Yesteryear (Episode)
"Yesteryear"
| Series | Star Trek: The Animated Series |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 1 |
| {{{title}}} | 3 |
| Released | 15 Sep 1973 |
Stardate 5373.4: Spock travels back in time to prevent his death as a boy.
Federation personnel, including Kirk and Spock, explore the planet Orion's past using the Guardian of Forever. When they return, no one recognizes Mr. Spock: for the past five years, the Enterprise's first officer has been an Andorian named Thelin. Ship's records reveal that Sarek and Amanda's son was killed at the age of seven, and that the couple separated after their loss. Spock recalls that, years before during his kahs-wan — a Vulcan coming-of-age ritual — a distant cousin, Selek, saved his life. Spock realizes that he must return through the Guardian and become Selek to rectify the distorted timeline. Arriving in his home city of ShiKahr, Spock saves his younger self's life, but the boy's pet sehlat, I-Chaya, is gravely wounded. Given the choice of keeping his pet alive for a short time longer or offering the sehlat a dignified death, young Spock chooses the latter and, in doing so, decides to live by his Vulcan heritage. The elder Spock returns to the future to find the timeline restored to normal, and resumes his station aboard the Enterprise.
Created by
Gene Roddenberry
Starring the Voices of
William Shatner as Capt. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Written by
D..C. Fontana
Directed by
Hal Sutherland
Executive Consultant
Gene Roddenberry
General Manager
Rock Benedetto
Special Effects Animation
Reuben Timmins
Storyboard
Sherman Labby, Paul Fennell, Dale Hale, Jack Miller, Michael O'Connor, Louise Sandoval, Ken Southworth, Dawn Huntley
Art Director
Don Christensen
Key Assistants
Mike Hazy, Bill House
Key Layout
Herb Hazleton, Alberto de Mello, Kay Wright
Layout
George Wheeler, Lorna Smith, Les Kaluza, George Jensen, Dick Hall, Warren Marshall, Wendell Washer, Martin Muller, Christopher Lane, Glen Keane, Maria Bennett, Ken Leonard, Wes Herschensohn, Jim Wiloughby, Cliff Vorhees, Robert Kline, Virgil Raddatz, John Perry, Carol Lundberg, Malcolm Weizer, George Goode, James Koukos, Tom Burton
Director of Color
Ervin Kaplan
Background Artists
Paul Xander, Curt Perkins, Maurice Harvey, Boris Gorelick, Don Peters, Rolando Oliva, Tom O'Loughlin, Janet Brown, Pat Keppler, Karen Shaffer
Animators
Robert Bentley, Jim Brummett, Bob Carlson, Ruy Cataldi, Jesse Cosio, Zion Davush, Lil Evans, Paul Fennell, Otto Feuer, Ed Friedman, Lee Halpern, La Verne Harding, Lou Kachivas, Marsh LaMore, Lawrence Miller, Fred Myers, Jane Nordin, Bill Nunes, Joe Nunez, Casey Onaitis, Jack Ozark, Bill Pratt, Len Rogers, Virgil Ross, Sonja Ruta, Don Schloat, Ben Shenkman, Brad Smith, Hank Smith, Reuben Timmins, Bob Trochim, George Waiss, Ron Westlund, Kaem Wong
Checking Supervision
Marion Turk, Jane Philippi
Xerography & Paint Supervision
John Remmel, Betty Brooks
Camera Supervison
R.W. Pope
Camera
Thane Berti, Bill Kotler, Joseph Ponticelle, Fredrick T. Ziegler, Don Dinehart, Earl Bendetto, John Aardal, Gene Gropper, Dean G. Teves
Also Starring the Voices of
George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, James Doohan
Editoral Supervision
Joseph Simon, Doreen Dixon
Film Coordinator
June Gilham
Background Music by
Yvette Blais, Jeff Michael
Music Publisher
Shermley Music Co. A.S.C.A.P.
Music and Sound Effects
Horta Mahana Corp.
Color by
Technicolor
Associate Producer and Story Editor
D.C. Fontana
Produced by
Norm Prescott, Lou Scheimer
