Editing Star Trek: The Animated Series (section)

== Episodes ==
=== Series overview ===
{{Series overview
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| link1        = #Season 1 (1973–74)
| episodes1    = 16
| start1       = {{Start date|1973|9|8}}
| end1         = {{End date|1974|1|12}}

| color2       = #F3CB00
| link2        = #Season 2 (1974)
| episodes2    = 6
| start2       = {{Start date|1974|9|7}}
| end2         = {{End date|1974|10|12}}
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=== Season 1 (1973–74) ===
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=1
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=[[Beyond the Farthest Star (Star Trek: The Animated Series)|Beyond the Farthest Star]]
 |DirectedBy=[[Hal Sutherland]]
 |WrittenBy=[[Samuel A. Peeples]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|9|8}}
 |ShortSummary=While exploring on the outermost rim of the galaxy, the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] is pulled into the orbit of a dead star. Trapped there, the crew discovers that there is an ancient derelict pod ship trapped with them as well.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title=[[Yesteryear (Star Trek: The Animated Series)|Yesteryear]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[D. C. Fontana]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|9|15}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Spock]] must travel to the past to rescue his younger self from danger.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=3
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |Title=[[One of Our Planets Is Missing]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[Marc Daniels]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|9|22}}
 |ShortSummary=The ''Enterprise'' encounters a giant cloud creature that feeds on the energy of the planets that lie in its path. They determine that it is heading for Mantilles, home to a [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] colony governed by former Starfleet officer Bob Wesley (featured in the ''TOS'' episode "[[The Ultimate Computer]])".
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=4
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |Title=[[The Lorelei Signal]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[Margaret Armen]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|9|29}}
 |ShortSummary=Investigating a sector of space where starships have disappeared every 27 years, the ''Enterprise'' finds a race of beautiful women living on the planet Taurus II.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=5
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |Title=[[More Tribbles, More Troubles]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[David Gerrold]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|6}}
 |ShortSummary=While the USS ''Enterprise'' escorts two robot cargo ships carrying quintotriticale, a new seed grain, to famine-stricken Sherman's Planet, it encounters a [[Klingon]] battlecruiser pursuing a Federation scout ship. When the Enterprise rescues the pilot, the Klingons attack with a new energy weapon and demand that the pilot be handed over to them.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=6
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |Title=[[The Survivor (Star Trek: The Animated Series)|The Survivor]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[James Schmerer]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|13}}
 |ShortSummary=Patrolling near the [[List of Star Trek regions of space#Neutral Zone|Romulan Neutral Zone]], the USS ''Enterprise'' finds a ship carrying Carter Winston, a Federation citizen and philanthropist who has been missing for five years.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=7
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |Title=[[The Infinite Vulcan]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[Walter Koenig]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|20}}
 |ShortSummary=While visiting the newly discovered planet Phylos, [[Hikaru Sulu|Lieutenant Sulu]] picks up a walking plant, called a Retlaw, and is poisoned. The alien species that inhabit the planet, who are plantlike beings, approach and save Sulu's life, but kidnap Mr. Spock.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=8
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=[[The Magicks of Megas-tu]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=Larry Brody
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|27}}
 |ShortSummary=While exploring near the center of the galaxy, the USS ''Enterprise'' is caught inside an energy/matter vortex and all her computer systems fail. A being named Lucien appears on the bridge, repairs the ship's systems and takes the crew to explore his planet, Megas-Tu.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=9
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |Title=[[Once Upon a Planet]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[Chuck Menville]] and [[Len Janson]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|3}}
 |ShortSummary=The ''Enterprise'' crew revisits the "amusement park" planet first seen in the Classic ''Trek'' episode "[[Shore Leave (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Shore Leave]]" hoping for some rest and relaxation.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=10
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=[[Mudd's Passion]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[Stephen Kandel]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|10}}
 |ShortSummary=The USS ''Enterprise'' receives orders to arrest Federation outlaw [[Harry Mudd]], who is accused of selling fake love crystals. Intercepting Harry on the mining colony of Motherlode, they bring him aboard the ''Enterprise''.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=11
