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A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO THE STAR TREK SERIES

This Compilation Copyright © 1997 by John Cirillo, Updated March 25,1999



STAR TREK The Original Series

First Season Episodes

Second Season Episodes

Third Season Episodes

Roster of Actors/Actresses for TOS

STAR TREK Animated Series

STAR TREK Motion Pictures

STAR TREK The Next Generation

First Season Episodes

Second Season Episodes

Third Season Episodes

Fourth Season Episodes

Fifth Season Episodes

Sixth Season Episodes

Seventh Season Episodes

Roster of Actors/Actresses for TNG

About Deep Space Nine and Star Trek:Voyager

A few notes about Stardates

In Closing...

STAR TREK The Original Series List (1966-1969)


PILOTS

THE CAGE (ORIGINAL PILOT, REJECTED BY NBC)
Unaired until 1988

WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE (SECOND PILOT, ACCEPTED BY NBC)
See below for airdate of this episode during the regular season


STAR TREK The Original Series
First Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) MAN TRAP                             (1531.1)        09-08-66
 2) CHARLIE X                            (1533.6)        09-15-66
 3) WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE         (1312.4)        09-22-66
    (Slight variation of second pilot)
 4) THE NAKED TIME                       (1704.2)        09-29-66
 5) THE ENEMY WITHIN                     (1672.1)        10-06-66
 6) MUDD'S WOMEN                         (1329.1)        10-13-66
 7) WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?       (2712.4)        10-20-66
 8) MIRI                                 (2713.5)        10-27-66
 9) DAGGER OF THE MIND                   (2715.1)        11-03-66
10) THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER               (1512.2)        11-10-66
11) THE MENAGERIE (PART I)               (3012.4)        11-17-66
    (contains portions of "THE CAGE", the original pilot)
12) THE MENAGERIE (PART II)              (3012.4)        11-24-66
    (contains portions of "THE CAGE", the original pilot)
13) THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING           (2817.6)        12-08-66
14) BALANCE OF TERROR                    (1709.1)        12-15-66
15) SHORE LEAVE                          (3025.3)        12-29-66
16) THE GALILEO SEVEN                    (2821.5)        01-05-67
17) THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS                 (2124.5)        01-12-67
18) ARENA                                (3045.6)        01-19-67
19) TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY                (3113.2)        01-26-67
20) COURT MARTIAL                        (2947.3)        02-02-67
21) THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS            (3156.2)        02-09-67
22) SPACE SEED                           (3141.9)        02-16-67
23) A TASTE OF ARMAGEDDON                (3192.1)        02-23-67
24) THIS SIDE OF PARADISE                (3417.3)        03-02-67
25) THE DEVIL IN THE DARK                (3196.1)        03-09-67
26) ERRAND OF MERCY                      (3198.4)        03-23-67
27) THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR               (3087.6)        03-30-67
28) THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER      (3134.0)        04-06-67
29) OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!             (3287.2)        04-13-67


STAR TREK The Original Series
Second Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) AMOK TIME                            (3372.7)        09-15-67
 2) WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?              (3468.1)        09-22-67
 3) THE CHANGELING                       (3451.9)        09-29-67
 4) MIRROR, MIRROR                       (unknown)       10-06-67
 5) THE APPLE                            (3715.0)        10-13-67
 6) THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE                 (4202.9)        10-20-67
 7) CATSPAW                              (3018.2)        10-27-67
 8) I, MUDD                              (4513.3)        11-03-67
 9) METAMORPHOSIS                        (3219.4)        11-10-67
10) JOURNEY TO BABEL                     (3842.3)        11-17-67
11) FRIDAY'S CHILD                       (3497.2)        12-01-67
12) THE DEADLY YEARS                     (3478.2)        12-08-67
13) OBSESSION                            (3619.2)        12-15-67
14) WOLF IN THE FOLD                     (3614.9)        12-22-67
15) THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES            (4523.3)        12-29-67
16) THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION          (3211.7)        01-05-68
17) A PIECE OF THE ACTION                (4598.0)        01-12-68
18) THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME                (4307.1)        01-19-68
19) A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR                 (4211.4)        02-02-68
20) RETURN TO TOMORROW                   (4768.3)        02-09-68
21) PATTERNS OF FORCE                    (2534.0)        02-16-68
22) BY ANY OTHER NAME                    (4657.5)        02-23-68
23) THE OMEGA GLORY                      (unknown)       03-01-68
24) THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER                (4729.4)        03-08-68
25) BREAD AND CIRCUSES                   (4040.7)        03-15-68
26) ASSIGNMENT: EARTH                    (unknown)       03-29-68


