Editing Star Trek: The Animated Series (section)

=== Writing ===
The series' writing benefited from a [[Writers Guild of America, East]] strike in 1973, which did not apply to animation.<ref>{{cite book|title=Introduction to Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 1|year=1991|author=D. C. Fontana}}</ref>  A few episodes were written by well-known science fiction authors:

* "[[More Tribbles, More Troubles]]" was written by [[David Gerrold]] as a sequel to his episode "[[The Trouble with Tribbles]]" from the original series. Here Cyrano Jones is rescued from the [[Klingon]]s, bringing with him a genetically altered breed of [[tribble]]s which do not reproduce but do grow extremely large. (It is later discovered that these are really [[Colony (biology)|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 (Star Trek: The Animated Series)|Yesteryear]]" is a time-travel episode in which [[Mr. Spock]] uses "The Guardian of Forever", a time gateway from the original series episode "[[The City on the Edge of Forever]]", to travel back to his own childhood. This is the only animated ''Trek'' episode written by original series and later ''Next Generation'' writer [[D. C. Fontana]]. This was the first actual appearance of Spock's pet sehlat, first mentioned in "[[Journey to Babel]]" and finally named I-Chaya in this episode. One element from "Yesteryear" that has become canonical 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 [[Star Trek: The Original Series#Remastered edition|remastered]] "[[Amok Time]]". Elements of Spock's childhood from "Yesteryear" are also referenced in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Unification]]" as well as the 2009 ''Star Trek'' feature film.
* [[Larry Niven]]'s "[[The Slaver Weapon]]", adapted from his own short story "The Soft Weapon". It includes some elements from his ''[[Known Space]]'' mythos such as the [[Kzin]]ti and the [[Thrint|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.