1973 (production)

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For information about 1973 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1973.

Events

January

• 1 January - Anthony Winn is born.
• 6 January - The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #67 with the fourth of ten installments.
• 13 January - The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #68 with the fifth of ten installments.
• 20 January - The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #69 with the sixth of ten installments.
• 23 January - Lanei Chapman is born.
• 27 January - The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #70 with the seventh of ten installments.

- Miho Suzuki is born.

February

• 3 February - The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #71 with the eighth of ten installments.
• 10 February - The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #72 with the ninth of ten installments.
• 17 February - The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #73 with the tenth of ten installments.
• 24 February - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #74 with the first of seventeen installments.
• Gold Key TOS comic #17: "The Cosmic Cavemen" is published.

March

• 2 March - Paul Popowich and Tom Hand are born.
• 3 March - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #75 with the second of seventeen installments.
• 7 March - Jennifer Hammon is born.
• 10 March - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #76 with the third of seventeen installments.
• 17 March - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #77 with the fourth of seventeen installments.
• 21 March - Vanessa Branch is born.
• 24 March - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #78 with the fifth of seventeen installments.
• 26 March - Bettina M. Kurkoski is born.
• 31 March - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #79 with the sixth of seventeen installments.

April

• 2 April - Chadwick Struck is born.
• 3 April - Adam Scott is born.
• 7 April - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #80 with the seventh of seventeen installments.
• 8 April - Shay Brown is born.
• 13 April - Julia Rose is born.
• 14 April - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #81 with the eighth of seventeen installments.
• 21 April - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #82 with the ninth of seventeen installments.
• 24 April - Damon Lindelof is born.
• 28 April - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #83 with the tenth of seventeen installments.
• The Trouble with Tribbles by David Gerrold is published by Ballantine Books.

May

• 3 May - Jennifer Tung is born.
• 5 May - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #84 with the eleventh of seventeen installments.
• 6 May - Andrei Sterling is born.
• 12 May - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #85 with the twelfth of seventeen installments.
• 13 May - Bridgett Riley is born.
• 19 May - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #86 with the thirteenth of seventeen installments.
• 26 May - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #87 with the fourteenth of seventeen installments.
• Gold Key TOS comic #18: "The Hijacked Planet" is published.
• The World of Star Trek by David Gerrold is published by Ballantine Books.

June

• 2 June - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #88 with the fifteenth of seventeen installments.
• 19 June - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #89 with the sixteenth of seventeen installments.
• 16 June - The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #90 with the seventeenth of seventeen installments.
• 23 June - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #91 with the first of sixteen installments.
• 30 June - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #92 with the second of sixteen installments.

July

• 7 July - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #93 with the third of sixteen installments.
• 8 July - Gene L. Coon dies.
• 9 July - Enrique Murciano is born.
• 14 July - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #94 with the fourth of sixteen installments.
• 20 July - Roberto Orci is born.
• 21 July - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #95 with the fifth of sixteen installments.
• 26 July - Susse Budde is born.
• 28 July - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #96 with the sixth of sixteen installments.
• Gold Key TOS comic #19: "The Haunted Asteroid" is published.

August

• 4 August - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #97 with the seventh of sixteen installments.
• 11 August - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #98 with the eighth of sixteen installments.
• 18 August - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #99 with the ninth of sixteen installments.
• 25 August - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #100 with the tenth of sixteen installments.
• 29 August - Michael Dunn dies.
• Star Trek 9 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