STAR TREK The Original Series
Third Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) SPOCK'S BRAIN                        (5431.4)        09-20-68
 2) THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT              (5031.3)        09-27-68
 3) THE PARADISE SYNDROME                (4842.6)        10-04-68
 4) AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD          (5027.3)        10-11-68
 5) IS THERE IN TRUTH NO BEAUTY?         (5630.7)        10-18-68
 6) SPECTRE OF THE GUN                   (4385.3)        10-25-68
 7) DAY OF THE DOVE                      (unknown)       11-01-68
 8) FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
                                         (5476.3)        11-08-68
 9) THE THOLIAN WEB                      (5693.4)        11-15-68
10) PLATO'S STEPCHILDREN                 (5784.0)        11-22-68
11) WINK OF AN EYE                       (5710.5)        11-29-68
12) THE EMPATH                           (5121.0)        12-06-68
13) ELAAN OF TROYUS                      (4372.5)        12-20-68
14) WHOM GODS DESTROY                    (5718.3)        01-03-69
15) LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD    (5730.2)        01-10-69
16) THE MARK OF GIDEON                   (5423.4)        01-17-69
17) THAT WHICH SURVIVES                  (unknown)       01-24-69
18) THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR                  (5725.3)        01-31-69
19) REQUIEM FOR METHUSALEH               (5843.7)        02-14-69
20) THE WAY TO EDEN                      (5832.3)        02-21-69
21) THE CLOUD MINDERS                    (5818.4)        02-28-69
22) THE SAVAGE CURTAIN                   (5906.4)        03-07-69
23) ALL OUR YESTERDAYS                   (5943.7)        03-14-69
24) TURNABOUT INTRUDER                   (5298.5)        06-03-69


STAR TREK The Original Series
Roster of regular actors and actresses

William Shatner     Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy       Science Officer Spock
James Doohan        Engineering Officer Lt. Montgomery Scott (Scotty)
DeForest Kelly      Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy (Bones)
Nichelle Nichols    Communications Officer Lt. Uhura
George Takei        Helmsman Lt. Sulu
Majel Barrett       Nurse Christine Chapel
Grace Lee Whitney   Yeoman Janice Rand (first season only)
Walter Koenig       Helmsman Ensign Pavel Chekov (second and third season)

STAR TREK The Original Series Airtime Schedule

Star Trek aired on the NBC television network. First telecast was Thursday, Sept. 8, 1966 at 7:30 PM Central Time. Last telecast was Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1969 at 6:30 PM Central Time. Very soon after the series was dropped from the network, it began showing in syndication on independent stations. It has been in syndication ever since!

Airtimes during the seasons were:

Sept. 1966-Aug. 1967 Thursdays at 7:30 PM Central Time.
Sept. 1967-Aug. 1968 Fridays at 7:30 PM Central Time.
Sept. 1968-Apr. 1969 Fridays at 9:00 PM Central Time.
June 1969-Sept. 1969 Tuesdays at 6:30 PM Central Time.

Note: the episode names for the Star Trek original series are all in capital letters because that is how they appear on the actual episode titles.

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STAR TREK Animated Series List

    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) Yesteryear                           (5373.4)        09-15-73
 2) One of Our Planets Is Missing        (5371.3)        09-22-73
 3) The Lorelei Signal                   (5483.7)        09-29-73
 4) More Tribbles, More Troubles         (5392.4)        10-06-73
 5) The Survivor                         (5143.3)        10-13-73
 6) The Infinite Vulcan                  (5554.4)        10-20-73
 7) The Magicks of Megas-Tu              (1254.4)        10-27-73
 8) Once Upon a Planet                   (5591.2)        11-03-73
 9) Mudd's Passion                       (4978.5)        11-10-73
10) The Terratin Incident                (5577.3)        11-17-73
11) Time Trap                            (5267.2)        11-24-73
12) The Ambergris Element                (5499.9)        12-01-73
13) Slaver Weapon                        (4187.3)        12-15-73
14) Beyond the Farthest Star             (5521.3)        12-22-73
15) The Eye of the Beholder              (5501.2)        01-05-74
16) Jihad                                (5683.1)        01-13-74
17) The Pirates of Orion                 (6334.1)        09-07-74
18) Bem                                  (7403.6)        09-14-74
19) Practical Joker                      (3183.3)        09-21-74
20) Albatross                            (5275.6)        09-28-74
21) How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth   (6063.4)        10-05-74
22) The Counter-Clock Incident           (6770.3)        10-12-74

