LOS ANGELES – FEBRUARY 28: Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES episode, “The Cloud Minders.” Season 3, episode 21. Original air date, February 28, 1969. Image is a frame grab. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) 
LOS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 15: Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the STAR TREK episode, “Charlie X.” Season 1, episode, 2. Original air date September 15, 1966. Image is a screen grab. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) 
by HB Auld, Jr.
Star Trek, the Original Series, debuted on television on this date, 57 years ago on September 8, 1966.
The first episode was entitled: “The Man Trap.” In this episode, the Enterprise visits a planet to perform routine medical examinations of the husband-and-wife archaeological team. The woman has been replaced by a shape-shifting creature.
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