1968 (production)

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

For information about 1968 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1968.

Table of Contents: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December • Unknown • Media

Production[]

January[]

2 January –
- Evan Parke is born.
- Filming begins on TOS: "Assignment: Earth".
5 January – TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" airs.
7 January – Troy Hubbs is born.
10 January – Filming is completed on TOS: "Assignment: Earth", and the second season of Star Trek.
12 January –
- TOS: "A Piece of the Action" airs.
- Rachael Harris is born.
- John Jackson Miller is born.
17 January – Jeffrey Chase and Brita Nowak are born.
19 January – TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome" airs.
23 January – Marci Brickhouse and Adam Kane are born.
24 January – Yvette Callum is born.
29 January – Adam Lieberman is born.
31 January – Jamie Keyser is born.

February[]

1 February – John Harrington Bland is born.
2 February – TOS: "A Private Little War" airs.
3 February – Joe Bennett is born.
8 February – Mike Massa and Nancy Anna Brown are born.
9 February – TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" airs.
12 February – Simon Northwood is born.
16 February – TOS: "Patterns of Force" airs.
22 February – Tony Nappo and Jeri Ryan are born.
23 February –
- TOS: "By Any Other Name" airs.
- Alexander Denk is born.
- Craig Hurley is born.
28 February – Karen Robinson is born.
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.

March[]

1 March – TOS: "The Omega Glory" airs.
6 March – Cazimir Milostan is born.
8 March –
- The story outline for TOS: "That Which Survives" is submitted.
- TOS: "The Ultimate Computer" airs.
10 March – Rico E. Anderson and Philip Anthony-Rodriguez are born.
14 March – James Frain and Edwin Ombac are born.
15 March –
- TOS: "Bread and Circuses" airs.
- Andrea Cirie is born.
16 March – Jim Nieb is born.
18 March –
- Story outline for TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" (titled "The Last Gunfight") is submitted.
- Marian Cordry is born.
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, and TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" (titled "The Last Gunfight") is received.
24 March – Michael E. Strickland is born.
25 March – Michael Reisz is born.
28 March – Gold Key TOS comic #2: "The Devil's Isle of Space" is published.
29 March –
- The story outline for TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" is submitted.
- TOS: "Assignment: Earth" airs as the final episode of the second season.

April[]

5 April –
- TOS: "I, Mudd" is repeated.
- Paul Power dies.
6 April – Glenn Goldstein is born.
7 April – April Nocifora is born.
12 April –
- Jacqueline Case and Alicia Coppola are born.
- TOS: "Mirror, Mirror" is repeated.
16 April – Maya Fujimoto is born.
19 April –
- TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" is repeated.
- The revised outline for "The Enterprise Incident" is submitted.
- Ashley Judd is born.
21 April – Leslie Silva is born.
22 April –
- Story outline for TOS: "Spock's Brain" is submitted.
- Story outline for TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" (titled "The Last Gunfight") is submitted to NBC for approval.
24 April – Loren L. Coleman is born.
25 April – Richard Bennett is born.
26 April –
- TOS: "Amok Time" is repeated.
- The revised outline for "The Enterprise Incident" is approved by the network.
Theodore Sturgeon submits a story outline for a sequel episode to TOS: "Shore Leave".

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.
3 May –
- Tommy Gormley is born.
- TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is repeated.
4 May – George Brozak is born.
6 May – John Lucas is born.
8 May – Story outline for TOS: "Turnabout Intruder" is submitted.
10 May –
- Bernie Williams is born.
- TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?" is repeated.
11 May – Pam Eklund is born.
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.
17 May –
- Richard Leacock is born.
- TOS: "The Changeling" is repeated.
20 May – Timothy Olyphant is born.
21 May – Filming begins on TOS: "Spectre of the Gun", and the third season of Star Trek.
24 May –
- Acts I and II for the first draft of "The Enterprise Incident" are delivered.
- Story outline for TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is submitted.
- TOS: "Catspaw" is repeated.
27 May –
Richard Isanove is born.
- Final revised script draft for TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" is submitted.
28 May – Acts III and IV for the first draft of "The Enterprise Incident" are delivered.
29 May –
- First draft script for TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" is submitted.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Spectre of the Gun".
30 May – John Mullen is born.
31 May –
- Natasha Mandich is born.
- TOS: "By Any Other Name" is repeated.
- Filming begins on TOS: "Elaan of Troyius".