The Animated Series was created by Filmation Associates with Gene Roddenberry as executive consultant and Dorothy Fontana as associate producer and story editor. Many of the stories were written by the same writers who wrote episodes for the original series. Voices for Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Sulu, Scotty, and Chapel were provided by the same actors who played those roles in the original series. Although Walter Koenig wrote one of the episodes, his character Chekov did not appear in the animated series.

The Animated Series aired on the NBC network on Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1975 and can still be seen in syndication occasionally during morning or afternoon on weekends.

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STAR TREK Motion Picture List

Title                                   (Stardate)       Released

Star Trek: The Motion Picture            (7412.3)        12-07-1979

Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan          (8130.5)        06-04-1982

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock      (8210.3)        06-01-1984

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home            (8390.0)        11-26-1986

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier          (8454.1)        06-12-1989

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country   (9521.0)        12-12-1992

Star Trek: Generations                  (48632.1)        11-18-1994

Star Trek VIII: First Contact           (50869.3)        11-22-1996

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STAR TREK The Next Generation (1987-1994)
First Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) Encounter at Farpoint (2 hours)     (41153.7)        10-03-87
 2) The Naked Now                       (41209.2)        10-10-87
 3) Code of Honor                       (41235.2)        10-17-87
 4) The Last Outpost                    (41386.4)        10-24-87
 5) Where No One Has Gone Before        (41263.1)        10-31-87
 6) Lonely Among Us                     (41249.3)        11-07-87
 7) Justice                             (41255.6)        11-14-87
 8) The Battle                          (41723.9)        11-21-87
 9) Hide and Q                          (41590.5)        11-28-87
10) Haven                               (41294.5)        12-05-87
11) The Big Goodbye                     (41997.7)        01-16-88
12) Datalore                            (41242.4)        01-23-88
13) Angel One                           (41636.9)        01-30-88
14) 11001001                            (41365.9)        02-06-88
15) Too Short A Season                  (41309.5)        02-13-88
16) When the Bough Breaks               (41509.1)        02-20-88
17) Home Soil                           (41463.9)        02-27-88
18) Coming of Age                       (41416.2)        03-19-88
19) Heart of Glory                      (41503.7)        03-26-88
20) The Arsenal of Freedom              (41798.2)        04-16-88
21) Symbiosis                           (unknown)        04-23-88
22) Skin of Evil                        (41601.3)        04-30-88
23) We'll Always Have Paris             (41697.9)        05-07-88
24) Conspiracy                          (41775.5)        05-14-88
25) The Neutral Zone                    (41986.0)        05-21-88


STAR TREK The Next Generation
Second Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) The Child                           (42073.1)        11-26-88
 2) Where Silence Has Lease             (42193.6)        12-03-88
 3) Elementary, Dear Data               (42286.3)        12-10-88
 4) The Outrageous Okona                (42402.7)        12-17-88
 5) The Schizoid Man                    (42437.5)        01-07-89
 6) Loud as a Whisper                   (42477.2)        01-14-89
 7) Unnatural Selection                 (42494.8)        02-04-89
 8) A Matter of Honor                   (42506.5)        02-11-89
 9) The Measure of a Man                (42523.7)        02-18-89
10) The Dauphin                         (42568.8)        02-25-89
11) Contagion                           (42609.1)        03-25-89
12) The Royale                          (42625.4)        04-01-89
13) Time Squared                        (42679.2)        04-08-89
14) The Icarus Factor                   (42686.4)        04-29-89
15) Pen Pals                            (42695.3)        05-06-89
16) Q Who                               (42761.9)        05-13-89
17) Samaritan Snare                     (42779.1)        05-20-89
18) Up the Long Ladder                  (42823.2)        05-27-89
19) Manhunt                             (42859.2)        06-24-89
20) The Emissary                        (unknown)        07-01-89
21) Peak Performance                    (42923.4)        07-15-89
22) Shades of Gray                      (42976.1)        07-22-89


