Episode 5
Friday, 3 December 2021
Star Trek: The Original Series
Series 1, Episode 10
Stardate: 1512.2
First broadcast on Thursday, 10 November 1966
Tensions are running high this week, as the Enterprise is attacked by a series of regular geometric solids and the bridge crew’s morale starts to crack under the pressure. Is this a ropey and glacially paced moment of disposable 60s TV, or the beginning of something indescribably magical?
Episode 26
Friday, 29 April 2022
Star Trek: The Original Series
Series 2, Episode 6
Stardate: 4202.1
First broadcast on Friday, 20 October 1967
A nameless and unknowable monster which has destroyed whole star systems and wiped out an entire Starfleet crew is now heading towards the most populated part of the galaxy. The only things standing in its way: a dramatic soundtrack, a memorable guest actor, an incredibly confident production, and William Alan Shatner. It doesn’t stand a chance.
Episode 11
Friday, 14 January 2022
Star Trek: The Original Series
Series 3, Episode 1
Stardate: 5431.4
First broadcast on Friday, 20 September 1968
A young woman wearing fabulous boots materialises on the Enterprise, renders the crew unconscious, and then removes Spock’s brain. And soon we discover — to our horror — that everyone else involved in making this episode has had their brain removed as well.
Episode 20
Friday, 18 March 2022
Star Trek: The Original Series
Series 3, Episode 6
Stardate: 4385.3
First broadcast on Friday, 25 October 1968
The crew of the Enterprise find themselves in a weird and beautifully directed simulacrum of Tombstone, Arizona with a couple of hours to kill before their certain death at the hands of Wyatt Earp’s gang of off-puttingly ugly cowboys. Meanwhile, we all learn a valuable lesson about why Star Trek is superior to real TV westerns. A classic.