1967 (production)

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

For information about 1967 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1967.

Table of Contents:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown • Media

Events[]

January[]

3 January – First draft script for TOS: "Errand of Mercy" is submitted with final drafts coming 6 and 23 January.
4 January –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon".
- Bob Almond and Judy Klass are born.
5 January –
- TOS: "The Galileo Seven" airs on NBC.
- Filming begins on TOS: "This Side of Paradise".
8 January – Rachel Ketchum is born.
11 January – Deborah Levin and Steven Piziks are born.

Star Trek 1, Bantam — *Star Trek 1*, by James Blish, is first published

12 January – TOS: "The Squire of Gothos" airs.
13 January – Filming is completed on TOS: "This Side of Paradise".
16 January – Filming begins on TOS: "The Devil in the Dark".
19 January – TOS: "Arena" airs and first draft script for TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!" is submitted titled "Operation: Destroy!" with a final draft following on 24 January and further revisions on 3 and 13 February.
24 January – Phil LaMarr is born.
25 January – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Devil in the Dark".
26 January –
- TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" airs.
- Filming begins on TOS: "Errand of Mercy".
27 January –
- Rewrite draft script for TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" with revisions coming 30 January and 1 February.
The first Star Trek novel, Star Trek 1 by James Blish, is published by Bantam Books collecting episode novelizations.
- Jim Moorhouse is born.

February[]

2 February –
- TOS: "Court Martial" airs.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Errand of Mercy".
- Jenny Lumet is born.
3 February – Filming begins on TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever".
4 February – David G. Trotti is born.
8 February – Todd Masters is born.
9 February – TOS: "The Return of the Archons" airs.
10 February – Donald R. Jankiewicz is born.
12 February – Christie Haydon is born.
13 February – Paul Tinta is born.
14 February –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever".
- Filming begins on TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!".
16 February –
- TOS: "Space Seed" airs.
- Tim Bradstreet and Pasha Lychnikoff are born.
19 February – Greg Hooper is born.
20 February – Justin Louis is born.
22 February – Filming is completed on TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!" and the first season of Star Trek.
23 February – TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon" airs.
28 February –
- The New York Times publishes NBC's fall 1967 schedule, with Star Trek scheduled to air Tuesdays from 7:30-8:30 pm.
- Charles S. Chun, David McGrath, and Cecelia Specht are born.

March[]

TV Guide cover, 1967-03-04 — **1967** cover of *TV Guide*

1 March – Cenita L. Johnson is born.
2 March –
- TOS: "This Side of Paradise" airs.
- Script outline for TOS: "Mirror, Mirror" is submitted.
4 March –
- Star Trek is featured for the first time on the March 4-10 cover of TV Guide.
- Luigi Amodeo is born.
6 March – Robert Kato DeStefan and Stephen Woodworth are born.
7 March – Donato Giancola is born.
9 March – TOS: "The Devil in the Dark" airs.
12 March – Rick Worthy is born.
13 March – Lou Anders is born.
14 March – E. Michael Fincke is born.
15 March –
- The New York Times publishes corrections to NBC's previously announced fall 1967 schedule; Star Trek, previously announced as airing Tuesdays at 7:30 pm, has been moved in the revised schedule to Fridays at 8:30 pm.
- Stephen Matthew Garvin is born.
20 March – Nichole McAuley and Scott Benefiel are born.
23 March – TOS: "Errand of Mercy" airs.
27 March – Scott L. Treger is born.
30 March – TOS: "The Alternative Factor" airs.

April[]

1 April – Joey Orosco is born.
2 April – Daniel Arrias is born.
5 April – Tasia Valenza is born.
6 April – TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" airs.
7 April – Justin Brandstater and Daris Toussaint are born.
10 April – Tim Tuohy is born.
12 April – Michael Wiseman is born.
13 April – TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!" airs as the final episode of the first season.
19 April – First draft script for TOS: "Metamorphosis" is submitted.
20 April –
- TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is repeated.
- Jennifer McKnew is born.
23 April – Rob Steiner is born.
24 April –
- Lamont D. Thompson is born.
- Frank Overton dies.
27 April –
- TOS: "The Naked Time" is repeated.
- Michael William Rivkin is born.
29 April – Terrell Clayton is born.
30 April – Todd Leatherbury is born.

