who had been championing diversity in its output." Koenig was not forgotten, as Filmation were able to assuage Nimoy's complaints on his account by buying a script from Koenig for one episode (" The Infinite Vulcan"). Voice recording began in June 1973, with the first three episodes recorded as an ensemble, i.e. all the

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for the episode in the room at the same time. Later episodes used the more typical model of recording the voice actors separately to work around their other commitments. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, who were both touring in plays at the time, recorded their lines in whatever city they happened to be performing in and had the tapes shipped to the studio. Doohan and Barrett, besides providing the voices of their ''Original Series'' characters and newcomers Arex and M'Ress, performed virtually all of the "guest star" characters in the series, with exceptions such as

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,

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and

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, who were performed by the original actors from ''The Original Series''. Other guest voice actors included

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, who voiced the Megan Prosecutor in " The Magicks of Megas-tu", and

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, who voiced Carter Winston in " The Survivor". Nichelle Nichols performed character voices in addition to Uhura in several episodes, including "

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" and "

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".

Animation and design

Similar to most animated series of the era, the 22 episodes of ''TAS'' were spread out over two brief seasons, with copious reruns of each episode. The director of the first season (16 episodes) was

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and Bill Reed directed the six episodes of season two, though the first four episodes of season two erroneously credit Sutherland. Don Christensen, creator of the original proposal, remained involved as art director. Other animation staff included Reuben Timmins (who oversaw all shots involving the ''Enterprise'') and a young Bob Kline. The animators

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the animations for the ''Enterprise'' and the original cast from

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footage of ''The Original Series''. The chevrons were enlarged to make them easier to animate, but otherwise the crew's uniforms were unaltered from ''The Original Series''. Due to the hiring of nearly the entire regular cast of the original show, little money was left in the budget for the animation, so Filmation cut costs by using stock footage and shortcuts such as having a character put a hand to their mouth while speaking (thus eliminating the need to animate the lips) and silhouetting characters in action. ''Star Trek: The Animated Series'' was the only ''Star Trek'' series not to be produced with a

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("teaser"), instead starting directly with the title credits sequence. However, some overseas versions of the original live action series, such as those aired by the

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in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, were edited to run the teaser after the credits.

Music

The animated series dispensed with the original series' theme music, composed by

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, in favor of a new theme credited to Yvette Blais and Jeff Michael, but actually written by Filmation composer

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. Ellis used the pseudonym Yvette Blais (the

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of his wife) due to complications with royalties and publishing companies, while Jeff Michael is a pseudonym for producer

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, who received a pseudonymous credit and a cut of the royalties on all of Filmation's music as part of a standard deal for the time. Writing on

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'' Magazine official page in March 2021, Gerrold revealed that the reason for this was a longstanding feud between Courage and Roddenberry over residual payments for airings of '' Star Trek: TOS'' episodes using the original theme: "When Courage turned in the original music, Roddenberry added his own lyrics to it, thereby depriving Courage of half his residuals. Courage never forgave Roddenberry and refused to give permission for the reuse of the theme. That's why new music was written for the animated series and again for the movies."

Release

; Home media * The complete series was first released in the United States on eleven volumes of VHS tapes in 1989. In the United Kingdom,

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released the complete series on seven volumes (1x4 episodes and 6x3 episodes) on PAL VHS in 1992. Although CIC-Taft Australia negotiated an Australasian release, they did not proceed with their plans. * A boxed set of the complete series on

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was released for the US market in 1990, then re-released in 1997. * A Region 1

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of the series was released on November 21, 2006, and has since been released internationally for other Regions. Each episode on CBS DVD/Paramount Home Entertainment’s Complete Series DVD release of ''Star Trek: The Animated Series'' (aka ''The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek'') was presented in its original network television format and original airdate order - uncut and unedited - and also remastered and restored in 1080p HD and full-color with remastered and remixed 5.1 surround sound and restored original mono audio. It was also the last series of Paramount's ''Star Trek'' television franchise to be released to DVD. * A Blu-ray release in HD was released as part of the ''STAR TREK 50th Anniversary TV and Movie Collection'' in the United States on September 6, 2016. * A stand-alone Blu-ray release was released on November 15, 2016.