STAR TREK The Next Generation
Third Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) Evolution                           (43125.8)        09-30-89
 2) The Ensigns of Command              (unknown)        10-07-89
 3) The Survivors                       (43152.4)        10-14-89
 4) Who Watches the Watchers            (43173.5)        10-21-89
 5) The Bonding                         (43198.7)        10-28-89
 6) Booby Trap                          (43205.6)        11-04-89
 7) The Enemy                           (43349.2)        11-11-89
 8) The Price                           (43385.6)        11-18-89
 9) The Vengeance Factor                (43421.9)        11-25-89
10) The Defector                        (43462.5)        01-06-90
11) The Hunted                          (43489.2)        01-13-90
12) The High Ground                     (43510.7)        02-03-90
13) Deja Q                              (43539.1)        02-10-90
14) A Matter of Perspective             (43610.4)        02-17-90
15) Yesterday's Enterprise              (43625.2)        02-24-90
16) The Offspring                       (43657.0)        03-17-90
17) Sins of the Father                  (43685.2)        03-24-90
18) Allegiance                          (43714.1)        03-31-90
19) Captain's Holiday                   (43745.2)        04-07-90
20) Tin Man                             (43779.3)        04-28-90
21) Hollow Pursuits                     (43807.4)        05-05-90
22) The Most Toys                       (43872.7)        05-12-90
23) Sarek                               (43917.4)        05-19-90
24) Menage a Troi                       (43930.7)        06-02-90
25) Transfigurations                    (43957.2)        06-09-90
26) The Best of Both Worlds (part I)    (43989.1)        06-23-90


STAR TREK The Next Generation
Fourth Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) The Best of Both Worlds (part II)   (44001.4)        09-29-90
 2) Family                              (44012.3)        10-06-90
 3) Brothers                            (44085.7)        10-13-90
 4) Suddenly Human                      (44143.7)        10-20-90
 5) Remember Me                         (44161.2)        10-27-90
 6) Legacy                              (44215.2)        11-03-90
 7) Reunion                             (44246.3)        11-10-90
 8) Future Imperfect                    (44286.5)        11-17-90
 9) Final Mission                       (44307.3)        11-24-90
10) The Loss                            (44356.9)        01-05-91
11) Data's Day                          (44390.1)        01-12-91
12) The Wounded                         (44429.6)        02-02-91
13) Devil's Due                         (44474.5)        02-09-91
14) Clues                               (44502.7)        02-16-91
15) First Contact                       (unknown)        02-23-91
16) Galaxy's Child                      (44614.6)        03-16-91
17) Night Terrors                       (44631.2)        03-23-91
18) Identity Crisis                     (44664.5)        03-30-91
19) The Nth Degree                      (44705.3)        04-06-91
20) Qpid                                (44741.9)        04-27-91
21) The Drumhead                        (44769.2)        05-04-91
22) Half A Life                         (44805.3)        05-11-91
23) The Host                            (44821.3)        05-18-91
24) The Mind's Eye                      (44885.5)        06-01-91
25) In Theory                           (44932.3)        06-08-91
26) Redemption I                        (44995.3)        06-22-91


STAR TREK The Next Generation
Fifth Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) Redemption II                       (45020.4)        09-28-91
 2) Darmok                              (45047.2)        10-05-91
 3) Ensign Ro                           (45076.3)        10-12-91
 4) Silicon Avatar                      (45122.3)        10-19-91
 5) Disaster                            (45156.1)        10-26-91
 6) The Game                            (45208.2)        11-02-91
 7) Unification: Part I                 (45233.1)        11-09-91
 8) Unification: Part II                (45245.8)        11-16-91
 9) A Matter of Time                    (45349.1)        11-23-91
10) New Ground                          (45376.3)        01-04-92
11) Hero Worship                        (45397.3)        02-01-92
12) Violations                          (45429.3)        02-08-92
13) The Masterpiece Society             (45470.1)        02-15-92
14) Conundrum                           (45494.2)        02-22-92
15) Power Play                          (45571.2)        02-29-92
16) Ethics                              (45587.3)        03-07-92
17) The Outcast                         (45614.6)        03-21-92
18) Cause and Effect                    (45652.1)        03-28-92
19) The First Duty                      (45703.9)        04-25-92
20) Cost of Living                      (45733.6)        05-02-92
21) The Perfect Mate                    (45761.3)        05-09-92
22) Imaginary Friend                    (45852.1)        05-16-92
23) I, Borg                             (45854.2)        05-23-92
24) The Next Phase                      (45984.3)        05-30-92
25) The Inner Light                     (45944.1)        06-06-92
26) Time's Arrow, Part 1                (45959.1)        06-13-92


