Beyond the Farthest Star

:"For the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name, see Beyond the Farthest Star (novel)

ST episode
name = Beyond the Farthest Star


The Enterprise encounters an alien derelict
series = The Animated Series
ep_num = 001
prod_num = 001
date = September 8, 1973
writer =Samuel A. Peeples
director = Hal Sutherland
guest = none
stardate = 5521.3
year = 2269
prev = n/a - first episode
next = Yesteryear

"Beyond the Farthest Star" is an episode of "". This was the first episode of the animated series to be broadcast. Its author, Samuel A. Peeples, also wrote the second Star Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", which sold the original series.

Plot outline

While exploring on the outer most rim of the galaxy the "U.S.S. Enterprise" is pulled into the orbit of a dead star. Trapped there, the crew discovers that there is an ancient derelict pod ship trapped with them as well.

Kirk and crew beam aboard the huge starship and learn it was once home to an insect race. They also learn that the ship's crew self-destructed rather than carry a malevolent entity to other worlds.

The entity is still alive and it beams aboard the Enterprise. Captain Kirk must find a way to get rid of the invader, without destroying his ship in the process.

External links

*StarTrek.com link|ANI|22004