September

Star Trek: The Animated Series

• 1 September - The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #101 with the eleventh of sixteen installments.
• 7 September - Alex Kurtzman is born.
• 8 September:
  • Star Trek: The Animated Series premieres on NBC with TAS: "Beyond the Farthest Star".
  • The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #102 with the twelfth of sixteen installments.
• 15 September:
  • TAS: "Yesteryear" airs.
  • The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #103 with the thirteenth of sixteen installments.
  • Star Trek: The Original Series premieres in Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium, with the episode "De eindeloze ruimte" ("Where No Man Has Gone Before"). The episode was broadcast on channel BRT 1, in the prime timeslot 18:05-18:55. Unlike the French and German speaking parts of the country, the Flanders episodes were not dubbed, but subtitled and over the course of nearly one year, about half of the series was broadcast.
• 22 September:
  • TAS: "One of Our Planets Is Missing" airs.
  • The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #104 with the fourteenth of sixteen installments.
• 29 September:
  • TAS: "The Lorelei Signal" airs.
  • The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #105 with the fifteenth of sixteen installments.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #20: "A World Gone Mad" is published.
  • The second Original Series episode "Noodsignalen" ("Balance of Terror") is broadcast in Flanders on channel BRT 1, in the prime timeslot 17:55-18:45.
• 30 September - Star Trek: The Original Series premieres in The Netherlands with the episode "Waar geen mens ooit eerder was" ("Where No Man Has Gone Before"). The episode was broadcast on channel Nederland 1, in the timeslot 15:35-16:25. As usual in The Netherlands, the episodes were not dubbed, but subtitled and over the course of nearly one year, about half of the series was broadcast. However, as with Flanders, the episode titles were translated into Dutch in their TV guides. As of 2014, and unlike the later Star Trek films which repeatedly were, this was the only time a Star Trek television series had been broadcast on Dutch television as none of the others ever were. Dutch Belgium would later see a partial broadcasting of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Neither Dutch nor Flanders TV followed the American broadcast or production order, but broadcast episodes from all three seasons in a rather haphazard order. At the time state-owned both nation's channels did not use the commercial break format.

October

• 6 October:
  • TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles" airs.
  • The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #106 with the sixteenth of sixteen installments.
• 7 October - The second episode of The Original Series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" is broadcast in The Netherlands. The episode was broadcast on channel Nederland 1, but now moved up to the prime timeslot 19:05-19:55.
• 13 October:
  • TAS: "The Survivor" airs.
  • The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #107 with the first of twelve installments.
• 19 October - Brian Avery is born.
• 20 October:
  • TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan" airs.
  • The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #108 with the second of twelve installments.
• 26 October - Seth MacFarlane is born.
• 27 October:
  • TAS: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu" airs.
  • The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #109 with the third of twelve installments.

November

• 3 November - TAS: "Once Upon a Planet" airs.

- The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #110 with the fourth of twelve installments.

• 10 November - TAS: "Mudd's Passion" airs.

- The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #111 with the fifth of twelve installments.

• 16 November - Thom Williams is born.
• 17 November - TAS: "The Terratin Incident" airs.

- The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #112 with the sixth of twelve installments.

• 21 November - Macarena Lovemore is born.
• 24 November - TAS: "The Time Trap" airs.

- The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #113 with the seventh of twelve installments.

• 26 November - Kristin Bauer is born.
• Gold Key TOS comic #21: "The Mummies of Heitius VII" is published.

December

• 1 December - TAS: "The Ambergris Element" airs.

- The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #114 with the eighth of twelve installments.

• 15 December - TAS: "The Slaver Weapon" airs.

- The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #115 with the ninth of twelve installments.

• 18 December - The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #116 with the tenth of twelve installments.
• 19 December - Blake Lindsley is born.
• 22 December - Original airdate (in Los Angeles only) for TAS: "Beyond the Farthest Star", as it was preempted there due to George Takei's run for District Councilman and "equal time" issues.

- The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #117 with the eleventh of twelve installments.

• 29 December - The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #118 with the twelfth of twelve installments. This is the final story arc of exclusive UK content, concluding a four year run in three different comic magazines.
• 30 December - Maureen Flannigan is born.

Unknown

• Allyn Gibson is born.
• The 1973 TV21 Annual is published, featuring two Star Trek comic stories: "Planet of the Dead", and "What is This Thing Called Spock?".
• CIC Video is formed as the home video division of Cinema International Corporation.

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