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |Title=[[The Terratin Incident]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[Paul Schneider (writer)|Paul Schneider]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|17}}
 |ShortSummary=While observing a burnt-out supernova, the USS ''Enterprise'' picks up a strange message transmitted in a two-hundred-year-old code.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=12
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |Title=[[The Time Trap]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=Joyce Perry
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|24}}
 |ShortSummary=While exploring the Delta Triangle, where many starships have disappeared, the USS ''Enterprise'' is attacked by several Klingon vessels. During the battle, they are caught in an ion storm. The ''Enterprise'' and one Klingon battlecruiser are drawn into a spacetime vortex and end up in a timeless dimension.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=13
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |Title=[[The Ambergris Element]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=Margaret Armen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|12|1}}
 |ShortSummary=While exploring the [[Ocean planet|water planet]] Argo, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are transformed into water breathers by the planet's undersea inhabitants, the Aquans. In order to return to their normal selves, they must enlist the help of the Aquans to capture a giant sur-snake, whose venom holds the antidote.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=14
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |Title=[[The Slaver Weapon]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|slabel=Adapted from the short story "The Soft Weapon" by|s=[[Larry Niven]]|tlabel=Written by|t=Larry Niven}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|12|8}}
 |ShortSummary=In the shuttlecraft ''Copernicus'', Mr. Spock, Uhura and Sulu are en route to [[Space stations and habitats in fiction|Starbase]] 25 to deliver a stasis box—a rare artifact of the [[Thrint|Slaver]] culture when the Kzinti intervene.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=15
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |Title=[[The Eye of the Beholder (Star Trek: The Animated Series)|The Eye of the Beholder]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=[[David P. Harmon]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|01|05}}
 |ShortSummary=The disappearance of a scientific team lures the USS ''Enterprise'' to investigate near Lactra VII. The starship ''Ariel'' is located there, abandoned, with its captain having transported to the planet's surface.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=16
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |Title=[[The Jihad]]
 |DirectedBy=Hal Sutherland
 |WrittenBy=Stephen Kandel
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|1|12}}
 |ShortSummary=The USS ''Enterprise'' arrives at the Vedala asteroid, where Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock have been summoned to learn about a stolen religious artifact, the "Soul of the Skorr", whose theft could ignite a galactic holy war.
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=== Season 2 (1974) ===
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=17
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=[[The Pirates of Orion]]
 |DirectedBy=Bill Reed
 |WrittenBy=Howard Weinstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|9|7}}
 |ShortSummary=Spock contracts a fatal illness, and the cure can only be found with dangerous [[Orion (Star Trek)|Orion pirates]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=18
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title=[[Bem (Star Trek: The Animated Series)|Bem]]
 |DirectedBy=Bill Reed
 |WrittenBy=[[David Gerrold]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|9|14}}
 |ShortSummary=The ''Enterprise'' crew is taken captive by a race of primitives on a newly discovered planet.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=19
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |Title=[[The Practical Joker]]
 |DirectedBy=Bill Reed
 |WrittenBy=[[Chuck Menville]] and [[Len Janson]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|9|21}}
 |ShortSummary=A strange energy field causes the ''Enterprise'' computer to play [[practical joke]]s on the crew, but the humor soon turns to danger.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=20
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |Title=[[Albatross (Star Trek: The Animated Series)|Albatross]]
 |DirectedBy=Bill Reed
 |WrittenBy=Dario Finelli
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|9|28}}
 |ShortSummary=Doctor McCoy is arrested for allegedly causing a deadly [[pandemic|plague]] which once ravaged the planet Dramia.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=21
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |Title=[[How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth]]
 |DirectedBy=Bill Reed
 |WrittenBy=[[Russell Bates]] and [[David Wise (writer)|David Wise]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|10|5}}
 |ShortSummary=A mysterious being threatens to destroy the ''Enterprise'' if the crew is unable to solve an ancient puzzle.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=22
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |Title=[[The Counter-Clock Incident]]
 |DirectedBy=Bill Reed
 |WrittenBy=[[Fred Bronson|John Culver]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|10|12}}
 |ShortSummary=An unusual spaceship pulls the ''Enterprise'' into a "negative [[universe]]" where time seems to flow backwards.
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}}