May[]

1 May –
- First draft script for TOS: "The Changeling" is submitted.
- First draft script for TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is also submitted, titled "The Gamesters of Pentathalon".
- Gilley Grey is born.
2 May –
- Filming begins on TOS: "Catspaw", and the second season of Star Trek.
- Final draft script for TOS: "Amok Time" is submitted with a second revision coming 5 June.
3 May – Keith P. Cunningham is born.
4 May – TOS: "Mudd's Women" is repeated.
5 May – Adam Hughes is born.
9 May – Story outline for TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" is submitted.
10 May – First draft script for TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" is submitted.
11 May –
- TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver" is repeated.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Catspaw".
- Filming begins on TOS: "Metamorphosis".
12 May – A story outline for a sequel to TOS: "The Naked Time" by John D.F. Black is submitted, to be eventually rewritten for TNG: "The Naked Now".
15 May – Robert Meyer Burnett is born.
18 May – TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I" is repeated.
19 May –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Metamorphosis".
- Filming begins on TOS: "Friday's Child".
- Steve Lieber is born.
20 May – Cheryl Gluckstern and Stephanie Niznik are born.
23 May –
- First draft script for TOS: "I, Mudd" is submitted.
- Patrick Barnitt is born.
25 May – TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II" is repeated.
26 May – Joseph Jagatic and Kelly Port are born.
29 May –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Friday's Child".
- Melissa Young is born.
31 May – Filming begins on TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?".

June[]

1 June –
- TOS: "Charlie X" is repeated.
- Michelle Sebek is born.
3 June – John T. Connor is born.
4 June – Michael Greyeyes is born.
5 June – Jordu Schell is born.
6 June – Paul Giamatti is born.
7 June – Dayton Ward is born.
8 June –
- TOS: "Shore Leave" is repeated.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?".
9 June –
- Filming begins on TOS: "Amok Time".
- Ned Neidhardt is born.
13 June – Rogan Wilde is born.
15 June – TOS: "The Devil in the Dark" is repeated.
16 June – John Franklin is born.
18 June – David Burke is born.
19 June – Filming is completed on TOS: "Amok Time".
20 June – Filming begins on TOS: "The Doomsday Machine".
21 June – Revised final draft script for TOS: "Wolf in the Fold" is submitted.
22 June – TOS: "The Squire of Gothos" is repeated.
23 June – James Cawley is born.
25 June – Richard Rothenberg is born.
26 June – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Doomsday Machine".
27 June – Filming begins on TOS: "Wolf in the Fold".
29 June – TOS: "Miri" is repeated.

July[]

Gold Key comic 1 — "The Planet of No Return"

1 July – Hugh Fleming is born.
2 July – Daren Dochterman and Cynthia Madvig are born.
5 July –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Wolf in the Fold".
- Damon Hight is born.
6 July –
- TOS: "Arena" is repeated.
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Changeling".
- Eric Weinschenk is born.
8 July – Michael Buchman Silver is born.
10 July – Bruce Branit and Steve Rizzo are born.
11 July – Amy Kate Connolly is born.
12 July – Second revised final draft script for TOS: "The Apple" is submitted.
13 July –
- TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" is repeated.
- Jaq Greenspon is born.
14 July –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Changeling".
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Apple".
- Juliet Cesario is born.
15 July – Christopher Golden is born.
18 July – Peter Harmyk is born.
20 July – TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon" is repeated.
21 July – First draft scripts for TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" and "Bread and Circuses" are submitted.
24 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Apple".
25 July –
- Filming begins on TOS: "Mirror, Mirror".
- Nina Xining Zuo is born.
27 July –
- TOS: "The Return of the Archons" is repeated.
- The sale of Desilu Studios to Gulf+Western is finalized, and Desilu is absorbed into Paramount Television under which flag Star Trek is from now on produced.
- The first Star Trek comic book, "The Planet of No Return" by Nevio Zeccara, is published by Gold Key.
- Kellie Waymire is born.
28 July – A transfer ceremony is held on the Desilu lot; former owner Lucille Ball leaves the very same day, never to return.
31 July – Rudolf Martin and Lou Simon are born.

August[]

1 August – Revised final draft script for TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" is submitted.
2 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "Mirror, Mirror".
3 August –
- TOS: "Balance of Terror" is repeated.
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Deadly Years".
5 August – Scott St. Blaze is born.
10 August –
- TOS: "This Side of Paradise" is repeated.
- Sean Blakemore is born.
11 August –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Deadly Years".
- Filming begins on TOS: "I, Mudd".
14 August – Story outline for TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome" is submitted with a final draft coming 17 October.
17 August – Tony Angelotti is born.
18 August – Brian Michael Bendis is born.
21 August – Filming beings on TOS: "I, Mudd".
22 August –
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles".
- First draft script for TOS: "Journey to Babel" is submitted with a second revised final draft following on 19 September.
24 August –
- TOS: "Space Seed" is repeated.
- Nancy Bell is born.
29 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles".
30 August –
- First draft script for TOS: "A Private Little War" is submitted.
- Vaun Wilmott is born.
31 August – TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" is repeated.
August 31 through September 4 – NyCon 3 takes place in New York with Harlan Ellison as the toastmaster. COnvention attendees got a spcial sneak preview of "Amok Time" on Saturday, Sept. 2. On Monday, Sept. 4, ^[1] TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II" wins the Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation" during the awards banquet beating out, among other works, "The Naked Time" and "The Corbomite Maneuver" for this year's award. [1]