Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, roughly during the 2260s. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), first officer and science officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and chief medical officer Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening
The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series) The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series) "The Doomsday Machine" is the sixth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". Written by Norman Spinrad and directed by Marc Daniels, it was first broadcast on October 20, 1967. In the episode, the starship "Enterprise" fights a powerful planet-killing machine from another galaxy. The Federation starship USS "Enterprise", following a trail of mysteriously destroyed star systems, picks up the automated distress beacon of another starship, the USS "Constellation". Upon arrival, the "Constellation" is found drifting in space and severely damaged; Captain Kirk, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy,