Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek: The Animated Series ("ST: TAS"), originally aired as Star Trek and as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, is an American animated science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired from September 8, 1973 to October 12, 1974 on NBC, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. The second series in the "Star Trek" franchise, it is the first sequel to "". Set in the 23rd century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS "Enterprise" as it
Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series) a Mirror, Darkly", which is a sequel to the Original Series episode "The Tholian Web", reveals the fate of the USS "Defiant". The Mirror Universe played a large role in of "" and was visited in "Despite Yourself", "The Wolf Inside", "Vaulting Ambition", and "What's Past Is Prologue". For the franchise's 30th anniversary, "TV Guide" ranked "Mirror, Mirror" No. 3 on its list of the 10 best "Star Trek" episodes from all series. Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Mirror, Mirror" is the fourth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". Written by Jerome Bixby