TOS Season 2

The second season of was produced and filmed from to by Desilu (and later Paramount Television). It began airing in the fall season on NBC, running new episodes from 15 September 1967 to 29 March 1968, and continuing in repeats until the premiere of TOS Season 3 in the fall of 1968. In the United Kingdom the season was shown on BBC1, which imposed its own episode running order not related to either the production order or NBC screening order.
==Episodes==
==Summary==
This season saw Ensign Pavel Chekov added to the regular bridge crew. Although his first appearance in had him operating the science station, established him as the ship's primary navigator.
Following their introduction near the end of the previous season, the Klingons were established as major adversaries, appearing in three episodes, , , and . The second of those would turn out to be one of the show's most popular and influential episodes, introducing Koloth and the Tribbles, who reappeared on Deep Space 9, with other characters reappearing in the episode . The Romulans also made a brief reappearance in while Harry Mudd returned for a second tussle with the crew in the comedic episode . saw Kirk and company paying a first visit to the mirror universe which also later featured prominently on Deep Space 9 and .
The show began to explore the rest of the Federation, with the Enterprise making its first trip to as Spock underwent Pon farr in . saw the Enterprise transporting representatives of the Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites to a conference to admit the Coridanites to the Federation, among them Spock's father Sarek. provided an insight into Kirk's early Starfleet career, revealing some of the details of his tour of duty on the .
Although most episodes centered around the triumvirate of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, the other regular crewmembers began to appear more. After first commanding the ship in , Scotty was firmly established as the Enterprises third-in-command, with episodes like , , and giving screen time to his command. He was also given a spotlight in , in which he was accused of a series of murders. Chekov and Uhura were given a chance to accompany Kirk on an away mission in and Chekov also had a prominent role, and an opportunity for romance, in . Sulu, on the other hand, was absent from nine consecutive episodes in the middle of the season, the result of a film George Takei was working on over-running.
The Enterprise visited several planets based on Earth history, either by coincidence or as a result of Human visitors, such as Ancient Rome (), Chicago gangsters (), Nazi Germany () and the American Constitution (). There were other surprising encounters with Zefram Cochrane, the father of warp technology (), the Greek god Apollo () and a giant space amoeba ().
The show continued Gene Roddenberry's original idea of political fables, with two episodes identified as providing somewhat opposing commentary on the Vietnam War. saw the Federation and the Klingons supporting opposing sides in a civil war, with Kirk talking of the need to maintain the balance of power, while saw Kirk telling a race based around the American Constitution that the values of liberty and freedom of belief also applied to their enemies.
The season closed with , a back door pilot for a proposed spin-off series which saw Kirk and Spock encountering Gary Seven, a man employed by mysterious aliens to watch over 20th century Earth.
== Credits ==
=== Cast ===
;Starring
* William Shatner as James T. Kirk
;Also starring
* Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
* DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
;Featuring
* Majel Barrett as Christine Chapel
* James Doohan as Scott
* George Takei as Sulu
* Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
* Walter Koenig as Chekov
;All cast
=== Crew ===
;Directors
* Joseph Pevney
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* Ralph Senensky
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* Marc Daniels
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* Gene Nelson
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* Vincent McEveety
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* John Meredyth Lucas
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;Writers
* Robert Bloch 
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* Gene L. Coon
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* D.C. Fontana
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* Gilbert Ralston
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* Theodore Sturgeon
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* Norman Spinrad
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* John Meredyth Lucas
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* Max Ehrlich
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* Jerome Bixby
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* David P. Harmon
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* Stephen Kandel
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* David Gerrold
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* Gene Roddenberry
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* Jud Crucis
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* Margaret Armen
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* Art Wallace
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* Robert Sabaroff
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* John Kingsbridge
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* Laurence N. Wolfe
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;Creator / Executive Producer
* Gene Roddenberry 
;Producers
* Gene L. Coon ( – )
* John Meredyth Lucas ( – )
* Gene Roddenberry ()
;Associate Producer
* Robert H. Justman 
;Script Consultant 
* D.C. Fontana 
;Assistants to the Producer
* Edward K. Milkis 
* Richard Carter ()
;Theme Music Composer
* Alexander Courage 
;Music Composers and Directers
* Gerald Fried (, , , , , , )
* George Duning (, , )
* Fred Steiner (, , , , , , )
* Sol Kaplan (, , , , )
* Samuel Matlovsky ()
* Jerry Fielding ()
;Directors of Photography
* Jerry Finnerman ( – ; – )
* Keith Smith ()
;Art Directors
* Rolland M. Brooks ( – )
* Walter M. Jefferies 
;Film Editors
* Bruce Schoengarth (, , , , )
* James D. Ballas, (, , , , , )
* Fabien Tordjmann (, , , , , )
* Donald R. Rode (, , , , , )
* John W. Hanley ()
* Bill Brame ()
