February 9, 2014
This Sunday, February 9th, we’re celebrating the premiere broadcast anniversary of "Return of the Archons". This episode originally aired during Season 1 on
Thursday, February 9, 1967.
"Main Room/Vestibule" of Boarding House (Unaired film trim courtesy of Gerald Gurian)
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Interesting factoids about this episode:
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• This episode was nominated for a Writers Guild Award as Best Screenplay, One Hour Drama.
• Gene Roddenberry noted that this episode was in his top 10 all time TOS favorites. • This episode marks the first time that Scotty takes over command of the bridge. • This marks the first episode to bring forth what would soon be a Star Trek formula show: the landing party is captured while the Enterprise is attacked, forcing Kirk and his away team to gain their own freedom as well as saving the ship. • This was the first time we saw Kirk out-think a machine by using logic, or illogic, driving his opponent out of its mechanical mind. What soon became Star Trek clichés were, in this instance, unique and effective. |
In honor of the broadcast anniversary, watch the original episode (try amazon.com, Netflix or hulu plus) in a whole new way by reading all of the great behind-the-scenes details in Marc Cushman’s These are the Voyages: TOS, Season One. Get your copy today!
The same Desilu 40 Acres street in 1966 being used for "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Star Trek". (www.retroweb.com_40Acres)
