| "The Time Trap" | |
|---|---|
| Star Trek: The Animated Series episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
| Written by | Joyce Perry |
| Production code | 22010 |
| Original air date | November 24, 1973 |
"The Time Trap" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the American animated science fiction television series Star Trek. It first aired in the NBC Saturday morning lineup on November 24, 1973,[1] and was written by American actress and screenwriter Joyce Perry.[note 1]
In this episode, Captain Kirk must cooperate with distrusted Klingons to escape a "Sargasso Sea" of dead starships.
The episode introduces the first example of a Starfleet starship other than a Constitution-class ship: the USS Bonaventure, which is said to be the "first ship to have warp drive installed" in the episode. The ship is never referenced in live-action Star Trek, although it is the name of Zefram Cochrane's ship in the non-canonical novel Federation by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
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