Reception

Critical response

Through both seasons, ''Star Trek: The Animated Series'' faced the reverse situation of ''The Original Series'' with regard to its popularity: ratings were high, but skewed away from the young children which Saturday morning advertisers were trying to reach, being more popular with adults and older children. ''Star Trek: The Animated Series'' was named the 96th best animated series by

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. They declared that although the series suffered from technical limitations, its format allowed the writers far greater freedom and creativity than was possible in the original live-action series. In 2019, CBR ranked all 31 seasons of ''Star Trek'' television shows, placing season 1 of ''TAS'' at 23rd, and season 2 at 24th. Similarly to IGN, they commented that "The animation is definitely limited by today's standards, but the idea of an animated ''Star Trek'' makes perfect sense, since concerns over budget and scope would be very different. Although only two seasons long, we were given some memorable moments." The comic ''

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'' was inspired by ''The Animated Series'', and takes place in a similar universe. In 2016, in a listing that included each ''Star Trek'' film and TV series separately, ''The Animated Series'' was ranked 11th by the ''L.A. Times''. In 2019,

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ranked ''The Animated Series'' the seventh best out of seven ''Star Trek'' TV series.

Accolades

Legacy

All of this series' episodes were novelized by

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and released in ten volumes under the ''Star Trek Logs'' banner. Initially, Foster adapted three episodes per book, but later editions saw the half-hour scripts expanded into full, novel-length stories.

Novelties in the series

In the original ''Star Trek'' series, the main character was given the name

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. It was not until the animated series that writer

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expanded on the "T", establishing Kirk's middle name as Tiberius. By coincidence, on Gene Roddenberry's first series ''

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'', the principal character was William Tiberius Rice. According to Gerrold, he had been influenced by ''

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'', and had approached Roddenberry with his choice of middle name, who agreed; Gerrold did not learn about the earlier use of the name until 2014. The animated series introduced a three-armed, three-legged alien member of the bridge crew with a long neck named Arex and a cat-like alien crew member named M'Ress. According to Roddenberry, budget limitations would have made it impossible for either alien species to appear in a live action series of the time. The USS ''Enterprise'' in this series, while supposedly the same ship as from the original series, had a

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similar to the one later seen in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', which was set about eighty years later. It only appeared once, in Chuck Menville's "The Practical Joker", and was known as the "Rec Room". This feature was originally proposed for the original series but was never used. A personal force field technology known as the life support belt was seen only in ''Star Trek: The Animated Series''. In addition to supplying the wearer with the appropriate atmosphere and environmental protection, it permitted the animators to simply draw the belt and yellow glow around the existing characters, instead of having to redraw them with an environmental suit. A version of the life support belt later appeared in an early ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' novel, ''

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'', where they were referred to as "field-effect suits". The episode "

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" provides a rare instance in early ''

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'' in which a woman took temporary command of a starship. Due to the male crew members being incapacitated,

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assumes command of the ''Enterprise'' from Scotty. Other instances occurred on the first and last adventures filmed in the original series: * "

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", in which

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took command after the abduction of Captain Christopher Pike, and * "

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", in which Dr. Janice Lester took over the body of Captain Kirk and assumed command. "The Lorelei Signal" and " The Infinite Vulcan", the latter written by Walter Koenig, are rare occurrences where Captain Kirk comes close to actually saying, "

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" (long erroneously believed to be a ''Star Trek''

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), when he commands "Beam us up, Scotty". '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' arguably comes closer to it by having Kirk say "Scotty, beam me up". An anti-pollution public service announcement was created for non-profit

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featuring the ''ST: TAS'' characters and original cast voices. In the ad, the ''Enterprise'' encounters the "Rhombian Pollution Belt". The ad ran during Saturday morning network programming during the series' run.

Canon issues

At the end of the first season of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', all licenses for ''Star Trek'' spin-off fiction were renegotiated, and the animated series was essentially "decanonized" by

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's office. Writers of the novels, comics and role-playing games were prohibited from using concepts from the animated series in their works. Among the facts established within the animated series that were called into question by the "official canon" issue was its identification of

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as the first captain of the USS ''Enterprise'' in the episode "The Counter-Clock Incident". The ''

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'' by production staffers

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and

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does not include the animated series, but does include certain events from "Yesteryear" and acknowledges Robert April as first captain of the ''Enterprise''. The timeline in ''Voyages of the Imagination'' dates the events of the series to 2269–2270, assuming the events of the show represented the final part of Kirk's five-year mission, and using revised

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stardates. In the updated October 1999 edition of their book: ''The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future'', Michael and Denise Okuda state that:

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, who contributed two stories to ''TAS'', stated in an interview his views on the canon issue: Writer-producer

