First-season Star Trek episodes in production order

FlashForward -- the TV series based on my novel of the same name -- is a serial drama: it's meant to be watched in sequence, and the episodes are being filmed in the order in which they will air.

But the original Star Trek (and, indeed, most nighttime television for decades) was an episodic drama, with little changing between episodes, and, in theory, the episodes could be watched or aired in any order. In fact, for classic Trek the original broadcast order bore little resemblance to the sequence in which the shows were produced.

But now that I'm working my way through the series again on Blu-ray (where it looks amazing), I've decided to watch the episodes in the order they were produced, so that I can trace the development of ideas. For the record, this is the production order for the first (1966-67) season:

1. The Cage (unaired pilot)
   
2. Where No Man Has Gone Before
   
3. The Corbomite Maneuver
   
4. Mudd's Women
   
5. The Enemy Within
   
6. The Man Trap
   
7. The Naked Time
   
8. Charlie X
   
9. Balance of Terror
   
10. What Are Little Girls Made Of?
    
11. Dagger of the Mind
    
12. Miri
    
13. The Conscience of the King
    
14. The Galileo Seven
    
15. Court Martial
    
16. The Menagerie (Parts I and II)
    
17. Shore Leave
    
18. The Squire of Gothos
    
19. Arena
    
20. The Alternative Factor
    
21. Tomorrow is Yesterday
    
22. The Return of the Archons
    
23. A Taste of Armageddon
    
24. Space Seed
    
25. This Side of Paradise
    
26. The Devil in the Dark
    
27. Errand of Mercy
    
28. City on the Edge of Forever
    
29. Operation: Annihilate!

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