STAR TREK The Next Generation
Sixth Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) Time's Arrow, Part 2                (46001.3)        09/19/92
 2) Realm of Fear                       (46041.1)        10/03/92
 3) Man of the People                   (46071.6)        10/10/92
 4) Relics                              (46095.0)        10/17/92
 5) Schisms                             (46154.2)        10/24/92
 6) True Q                              (46129.3)        10/31/92
 7) Rascals                             (unknown)        11/07/92
 8) A Fistful of Datas                  (46271.5)        11/14/92
 9) The Quality of Life                 (46307.2)        11/21/92
10) Chain of Command (Part 1)           (46357.4)        12/19/92
11) Chain of Command (Part 2)           (46357.5)        12/26/92
12) Ship in a Bottle                    (46424.1)        01/30/93
13) Aquiel                              (46461.3)        02/06/93
14) Face of the Enemy                   (46519.1)        02/13/93
15) Tapestry                            (unknown)        02/20/93
16) Birthright (Part 1)                 (46578.4)        02/27/93
17) Birthright (Part 2)                 (46659.2)        03/06/93
18) Starship Mine                       (46682.4)        04/03/93
19) Lessons                             (46693.1)        04/10/93
20) The Chase                           (46731.5)        05/01/93
21) Frame of Mind                       (46778.1)        05/08/93
22) Suspicions                          (46830.1)        05/15/93
23) Rightful Heir                       (46852.2)        05/22/93
24) Second Chances                      (46900.0)        05/29/93
25) Timescape                           (46944.2)        06/19/93
26) Descent (Part 1)                    (46982.1)        06/26/93


STAR TREK The Next Generation
Seventh Season Episodes

(Shown in order of airdate)
    Title                               (Stardate)       Airdate

 1) Descent (Part 2)                    (47025.4)        09/25/93
 2) Liaison                             (unknown)        10/02/93
 3) Interface                           (47215.5)        10/09/93
 4) Gambit (Part 1)                     (47135.2)        10/16/93
 5) Gambit (Part 2)                     (47160.1)        10/30/93
 6) Phantasm                            (47225.7)        11/06/93
 7) Dark Page                           (47254.1)        11/13/93
 8) Attached                            (47304.2)        11/20/93
 9) Force of Nature                     (47310.2)        11/27/93
10) Inheritance                         (47410.2)        11/27/93
11) Parallels                           (47391.2)        12/04/93
12) The Pegasus                         (47457.1)        01/16/94
13) Homeward                            (47423.9)        01/30/94
14) Sub Rosa                            (unknown)        02/06/94
15) Lower Decks                         (47566.7)        02/13/94
16) Thine Own Self                      (47611.2)        02/20/94
17) Masks                               (47615.2)        02/27/94
18) Eye of the Beholder                 (47623.2)        03/06/94
19) Genesis                             (47653.2)        03/27/94
20) Journey's End                       (47751.2)        04/03/94
21) First Born                          (47779.4)        05/01/94
22) Bloodlines                          (47829.1)        05/08/94
23) Emergence                           (47869.2)        05/15/94
24) Preemptive Strike                   (47941.7)        05/22/94
25) All Good Things... (2-Hour Finale)  (47988.1)        05/29/94


STAR TREK The Next Generation
Roster of regular actors and actresses

Patrick Stewart    Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes    Commander William T. Riker
Brent Spiner       Lieutenant Commander Data
Marina Sirtis      Counselor Deanna Troi
LeVar Burton       Lieutenant Geordi LaForge
Denise Crosby      Lieutenant Natasha Yar (first season)
Michael Dorn       Lieutenant Worf
Gates McFadden     Dr. Beverly Crusher (except second season)
Diana Muldaur      Dr. Katherine Pulaski (second season)
Wil Wheaton        Ensign Wesley Crusher
Whoopi Goldberg    Guinan (after season 1)
Colm Meaney        Transporter Chief Miles Edward O'Brien (after season 1)

Notes on The Next Generation:

Star Trek: The Next Generation was not shown through a national TV network. In order to avoid the problems that the original series had (cancellations due to ratings), Paramount elected to distribute the series through syndication.

