Star Trek Original Series Season 1 - 3 DVD Boxset

Star Trek Original Series Season 1 - 3 DVD Boxset

Star Trek is a science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 to September 2, 1969. Though the original series was titled simply Star Trek, it has acquired the retronym Star Trek: The Original Series (ST:TOS or TOS) to distinguish it from the spinoffs that followed, and from the Star Trek universe or franchise they comprise. Set in the 23rd century, the original Star Trek follows the adventures of the starship Enterprise and its crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), his First Officer Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and his Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley). William Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose:

?° Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before. ?±

When Star Trek premiered on NBC in 1966, it was not an immediate hit; ratings were low and advertising revenue was lackluster. Even prior to the end of the first season of Star Trek, there were already calls in the network for the cancellation of the series due to its low Nielsen ratings. Bay Area Creature Features host John Stanley in his memoir I Was a TV Horror Host relates how Desilu head Lucille Ball at that time "single-handedly kept Star Trek from being dumped from the NBC-TV lineup."

Towards the end of the second season, too, the show was in danger of cancellation. This time the show was saved by a then-unprecedented write-in mail campaign spearheaded by a collection of SF fans of the show, most notably Bjo Trimble, and who succeeded in getting more than one million letters of support written to NBC corporate to save the show. The letters were written in such a way that NBC corporate, not a fan service, had to open and read them all, which severely challenged NBC's mail handling department. One NBC offical indicated that one hundred and fifty thousand would have been enough to do the trick. NBC actually came on the air after Star Trek, one episode, and announced that the show had been removed and to please stop writing them. Which, of course, prompted letters of thanks... in similar numbers and similar conditions requiring specific corporate attention.

When the show was renewed, however, it was placed into a blatantly undesirable time slot for its audience. Roddenberry attempted to force NBC to give it a better slot, and failed. As a result, Roddenberry chose to withdraw from the stress of daily production, though he remained nominally in charge of the series as executive producer. Star Trek was finally cancelled at the end of this season, producing 79 episodes in total. However, This was enough... just barely... for the show to be stripped in syndication. As a it became extremely popular and gathered a large cult following in TV syndication during the 1970s. The success of the program was followed by five additional television series (one animated) and ten theatrical films with an 11th on the way for May 2009. Guinness World Records lists the original Star Trek as having the largest number of spin-offs among all television shows in history.

"Space...The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!"

The series is set in the 23rd century where Earth has survived World War III then moved on to explore the stars. Humanity has allied with other alien races and formed the United Federation of Planets, and Starfleet serves as its exploratory and military branch. Captain James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise explores the galaxy with a crew of 430 men and women, contacting new life forms, conducting diplomat missions, and exploring the unknown.

Features
Actors: DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
Seasons: Complete Seasons 1-3
Episodes: All 79 uncut commercial free episodes
Package: Box Set
Category: Sci Fi
Format: Subtitled NTSC
Region: 0 (playable worldwide)
Number of discs: 22
Audio Track: English
Weight: 1.5 kg
Condition: Brand new factory sealed

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