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discussed the ''TAS'' Canon issue in 2007:

References in other ''Star Trek'' series

Since Roddenberry's death in 1991, and the subsequent exit of Richard H. Arnold (who vetted the licensed tie-ins for Roddenberry's ''Star Trek'' office at Paramount during its later years), there have been several references to the animated series in the various other Trek series. In the ''

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'' episode " Once More Unto the Breach", Kor referred to his ship, the ''Klothos'', which was first named in the ''TAS'' episode "

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". Other ''DS9'' episodes to make reference to the animated series include " Broken Link", where

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mentions Edosian orchids (Arex is an Edosian) and "

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" where a ''Miranda''-class starship is called the USS ''ShirKahr'' (sic) after ShiKahr, the city from "Yesteryear". In the episode "

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" the title of healer is resurrected from "Yesteryear" as well. Vulcan's Forge is also mentioned in " Change of Heart", in which

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wants to honeymoon there with

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, as well as in episodes " The Forge", " Awakening" and "

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" from ''

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''. The ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episodes "

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" and " The Forge" included references to " Yesteryear", the latter featuring a CGI rendition of a wild sehlat. The remastered Original Series episode "

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" featured ShiKahr in the background as Spock beams up at the episode's ending, and the remastered version of "

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" replaced the ''Botany Bay''-style ''Woden'' with an automated grain carrier from "

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". The 2009 film ''

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'' also references "Yesteryear", featuring a nearly identical scene in which a young Spock is confronted by several other Vulcan children, who bully and provoke him for being part human. The 2017 series '' Star Trek: Discovery'' episode "

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" has Spock's foster sister Michael Burnham state that their mother Amanda read ''Alice in Wonderland'' to them as children, as in the episode "

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." The second season episode "Light and Shadows" expands on Amanda's reasons for doing so. The 2021 series Season 2 of ''

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'' episode 2 '' Kayshon, His Eyes Open'' features the skeleton of Giant Spock from TAS season 1 Episode 7 The Infinite Vulcan. Also in Season 2 of ''

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'' episode 8 " I, Excretus" features a Pandronian drill administrator named Shari yn Yem, the first Pandronian in the history of Trek to appear outside of TAS. The race was introduced in TAS episode "Bem". Carter Winston, from " The Survivor", has a small but important role late in the 1984 tie-in novel ''

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'' by

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. In recent years, references to ''The Animated Series'' have also cropped up again in the licensed books and comics. M'Ress and

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, characters from the animated series, appear in the '' Star Trek: New Frontier'' novels by

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, in which M'Ress and Arex are transported through time to the 24th Century, and are made officers on board the USS ''Trident''. (David's previous use of these characters, in TOS movie-era comics published by

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, had been ended by Gene Roddenberry's office.) A race introduced in the episode " The Jihad", represented by a character named M3 Green, is named the Nasat in the

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novellas. These stories feature a regular Nasat character, P8 Blue. The Vulcan city of ShiKahr also appears in many books. Paula Block, then of

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, was responsible for approving proposals and all completed manuscripts for the licensed media tie-ins and granted many such uses of ''TAS'' material since Roddenberry's death.

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has—as part of its license for the

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series of games—incorporated many aspects of ''The Animated Series'' into its works, not least being the inclusion of the

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ti, although in a modified form. In addition

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used elements from ''The Animated Series'' in its sourcebooks and modules for its ''Star Trek'' role-playing game. ''

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has commented that had the show been renewed for a fifth season, the

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ti would have been introduced. Starship designs were produced which closely resemble the Kzinti/ Mirak ships from the ''

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'', a gaming universe that includes the boardgame ''

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'' and its PC analogue '' Star Fleet Command''. The Kzinti were referenced in dialog in the '' Star Trek: Picard'' episode "Nepenthe", which marked their first canon on-screen mention since ''The Animated Series''. On June 27, 2007, ''Star Trek''s official site incorporated information from ''The Animated Series'' into its library section, with many pointing to this as evidence that the animated series is canon, though this has not been officially confirmed. Both David Gerrold and D. C. Fontana have stated that the animated series is essentially the fourth season that fans wanted originally.Silverman, D. S. (2015). "Always Bring Phasers to an 'Animated' Canon Fight: ''Star Trek''s Animated Adventures on Saturday Mornings". In D. Brode & S. Brode (Eds.) ''Gene Roddenberry's ''Star Trek'': ''The Original Cast Adventures''. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow.

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