June[]

1 June – Erik Ahl is born.
3 June –
- Final draft script for TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" is delivered.
- The story outline for "Day of the Dove" is submitted.
- The second draft of "The Enterprise Incident" is delivered.
5 June – Dave Lanphear is born.
7 June –
- The mimeographed "first draft" script for "The Enterprise Incident" is submitted.
- TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome" is repeated.
10 June –
- Kristian Sorensen is born.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Elaan of Troyius"; a deleted scene is filmed today.
11 June –
- Steven Grothe is born.
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome".
13 June –
- Fred Tatasciore is born.
- Story outline for TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren" (titled "The Sons of Socrates") is submitted.
- The final draft of "The Enterprise Incident" is submitted.
18 June –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome".
- First draft script for TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead" is submitted.
19 June – Edward Conna is born. Filming begins on TOS: "The Enterprise Incident".
21 June – TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" is repeated.
22 June – Dana Tjulander is born.
24 June – Todd Cherniawsky is born.
26 June – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Enterprise Incident".
27 June –
- Paul Rae is born.
- Filming begins on TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead".
28 June – TOS: "The Ultimate Computer" is repeated.

July[]

3 July – Sam Bagley dies.
5 July –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead".
- First draft script for TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is submitted as an unsolicited script.
- TOS: "Journey to Babel" is repeated.
8 July –
- Gregory A. Weimerskirch is born.
- Filming begins on TOS: "Spock's Brain".
10 July – Cristina Patterson Ceret is born.
12 July –
- Story outline for TOS: "The Mark of Gideon" is submitted.
- TOS: "The Apple" is repeated.
15 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "Spock's Brain".
16 July – Filming begins on TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?".
19 July – TOS: "Metamorphosis" is repeated.
21 July – Debra Naclerio is born.
23 July – Revised final draft script for TOS: "The Empath" is submitted.
24 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?".
25 July – Filming begins on TOS: "The Empath".
26 July –
- Story outline for TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy" is submitted.
- TOS: "The Omega Glory" is repeated.
29 July – Noelle Hannibal is born.
30 July – Final draft script for TOS: "The Tholian Web" is submitted.

August[]

1 August – Hilde Garcia is born.
2 August –
- TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" is repeated.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Empath".
- John MacDonald is born.
4 August – Anastasia Emmons, Mike Fujimoto and Daniel Dae Kim are born.
5 August – Filming begins on TOS: "The Tholian Web".
7 August –
- Director Ralph Senensky is fired from TOS: "The Tholian Web".
- 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 –
- Herb Wallerstein takes over directing TOS: "The Tholian Web".
- Story outline for TOS: "That Which Survives" (titled "Survival") is submitted.
9 August –
- TOS: "Assignment: Earth" is repeated.
- First draft script for TOS: "Day of the Dove" is submitted with a revised final draft coming 19 August.
- Eric Bana is born.
12 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Tholian Web".
13 August –
- Filming begins on TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky".
- J.D. Walters is born.
14 August – Story outline for TOS: "The Cloud Minders" (titled "Castles in the Air") is submitted.
16 August – TOS: "The Deadly Years" is repeated.
17 August – Andrew Koenig is born.
18 August – Ken Palkow is born.
22 August –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky".
- Filming begins on TOS: "Day of the Dove".
23 August – TOS: "A Private Little War" is repeated.
27 August – Story outline for TOS: "The Way to Eden" is revised, with further revisions following on 5 September.
28 August – Pam Rambo is born.
29 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "Day of the Dove".
30 August – TOS: "A Piece of the Action" is repeated.

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.
- Dave Blass is born.
2 December – Filming begins on TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah".
6 December – TOS: "The Empath" airs and final draft script for TOS: "The Savage Curtain" is submitted.
10 December –
- Marc D. Giller is born.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah".
11 December – Filming begins on TOS: "The Savage Curtain".
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.
19 December –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Savage Curtain".
- Derek Webster is born.
20 December –
- Eva Loseth and Eduardo Sánchez are born.
- TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" airs.
- Filming begins on TOS: "All Our Yesterdays".
22 December – Dina Meyer is born.
27 December – TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" is repeated.
30 December –
- Bryan Burk is born.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "All Our Yesterdays".
31 December –
- David A. McIntee is born.
- Filming begins on TOS: "Turnabout Intruder".

Unknown month[]

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 and Alan Dingman are born.