1968 productions
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[edit] Production
[edit] January
- 5 January - TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" airs on NBC.
- 12 January - TOS: "A Piece of the Action" airs. Rachael Harris is born.
- 17 January - Jeff Chase is born.
- 19 January - TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome" airs.
- mid- to late January - TOS: "The Omega Glory" is filmed.
- late January - TOS: "Assignment: Earth" begins filming.
[edit] February
- 1 February - John Harrington Bland is born.
- 2 February - TOS: "A Private Little War" airs.
- 9 February - TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" airs.
- 16 February - TOS: "Patterns of Force" airs.
- 22 February - Jeri Ryan is born.
- 23 February - TOS: "By Any Other Name" airs. Craig Hurley is born.
- early February - Filming for TOS: "Assignment: Earth" is completed.
- Star Trek 2 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.
- Mission to Horatius by Mack Reynolds is published by Whitman Publishing and is the first original Star Trek novel.
[edit] March
- 1 March - TOS: "The Omega Glory" airs.
- 8 March - TOS: "The Ultimate Computer" airs.
- 15 March - TOS: "Bread and Circuses" airs.
- 21 March - Greg Ellis is born.
- 22 March - Story outlines for TOS: "Wink of an Eye", "And the Children Shall Lead", and "The Paradise Syndrome" (titled "The Paleface") are submitted.
- 25 March - Michael Reisz is born.
- 29 March - TOS: "Assignment: Earth" airs as the final episode of the second season.
- Gold Key TOS comic #3: "The Devil's Isle of Space" is published.
[edit] April
- 5 April - Tasia Valenza is born.
- 12 April - Alicia Coppola is born.
- 19 April - Story outline for TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" (titled "The Last Gunfight") is submitted. Ashley Judd is born.
- 21 April - Leslie Silva is born.
- 22 April - Story outline for TOS: "Spock's Brain" is submitted.
- Theodore Sturgeon submits a story outline for a sequel episode to TOS: "Shore Leave".
[edit] May
- 1 May - Story outline for TOS: "The Tholian Web" (titled "In Essence - Nothing") is submitted.
- 2 May - Story outline for TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" is submitted.
- 8 May - Story outline for TOS: "Turnabout Intruder" is submitted.
- 14 May - Revised final draft script for TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" is submitted.
- 16 May - First draft script for TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" is submitted.
- 20 May - Gina Ravarra is born.
- 24 May - Story outline for TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is submitted.
- 27 May - Final revised script draft for TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" is submitted.
- 29 May - First draft script for TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" is submitted.
- late May - TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" is filmed and "Elaan of Troyius" begins filming.
[edit] June
- 3 June - Final draft script for TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" and story outline for "Day of the Dove" are submitted.
- 5 June - Dave Lanphear is born.
- 7 June - First draft script for TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" is submitted with a final draft coming 13 June.
- 10 June - Deleted scene for TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" is filmed.
- 13 June - Story outline for TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren" (titled "The Sons of Socrates") is submitted.
- 18 June - First draft script for TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead" is submitted.
- 19 June - Edward Conna is born.
- 27 June - Paul Rae is born.
- early June - Filming for TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" is completed.
- mid-June - TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" is filmed.
- late June - TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" is filmed and "And the Children Shall Lead" begins filming.
[edit] July
- 5 July - First draft script for TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is submitted as an unsolicited script.
- 12 July - Story outline for TOS: "The Mark of Gideon" is submitted.
- 23 July - Revised final draft script for TOS: "The Empath" is submitted.
- 26 July - Story outline for TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy" is submitted.
- 30 July - Final draft script for TOS: "The Tholian Web" is submitted.
- early July - Filming for TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead" is completed.
- mid-July - TOS: "Spock's Brain" and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" are filmed.
- late July - TOS: "The Empath" begins filming.
[edit] August
- 4 August - Daniel Dae Kim is born.
- 7 August - Final draft script for TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" is submitted, with a revision coming the next day.
- 8 August - Story outline for TOS: "That Which Survives" (titled "Survival") is submitted.
- 9 August - Eric Bana is born; First draft script for TOS: "Day of the Dove" is submitted with a revised final draft coming 19 August.
- 14 August - Story outline for TOS: "The Cloud Minders" (titled "Castles in the Air") is submitted.
- 17 August - Andrew Koenig is born.
- 27 August - Story outline for TOS: "The Way to Eden" is revised, with further revisions following on 5 September.
- early August - Filming for TOS: "The Empath" is completed.
- mid- to late August - TOS: "The Tholian Web" and TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" are filmed.
- late August - TOS: "Day of the Dove" is filmed.
[edit] September
- 5 September - First draft script for TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy" is submitted.
- 12 September - Story outline for TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" is submitted.
- 15 September - Susan Patterson is born.
- 16 September - Final draft script for TOS: "That Which Survives" is submitted.
- 20 September - TOS: "Spock's Brain" airs on NBC as the first episode of the third season.
- 23 September - Story outline for TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" (titled "A Handful of Dust") is submitted.
- 27 September - TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" airs.
- early to mid-September - TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren" is filmed.
- mid to late September - TOS: "Wink of an Eye" is filmed.
- late September - TOS: "That Which Survives" begins filming.
- The Making of Star Trek by Stephen E. Whitfield & Gene Roddenberry is published by Ballantine Books.
[edit] October
- 1 October - Jay Underwood is born.
- 2 October - Story outline for TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" is submitted.
- 4 October - TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" airs.
- 11 October - TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead" airs.
- 16 October - Todd Stashwick is born.
- 18 October - TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" airs.
- 25 October - TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" airs.
- 26 October - Jeffrey Kalmus is born.
- 28 October - Final draft script for TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" is submitted.
- 31 October - Grant Woods dies.
- early October - Filming for TOS: "That Which Survives" is completed and TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" is filmed.
- mid-October - TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy" is filmed.
- late October - TOS: "The Mark of Gideon" is filmed.
[edit] November
- 1 November - TOS: "Day of the Dove" airs.
- 8 November - TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" airs.
- 15 November - TOS: "The Tholian Web" airs.
- 16 November - James Parks is born.
- 19 November - First draft script for TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" is submitted.
- 22 November - TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren" airs.
- 29 November - TOS: "Wink of an Eye" airs.
- early November - TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" is filmed.
- mid-November - TOS: "The Cloud Minders" is filmed.
- late November - TOS: "The Way to Eden" is filmed.
[edit] December
- 1 December - First draft script for TOS: "Turnabout Intruder" is submitted with a final draft coming on 20 December, and revisions on 30 December.
- 6 December - TOS: "The Empath" airs and final draft script for TOS: "The Savage Curtain" is submitted.
- 12 December - Final draft script for TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" is submitted with revisions coming 17 December.
- 15 December - Garrett Wang is born.
- 16 December - Paul Scherrer is born.
- 20 December - TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" airs.
- - Eva Loseth is born.
- 22 December - Dina Meyer is born.
- 30 December - Bryan Burk is born.
- 31 December - TOS: "Turnabout Intruder" begins filming.
- early December - TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" is filmed.
- mid-December - TOS: "The Savage Curtain" is filmed.
- late December - TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" is filmed.
- Gold Key TOS comic #3: "Invasion of the City Builders" is published.
[edit] Unknown
- TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" wins the Hugo Award as "Best Dramatic Presentation" after TOS episodes sweep the nominations for the category.
- Gene Roddenberry wins a special Hugo Award for Star Trek.
- Benjamin Brown is born.
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