The City on the Edge of Forever
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The City on the Edge of Forever is a celebrated and influential episode of the original Star Trek series, renowned for its time-travel plot, emotional depth, and complex moral themes.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television episode ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Harlan Ellison ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrderInSeason | episode 28 of season 1 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jerry Finnerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| directedBy | Joseph Pevney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Fabian Tordella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Edith Keeler
NERFINISHED
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James T. Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDevice | Guardian of Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresStarship | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOrder | 28th episode broadcast of Star Trek: The Original Series ⓘ |
| franchise | Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| guestStar | Joan Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
changing history
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moral dilemma ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alexander Courage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex moral themes
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emotional depth ⓘ time-travel plot ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1967-04-06 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | time travel ⓘ |
| producedBy | Gene L. Coon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCode | 28 ⓘ |
| rankedAs | one of the greatest Star Trek episodes ⓘ |
| requiresOutcome | Edith Keeler must die to restore history ⓘ |
| screenTimeCharacter | James T. Kirk and Edith Keeler romance ⓘ |
| seriesSeason | Star Trek: The Original Series season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Guardian of Forever
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New York City ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| subgenre | time travel fiction ⓘ |
| teleplayBy |
D. C. Fontana
NERFINISHED
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Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven W. Carabatsos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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