Star Trek: The Original Series
American sci-fi TV series (1966–1969)
The original Star Trek series focuses on the 23rd century adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701), a powerful interstellar spacecraft dispatched by Earth-based Starfleet Command to explore the galaxy. Kirk commands a crew of 430 men and women aboard his starship, which can travel at speeds surpassing the speed of light. Kirk's five-year mission—and his mandate from Starfleet—is to seek out new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Cast ages at the series premiere (September 8, 1966)
- Leonard Nimoy, as Mr. Spock: 35
- William Shatner, as Captain James Tiberius Kirk: 35
- DeForest Kelley, as Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy: 46
- Jeffrey Hunter, as Captain Christopher Pike: 39