As the leading man and central hero of Star Trek: The Original Series, it was in the show's best interests to make William Shatner's Captain Kirk look good. And, 99% of the time, it did exactly that.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decker leans back in the captain's chair in "The Doomsday Machine" (1967) - NBC "Star Trek" is famous for many things, but one of ...

Some Star Trek episodes entertain you. Others completely rearrange your brain chemistry. From moral gut-punches to genre-bending experiments and time-travel tragedies, these are the episodes fans ...

While the 1960s gave the world the innovation and brilliance of Star Trek, Doctor Who, and The Outer Limits — along with groundbreaking books like Dune — it wasn’t until the 1970s that all that ...