The Original Era · 1966 – 1991

Star Trek: The Original Series

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Three seasons that invented the whole thing. Set in the 2260s.

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Can you skip Star Trek: The Original Series?

No. It carries part of the main Star Trek throughline, and what comes after it assumes you have seen it. See the full Star Trek order.

Star Trek guides

Star Trek orderSixty years, eleven centuries and two timelines. The honest advice is that you should not try to watch it in any single order at all.
Star Trek timelineEleven centuries, in order. It is a fascinating map and a genuinely bad viewing plan.

Where it sits in the Star Trek order

Release order: #1 of 26
Chronological order: #5 of 26
Released: 8 September 1966
In-universe era: The 23rd Century

In release order

First in this order

Star Trek: The Animated Series

In chronological order

Star Trek: Section 31 Star Trek: The Animated Series

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