Gene Roddenberry depicted a utopian future where humanity’s main goal had become exploration.

When Spock leads a science team to investigate a quasar-like formation, the mission goes from bad to worse.

Aboard the shuttlecraft Galileo, Spock is forced to make an emergency landing on the foggy planet Taurus II.

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Before long, native ape-like creatures attack, killing two Enterprise crew members on Spock’s watch.

“The Doomsday Machine” is an effectively tense episode that builds to a nail-biting conclusion.

Kirk then explodes the Constellation inside of the doomsday machine, rendering the planet killer non-operational.

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Kirk eventually manufactures a rudimentary cannon, but ultimately allows the Gorn to live, which impresses the Metrons.

As Enterprise crew members enjoy shore leave on the station, a trader gives Lt. Uhura a tribble.

The ship belongs to the brutal Terran Empire, and torture and assassination are commonplace among the crew.

Quentin Tarantino with Kirk (Shatner) & Spock (Nimoy) in the gangster outfits from the Original Series A Piece of the Action

The Mirror Universe is one of Star Trek’s best concepts.

Here’s the Mirror Universe’s history from Enterprise, TOS, DS9, Discovery, and Prodigy.

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The Gorn in Star Trek: The Original Series next to a Gorn in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

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Jonathan Archer, Emperor Georgou & Spock in Star Trek’s Mirror Universe

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