Star Trek Viewing Guide
Chapter 4 · The Long Road to Khitomer
  1. 1The Road to the Federation2063–2161
  2. 2Toward the Five-Year Mission2230s–2261
  3. 3The Expanding Federation2265–2268
  4. 4The Long Road to Khitomer2268–2293
  5. 5A New Generation2324–2367
  6. 6Continuing Voyages2367–2369
  7. 7New Frontiers and Foundations2369–2370
  8. 8Exploring New Quadrants2371–2372
  9. 9Storms on the Horizon2372–2373
  10. 10The Dominion War2373–2375
  11. 11Trying to Get Home2375–2379
  12. 12Life on the Lower Decks2380–2382
  13. 13Echoes and Legacies2383–2401
  14. 14The Far Future3074–42nd century

The Animated Series · S1 · E1

Beyond the Farthest Star

First aired September 8, 1973

The Enterprise finds a deserted starship orbiting a dead star.

Why is this here?

TAS is basically treated as years four and five of the TOS “Five year Mission” and is to be watched in order of original air date. In the list I am a bit flippant about canonicity, but to elaborate: there are corners of the web that consider it non-canon, based on comments from Gene Roddenberry years after the fact, but Gene had a tendency to declare things non-canon all the time as the mood struck him. I see no reason not to consider the series canon, as it is an officially created Star Trek television series, and one that has been referenced directly and indirectly in many subsequent Trek productions.

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