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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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
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed
directedBy Joseph Pevney NERFINISHED
editedBy Fabian Tordella NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Edith Keeler NERFINISHED
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
moral dilemma
sacrifice
musicBy Alexander Courage NERFINISHED
notableFor complex moral themes
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 NERFINISHED
New York City
settingTimePeriod 1930s
subgenre time travel fiction
teleplayBy D. C. Fontana NERFINISHED
Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED
Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED
Steven W. Carabatsos NERFINISHED
writtenBy Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED

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Harlan Ellison notableWork The City on the Edge of Forever
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) notableEpisode The City on the Edge of Forever