Regular airtimes were 6:00 PM Saturdays, with a repeat of the same show on the next day, Sunday, at 10:30 PM during the first season and at 8:00 PM during the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons. During the seventh season, airtime was switched to Sundays.

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About Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager

The original purpose of this list was to document all the episodes of Star Trek. Much of what you see here was created long before TNG ever existed. In those days we could only wish that new Star Trek episodes would come out. Miraculously, they did. Now we have a long legacy of Star Trek, from TOS through the movies and up to the conclusion of TNG series. I don't think any Star Trek fan ever hoped for as much, and now we have more than we ever dreamed of having. And it is enough to satisfy me as well.

Since the passing of Gene Roddenberry and the conclusion of TNG, I feel as though the purpose of this document is complete. Although two new Star Trek related shows, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, have come, I do not feel that they are appropriate for listing here as they are (in my mind) totally separate shows and deserve their own chronology elsewhere.

If you are a loyal fan of those two shows and keep track of the episodes and dates, etc, may I suggest that you start a separate chronology of your own for those shows?

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A few notes about Star Dates

Many people have written inquiring how Stardates work and how they correlate to Earth time. Unfortunately there is not a good way to correlate between stardates and regular dates. Various ways have been created through the years, most notably the system used by FASA's role-playing games, but they still can't be used on the actual dates given in the Star Trek series. The only "real" definition was given by Gene Roddenberry as quoted in "The Making of Star Trek" © 1968 by Stephen E. Whitfield/Del Rey books. His explanation follows:

"The time system adjusts for shifts in relative time which occur due to the vessel's speed and space warp capability. It has little relationship to Earth time as we know it. One hour aboard the Enterprise at different times may equal as little as three Earth hours. The star date specified in the log entry must be computed against the speed of the vessel, the space warp, and its position within our galaxy, in order to give a meaningful reading."

Though this explanation was made up, I think Gene was closer to the mark than he ever imagined. If the ship is going at warp speed, the time aboard the ship is irrelevant compared to a stationary planet or star base. I'd suspect that the ship's computer could handle the necessary conversions, since all courses plotted in are handled by the computer.

Mark Holtz, webmaster of the former Deep Space Franchise website has the following observation in his Star Trek List of Lists

"After the random stardates in the original "Star Trek", the powers that be decided on a more logical way to determine a stardate. Thus, the following came about.

EXAMPLE: "Captains Log: Stardate 45076.3"

The "4" represents that the series takes place in the 24th century. The "5" represents the season number of TNG without exception. The "076" represents the portion of a season that advances during TNG. The ".3" represents a portion of a day thereof."

A very interesting technical discussion on Stardates is available, which hopes to pull the pieces together to make a correlation that works. The link is ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/startrek/stardates
This is a plain-text FTP link. An HTML version is also available. See The Star Trek Archive link on my links page.

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In Closing

I hope you have enjoyed this list, and I believe it to be accurate. Since discrepancies in the exact spelling of episode titles and stardates appear from time to time in various publications, I have attempted whenever possible to take the exact wording and stardate from the episode itself as the prime source (i.e., I watched the episode to get the information.) If information in my list is different from another list, please check the actual episode if possible before sending me your observations.

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This list has been compiled for the pleasure and historical reference of Star Trek fans throughout the universe. It is in no way endorsed by or associated with Paramount Pictures or any other individual other than myself. "Star Trek" and all associated titles and names are copyrighted trademarks of Paramount Pictures and have been used here for historical purposes with no intent to infringe on Paramount's trademarks. Excerpts from copyrighted works of Stephen Whitfield and Mark Holtz have been used for clarity with no intent to infringe on the rights of the copyright owners. Any copyright owners objecting to my use of their material should contact me in order that I may remedy the situation.

This list in its entirety is copyright © 1996 by John Cirillo for the sake of keeping the listing and authorship intact. Please don't "fix" it and redistribute it. It's my list, so send your corrections to me and I'll fix it if it's wrong. Thanks!

Anyone wishing to send comments, errors, omissions, or discrepancies in the list may contact me at the address below.

Dedicated to the memory of Gene Roddenberry, Aug. 19, 1921 - Oct. 24, 1991.

Keep On Trekkin!
John Cirillo

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