;Unit Production Manager
* Gregg Peters
;Assistant Directors
* Rusty Meek (, , , , , , , , , , , , )
* Elliot Schick (, , , , )
* Phil Rawlins (, , , , , , )
;Set Decorators
* Joseph J. Stone ( – )
* John M. Dwyer ( – )
;Costume Designer
* William Theiss ( – )
** William Ware Theiss ( – ) 
;Photographic Effects
* Westheimer Company (, , , , , , , , , )
* Vanderveer Photo Effects (, , , , , , , )
* Effects Unlimited ()
* Cinema Research (, , )
* Howard A. Anderson Co. (, , )
;Sound Effects Editor
* Douglas H. Grindstaff
;Music Editor
* Jim Henrikson
;Re-recording Mixers
* Elden E. Ruberg, ( – ; )
* Gordon L. Day, (, )
;Production Mixer
* Carl W. Daniels
;Script Supervisor
* George A. Rutter
;Casting
* Joseph D'Agosta 
;Sound
* Glen Glenn Sound Co. ( – )
;Makeup Artist
* Fred B. Phillips, 
;Hair Stylist
* Jean Austin ( – )
* Pat Westmore ( – )
;Gaffer
* George H. Merhoff
;Head Grip
* George Rader 
;Property Master
* Irving A. Feinberg 
;Special Effects
* Jim Rugg
;Key Costumer
* Ken Harvey (, – )
;Executive in Charge of Production
* Herbert F. Solow ( – )
==== Uncredited crew ====
* John Chambers – Special Makeup Effects Designer & Creator ()
* Arch Dalzell – Director of Photography ()
* Richard C. Datin – Model Maker ()
* Kellam de Forest – Researcher
* Linwood G. Dunn – Visual Effects Cinematographer
* Richard Edlund – The Companion effects artist ()
* Al Francis – Camera Operator
* Al Jacoby – Assistant Property Master
* John Jefferies – Set Designer
* Joseph R. Jennings – Assistant Art Director
* Barry Mason – Visual Effects ()
* – Props
* Bill McGovern – Clapper/Loader
* Tiger Shapiro – Second Assistant Director
* Charles Washburn – Second Assistant Director
* Andrea Weaver – Women's Costumer
==Background information==
* There were some "upgrades" to bridge equipment made at the start of this season (most notably the helm console), but these changes aren't always visible because first-season footage was used in many bridge scenes. You can recognize this footage when you see the viewing screen and the back of Sulu's head – the navigator isn't shown because Walter Koenig hadn't signed on when this footage was filmed. The black viewer or scope at Spock's library computer station was replaced with a gray one (that came with a knob on the left side). A similar scope was added to Scott's engineering station.
* For the second season, the production budget per episode was around US$185,000, slightly less than Season 1.
* Lawrence Montaigne, who played Stonn in , and Mark Lenard were both being considered as possible replacements for Leonard Nimoy prior to the beginning of the second season if contract negotiations had fallen through. Nimoy's agent had asked for Nimoy's salary to be increased from US$1,250 per episode during the first season to US$9,000 for the second season. Eventually a compromise figure of US$2,500 per episode was reached and Nimoy signed on for the second season. (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, pp. 317-324)
* Dr. McCoy's sickbay gained a lab this season. The back bulkhead of said lab appears to be one of the bulkheads of the from .
* A new expanded engineering set was built, including a small set called "Emergency Manual Monitor" built on stilts that looked down onto the engineering set.
* A completely new auxiliary control set was also built.
* In the second season more emphasis was put on the supporting characters (especially Scotty and Chekov), but the show didn't feature scenes of every-day activity around lower decks of the ship anymore as it did in the first season. 
* Beginning with Season 2, the episode titles and credits were in the same font as the series title. Also, DeForest Kelley's and Gene Roddenberry's names were added to the opening credits.
* Also, during the opening credits, the Enterprise fly-by and the planet that the Enterprise orbited were different from that of Season 1.
* Walter Koenig joined the main cast as the Russian navigator Pavel Chekov.
* The theme music for the series was slightly re-arranged this season, with Loulie Jean Norman supplying vocal accompaniment.
* Season 2 was a period of behind-the-scenes transition from Desilu to Paramount production. On , Gulf+Western's purchase of Desilu was announced. It was commemorated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 26 July. Gulf+Western executives were known to have signed off on production of the then-upcoming Season 2 of Star Trek, as they would have been financially obligated to continue its production after the sale. Therefore, Season 2 technically began filming as a Desilu/Gulf+Western co-production. (Sanders, Coyne Steven and Tom Gilbert. Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. HarperCollins. 1994. 297-298) However, the December 1967 intra-company merger between Paramount Pictures and Desilu caused later episodes of the season to be labeled "a Paramount production". Episodes throughout the season thus have a variety of different ownership claims. is a simple "Desilu production" under just the Desilu logo, while the later displays the Desilu logo, but a Paramount Pictures Corporation copyright. 
* was the first to be filmed after the late July ribbon-cutting on the Gulf+Western/Desilu merger, but no episode of the season began filming prior to the February merger announcement. 
* Gene L. Coon remained the producer, but he was replaced mid-season by John Meredyth Lucas. 
* D.C. Fontana, who took the position of story editor near the end of season one, remained in this capacity during the second season.
* However, after the departure of Rolland M. Brooks (the last episode he worked on was ), Walter M. Jefferies remained the series' sole art director.
* Most of the seasons' episodes were helmed by one of three prominent directors, Joseph Pevney, Marc Daniels and Ralph Senensky. Assistant director Gregg Peters was promoted to unit production manager.
* Andrea Weaver became the women's costumer for the series at the time begins production. She would remain with the show throughout the remainder of the season and half of TOS Season 3.
* The first season and , , , and did not use a copyright until 1978 so starting with , all of the episodes have the correct copyright date to them at the end of each episode. 
===See also===
*TOS Season 2 performers
*TOS Season 2 UK VHS
*TOS Season 2 DVD
*TOS-R Season 2 DVD
*TOS Season 2 Blu-ray
==External links==
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